Please help us to win much needed paint for the back of our school. We have entered the Dulux Lets Colour Project for 2014 and we need your votes and the votes of all your friends to win.

This is a Facebook competition and votes can only be registered from the Dulux Ireland Facebook page. Further details of this competition can be found at www.letscolour.ie. You can vote everyday up to the closing date at midnight on June 1st.

Please click on the link below,select Community Project and as of this post, St. Attracta’s entry is on page 2, bottom left corner and click vote.

Well done to all our enthusiastic children (3rd-6th) who participated in the video. Excellent poetry!

However,, we still need your vote to win so please take a few moments to vote and to share the link with all your friends and help us win some much needed paint!

Thank you as always for your time and continued support.

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Comhghairdeas mór le Rang a 2 a fuair an Chéad Comaoineach Naofa
ar an Satharn 2ú Bealtaine. Bhí sibh ar fheahas !

Well done to our Second Class who on Saturday last made their First Holy Communion in St. James’ Church Charlestown. It was a lovely afternoon. The church looked amazing. For this we must say a special word of thanks to Mrs McCafferty and her son Joseph who as always put so much work into our sacramental preparation.

The children added so much to the ceremony with their beautiful reading, singing, responses and movements throughout the mass. Mrs Reilly can be so proud of each of you. We really hope you had a lovely afternoon and weekend after all your hard work.

A special word of thanks also to the parents of our Second Class students who presented Mrs.Reilly and Mrs.McCafferty with beautiful flowers as a token of their appreciation for all their hard work. It was a lovely gesture.

Thank you to Elaine Madden for her beautiful singing and music throughout the ceremony, again as with the children it added so much to our day.

Finally we could not forget Fr.Doherty and Fr.Johnston who played such a special role in the children’s Communion day. They both have worked so hard helping the children prepare for this day. We are as always so appreciative of their support.

Today saw our children play on our new school pitch for the first time. They have been so patient over the past number of months waiting expectantly to get out on the grass!!

Over the Easter break the goalposts were put into place. Sincere thanks to Ciarán McBrien, Joe Lenehan, Marty Fleming , Owen Callaghan and all at Charlestown GAA for their help and assistance.

Finally and perhaps most importantly a special word of thanks to Kieran Durkin who has invested so much time, energy and interest into ensuring our playing field was ready for all the children to use. It really is a credit to his hard work and enthusiasm.

It is a resource which we are delighted and fortunate to have!

Our new school term began this morning with a very special visit from Lord and Lady Mayoress of Bermingham Councillor Mike Leddy and his wife Pauline. Councillor Leddy was joined by Lord and Lady Mayoress of Armagh Robert Turner and his wife Barbara and Doocastle native and Manchester businessman John Kennedy CBE.
Their visit was the concluding event of an official visit to Mayo and in recognition of the achievements of our school community over the past year.

The dignitaries visited Rang 3/4 initially where they learned about the Dissolving Boundaries programme. Lord Mayor Turner was especially interested in our links with St. Brigid’s Ballymoney and how our project has been developed.

We then moved to the school grounds where Rang 5/6 treated our guests to a lovely medley of Mayo tunes! Fr.Tommy Johnston Chairperson of the B.O.M welcomed each of our guests and we planted a tree to mark the occasion with all our dignitaries involved.
Our visitors noted the lovely atmosphere throughout the school and how well mannered, knowledgeable and interested our children are. Even after their long Easter break!

As we alluded to it was a lovely morning. A special word of thanks to all who joined us on the morning. It was lovely to welcome back some past parents to our school. Thank you also to JPS landscaping for all their help with this event and to Paddy our School Caretaker who as always had our school grounds looking so well.

On Monday morning April 28th at 10.45 a.m. we are thrilled to have the privilege of welcoming Lord and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham Councillor Mike and Pauline Leddy to our school to conclude their official visit to Mayo.Joining Councillor Leddy, will be Lord and Lady Mayoress of Armagh Robert Turner and his wife Barbara, the Cathaoirleach of Mayo Council John O’Malley and Doocastle native and Manchester businessman John Kennedy CBE.

This will be the final stop on their visit to Mayo and is in recognition of our achievements over the past year.
The dignitaries will hear about the projects that are ongoing in our school particularly the Dissolving Boundaries North /South initiative in Rang 3/4. We will then plant a tree in the school grounds to commemorate the occasion.

The visit will last approximately forty five minutes. We would be delighted if any parents are free on the morning to drop by for the tree planting ceremony which will take place shortly after 11.am. in the school grounds. We apologise for the late notice of this event however the final details have only been confirmed to us this afternoon.

Finally we hope you had a lovely Easter break. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday morning.

Bainigí taitneamh as an deireadh seachtaine !