Best wishes to all our friends at St. Joseph’s Secondary School who this Thursday January 22nd play Gallen Community School Ferbane in the All Ireland U16 Girls Basketball School Cup Final.
This is a tremendous achievement to reach the final and lets hope the girls can go all the way now and return victorious.
We wish all our past pupils well.We are, as always, very proud of their achievements.
The “Helena McDonagh Writing Competition” will be open to entries from Monday next. This annual event is very much a favourite in our students’ calendar.
Mrs. Helena McDonagh taught in St. Attracta’s for many years before retiring in 2003. As a legacy to creative writing in the primary school and as a published author herself, Helena presented the school with a perpetual trophy to be used as we saw fit.
So the “Storybox” competition began. Every year the story box is placed in the corridor for a specific length of time. The children are encouraged to write stories and submit them. They can enter up to five stories and a winner is selected and awarded at the end of the school year.
Last year’s winner was Ailbhe O’Connor who is now in First Year in St. Attracta’s Community School Tubbercurry.
Helena recently visited our school to read her latest book “Pete and Tweet to the Rescue” to our Junior and Senior Infants and First Class children. We hope she will return for World Book Week later this term. We greatly appreciate her continued interest in our school.
Creating a positive atmosphere in St.Attracta’s is central to what we do. We believe that children learn best in an atmosphere of respect and positive reinforcement. As a result we celebrate the achievements of the children each week at assembly. Our students strive hard for the accolade of ‘Student of the Week’ and in turn work hard to achieve it!
Well done to these students who were selected as this weeks ‘Students of the Week’ .
Well done also to all the students who were elected onto the new Green School’s Committee who will focus on the new theme of ‘Biodiversity’ over the next eighteen months.
We wish them well with this new project.
The Western SpikeBall Tournament will take place on Wednesday 22nd of January in the CBD complex in Charlestown at 11a.m..
St.Attracta’s have three teams entered. A Boys ,Girls and a Mixed team.
We wish the students well as they prepare for this important competition.
On the same evening at 6 p.m. in Carracastle Community Centre the Cumann na mBunscol Sports Quiz will take place. Again we have a team working very hard preparing for this event.
We have two students entered in the Mayo Cumann na mBunscol handball competition. We are awaiting confirmation of a date for this but expect it to be in the coming weeks.
Finally the new swimming term will begin on Wednesday February 26th in Claremorris Swiming Pool.
Further details of all these events will be posted in the coming weeks on these pages.
Well done to these students who were selected as the first ‘Students of the Week’ of the New Year. We didnt choose any student from 5th or 6th Class this week as it would have been unfair. All the students excelled delivering and presenting their project at the Primary Science Fair.
Nollaig shona agus beannachtaí na hathbhliana daoibh! There is a great buzz around the school with all the children preparing for our Christmas concert. Below are this evening’s arrangements. We would really appreciate if you could follow these for the smooth running of the event.
Arrangements for our Christmas Concert
| Jnr/Snr | Ms.Delaneys |
| 1st/2nd | Ms.Sloyans |
| 3rd/4th | Mr.Rushe |
| 5th /6th | Mrs.Reilly’s 2nd Class |
NB: All our children have seen the dress rehearsal yesterday so they will not be allowed into the hall tonight as spectators. This is for safety reasons.
Here’s hoping for a great night! Sincere thanks to our Parents Association who are manning the door and organising the raffle.Entry is €5 and tickets can be purchased at €2 or €5 for a bunch of 3.
In the coming week we will have a group photo of all our students who have been fortunate to chosen so far this year, however we will start this week with our Students of the Week for this week ending December 13th.
A final word to those who have yet to get there ‘There is always next week’!
Firstly we hope you enjoy a selection of the Christmas Art that can be found throughout our school at present!
St.Attracta’s is a hive of activity in preparation for our Christmas Concert on Wednesday next the 18th of November. All classes are busy rehearsing their plays and musical pieces for what promises to be a fantastic night! The following are the titles of the pieces for our concert…
Junior and Senior Infants:Medley of Christmas songs
First Class:Scarecrows Christmas
Second Class: Hosanna Rock
Third/Fourth Class:Christmas for Aliens
Fifth/Sixth Class: Scrooge N.T.
A note will go out to all the children on Tuesday about the arrangements for the evening.As always we will ask for your support in assisting with the smooth running of events, this will be detailed on the aforementioned note.
Finally a word of thanks to all who attended and participated in the Parish Carol Service. It really was a lovely celebration and a special Parish event.
Congratulations to Millie Pilcher in Mr.Rushe’s Third and Fourth Class who last weekend swam in the Connaught Minor Schools Championships in Leisureland Galway. Millie swam in two events the Backstroke and the Freestyle recording fantastic times. This was the first time our school has had a representative in the finals and we are so proud of Millie’s efforts.
Millie swims with Claremorris Swimming Club and trains three times each week. Well done Millie!
