Newsletter
Dear Parents,
We would like to welcome you back to our school. We hope you have enjoyed your summer holidays
and had a nice rest. We would like to
welcome all our new pupils to school including our three Junior Infant classes
who have made a great start. The
children look very well in their new uniforms and we wish you all a very
successful academic year at
Building Project.
Our temporary accommodation for Mr.
Walsh’s 4th class is being constructed as we speak. It will take approximately 10 more days to
complete and the class will be entering a completely new prefab behind the
school. The Department of Education and Science are currently considering
building a new school on our playing field.
We hope to have a definite answer by the end of the month.
Parking/Traffic.
We would like to remind all parents,
visitors and collecting crèches etc. that driving into the school yard to
collect children is prohibited. All cars
and buses must remain outside the school.
Parents/guardians dropping off children are asked not to park in front
of driveways of local residents or on yellow lines and to please observe
parking signs. There are white lines
provided outside the school for children to cross over the road. Our priority is the safety of the children.
Swimming.
The 1st and 2nd
classes will be going swimming next Monday 17th September to the
arena pool at U.L. The six classes will
receive swimming lessons for the next 10 weeks. All pupils have received a note about the
lessons and each teacher has been given a time for their class.
Appointments to meet Teachers/Principal.
We encourage parent/teacher
communication in our school. If anyone
wishes to meet a teacher or the Principal they can do so by making an
appointment through the school secretary Susan.
Art&Craft Money/Photocopying.
We would like to thank all the
parents who have paid for there materials etc. up to now and remind parents that they can still
send in the required fee (which is on the booklist of your child) to the class
teacher or Susan in the coming week.
Holidays Academic Year 2007/2008.
Staff-Meeting – September 28th - school closes at
12.30p.m. for all classes from Junior Infants to 6th .
October 27th to Nov. 4th – inclusive-Mid term break.
December 10th – school
closed.
December 21st at
12.30p.m. to January 6th inclusive. Christmas Holidays.
February 14th and 15th inclusive – Mid-term break.
March 15th – 30th – inclusive Easter Holidays.
May 5th – 9th inclusive – Mid-term break.
June 2nd /3rd
closed – Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday.
June
27th – 12.30p.m. Summer Holidays
2008.
Staff-Meeting.
There will be a staff meeting on
Friday the 28th at 12.30p.m.
All children will go home at
12.30p.m.
Gaelic Football.
St. Paul’s is represented at U10,
U 11 ½ , and U 13 boys football in
the city leagues. The girls will play
at U 13 level and have five matches beginning with their first match this
week. The are coached by Ms. Barron,
Ms. Allis and Mr. Kennedy.
The U 10’s got off to a flying start
in the boys section by beating St. Nessan’s.
They are coached by Mr. R. Walsh and Mr. A. O’Brien, and they train on
Tuesday evenings after school.
The U 13’s coached by Mr. P. Carroll
also started their campaign against Milford N.S. but came away defeated. They will have two more matches to try and
reach the semi finals. The U11 ½ ‘s will
begin their campaign this week also and they are coached by Mr. K. Madden. We thank all the teachers who give of their
free time to coach our children and we encourage parents to come along and
support our school in a positive way.
Spring Onion Puppet Theatre.
All classes in St. Paul’s will have
the opportunity to enjoy a performance by “Spring Onion Puppet Theatre in October. The show “Androcles and the Lion” will be
held in school hall in October 10th, 11th, 12th
but to be confirmed for a cost of €2.50 per student. According to reports from other schools, the
show was excellent – very well adapted to various age groups and the workshop
following it was both stimulating, and enjoyable.
Thanking You,
John Tuohy.
School Principal.