Mad Hair Day will take place next Friday, May 14th 2010. All the the pupils (both boys and girls) and brave teachers are invited to come into school in mad hair styles in aid of Ms Carey’s volunteer work for the HOPE Foundation in India this coming summer.

Please bring in your Christmas Stocking for the Vincent de Paul on Tuesday, December 1st 2009.

Make sure you have labelled your stocking with the age and if it is intended for a boy or a girl.

Pictures will be take and posted in the site gallery at the end of the week.

The school will be closed for midterm all next week and shall re-0pen on Monday, November 2nd 2009 at 8.50 a.m.

Halloween is great fun but it can be very a dangerous for young children and unattended pets.

Do not play with fireworks unless you are with an adult.

Make sure your pets are at home safe on Hallowween night.

Do not annoy old folks!

Be safe and have a good time.

Members of the “10.30 Club” will be paying a visit to Halla tomorrow for a cup of tea and a biscuit after ten o’clock Mass. While there they will view all the artwork and read the book reviews. The book fair is also very popular with our visitors.

This year we hope to interview some of the parish senior citizens on how life was when they went to school. It will be interesting to see what books they read and even if they had electic light at night to do their homework.

Prize Giving for Book Week 2009 will take place in the Halla on Friday 23rd at 11.30 a.m.

There will be no car parking facilities in the school yard. Please use the public car park.

Book Week 2009

Book Reviews
Poetry Reading
Poetry Writing
Treasure Hunt
Design-a-Cover
Design-a-Bookmark
Make-a-Model
Sketch-a-Scene
Character Fancy Dress
Book-In-A-Box
Table Quiz
Visiting Authors

Podcasts

10.30 Club Remembers Books of  Yesteryear

SCHOLASTIC™ Book Fair

A full list of extra curricular activites will be sent home on Friday, 18th September 2009. Please check the list carefully and select activities that do not conflict with other offerings running at the same time. All activities are offered for boys and girls unless otherwise stated. Places are limited so early application is advised to avoid disappointment

Today is Safer Internet Day 2009. Cyber bullying is becoming common place through social networks, mobile phones and texting.

Be creative! Be yourself! Be in control!
Bullying is always wrong and unacceptable behaviour; never overlook or ignore it. You dont have to put up with someone harassing you – block unwanted senders!
Tell someone you trust. To chat with someone from Childine in confidence text the word TALK to 50101.

Check out the video on the NCTE site.

Last Wednesday the bus arrived to collect all the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Boys and girls in our school put together presents of toys and clothes in a decorated shoebox. There were 3 age groups’ 2-4, 5-9 and 10-14 years of age. The children were asked to fill boxes for both boys and girls. There was a great response!

Please watch the video for further information or if you want to make a donation

Here are some of our photos on the day the bus came to collect the shoeboxes

By Hannah and Katie from Ms. Lyne’s 6th Class

Hello! It’s been so busy recently! We have had a sports day which was a great success. Well done to our girls A team for winning the relay race. Hard luck boys, keep hold of that baton next time! And I can’t forget all the other medal winners, well done to you too!! A week ago our class was chosen to represent the school in the annual k-nex challenge. One Jonathan Hennessey came and asked us to build a quadricycle. It was very difficult as the boot had to hold 500 grams as well as the car having to consist of 2 seats, a steering wheel and various other parts. Sorcha and Ashling won the competition and we are going on to the finals soon. Even more recently, our WOW ( Walk on Wednesday) was a huge success, and nearly everybody walked or cycled. The Minister for Communications,Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, was there and gave everyone a handshake at the gate. I didn’t shake his hand though, as I was cycling and sped past him on his bike; ( he was wearing a suit!).

All in all the past few weeks have been absolutely hectic!!

Ashling on behalf of Rang 5