Simon Community Collection

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Simon Community collection which took place outside the school hall last week and to Mrs Heffernan and the Parents Association for organising the event. We are delighted to have raised a massive €685.04!!! No doubt this money will go towards helping those less fortunate have a better Christmas. 

School closure

School will close at 12pm on Friday 19th December for Christmas holidays. 

Simon Community Collection

Don't forget to support the Simon Community collection that will be taking place outside the school hall before and after the school plays. All donations, great or small, will be greatly appreciated.

Christmas Play Timetable

The sweet sound of nativity songs is echoing around the school at the moment as rehearsals are in full swing. Please see the timetable below for individual class productions!

Christmas Play Timetable

December 2014

Time	Monday 8th	Tuesday 9th	Wednesday 10th	Thursday 11th	Friday 12th
9.30am		Ms O Hora (Room 6)
9.45am			Ms O Brien (Room 13)	Ms Ní Mhaonaigh (Room 2)
10.00am					Mrs Cummins (Room 12)
11.00am		Ms Feeney (Room 5)	Mrs Cummins (Room 17)
11.15am				Mr Donovan (Room 11)	Ms Regan (Room 16)
12.45pm		Ms Meehan (Room 14)
1.00pm			Ms Keane (Room 15)	Ms Fagan (Room 4)	Ms Hickey (Room 10)
1.50pm		Mr Forristal (Room 9)	Mrs Cleary (Room 7)	Ms Harrington (Room 8)
1.55pm	Ms O Brien  (Room 3)

Hall notice boards

We have 4 beautiful new displays over in our school hall for you all to admire. 

The junior infant board has been decorated by Ms O Brien's class. They made lovely rainy day pictures.

Ms Keane's class have been reading the story "The Owl Babies" and made beautiful owl pictures using printing. They can be seen on the senior infant board. 

First class are getting ready for the cold winter weather so Ms Harrington's class decorated their board with wrapped up penguins! 

And finally the second class board has been decorated by Ms O Hora's class. They made Calaveras-colourful masks as they have been learning all about Day of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos. 

Science Fortnight

Our very popular Science Fortnight took place from the 10th -21st November. There were a number of science competitions held throughout the school from guessing the pumpkin weight to paper airplane construction.
The winners were:

• Erin Kennedy (1st class) correctly idenitified all the fruit & vegetable seeds
• Alex Jackson, Nathan Phoenix & Calum O Neill constructed the most successful paper airplanes in 2nd class.
• Roy Eze, Sam Jackson & Hannah Sheridan were the successful aiplane engineers from 1st Class
• Isabella Danila, Edie Murphy & David Byrne sourced the largest potatoes in the entire school.
• 23 pupils correctly guessed the pumpkin weight as 3kgs.

1st and 2nd classes enjoyed science stations in the hall where they explored amongst other things magnets, thumb prints, floating & sinking and identifying fruit and vegetables. A big hit was the "Yawning Table" where the pupils explored whether yawning is contagious-the general consensus being that yes indeed it is!

Thanks to Mrs Bouzzah who oversaw our Science Fortnight with her usual enthusiasm and excitement.

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Registration

Registration for Junior Infants, September 2015 will be from Monday 24th  Nov - Friday 28th Nov inclusive.

Times for registration are 9.30am - 11.30 am only. 

Please bring the following documents;

Original Birth Certificate

Original Baptismal Certificate 

Proof of Address

Childs PPSN

Registration must be completed by Parent/Guardian  

Registration will officially close on the 9th January 2015

Science Week 10th - 14th November

The school has been buzzing with science experiments this week to mark the annual National Science Week. Mrs Bouzzah, our science coordinator has set up an array of activities to get the children's scientific brains working.

Heaviest Potato Competition:

The first and second classes were asked to bring in the biggest potato they could find at home. It will then be weighed in school and the winner of the heaviest potato will be announced on Friday.

Design and Make a Paper Aeroplane

The children are designing paper planes. Mrs Bouzzah will test each groups paper planes in the hall to see which will fly the farthest. Please us an A4 sheet and don't use staples or tape.

Guess the weight

Left over from Halloween, the children will be guessing the weight of a pumpkin. They will be using a 1kg to help them guess the correct weight.

Examine the seeds

Mrs Bouzzah has been busy collecting lots of seeds over the last few weeks. The children will try and guess which seeds are from which fruits.

Next week the fun will continue in the hall when the exhibition tables are set up. The children can examine finger prints, catch the lights with prisms, move clips with magnets and much more.
Why not look out for some interesting programmes about science on tv or borrow science books from the library.

School Book Fair

Don't forget that our annual school book fair starts today in the hall!