Mrs Adderley's Class sings Ireland's Call

In preparation for this Sunday's big rugby match, the children in Room 5 have been showing their support for Ireland ahead of the 6 Nations.

School reopens 6th January

Welcome back everyone to a brand new school term. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. Our building work is really starting to take shape and we hope to be moving in by term 3. We are delighted to announce that before the holidays Ms Harrington had a beautiful baby girl called Saoirse and Mrs Cummins also had a baby girl on New Years Day called Caragh. We wish them both a restful and relaxing maternity leave. 

Registration

Reminder

Registration for Junior Infants starting in September 2014 ends on Friday morning the 10th January 2014.

Christmas Raffle Winners

Christmas Raffle Prizes 2013 

• 1st: 3DS-Caroline Quinlan

•  2nd: Luxury Hamper- Francis Crosbie

• 3rd: Wine Hamper-Stephen Dunne 

• 4th: McFadden's Shop €50 voucher - Audrey McDonnell 

• 5th: PA Hair €50 voucher- B O' Reilly 

• 6th: Harvesy €50 voucher - Tara & Fergal Clarke 

• 7th: Notionz cut glass - Leanna Heffernan 

• 8th: Adrian Dunne Gillete Set & Goldsmith €25 voucher - Michael Gaffney 

• 9th: Breakfast Set & TGI meal voucher for 2 - Pat Gaffney

• 10th: Gamestop €20 voucher & sweets - Sonn Micici 

• 11th: PJs voucher & biscuits ffrom Spar - Leon Kelly 

• 12th: Gillians Hair Voucher & Christmas decoration from O Regan's Pharmacy - Shane Hamill

• 13th: Flowers: Marie Wilson

• 14th: Sweets from Supervalu - Rian Graham

• 15th: Sweets from Supervalu - Aidan Whyle

Well done to all and a BIG thank you to the Parents Association for all their hard work organising this year's raffle.

Christmas Holidays

School finishes at 12 o clock  this Friday 20th December. 

Wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas. From All the staff at Ss Peter and Paul's.

Christmas Play Timetable

The school will be buzzing with excitement next week as our Christmas play season kicks off. Have a look at the times below to see when you're child will be performing. Please make sure you arrive on time and please do not bring any buggies/prams into the hall as space is limited.

Christmas Play Timetable
Date	Teacher	Time
Tuesday 10th	Mrs M Cummins	11am
Wednesday 11th	Mr Donovan	9.45am
	Ms Quinn	11am
	Ms Hickey	1pm
Thursday 12th	Ms O Hora	9.30am
	Ms Meehan	11am
	Mrs Adderley	1pm
	Ms Keane	1.50pm
Friday 13th	Mrs L Cummins	10am
	Mrs Heffernan	11am
	Ms O Brien	11am (In Classroom)
	Ms Fagan	1pm
	Mr Forristal	1.50pm (In Classroom)
	Ms Ni Mhaonaigh	2pm

Hall displays

Hall Noticeboards

Every few months, the hall notice boards get a makeover where a class from each level displays their magnificent art skills. This term, Ms Meehan's junior infants, Mrs Heffernan's senior infants, Ms O Hora's 1st class and Ms Ni Mhanaoigh's 2nd class made fantastic displays. Take a look at them below and make sure to pop over to the hall to see them. 

Ms Meehan's Junior Infants "Winter" Display

Mrs Heffernan's "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" display

Ms o Hora's "Shapes" Display

Ms Ni Mhanaoigh's "Snow Globes" Display

Sam Maguire Visit

This Thursday, 21st November, the school will get a special visit from some of the members of the Dublin Senior GAA football champions. They will be bringing with them the famous Sam Maguire Cup! To celebrate Dublin's All-Ireland victory, the boys and girls can dress in blue this Thursday!! 

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Team Hope would like to express their sincere gratitude to all the families who brought in a Christmas shoebox. These boxes will bring a smile to children in need.

Science Week

Science week began early in St Peter & Pauls. On Thursday & Friday, 7th & 8th Nov, the PE hall was busy with 1st and 2nd class pupils working with skeletons, teeth, finger prints, exotic fruits & magnets. Later in the classroom, 2nd class worked on experiments making chemical lava lamps and a gas to blow up a balloon using vinegar and sodium bicarbonate. There were many science competitions during the week, "Guess the pumpkin weight", "identifying seeds", the answers were full to the brim.

The paper aeroplane flying competition was a great success. Each 1st and 2nd class held its own competition and five finalists from each class came to the PE hall for the school finale. Congratulations to Calum O Neill and Dara Fitzpatrick, their winning flights were more than 10 meters long! The boys graciously explained how they made their aeroplanes.

The junior classes were up to their elbows in water testing their theories on floating and sinking.the magnets never worked so hard picking up paper clips and pins. The classes also studied capillary action using celery sticks, food computing and water. Mrs Bouzzah had great help from her science assistants in 2nd class. They spent their time explaining the exhibits in the hall and measuring the distances the paper aeroplanes flew.

It was a very busy and enjoyable week and we hope the pupils come to appreciate that science is a very exciting subject.

Mrs Bouzzah explains capillary action to the class

Mrs Adderley's class experiment with floating & sinking.

Science fun in the hall with Ms Keanes class