Newsletter February 2014
First Penance
Ms. Lawlor and her 2nd Class are busy preparing for their First Penance which will be held this Wednesday,12th February in St. Ruadhán Church, Kilruane at 7pm. Reminder , Ms. Lawlor would like all the children to be present in the Church at 6.50 pm. A special thanks to Peggy for all her help.
Internet Safety
The school look forward to welcoming Community Garda Tom Casey early next month. He will address the senior classes (4th to 6th ) on Internet and Mobile Phone Safety.
French Classes
The school will facilitate private after school French classes with Fanny Healy- Bernard after Easter. The classes, which will run for approximately 6-8 weeks will be offered to senior classes. Day and dates yet to be finalised. More information to follow after the Mid-term break.
Enrolment for September 2014/2015
If your child is starting school next September, please collect your enrolment form at the office from to-day. Alternatively, please contact Mary at the office and we will post one out to you. If you have extended family or friends who may have a son or daughter joining us here in Kilruane N.S. next September, please remind them to contact the school for their enrolment form.
Green Team
The Green Team have been busy having their meetings every Tuesday. Well done to Kieran Spain who came up with a brilliant slogan for our 5th Green Flag, – ‘Moss, trees, bogs and bats, protect our precious habitat’. The theme for the 5th Flag is Biodiversity.
We are currently working on a seasonal study of the deciduous trees at the front of our school. Johnny Spain, our School’s caretaker kindly named them for us and we have taken photographs of an Autumn and Winter view of these trees. This display will soon be completed and it can be seen on one of the notice boards in the halla. We hope to do the same for Spring and Summer.
Before Christmas we purchased bird feeders for our school. The Green Team keep a watchful eye on them and refill them if necessary. We are also keeping a record of same.
A reminder too about our Yes/No list with regard to our healthy eating lunch policy. Copies are also displayed on the Parent Noticeboard in the school.
PTO
Active Flag
We are currently working towards our 1st Active Flag at Kilruane N.S.,co-ordinated by Ms.Lawlor. The Active School Flag is a Department of Education initiative which recognises schools that strive to achieve a physically active school community. In order to achieve this goal we will be organising an ‘Active School’s Week’ later in the year and implementing improvements across the P.E. curriculum. The overall goal is to increase physical activity and extra curricular activities in our school and promote a healthy lifestyle. In line with the Active School Flag initiative, the school are delighted to introduce Judo classes after the mid-term break. An information letter will be sent out after the break.
Schools Handball
Well done to the School Handball Team who took part in the Tipperary School Handball Finals held in Kilcolman on the 18th January last. Well done to Cormac Doheny, Rory Grace, Louis Kennedy, James Loughnane and Aoife Peters who all put in tremendous performances on the day. A special mention for Cormac and James who made it to the Co.Final which was played later on the same day in Ballinahinch. The boys lost out to Cashel by a narrow margin.
Credit Union Table Quiz
Well done to our U-13 table quiz team, Ben Cahalan, Billy Howard, Shane McAteer and Jessica Reddan and our U-11 table quiz team, Paul Dwyer, Libhín Finn, Rory Grace, and Aoife Peters who took part in the annual Credit Union Table Quiz on Saturday 1st February in the CBS,Nenagh. Both teams put in a fine performance on the day and an enjoyable evening was had by all.
Clan Cluana
As you already know, Clan Cluana Theatre Company visited our school last Thursday staging their production of ‘Setanta’ for all the classes. Michael Langton and his fine company of actors delivered yet another fantastic performance for us all this year. Clan Cluana have been coming to Kilruane N.S. for over 15 years and it is one of the highlights of our school calendar each year.
School Closures
Our school will close on Friday 14th February for Mid-term break. We will re-open on Monday 24th February .