Newsletter –September 2015
Welcome
Welcome back to all our pupils for the 2015/16 school year. A particularly warm welcome to our 12 new Junior Infants, Amy, Aisling, Aoife, Colin, Darragh, Séan, James, Carly, Ella, Séan, Senan and Katie and to Emma who has joined Mrs O’Meara’s class this year.
School Uniform
Tracksuit days will be Thursday and Friday as usual. Full school uniform must be worn Monday to Wednesday. If your daughter chooses to wear a skirt/pinafore we ask that she please wear grey or black socks or tights. Thank you in advance for your co-operation.
Office Hours
There has been a change in our office hours at the school. The new office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday , 9am -2pm. If you have a telephone query or you wish to call to the office in person, or pay a bill, we ask that you do so within the times detailed above. The office and telephone will be unattended outside of these times as staff must attend to teaching duties.
Swimming
We are delighted to continue with our swimming lessons at Nenagh Pool again this year. Lessons will be during the first term this school year. They begin on Friday, 25th September and will run for five weeks in total, bringing us up to the Mid-term break. Lessons are for 1st to 6th class children only. Please find a more detailed information letter attached.
Cross Country Championships 2015
The annual Schools Cross Country Championships will take place on Wednesday 30th September in Thurles Crokes. This event is always one of the highlights of our school’s sporting calendar. Our school cross country team are currently training for the event, during our after school training sessions with Ms.Lawlor and Ms.Maguire.
We wish the children the very best of luck in Thurles.
PTO
Music School Workshop
The classical musical group, ‘Tonos’ will visit Kilruane NS to deliver a school workshop, for 2nd to 6th classes this Friday 18th September. The group will perform songs and music rooted in both ancient and Irish History. The children will also be involved in song writing. The workshop is fully supported by an audio-visual presentation. We look forward to welcoming ‘Tonos’ to our school.
Tin Whistle
Tin whistle lessons for 1st to 6th classes will resume on Wednesday 30th September. As usual, your child’s class teacher will collect €1 weekly from your child to go towards the cost of the lesson. Your child’s class teacher will remind the children the day before the lesson starts.
Parent/Teacher Communications
The Principal and staff operate an ‘open door’ policy regarding parent/teacher communications. Working together, we can provide the very best for your child. If you would like to discuss any aspect of your child’s education, or indeed if you have any worries or concerns that you would like to share with us, we both welcome and encourage you to do so. An appointment can be made with your child’s class teacher through our school secretary. In addition, formal Parent teacher meetings will be held later in the school year.
Payments to the office
Please continue to forward any outstanding back to school payments to the school office (Book rental, Art and Craft, School Insurance). As usual, we ask that all payments made to the office are in an envelope:
• With your child’s name clearly written on it
• Detailing what the payment is for (book rental, insurance, swimming etc)
If you have any difficulty in making school payments, please contact the office or school principal.
Birthday Invites
Just to remind you all, we ask that Birthday Invites are not distributed in school. Young children in particular can become quite upset if they haven’t been invited. We ask for your continued co-operation in relation to this matter.