Happy New Year from everyone here, we hope that it will be a healthy and happy year for everyone.
The amount of money raised for MS by the children doing the ReadaThon was €905.49, a fantastic effort and well done to all the readers.
The Christmas Bazaar went really well too, congratulations to the Parents’ Association for all the effort and hard work which they put into the event, a total of €1,469.90 was raised.
Our thanks once again to Tallaght Community Gardaí for bringing the Garda Band and Santa to visit us on Thursday 11th December, the children really enjoyed t and the treats!
On Thursday 18th December we had The Christmas Concert. Junior and Senior Infants put on a play with Mrs. Edel Beckett and Ms. Geraldine Healy choreographing. 1st and 2nd class, under the guidance of Ms. Caroline Rountree and Ms. Bernie Dixon, did an extract from the Sound of Music. 3rd and 4th class, with Ms. Annette Boles, did poems some of which were about Cats. 5th and 6th class performed some Christmas songs.
The School Christmas Carol Service, which was held on the 21st December, was lovely. The children sang and read beautifully. It was great to have so many staff and parents attending too.
This term started on Wednesday 7th January. 1st and 2nd class with Caroline and Bernie are going to Imaginosity, in Sandyford Industrial Estate on Friday 23rd January. They will be doing a Drama Workshop there.
We will welcome back 2 former pupils, Edel Twamley and June McKevitt, for work experience, at the beginning of February.
5th and 6th class are going to Croke Park to the GAA Museum on Thursday 5th February. They will be having a tour of the Museum and behind the scenes in the Stadium.
The individual Parent’s meetings will take place before the mid-term break. The mid-term break is 19th and 20th February.
