Wednesday letter December 7th 2022

Posted on Tue, 06/12/2022 - 11:03

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION IN AID OF THE CAPUCHIN DAY CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS

Our Pupil Voice Committee had their inaugural meeting this week and set about making a difference for others already! Combatting child poverty is their focus at this time of year and they are making a Christmas collection in aid of homeless children and families. The Pupil Voice Committee are collecting vouchers for The Capuchin Day Centre for the homeless. The centre provides hundreds of hot meals every day as well as food parcels for those in need.
You can help by buying a voucher for Super Valu, Tesco, Dunnes, Aldi or Lidl. Boys can bring these vouchers to school where their teachers and the students will gather them.

We will drop these vouchers to the Capuchin Day Centre before Christmas so that they can be used to buy supplies for children and families in need. Many thanks in advance.

WINNER WINNER!!

Congratulations to Ms. O' Neill's, 6th class, who are the Dublin Senior Category winners in the Someone Like Me competition. The boys entry will now go forward to the National awards on January 18th. We are very proud of Ms. O' Neill and her boys.
For more information on the competition Someone Like Me Competition – Art Competition

CHILDHOOD RSV & STREP A

We kindly ask that children who are displaying symptoms of illness, cough, fever, sore throat etc. stay at home from school until they are fully recovered. You will see from media reports that childhood RSV and Strep A are highly contagious infections and extremely dangerous. We want to ensure these infections stay out of our school.

As the temperatures are set to plummet in the coming days, please ensure the boys are appropriately dressed for outdoor yard and PE classes. Please ensure all names are clearly visible on all coats, hats, scarfs etc.

STAR OF THE FUTURE

Congratulations to Charlie Pattison, 5th class, who had a hole-in-one last week during Hollypark golf lessons. A beauty of a strike from 150 metres, one bounce and the ball dropped into the hole. The huge cheer and joyous reaction from his group mates could be heard for miles around! Well done Charlie, certainly a memory to cherish.

INFANT CHRISTMAS SHOWS

Junior Infants- December 15th at 9.30am

Senior Infants- December 15th at 11.30am

All shows will take place in the school PE hall. Please note that spaces are limited and reserved for 2 adults only per child.

6TH CLASS CAROL SERVICE

December 14th at 7pm.
The Carol service will take place in the school PE hall. Please note that spaces are limited and reserved for 2 adults only per child.

SCHOOL LIBRARY

The school library is open once again! There is a great buzz around the school each morning as the boys visit to choose their new book. Thank you to our team of library volunteers who have been busy preparing the re-opening for the past number of weeks. The school library is an excellent resource for our pupils and we look forward to each class from 2nd- 6th visiting weekly.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Parent teacher meetings will take place the week beginning Monday, January 23rd. School will close at 2.15pm on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th to facilitate meetings.

KILMACUD CROKES

Congratulations to captain Shane Cunningham (past pupil) and all the Kilmacud Crokes football team on the Leinster final win at the weekend. Commiserations to the senior hurling team who battled bravely but lost to an excellent Ballyhale Shamrocks team. Well done to all our past pupils who represented Kilmacud last weekend. We look forward to the players bringing the cup to Hollypark BNS!

SANTA VISIT

Santa and his elves will once again visit Hollypark this year. We look forward to welcoming him on Monday, December 19th. It is always one of our favourite days of the year.