Kilmacrennan NS

November 2018 Newsletter

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Please note the following dates for your diary,

A six-week swimming course for pupils in First and Fifth classes commenced on Thursday, 8th November. This is also an opportune time to refresh children’s name labels on coats, uniforms, swimming gear, lunch boxes, pencil cases, tin whistles and anything that has the potential to move!

A Súgradh Le Chéile workshop for parents of Junior Infant pupils is scheduled for Friday, November 16th at 12.30pm. All are welcome to attend.

The Parent-teacher meetings are scheduled for Thursday, 22nd Nov from 3.15-5.45pm. Individual appointment times will issue shortly.

Our boys and girls soccer teams are scheduled to participate in the FAIS Donegal 7 a side soccer finals in Ballyare this week. We wish both teams good luck in the event.

A Third and Fourth class team will participate in the Futsal competition in late November.

The In-House Gaelic football leagues are ongoing with one group stage game left for teams before the semi-finals line-up is known.

Pupils from our school will participate in the Guth Ghoill Irish language poetry competition in Downings on Saturday, 1st December. Please let your class teacher know if your child wishes to participate in the event.

We will host a West Midland’s theatre group performance of ‘Arabian Nights’ for all pupils in the School Hall on Monday, 3rd December at 12.45pm. The cost is €2 per child, or €5 per family.

I wish to congratulate all our athletes who participated in the Donegal cross-country championship in Buncrana recently. We had a most successful outing, particularly our U-11 and U-13 girls who captured team gold medals in the Large Schools Category.

Finally, to conclude with some old chestnuts; with dark, cold and wet mornings a feature of Winter, I wish to re-iterate that children should not be left to school before morning opening times, and I request that no cars use the staff/bus car-park in the mornings and at 2 and 3pm pick-up times.

Yours sincerely,

John Devenney.