Run, skip, jump and play, Let’s be active every day.
Active School Week
Dear Dads, Mums, Pupils and Staff,
What a busy, active week we are having here at school. Miss Anderson and the Active School Committee have done an amazing job organising activities for everyone in the school.
We’ve had an extra 10 minutes of play every day. The Committee members have organised and managed playground games. Classes have been visiting Ferrybank GAA grounds to use the facilities there and we are very grateful to the GAA for helping us out.
We’ve had Yoga lessons with Rachel, Polynesian Clap Dancing with Kathy and Hip Hop, Irish Dancing and Line Dancing with Dawn and Denise. Our Active Homework has kept us moving after school. Speakers from the Soccer Club and the GAA Club will talk to the girls at Assembly. Our ‘Wake Up Walks’ have been a huge success and have become a real community effort. We made great progress this morning because we are getting fitter and faster! If we have the same number of people tomorrow morning, we will reach our target city, Prague. We count everyone who walks with us, Mums, Dads, Grandparents and little brothers and sisters so we need everyone to join in and help us to make it all the way to the Czech Republic.
It has been a great effort by the whole school community. Thank you all for your support.
Yours sincerely,
C. O’Reilly – Principal
Credit Union
St. Dominic’s Credit Union visits the school every two weeks and we have some dedicated savers! The next visit will be on Thursday 10th May. It’s never too late to join so why not think about it? If you need any information you can contact the school office on 051 832984 or St. Dominic’s Credit Union on 051 873867.
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Today, April 26th is the feast day of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Some of the girls from Sixth Class visited all the other classes to tell the story of the picture of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
The word ‘counsel’ means ‘advice’. Our Lady of Good Counsel is ready to listen to our problems and to give us good advice. The picture of Our Lady of Good Counsel shows Mary holding her son, the baby Jesus. The story of the original painting of Our Lady of Good Counsel goes back to the 15th Century when it suddenly appeared on the wall of a newly built church in Genazzano, Italy. The painting was named after the church, and became known as Our Lady of Good Counsel. The words on the painting mean: “Most Holy Mother of Good Counsel, pray for us to Jesus your Son.” You can still see the painting there today.
Our Lady of Good Counsel, pray for us.
A Muire na Dea-Chomhairle, guí orainn.
School Closures
Here is a little reminder of school closures for the rest of this school year.
Term 3 begins Monday 9th April
May Bank Holiday Closed Monday 7th May
Referendum School closed Friday May 25th
June Bank Holiday Closed Thursday 31st May to Tuesday 5th June inclusive.
Reopening Wednesday 6th June
Staff Training School closing @ 12.30p.m. on Wednesday 13th June (Child Protection training for all staff)
School year ends on Friday 29th June 2018
School Tours
School tours are being organised at the moment and you will shortly receive a note with details of your child’s outing.
Well Done!
The Ferrybank Child and Family Services Network (CFSN) held a very successful event here in our school in February 2017 to mark World Internet Safety Day. One of the outcomes was that parents and carers said they would like more information on how to help keep their young people safe while using social media and the internet. Last night, four wonderful young people from Foróige – Chloe, Michaela, Craig and Kyle – made a presentation based on their experiences, and they kindly gave their time to parents to show them how to set up controls on their devices.
As part of the yearlong project, three girls in our Sixth Class designed stickers to reminder all of us about how much time we spend on our devices. The stickers have now been printed and are being distributed to all the agencies in the CFSN. Well done Libby, Grace and Ebahi – we are very proud of you.
Thank You
We received a lovely card and email from the Little Sisters of the Poor to thank the girls in Second Class for their wonderful singing at Mass in St. Joseph’s on Monday last. The girls got great praise for their responses to the prayers during Mass. It’s great to know that the girls are preparing so well for their First Holy Communion and well done to the class and Ms. Finucane for representing our school so well.
Royal Performance
Members of the school choir from Second and Fifth Classes sang beautifully at a recent concert in the Theatre Royal. The concert was a fundraising event for the Niall Mellon Education Programme. The girls’ rendition of ‘The Ferrybank Piper’ got great praise. Thank you to all the Mams and Dads who made the effort to bring the girls along and to Miss Finucane and Miss Walsh for being so generous with their time.
Remember – 20 Past Nine – In Your Line