Dear Parents, Guardians, Pupils and Friends of the school,
I hope this message finds you all well. As we get closer to the summer we look forward to the longer
days and better weather (hopefully!). In the month of May we celebrate Mary Our Mother. We enjoyed a
special assembly with Ms. Power’s 2nd class last Friday and Ms. Kelly has arranged a beautiful May
altar in the entrance hall in the school. Thank you to all the girls who have brought in flowers for the May
altar!

Wellbeing Week
This week we have had a very busy Wellbeing Week which has been organised by Ms. Shanahan and
the Wellbeing Warriors. Each day had a different focus ranging from Mindful Monday to Friendship
Friday. We started off on Monday with Zumba for all classes thanks to the Zumba dance teacher, Rachel
Dunne. Throughout the week the classes have enjoyed activities including an intercom message daily,
mindful walks, the daily mile, breathing techniques, mindfulness colouring, meditation, a guest speaker
for 5th and 6th for healthy eating, Healthy Eating Assembly and healthy food tasting with Ms. Burkes 6th
class, cooperate/teamwork games….the list goes on. Thanks to everyone for their hard work in arranging
and participating in a busy but very successful Wellbeing Week!

To conclude Wellbeing week, tomorrow, Friday, we will have a ‘Wear your Brightest Colour Clothes Day’
where the girls are invited to dress in bright colours coming to school. We will be fundraising for ‘Wear
your Brightest Colour Clothes Day’ and any contribution you would like to make is greatly appreciated. All
funds will be used towards activities for the girls.

First Holy Communion
Congratulations to the girls in 2nd class who made their Communion on Saturday. Thank you to Ms.
Power who had everything perfectly prepared and to Fr O’ Shea for his help and a beautiful mass. Well
done to the girls themselves who were so good, as ever on the day. Fortunately, the weather was nice to
us and we hope that everyone celebrating the Communion had a lovely day.

Primary Schools Athletics
We are holding running trials for the girls in 1stto 6th class as Primary Schools Athletics will take place in
the Regional Sports Centre (RSC) on Tuesday coming. Best of luck to the girls who have qualified to go.
If your daughter has qualified, she will receive a permission slip which is to be signed and returned to the
school.

Weather

The weather is gradually improving and just a reminder to you to please ensure that your child has plenty
of drinks to keep them hydrated in school and that we encourage you to apply suncream to your
daughter before school and for them to wear a hat also.

In Service Day
Reminder: The school will be closed for the girls next Friday (not tomorrow), May 19th for teacher In Service training. We will reopen on Monday, May 22nd.

Photographs
We have arranged to have photographs taken of the whole school on Friday, May 26th. This will include
individual photos, photos with siblings and class photos. Information will go out to parents after regarding the photos including proofs (examples of the photos taken) and how to purchase, if you wish to do so.

Traffic Disruption
BAM (the company carrying out the works near our school) have informed me that there will be some
disruption on the Abbey road next week. They have informed me that they will try to avoid disruption
during pick up and drop off times.
Given the nature of the works that are going to take place in Ferrybank in the foreseeable future, we will
do our best to let you know of disruptions/changes regarding traffic that effect our school. As the weather improves, it could be a good time to leave the cars at home and walk to and from school with your child(ren) especially if you live nearby.

Camogie

Our U11 camogie team were in action last week in Kill. They played three games against Newtown, St. Saviours and Kill.  We won 2 games and played out a close draw.  They will be back in action in a few weeks. They girls played really well and did a brilliant job representing our school.

Congratulations

Finally, a big congratulations to Ms. Eilís Walsh our 5th class teacher who got married last Saturday. We
hope you had a great day and wish both you and your new husband many years of health and happiness.

Yours sincerely,
J. Nagle – Principal