We had a wonderful Grandparents’ Day on Wednesday January 24th. The school was alive with music, songs, poems, knitting and card games.  It certainly was a day to remember.  A big “Thank You” to all.

Our Student Council organised a Christmas Jumper Week to raise money for our local St. Vincent de Paul. On Wednesday they presented Jimmy Fleming with €688.  Thanks to everyone for contributing so generously.

We had a special visitor to the school on Tuesday.  Santa Claus paid a flying visit to all the classes. We think Santa really enjoyed his visit!

We were delighted to attend the crib unveiling and Christmas tree lighting in the village green on Friday 9th December. It was a very cold afternoon but the Christmas spirit was very much in evidence as the children sang Jingle Bells and Silent Night. As a sign of friendship to our Ukrainian pupils we sang a verse of Silent Night in Ukrainian.

Clean Air Week is taking place from November 21st to 25th. Our Green School Committee is encouraging us all to take part. You can read a letter from the committee here telling us about a no idling campaign it hopes parents will be able to help out with.

Well done to our Green School Committee for all their work in promoting all things green in our school and for helping us achieve 7 Green Flags.

Our lunchtime football league began this week. Things kicked off with a match between Offaly and Limerick. We’re looking forward to seeeing lots of great skill over the next few weeks.

Information on the admission process can be found here.

We held a Board of Management meeting on November 14th. You can read a report of this meeting here.

Once again this year lots of pupils took part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal organised by Operation Team Hope. Around 100 filled shoeboxes wrapped in Christmas paper were donated to those in need by the very generous girls and boys in our school. Well done to everyone who took part.