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Volume 16, Issue 03
November | An Samhain 2010
Linking home and school.
“This school should be used as a model for other schools
around the country” - The Minister for Education and Science
Email: snbclonakilty. [email protected]
Website Address: www.snbclonakilty.com Telephone/Fax: 023-8834487
Christmas Carol Service/ Lighting of the
Remembrance: Tuesday 7th of December
at 7.30 p.m. in the Parish Church.
No school: Wednesday 8th of December.
Christmas Magazine out: Thursday 9th of
December.
Early closing: Thursday 23rd of Decem-
ber, 12.00 p.m.
Back to school after Christmas Holidays:
Monday 10th of January, 2011
Staff Meeting: Wednesday 16th of Febru-
ary, home at 1.30p.m.
Mid Term Break: Monday 21st and Tues-
day 22nd of February.
Parent/Teacher Meetings: Thursday 3rd of
March.
School Closed: Thursday 17th and Friday
18th of March.
Confirmation: Tuesday 22nd of March
10.30a.m.
Easter Holidays: Friday 15th of April, clos-
ing at 12.00p.m.
Back to school: Tuesday 3rd of May.
First Holy Communion: Saturday 21st of
May.
Many thanks to the Parents’
Association who recently at
their A.G.M. donated €12000
to the school. €5000 of this
was use to purchase the Liter-
acy Lift Off Books and the
remainder €7000 will be put
towards our new building. As
you can see from above we
now owe €64,000.
Pictured on the right is our
new Parents’ Association - Majella Latimer
(Chairperson), Pat Murphy (Vice Chairperson),
Ray Daly (Treasurer), Linda White (Vice Treas-
urer), Louise Cullinane (Secretary) and Ber
Scally (PRO).
Best wishes to our outgoing committee (pictured
on top) for all their hard work and commitment
to Scoil na mBuachaillí.
Hire some fun for any occasion
Phone: Clonakilty 023 88 35595
Mobile: 086 8315744
Bantry: 027 50713
Mobile: 087 9081273
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Pictured above: Parents’ Association AGM, Successful teams in Ahamilla football competition, Tae
Kwondo winner, Sciath na Scol competition and Learner’s Chess starts.
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All cans
g r a t e -
f u l l y
received . Please contact the school if you have any query
re. this matter. The money that is collected by this scheme
is used in the school garden.
This is our 15th year of our Christmas Annual and we are extremely
grateful to all the businesses in Clonakilty who support us every year
by placing advertisements in the publication. The money raised by
the Annual is used to pay for ink etc for our printer which is used by
all the children and staff of the school.
Please encourage your child to put something into the magazine - it
could be a joke, a puzzle, a story, a poem, a picture, a crossword - in
fact anything at all will be considered. Just please follow the rules
below:
1. Please put your name and age at the top of the article.
2. If possible write your article in Times New Roman, size 10.
3. When naming your story put your own name in the file name
- in case another child has the same story.
4. Don’t have the story too long - as there is limited space.
5. Send in your story - by email if you wish - to …...
[email protected] or type it in your classroom
and the boys in Rang 6 will help you to save it.
Thanks to the boys in Rang 6 who are helping each class with the
magazine, thanks also to the teachers, SNA, Finbarr and Thelma for
their assistance. Below is a list of the boys who are helping the class-
rooms:
Editor: Paul O’Regan
Assistant Editor: Jack Lynch
Junior Infants: Colin and Shane Sexton
Junior and Senior Infants: Stephen Skinner, Páraic Halligan and
Senior Infants: David Spearman, Dylan O’Driscoll and Jake Cronin
Rang 1: Conor Hourihane and Chris O’Donovan
Rang 1/2: Tom O’Donovan and James Hegarty
Rang 2/3: Cathal O’Regan and Peter O’Donoghue
Rang 3: Ruairí Coughlan and Nathan Holding
Rang 4: James Hayes and Joe Hughes
Rang 4/5: Cathal O’Sullivan and Robbie Matthews
Rang 5/6: Colin Deane and Bradleigh Williamson
Rang 6: Declan O’Sullivan and Matthew Ferguson
Reminder:
As we told you recently a number of boys in the
school are allergic to nuts and for them any contact
with nuts or products containing traces of nuts can be
dangerous for example NUTELLA!!!!
Please give your children water to drink coming
to school - not sweet or fizzy drinks. Also please
avoid crisps and chocolate products.
This year’s First Holy Communion will be held on
Saturday 21st of May at 11.00 a.m. in the Parish
Church. No date yet for First Confession or Class
mass.
Confirmation is being held on Tuesday 22nd of
March.
If your child has been baptised outside of the parish
of Clonakilty you must send in a copy of his Baptis-
mal Certificate.
If you have not done this already (most people did it
at enrolment) please do so immediately as the child
cannot receive the Sacrament of First Holy Com-
munion or Confirmation without this document.
This year due to the fact that the hall is out of action until after the Christmas Break (because of
our new classroom being built) we are unable to hold Christmas Concerts.
Instead we are going to hold a Christmas Carol Service in the Parish Church on the 7th of De-
cember at 7.30p.m..
It will be organised in the following groupings:
Juniors and Seniors Infants
Rang 1, 2, and 3
Rang 4, 5 and 6
Thank you to Elaine Connolly | Karen O’Regan | Maire Houstoun | Sarah O’Brien for coordi-
nating the service and to the staff of the school for preparing the children.
Children will be asked to wear appropriate costumes and it would be appreciated if you could
assist with this.
There will be a collection at the door for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. On the night we will
also light the Remembrance Tree near the Post Office.
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The Loft Frames & Gallery
4 Western Road, Clonakilty, West Cork
Tel. 023 | 8835625 Open Tue - Sat 9.30 - 5.30
Our Links goes to all parents in the school - 10 times a year - at the beginning of each month. The cost is €20 per issue or at a dis-count of €150 for the entire year! Please ring Thelma 8834487 if you are interested.
Scoil na mBuachaillí Sciath na Scol team
Presentation of framed photograph by James Connolly to Duncan Stewart
Clonakilty Duathlon presents cheque for €800 to the Parent’s Association
SEI workshops recently
Many thanks to Ms. O'Keeffe, Mrs. Connolly and all the
staff who organised this year’s Fancy Dress Parade and
Art and Story Competitions. Prizes were awarded to:
Picture Competition:
Junior Infants: Cameron Rose, Gearóid Coleman.
Senior Infants: Ayo Fagbemi, Mikolaj Chudoba
Rang 1: Akram Munezero, Simon Walsh
Rang 2: Craig Bateman, Maciek Bednarz
Story Competition:
Rang 3: Florrie McCarthy, Isaac O’Sullivan
Rang 4: Seth
O’Donovan, Ian
O’Keeffe
Rang 5: Jack
Archbold
Rang 6: Joe
Hughes, Declan
O’Sullivan
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Sciath na Scol | GAA Training and
Matches have now finished. Thanks to Mr.
O’Brien for organising this again this year.
The boys won 4 of their matches and played
extremely well throughout the competition.
Thanks to all the parents and staff who
brought the boys to the matches: Therése
Hughes, Nicole Cronin, Helen O’Hea, Marga-
ret O’Regan, Clare O’Regan, Denis Enright,
Maura Deane, Maurice Shanley, John Cole-
man, Jerry O’Sullivan, Kathleen Doonan,
Maurice Shanley.
Basketball training has started for 5th and 6th
classes. Basketball is held on Mondays /
Thursday evenings. Please keep an eye on the
school website for information on matches
etc.
Quizzard ’10/11 will start after mid term
break and will run right up to the summer
holidays.
Chess – The Chess Club has started with the
largest number ever taking chess lessons: 32
are in the Learner’s Club and 44 are in the
Players’ Club. Learners’ will meet on Tues-
days and Players on Wednesdays.
Soccer Competitions – are well underway.
Children from Senior Infants to sixth class are
participating in the various competitions. All
teams are on our website.
Wardens – Boys in fifth/sixth class have
trained with Mr. Harte and Chris Hinchy for
Junior Warden Duty. We very much appreci-
ate their help and dedication every year with
the Junior Warden Scheme.
Orienteering - for boys in fifth and sixth
classes started last week.
Multi-Media Authoring / Video Editing /
Computer Lessons - have started for Rang 3,
Rang 4, Rang 5 and Rang 6.
The following items can only be recycled in school: Milk
Cartons, clean paper and plastic.
All other items e.g. uneaten lunches, lunch wrapping, tin
foil etc must be brought home and disposed of there.
Sciath na Scol Competition
Baking in Rang 2 / Rang 3
Thanks to Mr. Harte for running the Homework
Club again this year. It runs on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons - 3.00 - 4.00 p.m.
The Homework club has been very successful
over the past few years and it’s great to see it con-
tinuing. There are 24 boys in the club this year.
Santa envelopes are still on sale from Thelma as the
office for €1.00.
These are stamped and addressed to the North Pole for Santa. All
proceeds go to the Cork Simon Charity.
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Any old school uniforms or
tracksuits would be more than
welcome.
If your child loses a jumper
please do not buy a new one -
first check to see if we have
one in the school that would fit
your child.
Parents: now that children are back
in school, please be vigilant and
check your child’s hair regularly
for headlice.
If you find any please notify the
school and we will send a note to
all parents in that class.
Thanks to
the Parent’s
Association
for organis-
i n g t h e
C h r i s t m a s
Raffle again
this year.
As in the past all monies raised by
the class will be spent by the class
teacher for the classroom.
More details about this raffle in
the next Links (though the tickets
may be handed out before that).
What is the Remembrance Tree?
The Remembrance Tree is an opportunity to remember your
love ones in a special way this Christmas.
For just €10 you can add your light to the tree. Your light can
now be purchased from Scoil na mBuachaillí or from any
member of the Parents’ Association. In December, the lights
will be on sale on the streets of Clonakilty.
What are the funds for?
The funds raised by this venture are being used for our new
extension (i.e. to pay back the money borrowed for our fabulous
extension) and for a local Charity. Thanks to this tree - all chil-
dren are being taught in permanent accommodation!
And........ If you are free to sell lights between 8th of December
and Christmas (for approx. two hours) please contact Thelma at
the school - 8834487.
Lighting Up Ceremony
The Lighting up Ceremony will be held on the night of the Christmas Carol Service,
7th of December.
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Thank you to all the boys who have volunteered to sing car-
ols on the 8th of December outside O’Donovan’s Hotel at
12.00 p.m. approx.
We were hoping to get 20 boys as all the rehearsing is done
during the break times but we have more than 50!
Boys will assemble at O’Donovan’s 12.00—12.15p.m. and
will sing for approx. 30 - 45 mins. Bring Santa hats if you
have them and warm clothes.