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Christmas 2018

Fáilte is fiche chuig Nuachlitir na Nollag 2018. We are fast approaching the end of what has been a very busy and productive term. As you read through the newsletter, you will see just how busy we have been. Our Board of Management, Parent’s Association, Student’s Council, Teachers, after-school facilitators, Margaret our secretary and Seán our caretaker have worked really hard this term and I wish to thank them all for their great efforts. I also wish to thank everybody involved in our school community and parish for their continued support.

Christmas is a very special time of year in our school and for all our families. It is a time for

each other and for caring and sharing.On behalf of everyone here in Loreto National

School, I wish you and your families a very happy and safe Christmas and we look forward to

welcoming you all back here in 2019.

Newsletter- Christmas 2018

Scoil Bhríde, Loreto

N.S.

Christmas shoebox appeal;


Pupils and staff, along with their families put together Christmas Boxes filling them with toys and everyday goods which we sometimes take for granted. The response was amazing and everybody got on-board. We received over 80 boxes. We really appreciate the huge effort that everybody made. These gifts were transported to countries like Kosovo just in time for Christmas. Thanks to everybody for making this wonderful project possible.

Halloween dress-up:We had some spooky visitors to our school during Halloween!!


Parent Teacher Meetings:

GAA;


We held our parent-teacher meetings in the school in the middle of November. Thank you to all parents for making the effort to attend. Please remember that if you every wish to discuss your child’s education, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thanks to Mr. Vince Cooper for attending the school during the term and doing some GAA skills with our school. His dedication is greatly appreciated and we look forward to welcoming him back here again in the new year.

Book Fair;

Muckross Lotto;Our School has been facilitating the Muckross Lotto. This is a great local initiative and also a great fundraiser for our school. Thank you to all the parent’s who continue to support it and to all the winners from our school!!Science Week; Our school took part in science week this year. There were some wonderful


Thanks to Mr. Vince Cooper for attending the school during the term and doing some GAA skills with our school. His dedication is greatly appreciated and we look forward to welcoming him back here again in the new year.

A book fair was held in the school on Monday and Tuesday, November 19th and 20th of November. Thank you to everybody for the huge support . It enabled us to upgrade our school libraries to the value of over €900. Thanks also to our parent’s association for organising volunteers to help out.

experiments going on throughout the school and these were shown to all classes. Children enjoyed our fact of the day and the many experiments which can be seen on our school blog.

Holy Communion and Confirmation:Holy Communion is on Saturday May 25th 2019 and our Confirmation is on Friday March 15th 2019

Christmas in Killarney: Loreto National School were very well represented by pupils, teachers and parents at the recent Christmas Parade. We took on the theme of Toy Story and the pupils really got into the spirit of it all. It was a very enjoyable evening!


Reading Eggs; Pupils throughout the school are taking part in the interactive reading eggs programme – Reading Eggs. This is a joint initiative between school and home and the children are really enjoying it!!

Christmas Jumper appeal; On December 7th, Loreto National School really got into the Christmas Spirit in aid of St. Vincent de Paul. Staff and pupils wore their brightest Christmas jumpers and donated €2 to this great cause. We raised over €200 and this was presented to Michelle and Tim from the Killarney St. Vincent de Paul. It is important to think of those less fortunate especially at this time of year so thank you to everybody for supporting this great cause.


Winter art; There is some beautiful winter art around our school at the moment. Well done to all the boys and girls and their teachers for creating some lovely pieces.


Christmas Concert and bake sale;Wednesday, 19th December was a day which stands out for us all in here in Loreto. We held our Cake-sale, Coffee morning and Christmas Concert. If people were not in the Christmas mood when they came, they certainly were when they were leaving. There was some amazing baking by both pupils and parents delivered to our school on Wednesday morning. Pupils were


delighted to attend and sample some of the beautiful baking. This was followed by a coffee morning for parents and families. The day culminated with our wonderful performances of some traditional Christmas songs and some hits from the Greatest Showman. We also had a wonderful display of instrumental music. Thanks to our Parent’s Association for helping on the day with teas and coffees and for providing some lovely hampers which were raffled on the day. Thanks also to Daly’s Super Valu and Hegarty’s Muckross Road for sponsoring beautiful hampers also.

After- School Classes;Everyday; Patricia Quigley 223 Club @ 0879160703Tuesdays; Irish Dancing- Mary O’Leary 2-4 @ 0876863254


Wednesdays;Art – Egle Saladziute 3-4 @ 0863469771Thursdays;Irish Dancing – Lisa Hegarty 3-4 @ 0876403828

Please keep an eye on our website to keep up to date with all our activities. Thanks to the wonderful staff here in Scoil Bhríde, Loreto for the hard during the last few weeks.

Thanks to all parents for their help and co-operation. Your Support is truly appreciated.

We wish you a happy and safe Christmas.


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