Book Fair

Scholastic Book Fair takes place this week in Scoil Nioclais from Monday 5th December to Friday 9th December in the school halla. This is an ideal opportunity to purchase books for Christmas presents. Everyone is welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

Follow up to AGM questions

Concern over traffic management at the Church entrance will be addressed in several ways including, monitoring by the local traffic gardai and by the setting up of a junior traffic warden scheme.

Parents and children are not allowed to use the footpath through the new prefabs as there is no safety crossing at the main gate.

There is a school snow policy which will be posted on main school blog but in effect it will be the same as last year. All parents will be notified by text, paths etc will be gritted inside the school grounds but the surrounding parks will be the responsibilty of the Council.

Policy and procedures leaflet for junior infants will be circulated asap.

The Healthy eating policy will be posted on the main school blog for parents to reference.

COFFEE MORNING

Parents of junior and senior infants are invited to attend a coffee morning in the school halla on Friday 14th October 2011, from 1240 to 120. Everyone is more than welcome to attend and to meet up with other parents. We look forward to seeing you on the day.

SNPA COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2011/2012

Niamh Kelly, Chairperson
Mary Mahony, Treasurer
Anne Tangney, Secretary
Majella Costello
Anne Todd
Catherine Squires
Marie Fitzgerald
Bernice Murphy
Celine Hallahan
Yvonne Gough
Kiren Khalid
Patricia Weir

AGM

Please note that the new time for the AGM on Tuesday 27th Sept in the school halla is 7.30 pm.

Invite to presentations

The co author, Maeve Mahon of the Come, Gather and Celebrate : Praying the New Missal with Children, will give two presentations on this new programme, which parents are invited to attend. This will take place on Monday 26th Sept in Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig at 7.30pm and Tuesday 27th Sept in the Quality Hotel, Clonakilty at 7.30pm

AGM

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 27th September 2011 at 7 p.m. in the school halla. All are invited to attend.

SALE

Parents are invited to attend a sale of donated school garments on Tuesday 21st June at 2.30 to 3.00 in the halla.
Euro
Tracksuit tops 2
Jumpers 5
Cardigans 5
Pinafores 10
School jackets To be confirmed
Coats/jackets 5
Hoodies/sweaters 2

Great bargains - hurry while stocks lasts.

BINGO WINNERS

FULL HOUSE

Round 1 Kiren Khalid
Round 2 Lorraine Cummins
Martin Kelleher
Round 3 Martina Connolly
Round 4 Gillian Davis

FOUR CORNERS

Round 1 Marie Fitzgerald
Round 2 Daphne Sheehan
Round 3 Mary Kenneally
Joan Murphy
Marie Collins
Round 4 Helen
Yvonne Gough

RAFFLE WINNERS
1st Pat O'Brien
2nd Noelleen Crean
3rd Mary O'Donovan

LOST AND FOUND

The Parents Association would like to advise that a Lost and Found day will take place on Thursday 2nd June at 2.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. in the halla. Items that have been mislaid during the school year, such as school jackets, coats, hats, scarves etc will be available for parents to reclaim.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

The Parents Association would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that helped with the preparation of the classrooms and halla, for the First Holy Communion. We would also like to thank the volunteers that helped with the reception on Saturday. Your help and support on both days were very much appreciated. Thank you.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION RECEPTION

The First Holy Communion will take place on Saturday, 14th May 2011. A reception for the children and families will take place in the school, following the ceremony.

We would appreciate if we could get more volunteers to help with this reception. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

IRISH GUIDE DOGS COIN TRAIL

The Parents Association would like to thank everyone that supported the coin trail in aid of the Irish Guide Dogs Association. E1112.98 was raised for this organisation.

CAKE SALE

The Parents Association would like to thank everyone for all their support with the cake sale last Sunday. The following are the lucky winners of the raffle: 1st Eugene O'Connor 2nd Maureen O'Donovan 3rd Sandra Healy

CAKE SALE

The Scoil Nioclais Parents Assocation are pleased to advise that the annual cake sale will take place at Frankfield Church, in the crying room on Saturday 2nd April at 7 pm mass and Sunday 3rd April from 930 am. Your continued support with this event is very much appreciated.

The Guide Dogs came to visit us recently and every class got to meet a dog and hear about the wonderful work that is being performed at the Irish Guide Dogs Association. The handlers explained about the different types of dogs they train and also the two types of dog training they carry out. They train guide dogs to assist people with visual impairment and also assistance dogs who work with children with a disability, they are particularly good with children with autism.Like all charities they are finding fundraising challenging in these days of recession. Each year the children of Scoil Nioclais make a coin trail where they collect coins and then make a mosaic -type picture on the floor of the hall with all the coins. The coins are then given to charity and this year the guide dogs will be the recipients. The coin trail took place on Friday 25th March.

IRISH GUIDE DOGS

Representatives from the Irish Guide Dogs Association, along with three dogs, will visit Scoil Nioclais on 1st March 2011. We very much look forward to this visit.

Fundraising for Irish Guide Dog Association

The Scoil Nioclais Parents Association are orgainising a coin trail to help raise funds for the Irish Guide Dog Association from 21st to 25th March 2011.

The Irish Guide Dog Association has been in operation for the last 35 years. It was founded by Jim Dennehy, who is visually impaired, in conjunction with Mary Dunlop. This is a well established national charity, based in Cork. They provide guide dogs for the visually impaired and assistance dogs for autistic children.

The Irish Guide Dogs have very kindly agreed to visit Scoil Nioclais in March. Three handlers will bring 2 dogs for the visually impaired and 1 assistance dog for autistic children to the school. A dog will visit each classroom and a brief presentation will be given. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to see first hand the wonderful skills of these dogs. We look forward to this visit and to your continued support.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

RESULTS OF CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

1st Eric Sheehan bike voucher E230 for Douglas Cycles
2nd Sheelagh Casey hamper
3rd Breda Lynch hamper
4th Ronan Clarke hamper
5th OCallaghan family hamper
6th Ted Kennelly hamper
7th Ann Coughlan Artisan voucher
8th Melanie Grace Lauras voucher
9th Mary Keane Liam Russells voucher
10th Marian Robert Board game