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.