Paired reading is well underway in 3rd and 5th class. Every child in 3rd class now has a senior reading buddy. 4 days a week, they read for 15 minutes with their buddy. Some parents come in and read with their child too!
Maths For Fun
Ms. Doherty’s 3rd Class had their last session of Maths For Fun today! Thank you so much to all the parents who helped out!
Maths For Fun
Maths for Fun finished up today in Mr. Stuart’s Class. Thanks to all the parents and grandparents who helped out!
Grandparents Day
On the 2nd of February we will be celebrating Grandparents Day.
Grandparents are invited in for a special breakfast morning. It’s time we celebrated all the great work our Grandparents do!
Please tell us how special your grandparents are. There will be a prize for the best comment!
January Assembly
We had a very busy assembly this morning. Attendance Certificates for full attendance for term 1 were given out. Well done to everybody who received one!
Ms. Donlon read out some winning Procedures!
Pupil of the month and class of the month for December 2010 were given out.
Ms. Byrne reminded everybody about the Scholastic Book fair which will be coming to our school on the 30th of March. Start saving now!
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CAPE
Well done to one of our parents, Doris who graduated from the CAPE course (Clondalkin Area Parents in Education)! 
Christmas Raffle
Yesterday we held our annual Christmas Raffle. I spoke on the intercom (for the first time!!) and called out the winning tickets. Veronica Morris, Una Kelly, Suzanne Coffey, Alan McGrath, Sandra Byrne (Chairperson of the Parents Association) and Jenny Quinn were all with me in Mr. Ruddy’s office.
The 2 winning hampers went to Izzy Breen from 6th Class and Geraldine Dundun (SNA)
Many other children won lots of great prizes. These winners were:
Ryan O’Brien, Cailee Gartlan, Emma Aspil, Abby Dunne, Lee Brown, Robyn Power, Lauren Maguire, AnnMarie Hogan, Hannah Doyle, Mia Sloan, Hannah Obafemi, Jake Mulhall, Dylan Quinn, Karl Byrne and Teighan Walsh.
Sr. Catherine’s name was pulled out for the 1st hamper but she kindly donated it back into the raffle. Geraldine kindly donated her hamper to charity!
Thank you to all who bought raffle tickets!
Ms. Byrne
Christmas Raffle
Our Christmas raffle for our two amazing hampers and many more prizes will take place tomorrow at 2pm.
Have your tickets ready! Don’t worry if you cannot find your tickets, we have everybody’s name written on the back of all tickets sold! 
Weather Warning – School Closed
In view of the severe weather warning and healthy & safety, the school will be closed on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd of December.
Maths For Fun
Ms. Walsh’s class completed their last Maths For Fun session this morning. A huge thank you to Martina, Orla, Nicola, Rachel, Lisa and Ann-Marie for taking part.
Mr. Stuart’s and Ms. Doherty’s classes will complete their last 2 sessions in January!
