Assembly will take place tomorrow (Tuesday).
5th & 6th class: 9.10am
3rd & 4th class: 9.45am
Mrs Whittle Retiring
Mrs Whittle retired from our school on Monday last and it was a sad and emotional day for all of us. Monday was the feast of St John Bosco and it was a fitting day for her to retire as she had lived the ideals of Don Bosco all her teaching life in Talbot.
At 11.00 we had Mass in the hall and then afterwards we had a presentation to Mrs Whittle. All the children in the school had contributed to buy a present for her. We bought her two Genesis figures of a boy and girl reading books and a suitcase which she can use, now that she has lots of time to travel.
Chelsea Graham wrote a wonderful speech about Mrs Whittle and said it beautifully. Then Myles and Chloe and Judith presented her with the gifts. After that Jordan and Thomas wheeled in a big cake and Mrs Whittle cut it.
Next up was Alan Byrne who made a lovely speech on his own behalf and on behalf of all the past pupils of Talbot and he presented her with a beautiful painting of the school which he had painted himself. She was thrilled with it.
This was followed by Una Kelly from the Parents Assocation making a presentation to her.
Finally Mrs Whittle made a speech and told the children that she had loved every day in Talbot SNS.
Everyone (including Mrs Whittle ) shed a few tears! We wish her the best of luck in her retirement and hopefully she will come back to visit us lots.
Press play below to see a photo story of Mrs Whittle’s last day at school.
Mary Whittle for website
Best Procedures
All the School took part in our Procedure competition. There were some wonderful Procedures and it was very difficult to judge which were the best ones but finally we picked one from each class group.
3rd Class – from Mr Stuart’s class – Abbie Lambert wrote a Procedure on How to annoy your brothers.
4th Class – from Mr Molloy’s class – Lauren Hennessy wrote – How to make a batch of Fairy cakes.
5th Class – from Mr Byrne’s class – Shannon Drumm wrote – How to make Strawberry Banana smoothie perfume.
6th Class – from Ms Shaw’s class – Shannon Quirke wrote – How to find a Rainbow
A Masterpiece
This great boy made this bull today.
He is looking for a great name for it and has a little prize for the best name!!
Any ideas…?
Grandparents Day
This morning we had our special breakfast for Grandparents. We wanted to let them know how much we appreciate them in our school.
It was a great morning – their grandchildren even had breakfast with them. After breakfast, our students brought their grandparents back to their classroom to introduce them to their teacher and to show them their classroom.
Have a look at all the photos we took!
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Paired-Reading
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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