29-11-2012
Dear parents,
The Green Schools Committee has organised an Art Competition for Christmas.. Children are asked to make a Christmas decoration from recycled material. Closing date is December 8th.
Thank you to all parents who attended parent-teacher meetings last week and to the teachers who put a lot of work into preparation for these meetings. If for some reason, you were not in a position to attend, please contact the school as soon as possible.
During the course of parent-teacher meetings, some parents expressed a desire for their child to repeat a class. Under Department of Education rules governing this issue, Circular 19/2011 makes reference to Circular 32/03 concerning retention of children in same class-
Section 2.3 states: ‘Under the Department’s policy, children should only be allowed to repeat a year for educational reasons and in exceptional circumstances.’
The Christmas pageant will take place in
The Peace Proms Choir will perform in UL on Sunday January 27th. All choir members have received a note re tickets etc today.
A meeting of the Parents Association will take place on Monday next December 3rd. at 8.30 p.m. Please see overleaf re Bagpacking in Tesco on December 22nd..
Ballybrown/Clarina Community Games: U11 Rugby Training continues this Saturday in the school field 1:30 to 2:30. All newcomers welcome.
U10/U12/U14 Draughts Training continues Thursday in the school 7:10p.m.-8:10.p.m. All newcomers welcome
Gach dea-ghuí,
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J. Lyons
Principal