"Engineering Week 2015"

We had a visit from Mr. Paul O'Leary one of our parents who took our pupils through the various roles that Engineers play in our society!!

Basketball 2015

This is our team who reached the semi final of the schools Basketball blitz

Our non-competitive teams also took part this year!

Senior Infant's "Texture Hunt"

Senior Infants went on a hunt around Scoil Bhríde, looking for different textures. The girls examined different items firstly by touch and then took a rubbing using wax crayons. They found lots of different textures and had so much fun too!

I wonder what interesting textures you could find at home!

"Zumba Classes"

Letter to Parents 11th February 2015

11^th February 2015

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Crosshaven 8km Road Race (www.crosshaven8km.com)

I want to formally announce that this year’s race will take place on WEDNESDAY 25^th April.  Please spread the word and if anyone needs posters for your workplace, we will be more than happy to supply them for you.  There is an online registration facility added to the website this year while we will also accept entry on the night.

Recorder Fees

As per the schedule, please send in the recorder fees as soon as you can and the cost is €20 per child.  We will be hosting a “Musical Evening” on the week commencing Monday 23^rd March to illustrate the children’s work.

Scoil Bhríde Uniforms

I noted at the Parents’ Association AGM last October that the general feeling amongst those who attended, were in favour of purchasing school uniforms from a shop rather than the current system.  So with this in mind I have organised from July 1^st that all our uniform items can be purchased from “4orm” which is based in Carrigaline Industrial Estate.  We will trial this idea for the next three years.  This will mean that at any time during the year, you will be able to call to the shop and purchase your items. 

What I intend to do with a view to easing the transition, is distribute order forms at the end of April/start of May, gather them and pass them directly to “4orm”.  You will then be in a position to collect your items from 1^st  July as well as paying for them directly in the shop.  

Uniform Sale

Following on from the previous point above, we have a selection of stock here in school which we would like to offer to parents at a reduced rate.  Please turn over to see the list and prices.  I also have a very small number of 2015 calendars for sale, so I am offering  a special rate of 2 calendars for €10.

 

Parents Association

As mentioned in my last letter, we are looking for a few volunteers.  Thanks to those who have already come forward, it is greatly appreciated.

Health Promoting School

The past three weeks have been very busy between Zumba classes, Indoor Camogie, Smoothy tasting and Basketball.  I’m delighted with how the staff/children have embraced these activites and especially want to thank our teachers for their continued support.

Yours in cooperation

Séamus

Smoothy Making in Scoil Bhríde!

As part of our Health Promoting School Initiative, we had a "Healthy Smoothy Tasting", all organised by our 6th Class

Letter to Parents 12th january 2015

12^th January 2015

Parents/Guardians,

May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year!!  I’m delighted to see everyone returning to us and ready for another term.  With this new term in mind, I want to raise a few house-keeping issues with you all.

Traffic Issues:

May I remind everyone that at no time is any car permitted to park in our designated bus space.  All of us together have worked hard to introduce the effective measures which are now working quite well.  However a simple thing as parking in the bus zone  brings us back to square one, particularly on wet days.   Our Board of Management are in complete support of the idea of calling the Gardaí or passing registration plate numbers to the authorities if this continues.

Parent’s Association:

I would like to thank our Parent’s Association for organising the calendar and selling of school Christmas Cards!  I want to especially thank Siobhan Russell who did a fantastic job on short notice in relation to the calendar.  There was an awful lot of work put into these ideas by the group and I sincerely appreciate everyone’s effort.  We are currently looking for more interested parents to get involved with this group.  Please contact Deirdre here in school over the next few days if you would like to put your name forward.

Punctuality in the morning:

I want to remind everyone that if your child is ten minutes late each morning , this will add up to 50 minutes per week of lost school time.  It’s an important skill to teach your children and I would appreciate you ensured that your child/ren are on time for school each day.

Uniforms:

I’m delighted with the respect being paid by the girls to tracksuit/uniform days as well as to wearing school jackets to school each day.  May I ask parents to please ensure all your child’s items are clearly labeled with their names.  I also want to remind everyone that our rules only allow either black or brown tights to be worn with the school uniform. 

Zumba Dance Lessons:

As part of our Health Promotion here in Scoil Bhríde, we have a visiting Zumba Teacher who will take from Senior infants to 6^th classes on Friday 16^th and 23^rd January.  The cost of these lessons is €2 per pupil, which you might send in during the week please.

Yours in co-operation,

Séamus