Homework Club is being offered to children from 3rd to 6th class. It runs on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school until 4.00pm. If you are interested in your child taking part, please contact Ms.Farrell or Ms.Mc Loughlin.
Lunchtime violin lessons given by Ms. Mc Loughlin began last week in the school. A huge amount of interest was shown by children wanting to take part in lessons.
Thanks to all who generously donated shoeboxes full of all sorts of goodies for the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. They will bring smiles to many faces!
With the generous support of the Board of Management, the school has purchased 5 sets of books, which has allowed for the successful roll out of the Literacy Lift Off programme.
During the Literacy Lift Off session, children worked through the stages of guided reading of both familiar and unfamiliar books, word work with magnetic letters, and writing.
New Reading: Pupils are given a new book everyday. After discussing the content of the book, and predicting what is happening in the story, children use strategies to read the new text.
Familiar Reading: Pupils re-read the book they read as new reading the day before. This is so children can develop fluency, comprehension, and most importantly an enjoyment for reading.
Writing: Pupils write a sentence based on their own news or an event in the story they have read. This develops children’s confidence in writing, through encouraging them to sound out words and learning the spelling of new words.
Word Work: Pupils develop phonics skills through making and breaking up words using magnetic letters.
Senior Infant children will take part in the programme after Christmas.
The Parents Association are hosting a Table Quiz on Friday 30th November at 8.30pm in Egans, MountTemple. Proceeds will go directly to the school. The cost per table of four is €20. There will also be a raffle held on the night. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Lunch Time League held annually in memory of Martin Fitzpatrick, took place over the last week of the school year! Children had a great time taking part!