Dear Parents/ Guardians,

As we head into February we are conscious of how quickly the months are passing and with enrolments for next year coming in we are already looking to the next school year. Please remember that enrolments must be in by February 29^th.

In listing important dates in the last newsletter I forgot to include our School Development Planning Day which will be held on Monday 25^th February.We did not have this date when sending out our school calendar in September. Teachers will have in-school curriculum planning on this day while children remain at home.

Once again our talented pupils have won the U13 Credit Union District Quiz.The team of Alison Boland, Ann Nolan, Orlaith Whelan and Michael Coyne came out winners at The Horse and Hound on Sunday afternoon. They now go on to the County Final.Well done also to the U11 team of Michelle Doyle,Megan Byrne, P.J. Chapman and Barry Daniels who also took part in the event.

A variety of competitions within Community Games have already taken place. The handball team of Dale Flynn, Michael Ryan, Craig Murphy, Sean Stafford and Lee Norris won the Co final and go on to the Leinster section. The U-13 indoor soccer team have also progressed to the Leinster play-offs.

The draughts teams did well at the county play-offs with the U-12’s reaching the semi-final. The community games quiz will take place soon.

Rebecca Caulfield from 6^th class has been called up for Leinster soccer trials in Wexford. We wish her success.

Not only are we fortunate to have GAA and rugby skills on a weekly basis but now 6^th class are also learning volleyball from St. Mary’s transition year students for a 6 week period. We are delighted to have the students most of whom are our own past pupils.

While there is some debate about the participation of schools in commercial promotions our staff have decided to take part in the latest Supervalu P.E. equipment for Schools promotion. We feel the supermarket tokens are a bonus to shoppers and don’t cost families money. So if you shop in Supervalu we would be happy to have your tokens!

Mr. Sean Caulfield of Centra, Campile delivered two new digital cameras, two printers , a camcorder and a tripod to the school last week. These all came free as a result of the Centra Card promotion last term.