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| This group has been going for a good number of years
providing extra services for the children of the school.
At the moment the group is represented by a committee
of nine parents. Chairperson is Mr.John McKee, secretary
is Mrs. Edel Bolger, treasurer is Mr. John Trant and the
otherr members of the committee are Mrs. Marion Byrne,
Mrs. Frances Doody, Pat & Mary Geoghegan, Mr. Tomas
Turley and Mrs. Valerie Walsh. The committee meet on an
average of once every four to six weeks after the A.G.M.
which is held early in the school year. |
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| Working in close co-operation with the Principal and
the teachers, the group provides a lot of extra services
for the children of the school. These include a Speech
and Drama teacher and a Reflexologist both of whom come
to the school every week. |
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| Weekly, the senior classes go to a local leisure
centre for Physical Education. This is subsidised
by the Parent Group. |
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| During the year the Parent Group provide money to pay
for the buses to sports events, presents for the Christmas
Party, school trips, sports equipment and a host of other
activities. |
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| The money for all these is generated by first of all
a weekly Voluntary Envelope Collection. Every year the
group produces a School Calendar. We also have an Armchair
Quiz and run a Cabaret in Thomastown. This year, for the
first time, there was a 5-week draw held just before the
Easter. On average the Group spends £8,000 - £10,000
annually on the children of the school. |
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| Up to a few years ago some parents did the washing -
up after the school dinner, but when these parents moved
on (as parents do) the group saw the need for some kind
of dishwasher. So they provided an industrial dishwasher
which is also a very good training facility for the children
of the school. |
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Some parents expressed concern about the school meals
getting cold, having being delivered early. Very recently
the Group invested in a Bain-Marie which will ensure
that cold meals will be a thing of the past.
Photo of electrician wiring up the Bain-Marie 22/5/2001.
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