March 2015 Learning for Life Together DEAR PARENT/CARER The Easter holidays are now less than four weeks away. This means of course, that the school is now ŵĂŬŝŶŐŝƚƐĨŝŶĂůƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƚŝŽŶƐĨŽƌŽƵƌƐĐŚŽŽůŵƵƐŝĐĂů͕͚KůŝǀĞƌ͛͘The tickets are selling fast and therefore to avoid being disappointed; I would advise anyone wishing to come along to see the show not to leave buying tickets to the last minute. Tickets are available from the school office. Please note that the pupils will see the show on the morning of Monday 23rd March. Primary 6 & Primary 7 pupils present >ŝŽŶĞůĂƌƚ͛ƐŵƵƐŝĐĂů͙ Wednesday 25th March: 7.30p.m. th
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March: 2.00p.m. & 7.30p.m. Tickets are on sale NOW! ͚K>/sZ͛ EARLY CLOSURES DUE TO OUR SCHOOL PLAY To allow the children ĂŶĚƐƚĂĨĨƚŽƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĨŽƌŽƵƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƚŝŽŶŽĨ͚KůŝǀĞƌ͛, all children will finish school at 1.55p.m. on Wednesday 25th March. To enable the matinee performance to take place on Thursday 26th March, all classes will end at 12.15p.m. School dinner will be available on this day. Details will be provided separately regarding the arrangements for the P6 and P7 children performing in the play. DIARY DATES P6/P7 Musical ʹ ͚KůŝǀĞƌ͛ Easter Holiday P6 Mr Hayward Residential Trip P6 Mrs Kenny Residential Trip P7 Residential Trip (Both P7 classes) Sports Day PTA Summer Fair P7 End of Year Assembly End of Year Disco Wednesday 25th March & Thursday 26th March Monday 30th March ʹ Friday 10th April (inclusive) School will close at 12.15p.m. on Friday 27th March Monday 20th April ʹ Wednesday 22nd April Wednesday 22nd April ʹ Friday 24th April Monday 4th May ʹ Friday 8th May Tuesday 2nd June Friday 5th June: 6.30p.m. ʹ 8.30p.m. Wednesday 24th June: 9.45a.m. Thursday 25th June SCHOOL CLOSURES May Day Bank Holidays Election Day Staff Training Day Monday 4th May & Monday 25th May Thursday 7th May Tuesday 26th May PTA COFFEE MORNING Thank you to everyone who provided buns, tray bakes and cakes for the PTA coffee morning which was held on Friday 13th February. The event raised the fantastic total of £654 for ƚŚĞ͚EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶIreland ĂŶĐĞƌ&ƵŶĚĨŽƌŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛͘ 1 March 2015 PTA NEWS ʹ MORE COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOL On behalf of all the boys, girls and staff, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the PTA. As a result of their on-‐going fundraising, we have been presented with the finance to purchase three new computers for our ICT room. I know everyone will thoroughly benefit from using them. A NEW DEFIBRILLATOR FOR CARNMONEY P.S. I am delighted to inform parents/carers that Abigail and Grace Wilson͛Ɛ Aunt, Kate Stewart, presented the school with a defibrillator. Hopefully, we will never have to use it, but it is a very beneficial piece of equipment to have in our school. SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our annual book fair. As a result of the book fair we made £1211 in commission. This money is being used to purchase books for every class throughout the school. The books will supplement existing classroom library books. UPDATED ATTENDANCE POLICY Please note that our, Attendance Policy was updated and approved at a recent meeting of our Board of Governors. WƵƉŝůĂƚƚĞŶĚĂŶĐĞŝƐŵŽŶŝƚŽƌĞĚďŽƚŚďǇƚŚĞƐĐŚŽŽůĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĐŚŽŽů͛s Education Welfare Officer. We are obliged to refer pupils with an attendance of less than 85% to the Education Welfare Service for review. It is therefore imperative that the school is notified why a child has been absent. To make the process easier, the Department of Education has provided schools with a template letter for parents/carers to complete. A copy of this template can be downloaded from our school website. Copies of the letter are also available from the school͛ƐƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇDƌƐ,>usty. FIT FAMILIES NIGHT On the evening of Monday 9th February, almost forty ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŶĚĂĚƵůƚƐĂƚƚĞŶĚĞĚĂ͚&ŝƚ&ĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͛ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ
organised by our resident IFA Coach, Lauren Moore. The workshop was open to P3-‐P5 families as these classes receive multi-‐sport coaching every Monday in school. The event was a great success and I know some of the children, mums and dads asked if the workshop could run every Monday night. Thank you to everyone who came along to support this event. CRASHED ICE TICKET WINNERS Well done to Lucie Brice who won the draw for two tickets to attend the Crashed Ice event held at Stormont on Saturday 21st February. CHILD PROTECTION / SAFEGUARDING TEAM Designated Teacher for Child Protection: Deputy Designated Teachers for Child Protection: ŽĂƌĚŽĨ'ŽǀĞƌŶŽƌƐ͛ŚĂŝƌƉĞƌƐŽŶ͗ Designated Governor for Child Protection: Miss L Bannon Mr D Spratt / Mrs J Blain Mrs L Ferguson Mr S Mutch FREE NON-‐UNIFORM DAY: Friday 27th March 2015 2