June Newsletter 2025

• 10^th June 6^th class transition into Secondary School Workshop
• 10^th June PTA meeting at 7pm
• 13^th June CEF – Andrew & Beulah
• 13^th June Walk along the Greenway to Swimming Pool
• 17^th-20^th June Active Week including Sports Afternoons
• 20^th June Senior visit to Combi-Lift Factory
• 23^rd June BBQ at 7pm
• 24^th June 6^th Class Outing to Clogherhead
• 25^th June Whole School Fun Activity Day
• 26^th June 11am – 6^th Class Graduation Day
• 26^th June 12 Noon School Closing for Summer Holidays
• 27^th August Re-opening at 8.40am

2025/26 School Day

School Door will open at 8.40am

Classes will begin at 9.00am

First Break 10.40-11.00am

Lunch Time 12.30-1.00pm

Infant Day Ends 1.30pm

School Day Ends 2.30pm

Please do not arrive before 8.40am

Please collect pupils promptly at 2.30pm

School Calendar 2025-2026

School Will Reopen: Wednesday 27^th August 2025

Halloween Half Term: School Closed Monday 27^th -31^st October

School Will Reopen: Monday 3rd November 2025

Christmas Holidays: School will close on Friday 19^th December

School Will Reopen: Monday 5^th January 2026

St. Brigid’s Day:  Monday 2nd February 2026

Spring Half Term: School closed on Thurs & Fri 19^th & 20^th February 2026

St. Patrick’s Day: Tuesday 17^th March 2026

Easter Holidays: School will close on Friday 27^th March 2026

School Will Reopen: Monday 13^th April 2026

School Closed:  4^th May – Bank Holiday

                            1^st June – Bank Holiday

Summer Holidays: School will close on Friday 19^th June 2026

 Stationery List for Senior Pupils – 2025/26

10 – HB pencils (keep some at home until they are needed)

Rubber, sharpener, ruler, protractor, colouring pencils/twistable crayons, scissors &

Pritt stick.

Blue pen, red pen, calculator (5^th & 6^th class only)

A4 Plastic document folder (they are usually made of card) for worksheets

2 Folders with 40 plastic pockets

Please label everything

Stationery List for Junior Pupils – 2025/26

10 – HB pencils – that do not break easily when sharpened (keep some at home until they are needed)

Pencil case, rubber, sharpener, Twistable crayons & Pritt stick

Ruler (1^st & 2^nd class)

Junior Pupils – Please label everything

In the event of a toileting accident please send a full change of clothes, jumper, t-shirt, trousers, underwear and socks in a sealed bag with your child’s name on it.  It will be kept in the school office, in the event of a toileting accident.

Updates

School Tour Friday 23^rd May.

Could all children be dropped at the castle at 9.20am and we will walk them to the Adventure Centre.  They can be collected there at 2.45pm.  All children are asked to bring weather appropriate clothing, swim gear for wearing under a wetsuit as they will be getting wet, shoes to wear in the water, sun cream, and a packed lunch. Put on sun cream before the children come to Muckno please.  The Junior Room do not need swimwear but bring a change of clothes (in case a change of clothes is needed).

Sponsored Walk

The weather was excellent for our sponsored walk and we all thoroughly enjoyed the evening.  A total of €1500 has been raised with recent fundraising (Sponsored Walk and Cash for Clobber).  Well done everyone!

BBQ

Please provisionally book Monday 23rd/Tuesday24^th June for the annual BBQ.  If the weather is not suitable for Monday 23^rd we will postpone til Tuesday 24^th.

Holiday

The school will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 2^nd June.  School will close for summer on Thursday 26^th June at 12.00.

Next year’s calendar is below.

Clontibret N.S.

School Calendar 2025-2026

School Will Reopen: Wednesday 27^th August 2025

Halloween Half Term: School Closed Monday 27^th -31^st October

School Will Reopen: Monday 3rd November 2025

Christmas Holidays: School will close on Friday 19^th December

School Will Reopen: Monday 5^th January 2026

St. Brigid’s Day:  Monday 2nd February 2026

Spring Half Term: School closed on Thurs & Fri 19^th & 20^th February  2026

St. Patrick’s Day: Tuesday 17^th March 2026

Easter Holidays: School will close on Friday 27^th March 2026

School Will Reopen: Monday 13^th April 2026

School Closed:  4^th May – Bank Holiday

                            1^st June – Bank Holiday

Summer Holidays: School will close on Friday 19^th June 2026

Newsletter 2025

• 5 A Side soccer competition for Senior Pupils is being held in Gortakeegan on Monday 31^st March from 10am til 12.30pm returning to school at approx. 1.00pm. Pupils should bring a snack and water.  We will have our hot lunches when we return to school.  Football boots and tracksuit bottoms/shorts are required. School P.E. tops are supplied by the school.
• We are planning an Educational School Trip next Thursday 3^rd April to W5, Belfast. Pupils need to bring a large healthy packed lunch.  Full school uniform to be worn.  No more than £5stg allowed for the shop.  Pupils need to be at school for 9.00am and we will return to school at 3.45pm approx.
• The Junior Room will travel to Monaghan Fire Station on Wednesday 9^th April at 10am. They will hear all about the job of a fireman.
• We are planning a Sponsored Walk on Thursday 1^st May at 6.30pm in Rossmore Park. Sponsorship cards are in school bags today.  Pupils should bring their own drinks and snacks.  Hot chocolate will be supplied at the end of the walk.  All ages are very welcome to join us. 
• Swimming lessons commence on Friday 2^nd May, leaving the school at 12.20am and returning at 2.30pm approx. (for 7 weeks). We will have no swimming on Friday 23^rd Junior and Senior Infant children may be collected at the pool after the lesson at 1.50pm.  All lessons must be paid for in advance.  It will cost €49/child for the 7 weeks.  The lessons/bus are also subsidised by school funds.  P.E. clothes to be worn on Fridays.  Lessons will run to Monday 20^th June.
• Cash For Clobber will have a collection on Friday 2^nd May, after the Easter break. Clothes may be left in earlier that week as they may be collected early that morning.

• New School Opening Hours Proposal for September 2025                                                                                                                                   School will open at 8.40am, Classes will start at 9.00am.  The school day will finish at 1.30pm for Junior and Senior Infants                  1^st -6th classes will finish at 2.30pm.
• Afterschool – could money be brought into school at the beginning of the week please

Dates for Your Diary –

Monday 31^st March              5 A Side Football – Senior Pupils

Thursday 3^rd April               Whole school trip to W5

Wednesday 9^th April           A visit to the Fire Station – Junior Room

Friday 11^th April                  School closes for Easter at 12.

Monday 28^th April               School will reopen

Thursday 1^st May                Sponsored Walk in Rossmore Park

Friday 2^nd May                    Cash for Clobber

Friday 2^nd May                    Swimming begins for the term

Monday 5^th May                  School closed – Bank Holiday

Monday 2^nd June                 School closed – Bank Holiday

Thursday 26^th June             School closes at 12 for summer

 Clontibret N.S. Newsletter                  March 2025

Upcoming Events:

• Tuesday/Wednesday 4^th/5^th March – Maths Evaluation by Inspector in the school
• Thursday 6^th March – Belated Pancake Thursday

                                 World Book Day-Activities in the school

                                 Visit by Engineer from Combi Lift for Engineer Week

• Friday 7^th March – Bonnie, Aaron and the Senior Room pupils will feature in a zoom meeting with Rhys McClenaghan that will be transmitted across classrooms in Ireland as part of the Olympic Dare To Believe Classroom Project
• 10^th-14^th March – Seachtaine Na Gaeilge Gníomhaíochtaí-Activities
• Wednesday 12^th March – PTA Meeting at 7.30pm in the school –                                                                                                              Special speaker Laura Ward will provide information about the new Anti-Bullying Bí Cinealta Policy to be introduced in all schools in September 2025                                                                                                                                                                                                              Other items to be discussed:-                                                                                                                                                                                        A Fundraising idea for outdoor play equipment                                                                                                                                                     Introduction of Earlier Opening Time in September              
• Monday 17^th March – School closed St. Patrick’s Day
• Ongoing – TAP Music Project with Craig McComish
• Ongoing – We are delighted to have begun ‘Say Oui to French’ – Introduction to the French language and cultural life of France with Madam Margaret Finn
• Daily – We hope to start off each school day during Lent with a Lent Prayer Assembly written by Jacqui Wilkinson DCU RE Lecturer – Prayer Journey Through Lent
• 31^st March – 5 Aside Soccer competition with FAI in Gortakeegan, Monaghan. Tracksuits and runners to be worn
• Thursday 3^rd April – Educational Trip to W5 in Belfast Leaving school at 9.20am sharp and returning at 3.45pm.  €12 per child.  Children will need to bring their own lunch.  School uniforms to be worn
• Friday 11^th April – School will close at 12.00 for Easter. There will be no hot lunches on that day 
• Monday 28^th April – School Re-opens
• Swimming begins on Friday 2^nd May in Monaghan Leisure Centre. We will leave school at 12.20 for our lesson at 1.00pm.  Junior and Senior Infant children may be collected at the pool after the lesson.  All lessons must be paid for in advance this year.  It will cost €49/child for 7 weeks.  The lessons/bus are also subsidised by school funds.  

      January Newsletter 2025

Welcome back to school. We trust everyone enjoyed their Christmas holiday and had a fun family time.

Dates for your Diary

• Parent Teacher Meetings from 2pm on Thursday 30^th
• School will be closed on Thursday 6^th February at 12pm for Bí Cinealta Planning for school staff – New Anti Bullying Policy Planning.
• School closed Monday 3^rd February – St. Brigid’s Day
• Open Day on Thursday 13^th February at 2pm. Parents of Junior Room are welcome to attend to help promote school with new parents.
• TAP – Music and Literacy Project every Tuesday afternoon with Craig McComish in February and March.
• School closed Thursday 20^th and Friday 21^st February for mid-term.

December Reports

The Pantomime

On Wednesday 4^th December we went to Rapunzel the Pantomime in Armagh.  We were the first to arrive and we were in the front seats.  First, they introduced Jack and he was a prince.  They danced around the stage.  Then the mother and the cow came in.  the mother picked someone from the audience and that was Siobhan.  The mother asked her name and thought it was Susan and called he r that throughout the show.  The mother had ordered a Chinese and it took ages to arrive and asked Siobhan/Susan had she taken it.  When it eventually arrived, she apologised to Siobhan.  The witch had locked Rapunzel in a tower because she needed her hair to heal her if she didn’t feel well.  Rapunzel wanted to see the floating lights because it was on her birthday.  They were in honour of the lost princess who was Rapunzel but she didn’t know that.  The witch had stolen the mother’s money and Jack had found a map while looking for the money.  he found Rapunzel in the tower.  He climbed the tower but Rapunzel thought he was a monster and knocked him out with a frying pan.  She also put a spell on him from the witch’s spell book.  The spell left Jack scared and he ran home, Rapunzel followed him and this was the first time she had left the castle.  She realised he wasn’t going to hurt her.  The witch was angry when she saw Rapunzel had the spell book and tried to get her back into the tower.  The witch was chasing Rapunzel, Jack, the mother and the cow around the stage.  They came down into the audience and gave us high 5s.  they put the spell book into the well.  Jack fell in love with Rapunzel.  They went in a boat and sang a slow song.  The fog around them was also around us.  They put the witch in the well and we all laughed and cheered.  The mother and cow laughed at us laughing and cheering.  There was a baking competition where they could win their money back.  The king wanted milk and they squirted milk at the king with a nerf gun.  They aimed it into his mouth. 

At the end of the show they called out December birthdays which included Ovie, Reuben and Rebekah. 

It was a great day and we really enjoyed it.  We are thankful to the teachers for planning such a good day.

By Bonnie and Elea 

Carol Service

On Sunday 15^th December we held our Carol Service in ST. Colman’s Church of Ireland.  the congregation sang ‘We Three Kings’, ‘Silent Night and ‘O come all ye Faithful’.  The minister opened in prayer.  We moved to the stage – Daniel and Leah were 2 camp leaders (narrators) in our play and they spoke from the lectern.  We sang ‘Down by the Fireside’.  Reuben, Leah, Aaron and Joshua spoke.  A group of girls sang ‘So be Still’.  Joel, Aaron, Jack, Joshua, Bethany and Daniel spoke.  We then sang ‘Counting our Sheep from the Hillside’.  Daniel, Leah, Bethany, Aaron, Lexi, Adam, Arianna, Elea, Bonnie, Lucy, Reuben and Joel continued with the story of the Nativity.  ‘We’re on a Journey’ was sung when the Junior Room were the travellers going to see Jesus in Bethlehem.  The Senior Room were the inn keepers.  We continued to tell the story of Jesus birth.  We finished with ‘Down in Bethlehem’.  The minister finished with a prayer.  We went to the hall for tea/orange/apple juice and biscuits.  Our parents enjoyed the service.

By Arianna and Jack

The Talent Show

On Thursday 19^th December we had a talent show in school.  The pupils that participated were Lexi, Bonnie, Lucy, Elea, Aaron, Arianna and Bethany.  Lucy and Aaron played guitar.  Lucy played and sang ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Snow is Falling’.  Bonnie played the piano.  Arianna played clarinet.  Bethany played the trombone.  Elea sang ‘Christmas Hallelujah’.  Some sang along with us.  Lexi did tricks with her football.  We enjoyed taking part.  Everyone clapped and cheered and we made two teachers cry with happiness.   At the end we all got sweets.

By Lucy and Elea

Christmas Party

On Friday 20^th December we had our Christmas party.  We played some games like ‘Musical chairs’, ‘Last over the mat’ and ‘Musical statues’.  We got crisps, a chocolate bar and juice.  If you won a game you also got a bar.  Santa came and gave us presents.  Everyone enjoyed the day and we finished at 12 for the Christmas holidays.  As we were going home Mrs Cosgrove gave us a candy cane and a chocolate bar.

By Joel and Zac