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February Newsletter 2023

      February Newsletter 2023

Upcoming Events and Activities:

  • We are delighted to welcome Olivia, Lucy and Abigail Windrum to our school and hope they will settle in quickly and enjoy attending Clontibret NS.
  • E. will change to Tuesdays after the midterm break until the Easter holidays as the GAA coach, Paddy McNally will be providing Gaelic Football skill training. Please wear tracksuits and runners on Tuesdays from Tuesday 21st February.
  • The Postal Bible school Prize giving is in Second Ballybay Hall TONIGHT at 7pm – it will also be in Castleblayney Presbyterian Hall on Friday 3rd at 7pm.
  • The Junior room pupils are going to visit Monaghan Garda Station next Tuesday morning (7th February ) as they are learning about the Gardaí in Aistear at the moment.
  • Junior Infants-3rd class are going to Gosford Park for Forest School Activities with Our Lady’s and St. Mochua’s PS nest Thursday (9th February). Children should wear warm coats and boots if possible. Please bring a packed lunch too.
  • We were unable to participate in the Diocesan Big Sing in St Maeldoid’s Church of Ireland , Castleblayney on Sunday 29th January due to the BB and GB enrolment services but thank you to parents who volunteered their children to take part-another time perhaps.
  • September 2023 Applications
  • We will hold our Open Afternoon on Tuesday 7th February from 2.00-3.00. If you wish to enrol your child in Clontibret NS or know anyone who wishes to enrol with us for next year 2023/24, please invite them to come along on that afternoon or contact the office for an application form, 047 80865 or by email: clontibretns@gmail.com.  Thank you for sharing the information on social media. The closing date for applications is 31st
  • Hot Lunches €3 (on Fridays) will continue as usual. Please order and bring in the money on Tuesdays.        
  • Menu as follows:

3/2                   Goujon Roll

10/2                 Sausage in a Bap

17th February – Mid Term

24/2                 Chicken Curry & Rice

3/3                   Goujon Roll

10/3                 Sausage in a Bap

17th March – St. Patrick’s Day

24/3                 Mince & Pasta

Collaborative Art and Current Projects

The Junior and senior pupils came together to work on a collaborative art project on Tuesday 24th January. We discussed different ways of sprinkling kindness in school and at home. We then decorated huge doughnuts and sprinkled on kind deeds. An older child sat with a child from the younger room. It was fun chatting together while being creative and our doughnuts look good too! We all came together again for Buddy Reading on Friday 27th. We sat in pairs and read our books to each other. The senior pupils also visited the junior pupils as the juniors were teaching the older children how to use Book Creator on the Ipads! Ms Hall’s pupils have written, illustrated and narrated wonderful Irish books based on Aimsir-The Weather.

3rd to 6th Class have been busy learning about the many countries, varied landscapes and wild life in Europe. We have created digital Holiday Brochures about interesting places to visit in Europe. Hopefully we will visit some of these places in the future!

     

Dates for your Diary – School Closed

St. Brigid’s Day                          Monday 6th February

Mid-term break                                    Thursday/Friday 16th /17th February

St. Patrick’s Day                       Friday 17th March

Teacher Training Day             Monday 20th March

Easter Holidays                         School will close at 12 noon on Friday 31st March

School will reopen on Monday 17th April 2023.