Happy New Year
We hope that you had a good Christmas break and wish everyone in our school community all the best for 2018.
Tin Whistle
Continues as usual this week; Thursday for beginners and Friday for all others.
Homework Club
Homework club resumes this week as normal.
Swimming
6th Class begin swimming in Athy this week (Wednesday) for eight weeks.
Parent-Teacher Meetings
These meetings for Ms. Sukprasert’s class will take place on Tuesday 23rd & Thursday 25th January. Details to follow.
School Calendar
There are still a few on sale in Centra, price €7. Thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business.
Ballylinan N.S. Food Appeal
Sincere thanks to all who contributed to the Heart to Hand charity appeal in the run-in to Christmas. Our donations were very welcome and were distributed to shelters and soup kitchens and homes for distressed families.
Staff News
Welcome to Ms. Buggy who has taken over from Ms. Kiernan who is now on maternity leave. Congratulations to mother and baby boy who are both doing well!
Catholic Schools Week (Jan 29th – Feb 2nd)
The highlight of the week for us will be our Grandparents Mass (including parents!) which will be celebrated on Wednesday 1st Feb at 1.30 pm (details to follow). Children will be able to leave immediately after the mass if collected.
Bereavement
When we returned after the holidays we were very saddened to hear of the untimely death of Alimsah Bin Gani – father of three children in our school – who passed away just before Christmas. He had been ill for some time. We have expressed our sincere condolences to his family and will be thinking of them in our prayers.