Month: January 2019

School Calendar
All have now been sold. Thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business and to you all for your support.

Catholic Schools Week  (Jan 28^th – Feb 1^st)
A reminder that Grandparents Mass (including parents!) will be celebrated on Friday 1^stFebruary at 1.30 p.m.in St. Anne’s Church. Pupils will be able to leave after the mass if collected from the school. The Parents Association are kindly providing refreshments afterwards and are looking for volunteers to help out. If you can help out please ring the school office and let us know. Thank you.

Frásaí na Seachtaine
An bhfuil sibh in ann na frásaí seo a thuiscint? Cuirigí ceist ar na bpáistí!
Bí cúramach
Tóg go bog é
Buíochas le Dia
Go bhfoire Dia orainn!  (for older children)

FREE Triple P Parenting Programme
For Parents of Children 2-10yrs
Triple P gives you tips and strategies to make family life less stressful with children, giving good understanding of positive parenting with plenty of ideas to make parenting easier.
The Triple P Group Programmetakes 7 weeks. Each session lasts 2 hrs. After 4 weekly sessions, you have 2 weeks to practice Triple P at home with support phone calls. Booking is essential. Visit www.askaboutparenting.ie or call Deirdre 086 – 027 4837 or Sinead 086 – 821 5102.

Parking
During winter there tends to be more cars at the school in the mornings and evenings. We remind you of the need to be patient and considerate to ensure safe and convenient parking for all. If you are using the ‘overflow’ car park to the rear of the school in the evenings, please drive slowly and be vigilant. Please note that staff area spaces are reserved for staff only. Thank you.

Community News
Congratulations to St. Anne’s AFC boys who recently won the Carlow & District Under 12s League Division 1, beating significant opposition to win the title. Well done lads!

Enrolment 2019/20
Parents who have already given their child’s name to the school should now have received an enrolment form. Note that you will need a copy of your child’s birth certificate. Please return the form promptly because we need to prepare for next year. If your child (or if you know of a child) is due to start school in September and you haven’t already let us know, please contact the school office immediately at 059 – 862 5195.

School Calendar
The last few are on sale, price €8. Thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business.

Catholic Schools Week  (Jan 28^th – Feb 1^st)
A reminder that Grandparents Mass (including parents!) will be celebrated on Friday 1^stFebruary at 1.30 p.m. in St. Anne’s Church. Pupils will be able to leave after the mass if collected from the school. The Parents Association are kindly providing refreshments afterwards and are looking for volunteers to help out. If you can help out please ring the school office and let us know. Thank you.

Homework Club
There will be no homework club on Wednesday week (30^thJanuary).

Opening Hours
A reminder re. the existing situation: the school opens to receive pupils each day at 9:15 a.m. As has been the case up to now, no responsibility is accepted by the Board of Management for pupils arriving before 9 a.m. Classes end each day at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. for Junior & Senior Infants). If a child is finishing at that time and being collected, parents should make their own arrangements for this and the person collecting them should be at the school not later than 3 p.m. (2 p.m. for Infants). The Board cannot accept responsibility for the children after that time. On the rare occasion where the person collecting has been unavoidably delayed, please let us know. Thank you for your cooperation and for your patience with regard to parking at the school.

Ballylinan Panto Group
Proudly presents “Little Red Riding Hood” in St. Anne’s Hall on 25^thand 26^thJanuary at 8 p.m. and 27^thJanuary at 5 p.m. Adults €10 and children €5. Bookings 083 – 353 5022.

Frásaí na Seachtaine
An bhfuil sibh in ann na frásaí seo a thuiscint? Cuirigí ceist ar na bpáistí!
Más é do thoil é
An bhfuil cead agam?
Bí cúramach
Tóg go bog é

Enrolment 2019/20
Parents who have already given their child’s name to the school will receive an enrolment form in the next couple of weeks. Note that you will need a copy of your child’s birth certificate. Please return the form promptly because we need to prepare for next year. If your child (or if you know of a child) is due to start school in September and you haven’t already let us know, please contact the school office immediately at 059 – 862 5195.

Thank you for your support as always.

School Calendar
There are still a small number on sale, price €8. A big thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business.

Green Schools News
Thank you very much for your cooperation with our policy that children are now required to take home in their lunchboxes any lunch waste that they may have. We have noticed a marked decrease in our level of waste. The idea is not to shift the waste from school to home but to encourage a reduction in the level of waste generally. As a green school, we aim to reduce, reuse and recycle (in that order), and encourage people to be responsible for the waste that we produce.

Ballylinan Panto Group
Proudly presents “Little Red Riding Hood” in St. Anne’s Hall on 25^thand 26^thJanuary at 8 p.m. and 27^thJanuary at 5 p.m. Adults €10 and children €5. Bookings 083 – 353 5022.

Fear Less
Are you concerned about your child experiencing anxiety? Triple P (Positive Parenting Programme) are holding a free talk for parents next Monday 21^stJanuary from 7 to 9 p.m. in Scoil Mhuire National School, Abbeyleix. Topics include:
Understanding anxiety
Parents as models
Thinking flexibly & realistically
Avoidance and exposure
Constructive coping and problem solving
If you are interested, please contact Sinéad at sinead.higgins@tusla.ie

Swimming
Swimming is ongoing in Athy on Wednesdays for Ms. Goff’s and Mrs. Donnelly’s. This will continue until February mid-term.

Catholic Schools Week  (Jan 28^th – Feb 1^st)
Grandparents Mass (including parents!) will be celebrated on Friday 31^stJanuary (details to follow).  Refreshements will be provided afterwards in the school. We are looking forward to what is always one of the nicest events of the year!

Enrolment 2019/20
Parents who have already given their child’s name to the school will receive an enrolment form in the next couple of weeks. Please return the form promptly because we need to prepare for next year. If your child is due to start school in September and you haven’t already let us know, please contact the school office immediately at 059 – 862 5195.

Thank you for your support as always.

 

Happy New Year!
Welcome back to all our pupils. We hope that parents had a good Christmas break and wish everyone in our school community all the best for 2019.

Tin Whistle
Continues as usual this week; Friday for beginners and Thursday for all others.

Homework Club
Homework club resumes this week as normal.

School Calendar
There are still a few on sale, price €8. A big thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business.

Green Schools News
All children are now required to take home in their lunchboxes any lunch wastethat they may have. This will include any food waste and wrappers etc. and will also give you an indication whether the amount of lunch provided is appropriate for your child. If there is too much food it may be reduced, a ‘proper’ lunchbox may be reused and some wrappings may be recycled. As a green school, we aim to reduce, reuse and recycle (in that order), and encourage people to be responsible for the waste that we produce.

 

Fear Less
Are you concerned about your child experiencing anxiety? Triple P (Positive Parenting Programme) are holding a free talk for parents on Monday 21^stJanuary from 7 to 9 p.m. in Scoil Mhuire National School, Abbeyleix. Topics include:
Understanding anxiety|
Parents as models
Thinking flexibly & realistically
Avoidance and exposure
Constructive coping and problem solving
If you are interested, please contact Sinéad at sinead.higgins@tusla.ie

School Uniform
It has been decided that we will change to wearing a white T-shirt with the tracksuit from now on. Yellow T-shirts are being phased out, but may still be worn. As these need to be replaced, please do so with white ones. Please note that the school uniform (tracksuit) requires plain bottoms (no logos), not leggings. Thank you.