St. Patrick's N.S., Ballylinan

MID-TERM: 
School closes tomorrow (Wednesday) at normal time and re-opens Monday February 24th at 9.20 am.

CALENDAR UPDATE: 
As advised we held back a number of holidays in case we had closures over the winter period. We hope it is now safe to announce the full calendar for the rest of the school year!
Additional School Holidays:
* Friday March 14th
* Friday May 30th
* Tuesday June 3rd

WATER ACTION DAY:
Our “Green Schools Committee” has been very busy. A “Water Action Day” involving a variety of activities (experiments, water themed fashion show, quiz, poster competition, songs, etc) will be held tomorrow (Wednesday).
Children are encouraged to wear blue for the day.

FRIDAY FOOTBALL COACHING: –
will commence on Friday February 28th
(3 pm – 4.15 pm) for children from 1st – 5th classes.

COMMUNITY NOTICES:
* Ballylinan Walking/Running Group – meet every – Monday (7pm), Wednesday (6.45 pm) and Thursday (7pm) at the cottage beside the playground in Ballylinan. New members are always welcome!
No experience necessary. Don’t be shy, give it a try!

* Ballylinan GAA Club Handball coaching will take place this Thursday 20th Feb @ 5pm. All boys & girls and their parents are welcome to attend and take part. For more details contact Walter Hovenden on 087-9736244.
* Ballylinan Ladies Football Club are looking for clothes, shoes, belts and bags (in good wearable condition).
Collections at – Baby Gear Shop Fri 28th 1.30 – 3.30 pm;
St. Anne’s Hall Sat 1st March 11am – 1 pm.

Uisce says “Don’t say no to saving H20”

 

 

We made replicas of waterbirds including; The Herring Gull, The Oystercatcher, The Cormorant, The Mute Swan, The Gannet, The Whooper Swan, and The Bewick’s Swan.

 

ZIM DAY:
Thanks to everyone for their generosity last Friday for Zim Day. Ms. Cotter reports that there was €1,900 raised which is a wonderful achievement. Special thanks to the ‘bakers’ for all their hard work. Check our website for photos! www.ballylinannationalschool.com.

GREEN SCHOOLS:
Our ‘Green Schools’ committee visited Srowland Water Treatment Plant outside Athy yesterday and saw how much work is required to provide drinking water to our homes. Our new school has a water harvesting system providing water for our 30 toilets! This has reduced the
amount of water we use dramatically compared
to the old school.

MID-TERM:
Reminder that mid-term break will be Thursday and Friday – (Feb. 20th & 21st).

SCHOOL CALENDARS:
Due to an error at the printing stage we now have a surplus of calendars. These are available for €5 each at the school office, Centra and Murphy’s pub.

COMMUNITY NOTICE:
Ballylinan GAA Club will be introducing their new Handball Wall on Thursday 13th February @ 7 pm. with a demonstration from Laois coaches. All children
and parents are welcome to attend and be part of this
new chapter in the club.

Uisce says “Don’t say no to saving H20”