Barnaderg NS Newsletter
Issue 6
Mar 2013/2014
Traffic Management: Our Roundabout and parking area was designed to allow safe drop-off and collection ofchildren. Please use the area safely and with consideration for other users at all times.
· Morning: Please use the parking spaces if you wish to park and walk your child into the school yard. Do notpark on the roundabout even for a short amount of time. The roundabout must be kept clear for the school bus.
· Collection: Please move directly into car park until all spaces are full. Please avoid stopping on the double yellowlines unless it is absolutely necessary. Drive carefully from the parking area at low speed and be alert to other moving vehicles as well as children walking or cycling home from school.
As the weather improves, children and parents are encouraged to use ‘green travel’ again. This includes walking,park-‘n’-stride and cycling. Thank you for your cooperation.
Morning Opening Reminder: School begins at 9:20am. Children are welcomed onto school grounds and supervised from 9:10am-9:20am. Occasionally it may be necessary to bring your child/children to school before 9:10am but this should not be a regular arrangement. In school we will be reminding the children that chasing games are to be avoided in the front yard.
Gumshields: It is a requirement that all children who play football wear a protective gumshield. This regulation has been extended from clubs and now applies to all school training and competitions.
New Enrolment for 2014—2015
New Enrolments for the 2014-2015 school year are now being taken. Please phone the school 093-49357. We will be arranging
an open evening for parents at the end of May or beginning of June .
Parent’s Association:
Cash for Clobber—Friday, 21st March. Bags can be dropped into school G.P. Room from 18th-21st. The collection is scheduled
for early on Friday, 21st.
DN Fitness will begin the Wednesday, 30th April and run for 6 weeks. The cost will be €25 for first child, €20 for second child
and€10 for third child. Money to be paid directly to DN Fitness
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, 11th March-Tom Cuffe will be returning for his 2nd visit to the school. He is working with 5th-6th classes on the Origami
Medtronic Project.
Wednesday, 12th March—Spelling Bee County Final: This year we have again selected a pupil to represent Barnaderg NS in
the National Spelling Bee competition. In class, we held a number of mini ‘Spelling Bees’ and on the last day we held a final
between the top spellers. Eventually Liam Lennon saw off the opposition and was declared winner. He now goes forward to the
county final in Salthill. Best of luck Liam. We are all behind you.
Friday, 14th March —CeiliMor—On the last day of SeachtainnaGaeilge, we are having an Assembly in the school hall. Children
from each class will perform a dance or a song to celebrate Irish culture. It will start at 1:10pm and last about 45 minutes.
All parents and grandparents are invited.
Saturday, 29th March—ScornabPaisti—Classes 5th and 6th will be participating in this competition. Time and Venue to be
announced.
Thursday, 3rd April—Street Smart is an exciting initiative set up by the Road Safety Authority which aims to bring issues of
road safety to life for young school children. As part of the programme each child will have their photo taken for their safety license.
Please contact us if you do not wish to have your child’s individual photograph taken for this safety licence.
NEWS
Infants Class News: In February, the birthday fairy came to Amy and Kelan. She came to Ciara on Tuesday and we
will be looking out for her for the rest of the month for Grainne, Machela, Lexi, Hayley and Shannon. Happy Birthday
to all those boys and girls!; We are making post boxes using old shoe boxes for the An Post competition. We
wrapped our shoeboxes and then decorated them. We will cut holes in them and stick on post stickers to tell people
the collection times. Thanks to everyone who brought in shoe boxes!; We have a Spring Board where we are putting
up all the signs of spring we can see. We have photos of Kelan with baby lambs and Aisling feeding 2 baby
lambs. We have a photo of Cian's dog Oscar. Shannon, Drew, Rachel McHugh and Hayley brought in beautiful
flowers and leaves to add to our display. Thanks everyone for bringing in such lovely signs of spring.; We are authors
and illustrators in our class we have all written our own books for Write A Book competition and now we are
drawing all the pictures and decorating them. Everyone in our class wrote about "My Family".
1st-2nd Class News
My First Confession—Last Thursday, 27th February, our class made our First Confession in Barnaderg Church. At 1.30 pm
we went to practice. We saw the sins box and then we sang a couple of songs. Our favourite song was the lost sheep. At 7.20
pm it was the real thing. We sang four songs. Then we sat down and very slow and lovely music turned on, one after one we
went up and told our sins to the priest. The priest said to go down to your mom and dad and give them a big hug and said a Hail
Mary. Then we got our sheep that we made with Mrs. Lane. She is very helpful to us. —By Mairead Boyle 2nd Class; When it
was time for my row to make their confession, I got butterflies in my tummy. I walked up to the alter and sat on the chair beside
Father Tod. I said bless me father for I have sinned this is my First Confession. He asked me what I would like to say to god. I
said my sins. Father Tod blessed me and I went back to my seat. I said my penance and hugged my parents. When I went home
I felt really clean.—By Chloe Miskell 2nd Class; Fr. Tod said that we were excellent. Our souls are white. After my first Confession
I felt great. In our practice we see the confession box. It was very dusty. It was dark and old.—By Niamh Lennon 2nd
Class; We are looking forward to making our First Holy Communion.—By Thomas Desmond 2nd Class.
3rd-4th Class News
Wormery: On the 6th of February we went out to our school garden and dug holes in the soil. We found lots of worms and we
got soil and put it in a plastic box. We also put sand layers into the soil. For the first 10 days we put no water or food in the box.
Then ten days after that we gave them water and grass. (We only have one worm left.) There was enough food and water in
the soil to last 10 days. We put grass into the box to feed them. By Dean Morrissey, 3rd Class
Roisin’s Pasta Bake: Before the midterm we made pasta with a tomato and garlic sauce. First we made the sauce. Then we
left the pasta to boil. After a while it was ready to eat. Everybody had a small bowl of the pasta and sauce. Everyone said it
was absolutely delicious and some people even had seconds. It was nice to make the sauce from scratch. By Roisin Corcoran,
3rd Class.
Music in the Classroom Report: On the 21st of January we went to the Music in the Classroom concert. At the concert there
were dancers and an orchestra. It was in Leisureland. We sang lots of songs. There were lots of schools there. The orchestra
were very good. I had a great day Emanuel was very funny. By Conor McHugh, 3rd Class
Drop Scones: On Pancake Tuesday 3rd-4th class used my recipe to make drop scones. They are like thick pancakes. The
class gave them a big thumbs up. These were the ingredients: 350 g plain flour, pinch of salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon
caster sugar, 1 large egg, 250 ml buttermilk. Aoife Boyle, 4th class
5th-6th Class News
Origami: On the 4th of March 2014 a man named Tom Cuffe came to visit 5th and 6th class. It was a complete surprise visit.
Tom came to show us how to make origami. When we walked into the classroom he had everything set up. First off he introduced
himself and then he showed us the different kinds of origami. After, he showed us all the origami he had made. It was
amazing! Later he showed us some techniques on how to hold and crease the paper. After a while we made a triangle, a duck,
atethadedron and then last but not least we made a hugh 3-D cube. A lot of people got frustrated with it but they finished it to
the end. We will be showing our origami in the Radisson in early June. We had great fun and I can’t wait until he comes again
next week. Thank you Tom. - By Louise O’Boyle, 6th class.
You Shall Be My Witness: We are now in our second week of the ‘You Shall Be My Witness’ programme. We started it on the
27th of February. We were all put into a group of 8 or 9. There are three groups with 2 or 3 leaders. We talked about being a
part of a group on the first week and we learned about the Nicene Creed on the second week. We have two more weeks left
before our Confirmation. —By Shauna Considine, 6th class.
Confirmation Retreat—The Knock Youth Ministry Confirmation
Retreat Programme has been scheduled for Thursday, 13th March
2014 for 5th-6th class pupils.
Confirmation Programme—The ‘You Shall Be My Witness’ Confirmation
Programme continues on Tuesday, 11th March and Tuesday
18th March from 8-9 pm.
Barnaderg NS Knitters are again running their Easter Egg Fundraiser.
Any knitters who have a little time to spare are asked to help
us out. Patterns can be collected from the office. Eggs will be on
sale before Easter holidays. All profits go to school supplies and
this initiative is being run primarily by the children, coordinated by
Mrs. Lane. Further details to follow.
Business Manager: Matthew Glynn, 4th class
Display Manager: Aoife Boyle, 4th class
Holiday Timetable 2013-2014
March: 17th (St. Patrick’s Day– BH)
April: 14th-25th (Easter break)
May: 5th (BH)
June: 2nd (BH), Last day of school Friday, 27th
Confirmation, Thursday, 27/03/14 @ 12 noon
Communion, Saturday, 10/05/014 @ 12 noon
Note for Parents regarding photographers listed below:
For Confirmation—Patsy Conway (087) 233 3674
For Communion—Johnny Ryan (086) 834 2646.