News Update – 15/03/2024

 

 

Dear Parent / Guardian / Colleague / Board Member,

 

This Week

Our boys took part in the hurling 7 a side competition in Dungarvan this week. Well done to them on playing so well and reaching the semi-final. Congratulations to Conal Sheehan on being chosen for the West Waterford Primary Games Team.  He will represent our school at the half time interval of the Waterford V Cork match in April.

 

Maith sibh! to our Class Winners in the Panda Playground Competition organised by the Community Centre Committee, who drew, designed or indeed constructed model playgrounds during Science & Engineering Week to help them turn this dream to reality.

 

This week was a very busy week in our school. It was Seachtain na Gaeilge, so Irish language, music, song and dance were very much to the fore, with our Tráth na gCeist and our Annual Céilí on Friday. We had GAA coaching on Wednesday and our Rg 6 had a pre-confirmation retreat in the school on Thursday along with the pupils of Newcastle and Touraneena. Fr Michael asked us to deliver a letter to each of the families. Please check bags.

 

The pupils got dressed up for our Lá Fhéile Pádraig weekend on Friday when children donned the tri-colours as a nod to our patron saint and Irish heritage.

 

Today we also enjoyed a production from Wexford Studio Theatre based on the fable – ‘The Hare and the Tortoise.’ Please check out our social media page for photographs of the week.

 

The week is not over. We will host a Family Quiz night at the centre later. We are asking registered teams to be there by 7:20 pm. Maximum of 4 per team with two adults (max.) €15 per team. Thanks to all those families who have pre-registered and we are looking forward to an enjoyable family event.

 

If you are interested in our Scholastic Book Club, it is now online at https://schools.scholastic.ie Ballymacarbry Please place your order online by this evening, March 15th, 2024 if you so choose. Thanks to those who have ordered.

 

Uniform Exchange – Aoife and her colleagues on the PA will hold another uniform exchange on Thursday & Friday 28 / 29th March in the Community Centre. People are free to leave or collect school uniform items as they wish. This again is a very good idea in advance of Term 3.

 

Enrolment Forms – Enrolment forms have been sent out to families who expressed an interest in enroling a child at our school from September. Please complete and return prior to Easter holidays, if possible.

 

Reminder – School will be closed on Monday next for the St. Patrick’s Holiday. School will close for Easter on Friday 22nd March @ 12:30 pm. The after school will remain open until 4pm on the day. We will re-open on Monday 8th April.

 

Crazy Hat and Hair Day – This Parents’ Assoc. event will take place on Friday next. More, early next week.

 

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona Daoibh go Léir.

Michael J. O’ Ryan – Principal.

News Update – 08/03/2024

 

 

Dear Parent / Guardian / Colleague / Board Member,

 

This Week

Penance – Our boys and girls in Rg 2 received the Sacrament of Penance on Tuesday night in FMW. They did very well indeed.  Thanks to their teacher Miss O’Keeffe and Miss Kelly and our Banna Ceoil. The children impressed Fr Toomey so much, he almost gave them today off, (inadvertently, it must be said.)

 

GAA Coach – Conor Prendergast visited on Wednesday to do hurling coaching with us and will visit again on Wednesday next.

 

World Book Day – On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day. The staff and pupils donned the costume of their favourite book characters. Well done to all who participated. Please see some photos of the day on our social media page. Remember, ‘the more things you will read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more place you’ll go.’ – Dr Seuss, Author and Cartoonist.

 

On that note, don’t forget that our latest Scholastic Book Club is now online at https://schools.scholastic.ie Ballymacarbry There are hundreds of fantastic children’s books to choose from, and every €1 you spend on this month’s Book Club will earn 20¢ for our school in Scholastic Rewards. Please place your order online by March 15th, 2024 You can also choose to have your books delivered to our school which will reduce the need to pay individual delivery costs.

 

Engineering Week – This week we also liaised with The Panda Playground Committee of the Community Centre in helping design and in some cases construct a model playground. More about this in next week’s issue. This coincided with Engineering Week and all things STEM related.

 

Items to note for the week ahead.

Seachtain na Gaeilge – Next week we will celebrate our Irish culture, through our language, music, song, dance and faith in the build up to St Patrick’s Day. Watch out for our Céilí, Tráth na gCeist and Green, White and Orange Day on Friday. Bain trial as an Gaeilge a labhairt sa bhaile freisin.

 

Family Quiz – Green, White and Orange Day will conclude with our Family Table Quiz. to register your interest, please activate this link and answer the 3 questions. https://forms. Family Quiz Registration Thanks to those of you who have already done so. Gavin Whelan of WLR FM will be guest on the night.  Quiz begins at 7:30 pm. Maximum of two adults per table and costs €15 per table. Raffle and tuck-shop on the night.

 

Confirmation Retreat – On Thursday next, we will welcome members of the Holy Family Mission to our school to host a retreat for our confirmation candidates. Like last year, we will also welcome Rg 6 pupils from Newcastle and Touraneena N.S. on the day. We come together in an effort to reduce costs on families, by hosting it at our school, instead of Glencomeragh.

 

Wexford Studio Theatre – On Friday next, we will welcome John & Co from Wexford Studio Theatre to our school for the first time. It was traditional pre-covid, that a Drama Group would stage a production for us. The production is based on the fable, ‘The Hare and the Tortoise.’ This is scheduled for 12:30 pm. Thanks to those pupils who have paid the €3 cover charge.

 

Reminder – School will be closed on Monday 18th March for the Bank Holiday. School will close for Easter on Friday 22nd March @ 12:30 pm. We will re-open on Monday 8th April.

 

Lá na Máithreacha Sona Duit! – Michael J. O’ Ryan – Principal.

News Update – 01/03/2024

 

 

Dear Parent / Guardian / Colleague / Board Member,

 

Penance – All children scheduled to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion in May this year, will make their First Penance in FMW on Wed 6th March next at 7:30 pm.

 

Family Quiz – As previously stated, if we can get sufficient interest in our Family Quiz scheduled for Friday 15th March next at the Community Centre, we will proceed. We will make a call on it next weekend. To register your interest, please activate this link and answer the 3 questions. https://forms. Family Quiz Registration If you have already done so, thank you.

 

Drama – Wexford Studio Theatre will call to us on Friday 15th March. We would appreciate €3 per child to cover associated costs.

 

World Book Day – We will celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7th March next. Vouchers will be given to children in the next week or so, to exchange for a free book or go towards reducing the cost of another in participating book stores. Thanks to those families who have donated old books to our school.

 

Book Club – We have given all families a Book Club brochure in advance of World Book Day. Families get the opportunity to get books at discounted rates and we as a school can get free books when families purchase via this method. No compulsion on families to participate.

 

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to https://schools.scholastic.ie/ballymacarbry to browse the latest books and order online. For every €1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20¢ in Scholastic Rewards. If you are interested, please place your order online by Friday March 15th, 2024. You can also choose to have your books delivered to our school, which will reduce the need to pay individual delivery costs.

 

Bus Eireann – The Bus Eireann online portal for applications opened on Wednesday 28th February 2024. This concerns families with infants starting at our school later this year or those with children set to enter secondary school from September. The link is as follows https://www.buseireann.ie

 

Engineering Week – Next week we will liaise with the local Community Centre in designing and constructing playground models to coincide with the proposed Panda Playground for Ballymacarbry village. This incorporates the drawing and construction strands from the visual arts curriculum and dovetails nicely, with the increasingly popular area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)

 

Enrolment – Application forms are being distributed today and Monday for completion by families who expressed a wish to enrol a child this autumn. Please complete and return before Easter holidays, (Fri 22nd March) if at all possible.

 

Items to note for the week ahead

 

Rang 2 will make their First Penance on Wednesday. We will have Conor Prendergast – hurling coach along on Wednesday 6th and Wednesday 13th. Helmets and hurleys at the ready please. On Thursday, pupils are encouraged to dress up as characters from their favourite books, if they so choose, to mark World Book Day.

 

Is mise,

 

Michael J. O’ Ryan – Principal.

 

News Update – 23/02/2024

 

 

Dear Parent / Guardian / Colleague / Board Member,

 

Ethos – This week children due to receive the sacraments, plus those in Rg 3/4/5 participated in a short prayer service organised by Fr Michael throughout Wednesday last. Each of the local churches was assigned a designated day with associated schools participating in exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

 

Confirmation – Rg 6 pupils will participate in Sunday’s 9 am mass in FMW.

 

Penance – All children scheduled to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion in May this year, will make their First Penance in FMW on Wed 6th March next at 7:30 pm.

 

Mini 7s – Our boys and girls took part in the Football 7 a side competition in Bohadoon on Tuesday last. Maith sibh.

 

Quiz – Well done to all 6 teams who represented our school at The Primary School Table Quiz in the C.B.S. in Dungarvan on Wednesday evening. Congratulations to Ciarán, James, Harry and John from 5th class who finished in 2nd place, each receiving a little plaque and an Easons voucher. Best wishes to those representing us in Rathgormack tonight.

 

Family Quiz – As previously stated, if we can get sufficient interest in our Family Quiz scheduled for Friday 15th March next at the Community Centre, we will proceed. To register your interest, please activate this link and answer the following 3 questions. https://forms.gle/8qkVU3Gfp8FsuTWy6 An enjoyable night was had in November 2022 when we had 20 tables.

 

Drama – We have acquired the services of Wexford Studio Theatre to present “Tallulah & The Long-Haired Hare from Liverpool” for the children at our school on Friday 15th March. We plan to collect € 3 per child in the coming weeks to defray associated costs. This continues a tradition which existed pre-covid, albeit with a new company.

 

Enrolment – Enrolment packs will be sent out to families who registered an interest in sending a Junior Infant child to our school this autumn, in the next 10 days or so.

 

World Book Day – We will celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7th March next.  Pupils will be given the opportunity to dress as their preferred book character. Vouchers will be given to children in the next week or so, to exchange for a free book or go towards reducing the cost of another in participating book stores. Thanks to those families who have donated old books to our school.

 

Is mise,

 

Michael J. O’ Ryan – Principal.

News Update – 14/02/2024

 

Dear Parent / Guardian / Colleague / Board Member,

 

Sympathies – We have contacted Faithlegg N.S. and their principal Kieran O’Sullivan to express the heartfelt sympathy of our entire school community on the tragic death of 6-year-old Matthew Healy, in East Waterford last weekend. Matthew was a senior infant pupil at their school. We think of his family, friends, classmates and community at this terribly sad time. Mathew’s funeral took place earlier today with mass of the angels. Go ndéana Dia Trócaire ar Maitiú.

 

Pancake Tuesday – On Tuesday, we celebrated Máirt na hInide and all pupils and staff were treated to pancakes, accompanied with fillings of their choice. Thanks to Anna Long and her helpers from staff for facilitating this.

 

Ash Wednesday – Today marks the start of Lent. Fr Michael called to administer ashes to our staff and pupils.

 

St Valentine’s Day – Well done to all who participated in our ‘Wear Red to School Day’ in honour of St Valentine, a saint who has a strong association with Dublin, Ireland.

 

Mid Term Break – The school will be closed this Thursday and Friday 15th / 16th February. We will reopen on Monday 19th for 9:20 am.

 

Is mise,

Michael J. O’ Ryan – Principal.