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June Newsletter 2019How Do We Relax? By Rebecca Carson 1st Class
Ms. Quinn's class relax every Friday by doing meditation with teddies. We bring in teddies to do the relaxation. We put the teddies on our tummies and get them asleep. We do it with nice music. We lie down on the ground with cushions. This meditation is fun and relaxing. We like doing it with teddies because it's nice doing it with our own things.
Bake Sale in aid of BeKind Ireland
Many thanks for the huge response to last week’s Bake Sale. The sale was a fantastic success. The total raised was €1542.75.
Our Wildlife Garden
In May, Mairéad Stack gave all the boys and girls a talk about the wildlife garden we are in the process of making. Ms O’Callaghan’s 3rd Class came up with the official name … Bugington Palace. Our garden is on a slope so solitary bees can burrow in it. The box to put materials in to fill the bug hotel with will be under the canopy again tomorrow. By Caoimhe Halley, Jack Durr, Peter Brennan and Fabian Berisha.
Please click on the link below to see Mairéad’s presentation about our Wildlife Garden.
www.stpatricksns.ie/downloads/Wildlife-Garden-Parent-info.pdf
Edmund Rice College 2020
Applications for Edmund Rice College 2020 are now being accepted. The application form can be downloaded from our website www.edmundricecollegedublin.ie.
The closing date is Friday 27th September 2019 and we will be holding an open evening in our school on Mill Road, Blanchardstown on Thursday 12th September 2019.
Down Syndrome Ireland – Ice Cream Funday
On Friday 14 June, some of our parents will be selling Ice Cream in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland at 1.10pm and 2.10pm. No set price, all donations welcome. If you wish to support this worthy cause, they will be set up under the canopy at the Main Entrance. Please note that children from 1st-6th Classes who wish to purchase ice-cream may be delayed leaving school at 2.10pm.
Mandala Stones for Pieta House
Pupils from Mr. Heneghan's 4th Class recently participated in a fundraising project in aid of Pieta House. We sold mandala stones to raise the money. Mandala stones are flat, circular painted stones that are said to have healing properties.
Before we painted the stones, we took orders to see how many we would need to paint. We ordered Scottish beach pebbles from a garden centre. We got roughly 800 beach pebbles and sold about 600 decorated mandala stones. We used the tips of paintbrushes to paint the stones in colourful, circular patterns; the mandala way. While most children were painting the stones, the rest of the children were designing logos for our mini company; mandala inc.
When we finished painting the stones, we put them in a bag with two positive mantras. We then delivered the stones to the people who had ordered them.
On Thursday 11th April, we were delighted to welcome Ms. Deirdre Hayden from Pieta House to our school and present her with a cheque for 2000Euro. We would like to thank all who helped in making this project such a huge success.
(By Seán Rogers and Ally O'Ceallaigh - Mr. Heneghan's 4th Class)
Lost Property
Any unclaimed Lost Property items will be donated to charity if not collected by Friday 28 June. Please take a minute at drop off or collection times only over the next few weeks to check the Lost Property boxes if your child is missing any items.
Tigers Afterschool Care
Tigers have availability for their Breakfast Club and Hour Club in St Patrick’s N.S. from September 2019. Please contact Tigers directly at 086 2253781 or email info@tigerschildcare.com
Registration Forms
Thank you to everyone who has returned their Re-Registration Forms and also to those who have paid the School Expenses. If you have not already returned your form, we would ask you to do so, so that we can make the necessary updates to Aladdin in preparation for the 2019/2020 school year.
Please note that Re-Registration and the request for School Expenses are not connected. The School Expenses are not a Re-Registration Fee.
Call for LEGO!!!
Anybody who has any old/spare Lego lying about their houses is asked to collect it up. We know lots of boys & girls in St Patrick's who could get endless learning and satisfaction from classroom activities using your excess Lego. So bag up your Lego and leave it with the secretary in reception, for the attention of Mr O'Neill.
Upcoming Events
12 June – Junior Infant Sports Day – see note below
12 June – 4th Class Exhibition of Bridges and "Write-a-Book" project display. 2.30-3.30pm Venue: Fingal B (former Tigers Room) and on the middle floor corridor
12 June – 3rd Class Art Exhibition – Venue: Top Floor Gallery
20th June – 6th Class Graduation
26 June – 6th Class Fun Day/Pizza Party
28 June – School Closes for Summer Break
29 August – School starts for Senior Infants to 6th Class
02 September – School starts for Junior Infants
Upcoming Sporting Events & News
Athletics, Track and Field
Huge congratulations to all who represented the school in track and field events in Morton Stadium in Santry over the last two weeks. The boys and girls did really well individually and as part of the relay teams. Well done to all of the children who gave 100%. It was an added bonus to come back to the school with lots of silverware!
Junior Infant Sports Day
Parents/Grandparents are all invited to attend the Junior Infant Sports Day which will take place on Wednesday June 15th from 9.00-10.00am in the main yard adjacent to the junior infant play area to the rear of the school.
The children have been placed on teams of approximately ten. They will participate in twelve activities in a circuit. Please note that you cannot take photographs of children other than your own without their parents’ permission.
The activity zone will be sectioned off. We would appeal to parents to ensure that all spectators remain off the activity area so that the children participating are not distracted. For health and safety reasons, please do not allow toddlers to enter the activity area. Unfortunately, we are unable to facilitate the attendance of siblings from St.Patrick’s attending the Sports Day.
In the event that we need to postpone the sports day we hope to run it on Thursday June 16th 9.00-10.00am.
We hope the sun shines and the children enjoy their first sports day at Saint Patrick’s.
Junior Infant teachers
Leprechaun Cup Cricket
The boys first cricket match was against Castleknock N.S on Thursday 9th of May. The match was played at Castleknock College. It was our first match and we lost by one wicket. The scores were 46/all out for St.Patricks and 47/9 for Castleknock N.S. Conor Gillen scored 13 runs which was the highest on the day. Khuzaima Babur scored 6 wickets which was also the highest score of the day. Overall we enjoyed it.
By Conor Gillen and Khuzaima Babur
Girls Cricket Blitz
On the 29th of May, 13 girls from 6th class went to Malahide Cricket grounds to participate in a cricket blitz. Four schools took part in the blitz,
St Andrew’s NS, St Oliver Plunkett’s, Balrothery, St Patrick’s Diswellstown and Realt Na Mara Skerries. It was the first cricket game for many of our girls, despite that, thanks to some great batting, catches and wickets we managed to win 2 out of 3 matches! We all enjoyed the day.
By Kaitlyn Morgan and Niamh Andrews
Parents Association News
NPC Annual Education Conference 2019
Please see attached conference flier, for the NPC's Annual Education Conference 2019 ‘Tomorrow’s World: Parents supporting Children’s futures’. Information is also available on
NPC's website www.npc.ie and NPC's Facebook page www.facebook.com/nationalparentscouncil, should you wish to read/share same.
At the conference, there will also be stands - from service providers and educational organisations/companies - providing information of interest to parents of children in primary school.
Admission is FREE, and lunch and refreshments will be provided. All parents of primary school children are welcome to attend.
Please click here to register.
Reminders
Letters of Attendance
We would ask that if you require Letters of Attendance for Child Benefit/Travel/Visa purposes for your child/children, that you give the office as much advance notice as possible. Please EMAIL your request to info@stpatricksns.ie stating the purpose of the letter. If it is for travel/visa request purposes, please advise date of departure so that the letter can be dated within a week of travel.
Diswellstown Community & Recreation Centre and Local Community Activities
Calum Farrell Memorial Cup
Calum Farrell, RIP passed away suddenly last March. With the support of Calum’s parents, the GAA and the wider local community, Castleknock Hurling and Football Club 2012 boys mentors are holding a fun charity football blitz in aid of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
• Event: Calum Farrell Memorial Cup
• Date: Sunday 9th June 2019, 1-5pm
• Location: Somerton Park, Castleknock
All the Dublin 15 GAA clubs have been invited to take part. There will be lots of family fun including a DJ, magician, face painting, garden games and food stalls. Everyone from the community is very welcome to attend
Girls Rugby
Eight weeks intro to Girls Rugby at Coolmine Rugby Club. Every Monday at 7pm commencing 13 May. Only €10. Free gift pack and gumshield. Check out www.irishrugby.ie/giveitatry for details. Contact womensrugby@irfu.ie for more information.
Castleknock Celtic Mini World Cup
Castleknock Celtic invites boys & girls born between 2007 and 2011 to participate in their hugely popular Club’s Mini World Cup, Tues 18th to 22nd June in Porterstown Park. Register at their Porterstown Park clubhouse on Thurs 6th June 6.30-7.30pm. More details at www.castleknockceltic.com or text only to 083-4111721 / 086-1723755
Touch-type, Read and Spell (TTRS)
Touch-type, Read and Spell is a computer based literacy course for children with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia and other learning differences.
I continue to run classes in the following venues and there are a limited number of places available, as other students have now successfully completed the course this term.
MONDAY St. Brigid’s National School, Castleknock 2.35-3.35 pm and 3.50-4.50 pm
TUESDAY Luttrellstown Community College 3.10-4.10 pm and 4.20-5.20 pm
WEDNESDAY Castleknock Community College 2.50-3.50 pm and 3.55-4.55 pm
THURSDAY St. Francis Xavier Senior School (beside Tesco Roselawn) 2.45-3.45 pm
To reserve a place and for details of a FREE TRIAL, please contact Carol Pitcher on 087 2868910 or send an email to castleknockttrs@gmail.com for further information on how this course might benefit your child.