09/11/2018
Dear parents,
Here is some dates for your diary over the next number of weeks.
Parents Association Meeting:
Reminder of Parents Association Meeting on Tuesday evening next, November 13th in the school at 7.30 pm. This will be to organise the Bingo for the following Sunday and the more parents that can help out the better for all. If you cannot attend the meeting Tuesday but are available to assist with the Bingo please let us know.
Monster Bingo Fundraiser:
The Bingo takes place on Sunday afternoon, November 18th in the Community Hall at 3 pm. Can all families please make an extra effort to attend this fundraiser and also spread the word so we can maximise our attendance on the day. We have written out to many local businesses and school suppliers and have generated a good amount of sponsorship for the event so it is really important that we have a large crowd on the day to make all of this effort worthwhile. If any of you attend other Bingos can you please arrange for ours to be announced at those events.
(Please see reverse for other information on Parents Association funds etc)
Parent Teacher Meetings:
We will be having our school Parent Teacher Meetings on Thursday, November 22nd. As there is a large number in my own room I will be splitting the meetings over 2 evenings and will have some on Tuesday, November 20th as well as the Thursday. Appointment times for these will be sent out next week and as always, please let the teacher know if the appointment doesn't suit you.
Parish Christmas Carol Service:
The annual Parish Carol Service will take place this year on Tuesday, December 4th in Castlehaven Church at 7.30 pm. The children of the 2 schools in the parish will be taking part as always so please keep this date free if your child will be partaking.
School Christmas Concert:
We have decided this year to try out having our Christmas Concert over 2 evenings as there was such a large turnout at the event in recent years. We will have our lunchtime concert as always and this will take place on Monday, December 17th at 1 pm.
Then on Monday evening 1t 7 pm we will have the performance of the Junior Infants - Second Class show.
The concert for 3rd - 6th classes will take place on Tuesday, December 18th @ 7 pm.
Parents of 1st, 2nd & 3rd classes:
As you will be aware, Mr. O' Donovan has been out sick for the past few weeks and he will be out for the next few weeks also. We are lucky that Miss Megan O' Donovan is available to do most of the days as a substitute so there is continuity in the class. For this reason, there will not be Parent Teacher Meetings for this classroom on November 22nd and they will instead be arranged for after Christmas holidays. Of course if any parent feels that they need to arrange a meeting before then, please let us know.
Yours sincerely,
Brendan McCarthy
Principal
Dear parents,
As you will see from the PA finances for the last school year, our school is a very busy place and also has lots of expenses annually.
This year has been more expensive than normal years as we have completely refurbished the 3 current mainstream classrooms with repaired ceilings, new paint, new floors and new toilets. The 3 classrooms have also now got new interactive Clevertouch Screens. This work has not been cheap as you will appreciate but it was necessary and will be of long term benefit to all of your children in the school. The classes are so much brighter this year and everyone - staff, parents and most importantly the children, are delighted with the works. Such an amount of work has not been done internally since the school opened almost 30 years ago.
While there are Grants which we receive annually that will go towards footing a lot of these costs, there is also a shortfall which the Parents Association fundraisers will cover. The PA already agreed at the September meeting to pay for the painting of the 2 most recent classrooms (€1600). They also undertook to pay for one of the Clevertouch Boards (approximately €3600). We also recently purchased our first iPad for the school and we hope to purchase more of these for use in the SEN room as well as in the classrooms. There are annual costs such as Martina for Tin Whistle & Dance, Castlehaven GAA for football, Swimming subsidy, Insurance and Parents Council membership which totals approximately €2200 annually. We also need to constantly update and increase our store of Sports Equipment. This is just to give all parents an idea of the costs facing us each year from the PA point of view and also to show the importance of each family in the school supporting the PA fundraisers throughout the year.
The Bingo on Sunday week, November 18th is our Major Fundraiser this year and we hope that it will be a huge success!
Other planned fundraisers which we hope all families will support are the Halloween Disco which raised €316, The Christmas Concert Raffle, An event again for Women's Christmas and other events were mentioned such as cake sales & table quizzes.
If any parent has other fundraising ideas please talk to us and again, ALL PARENTS are members of the Parents Association and all are welcome to our meeting on Tuesday next, November 13th at 7.30 pm in the school.
Kind regards
Margaret Moloney Brendan McCarthy Chairperson Parents Association Principal
PARENTS ASSOCIATION FINANCES - 2017/2018
INCOME
01/09/2017 Opening Balance 1,606.90
31/10/2017 Halloween Disco 364.32
20/12/2017 Christmas Concert 900.00
06/01/2018 Womens Christmas 1,090.00
25/02/2018 Cake Sale 953.80
TOTAL 4,915.02
EXPENDITURE
29/09/2017 Brennan Insurance 185.00
29/09/2017 Sign Studio - School Signs 959.08
07/02/2018 Martina French - Tin Whistle January 190.00
15/01/2018 NPC Membership 45.00
08/03/2018 Castlehaven GAA - James Last Year 300.00
14/03/2018 Martina French - February - 4 weeks 200.00
25/04/2018 Martina French - Mar(2 wks) & Apr(3 wks) 250.00
30/05/2018 Martina French - May ( 5wks) 250.00
13/06/2018 Martina French - June (2wks) 100.00
26/06/2018 Swimming Subsidy to School Account 560.00
30/08/2018 Painting of 2 classrooms - August 2018 1600.00
TOTAL 4639.08
SURPLUS 275.94
Dear parents,
Here is some dates for your diary over the next number of weeks.
Parents Association Meeting:
Reminder of Parents Association Meeting on Tuesday evening next, November 13th in the school at 7.30 pm. This will be to organise the Bingo for the following Sunday and the more parents that can help out the better for all. If you cannot attend the meeting Tuesday but are available to assist with the Bingo please let us know.
Monster Bingo Fundraiser:
The Bingo takes place on Sunday afternoon, November 18th in the Community Hall at 3 pm. Can all families please make an extra effort to attend this fundraiser and also spread the word so we can maximise our attendance on the day. We have written out to many local businesses and school suppliers and have generated a good amount of sponsorship for the event so it is really important that we have a large crowd on the day to make all of this effort worthwhile. If any of you attend other Bingos can you please arrange for ours to be announced at those events.
(Please see reverse for other information on Parents Association funds etc)
Parent Teacher Meetings:
We will be having our school Parent Teacher Meetings on Thursday, November 22nd. As there is a large number in my own room I will be splitting the meetings over 2 evenings and will have some on Tuesday, November 20th as well as the Thursday. Appointment times for these will be sent out next week and as always, please let the teacher know if the appointment doesn't suit you.
Parish Christmas Carol Service:
The annual Parish Carol Service will take place this year on Tuesday, December 4th in Castlehaven Church at 7.30 pm. The children of the 2 schools in the parish will be taking part as always so please keep this date free if your child will be partaking.
School Christmas Concert:
We have decided this year to try out having our Christmas Concert over 2 evenings as there was such a large turnout at the event in recent years. We will have our lunchtime concert as always and this will take place on Monday, December 17th at 1 pm.
Then on Monday evening 1t 7 pm we will have the performance of the Junior Infants - Second Class show.
The concert for 3rd - 6th classes will take place on Tuesday, December 18th @ 7 pm.
Parents of 1st, 2nd & 3rd classes:
As you will be aware, Mr. O' Donovan has been out sick for the past few weeks and he will be out for the next few weeks also. We are lucky that Miss Megan O' Donovan is available to do most of the days as a substitute so there is continuity in the class. For this reason, there will not be Parent Teacher Meetings for this classroom on November 22nd and they will instead be arranged for after Christmas holidays. Of course if any parent feels that they need to arrange a meeting before then, please let us know.
Yours sincerely,
Brendan McCarthy
Principal
Dear parents,
As you will see from the PA finances for the last school year, our school is a very busy place and also has lots of expenses annually.
This year has been more expensive than normal years as we have completely refurbished the 3 current mainstream classrooms with repaired ceilings, new paint, new floors and new toilets. The 3 classrooms have also now got new interactive Clevertouch Screens. This work has not been cheap as you will appreciate but it was necessary and will be of long term benefit to all of your children in the school. The classes are so much brighter this year and everyone - staff, parents and most importantly the children, are delighted with the works. Such an amount of work has not been done internally since the school opened almost 30 years ago.
While there are Grants which we receive annually that will go towards footing a lot of these costs, there is also a shortfall which the Parents Association fundraisers will cover. The PA already agreed at the September meeting to pay for the painting of the 2 most recent classrooms (€1600). They also undertook to pay for one of the Clevertouch Boards (approximately €3600). We also recently purchased our first iPad for the school and we hope to purchase more of these for use in the SEN room as well as in the classrooms. There are annual costs such as Martina for Tin Whistle & Dance, Castlehaven GAA for football, Swimming subsidy, Insurance and Parents Council membership which totals approximately €2200 annually. We also need to constantly update and increase our store of Sports Equipment. This is just to give all parents an idea of the costs facing us each year from the PA point of view and also to show the importance of each family in the school supporting the PA fundraisers throughout the year.
The Bingo on Sunday week, November 18th is our Major Fundraiser this year and we hope that it will be a huge success!
Other planned fundraisers which we hope all families will support are the Halloween Disco which raised €316, The Christmas Concert Raffle, An event again for Women's Christmas and other events were mentioned such as cake sales & table quizzes.
If any parent has other fundraising ideas please talk to us and again, ALL PARENTS are members of the Parents Association and all are welcome to our meeting on Tuesday next, November 13th at 7.30 pm in the school.
Kind regards
Margaret Moloney Brendan McCarthy Chairperson Parents Association Principal
PARENTS ASSOCIATION FINANCES - 2017/2018
INCOME
01/09/2017 Opening Balance 1,606.90
31/10/2017 Halloween Disco 364.32
20/12/2017 Christmas Concert 900.00
06/01/2018 Womens Christmas 1,090.00
25/02/2018 Cake Sale 953.80
TOTAL 4,915.02
EXPENDITURE
29/09/2017 Brennan Insurance 185.00
29/09/2017 Sign Studio - School Signs 959.08
07/02/2018 Martina French - Tin Whistle January 190.00
15/01/2018 NPC Membership 45.00
08/03/2018 Castlehaven GAA - James Last Year 300.00
14/03/2018 Martina French - February - 4 weeks 200.00
25/04/2018 Martina French - Mar(2 wks) & Apr(3 wks) 250.00
30/05/2018 Martina French - May ( 5wks) 250.00
13/06/2018 Martina French - June (2wks) 100.00
26/06/2018 Swimming Subsidy to School Account 560.00
30/08/2018 Painting of 2 classrooms - August 2018 1600.00
TOTAL 4639.08
SURPLUS 275.94