Scoil Mhuire  Newsletter, December 2014

December has been dominated by drama in Scoil Mhuire – every possible variation on a Christmas theme was put on stage by all the classes. And for the first time this year we had plays “as gaeilge” . It’s amazing what the creative Christmas spirit can do in a school! If you go online you might get to see some of the shows on www.scoilmhuire.ie.

Have a look at The Echo newspaper for Thursday, Dec 18th – you will see some nice pictures of Ms Walsh’s 1^st class play. And if you were reading that same paper in the first week of December you would have seen a 2 page spread all about our school in their ‘School Around the Corner’ weekly feature. And in this article we were credited with singing on the Late Late Toy Show – as much as we would like to say nothing and take the praise, we have to say well done to the other Scoil Mhuire in Lucan – the girls’ school in St Mary’s Parish.

We finished the term on Friday with our annual Carol Service, and a visit from a special man in a red suit.

The Parents’ Association hosted a very successful cake sale. Over €1,000 was raised and it was a great opportunity for parents to drop in and chat over a coffee or tea.

The inaugural Countdown Challenge was won by Ciara Fleming in a very tense final, and the indoor 3^rd/4^th class hurling final was won by Charlie Byrne’s team, while the camogie final will be contested by Méabh Egan’s team and Christine Okakpu’s team

Ms Morgan’s 6^th class were thinking of the less fortunate – they collected money and made up hampers for the local Vincent de Paul.

Enrolment

Application for enrolment in Junior Infants in September, 2015 has opened. A pre enrolment form can be downloaded from our website www.scoilmhuire.ie. Please consult our Enrolment Policy before applying – this can also be viewed on our website. At this stage, there is no need to enrol siblings of children in the school – a text will be sent to all families in the second week of January asking for siblings’ applications.

Parish News

Christmas Eve 5 p.m.:  Away in a Manger  –  A Nativity Service 

Families with young children are invited to a Parish Crib Service in St Patrick’s Church.  The Service will tell the story of Jesus’ birth with Christmas Carols. This is not a full Mass with Holy Communion and may be more suitable for some families.   It is a reflection on and celebration of the story of the first Christmas.

Christmas Eve:   Children’s Mass at 6.30 p.m.

The staff of Scoil Mhuire would like to wish all of the children and parents a very happy Christmas, and we’ll see you all again in 2015 on Monday, January 5th