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Clonburris N.S.
Our Lady Queen of Apostles
Newsletter December 2017
Learn, Believe, Achieve!
Learn, Believe, Achieve.

New Deputy Principal Congratulations to Ms. Lanigan who has been appointed Deputy Principal of Clonburris. We wish her the best as she takes up her new position.

Sing for Simon The children in the music group will be singing in the Mill Centre on Wed 20th Dec and the money raised will go to The Simon Community. Many thanks to Mr. Leech for his work in preparing the group.

Nativity Plays
We are having two nativity plays like last year to give you an opportunity to attend if you wish-you are more than welcome. Junior Nativity Play (Jun Inf-2nd class) Mon 18th Dec at 11.00
Senior Nativity Play (3rd-6th) Tues 19th Dec at 11.00

Sinbad the Sailor DVD The Christmas Concert DVD’s are on sale for the three nights of the concert. They cost €10

Reminder If you or a neighbour has a child starting school in Sep 2018 the closing date for enrolment is 31/01/2018

Dates for your Diary
Christmas Holidays Fri 22nd December School finishes at 12pm
Re-opens 9am Mon 8th January

Sinbad the Sailor Christmas Concert Another wonderful show again this year. Well done to the children for an excellent performance! A special word of thanks to the teachers for the many weeks of preparation which they put into making the show such a success and to all others who helped in any way.
Many thanks to all the parents who helped to supervise classes during the show, your help as always is much appreciated. The children got an opportunity to see highlights from the show on Friday 8th and the €468.50 which was collected will go to the local branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Green School News: Well done to all classes who contributed to the Green School’s “Food from around the World” project. The display in the hall looked fantastic.
4th, 5th and 6th Class children took part in an energy awareness workshop with Emlyn from SEAI. They learned a lot about energy conservation and really enjoyed the workshop.
“Tidy Thursday” continues at lunchtime every Thursday, with members of the Green School Committee litter picking in the local estates. It’s great to see such community spirit! Well done to all involved.

Clonburris N.S.
Our Lady Queen of Apostles
Newsletter December 2017
Learn, Believe, Achieve!
Learn, Believe, Achieve.

LauraLynn House
Our non-uniform day collection for LauraLynn House at Children's Sunshine Home came to €677—many thanks to those who contributed towards Irelands first children's hospice.

Oral Language: Tips for Parents
Encourage children to spend some of their Christmas money on books. The Christmas annuals that are available to buy in the school are a great source of fun and learning for the children. Bring your children to your local library and check out any special events hosted by the library over the holidays.
Infants—1st Class:
Make sure story time happens every night at bedtime. Involve the children in picking the books. Ask your child to tell you things they like abut each story.
Keep up the nursery rhymes/songs/poems and stories. Start by reading it to your child and progress to taking turns saying every 2nd line back & forth with your child.
2nd—4th :Ask about their favourite T.V. programme and question them about the characters and setting of the story.
5th & 6th:Watch and discuss T.V./current affairs programmes together.

HSCL HOME/SCHOOL/COMMUNITY LIAISON
While you have a child attending Clonburris we would love for parents and guardians to be involved and participate in Clonburris too. Drop into school, or get in touch on 083 8490219 and ask for Mrs. Duffy, or email HomeschClonburris@gmail.com.
***** Parent classes *****
Fitwalk Programme: continuing in December on Thursdays, Bawnogue Community Ctr, 9.30am-10.30am. Led by trained Fitwalk facilitator. Keep fit and active when the weather gets cold. All sessions are FREE.
Classes for January, (dates to be confirmed)
Drink aware: Parent workshop – a representative from Drink aware will visit the school and run a workshop for parents of 5th and 6th class children to help with the transition to secondary school. They will give information booklets and age appropriate advice to support parents.
Parenting workshop: parenting tips for solving childhood problems, talking problems through with children and managing misbehaviour using consequences. It is open to all parents of Clonburris.
Home, School, Community, Liaison,
Eimear O’Malley

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Maths for Fun—2nd Class:
As Ms. Cleary’s 2nd class really enjoyed Maths for Fun before Christmas we hope to offer it to Mr. Masterson’s and Ms. Keirns’ classes in January. This helps the children improve their maths skills through playing board games together with parents. We will run this course on 4 Wednesdays in January. We will need parents volunteers to help out. Please let me or the class teacher know if you can spare an hour a week for 4 weeks. We will go through the games with you before the 1st session.
Paired Reading—Senior Infants: We had a great turnout of parents coming into Ms. Creed and Ms. DeOliveira’s classes for paired reading. We are offering Ms. Tormey’s class a chance to take part in paired reading in January. We need parents to sit and share a book with their child in class on Tuesdays 1—1.20pm over 4 weeks in January starting on Jan 9th.
Clover Project : Any junior infants parents who haven't had a chance to pick up thir Clover pack (which is free), please call to the H.S.C.L. room or give me a call on 083 8490219

Fitwalk Programme: Continuing in January on Thursdays, Bawnogue Community Centre 9.30—10.30am. Led by trained Fitwalk facilitator . Get fit and active after Christmas. All sessions are free.
Parents Music Club: Monday @ 1.40—2.30 in the school hall. All welcome.
Gardening Club: Tuesdays 9—10.30am. Make our school garden beautiful and make new friends. All welcome.
Irish—Gaeilge do Tuismitheoirí: Help you children with their Irish homework. Áine is an excellent teacher who can cater for all standards of Irish. New pupils very welcome.