Congratulations to sisters Lauren and Abigail and to Sophie. These three girls represented our school in the Community Games Handwriting Competition last night. They even came home with two medals . Well done girls.
Month: March 2019
Community Games Trials
Trials will be held on Monday 1st April at 6:30 pm in Castleknock College.
Children who come to the trials
- Must live in the parish of Castleknock
- Must be available for the County Finals on 8th and 9th of June
Events:
U8 60 m and 80m
U10 100M AND 200M
U12 100M AND 600M
U14 100M AND 800M
LONG PUCK U12 BOYS AND U14 GIRLS
If any parents are available to help with the community games this year please phone 8214040 and leave your details.
Sponsored Walk 2019
Thank you to all our pupils who took part in the walk today. The weather was beautiful and their behaviour even better! over 900 children took part in the walk around the locality.
Unfortunately we also had a few walking wounded who had to stay behind.
Please return all cards to school by the end of next week.
Congratulations Alex
Congratulations to Alex who won came third in the Leinster Taekwando Finals last weekend.
Easter Camp
Easter Camp forms will be available from today. Please click on the images below for information or to download a form
Congratulations Quiz Team
Congratulations again to our Quiz Team on their fantastic win in the Cúda National Quiz Finals recently. We have not had that trophy since 2014 so it’s great to have it back in the our trophy cabinet!
Today Mr. Courtney presented Joe, Karl, Emma, Harry and Juliet with their individual plaques to commemorate their achievement.
School Closure Updates
Parent Reminders
Easter:We close Friday April 12th at noon . Re open Monday 29th April
School Closures
May 6th Bank Holiday
Please note we have two extra school closures that are not listed in the journal .
On Thursday May 16th we are closed for a Primary Language Inservice day. The teachers will spend the day planning for the next phase of it’s implementation . The school will be closed to pupils.
On Friday May 24th we expect to be closed as the school is used as a polling station for the European Elections.
We are also closed from Monday June 3rd to Friday June 7th inclusive
Soccer Match in 6th
6th class Soccer team played a league match v St.Brigids Blanchardstown today in glorious sunshine. Great performance from the team. Lost to a superb goal scored by Blanchardstown in the closing minutes. Head coach Mr.O’Donoghue particularly impressed with the teams attitude and work rate.
Family Fun Day
We hope lots of families can join us for this FREE event. We meet near the Pope’s Cross at 2pm. Enjoy a zumba warm up and then walk , jog or run around the 3km course. Babies, toddlers , grannies grandas and dogs on leads are all welcome .
Sponsored Walk 2019
Children are bringing home their sponsored walk cards today. We hope to do the walk on Thursday this week, weather permitting. All classes will take part with the younger children going on a shorter walk. Everyone can wear a tracksuit on Thursday and should bring a jacket in case it is cold.
Please return the forms to the class teacher after the walk. All unused cards should also be sent back so we can destroy them . The cards are printed on yellow paper to prevent unauthorised copying and fraudulent collections.
Thank you for your continued support. All funds raised will go towards resources for the school.
