Nuachtlitir 2: Deireadh Fomhair 2007

Dialann - Obair Bhaile - Spleodar - Lipéidí - Rugbaí - Tinreamh - Seachtain Chairdis - Rúnaí Nua! - Breithlá bhur bPáiste - Parcáil - Grianghrafainna - Rainbows 07/08 sa Ghaelscoil - Seachtain Athchúrsála - Béarla le Lúsai

A Thuismitheoirí, a chairde,
Nach deas í an aimsir fós – tá sé deachair le creidiuint go bhfuil Mí Dheireadh Fomhair tagtha dá bharr! Tá súil agam go bhfuil cursaí go maith socraithe anois sa bhaile mar atá ar scoil! Is iad seo a leanas roinnt rudaí a bhaineann le cursaí scoile na míosa seo.

Dialann
Dé Luain 1/10/07 Seachtain Athchursála : Recycling Week
Dé Luain 8/10/07 Seachtain Cairdeas sa Ghaelscoil
Dé Luain 8/10/07 Tag Rugbaí ag tosnú i rith na
& seachtaine seo laistigh d’am Scoile do Dé Máirt 9/10/07 gach ré seachtain
Dé Máirt 9/10/07 Ceardlann Niall de Búrca : Rang 3 sa leabharlann
Oíche Mháirt 9/10/07 8.00 Cruinniú Cinn Bhliana Coiste na dTuismitheoirí
Dé Céadaoin: 24/10/07 Seó Puipéid ag Naíonáin Bheaga agus Naíonáin Mhóra sa leabharlann
Dé hAoine: 26/10/07 Gléasadh Oíche Shamhna

Obair Bhaile
Táimid ag tabhairt faoin ár dtaighde bliaintúil ar an méid ama a chaitheann bhur bpáistí ar obair bhaile where we would ask you to write down the length of time your child is spending each evening beside where you sign your childs dialann.
Tá cúpla pointe maidir leis an obair bhaile gur mhaith liom a chur in iúl daoibh arís.

The following are a number of reminders with regard to Obair Bhaile from Rang 1-6
i) I Rang a 2 children should be learning to do their Obair Bhaile independently; taking out their books, doing their obair bhaile including táblaí, spellings (following the look, spell, cover, write, check method).
From Rang 3 up the children should be able to work independently and in an organised way, as the year progresses:
ii) Your help is required for the final part of your child’s Obair Bhaile. This should consist of checking written work and ensuring it is up to a good standard, a check on táblaí as Gaeilge, a quick written test of spellings, listening to your child reading aloud (in all classes) and asking questions based on the text. This test for comprehension is very important from the junior classes up to Rang a 6.
iii) Please tick each element of your child’s homework WHEN YOU HAVE CHECKED IT and sign an Leabhar Notaí Obair Bhaile. Please drop a quick note if your child has any problem.

Spleodar
Tá Coiste Spleodair ag obair go dian arís chun féile taitneamhach a chur ar siúl arís i mbliana. This year’s festival will run again during the mid-term break and will involve a great mix of events. Any undertaking such as this involves a huge amount of voluntary effort so we urge you to support and enjoy the week and keep the ‘Spleodar’ spirit alive!

Lípeidí
Ba mhaith linn a chur in iúl daoibh arís go bhfuil géarghá le hainm bhur bpáiste a bheith ar gach rud. “My Nametags” is the name of a company which makes identity labels for clothes, lunchboxes etc. If you are interested in ordering some please ask Kim san oifig. We would please ask you to label everything – it’s the only way to identify items. If you can put some identifiable mark on the outside of your childs red jacket please also do so to faciliatate your child recognising it at speed sa seomra ranga.

Rugbaí
Tá athas orainn fáilte ar ais a chur roimh Noel O’Meara i mbliana chun “Tag Rugbaí” a dhéanamh leis na páistí sa scoil. We are delighted to participate in this sports initiative which is funded by our local club, Nenagh Ormond, in conjunction with the I.R.F.U. Munster Branch. Is iontach an deis do na buachaillí agus cailíní é agus baineann said an-taitneamh as. If children would like to follow the sport up at club level, tá fáilte rompu!

Tinreamh
Ar an iomlán, tá tinreamh na bpáistí an-mhaith sa scoil seo. Could I remind you, that in order for a child to be considered “ar scoil” he/she must be in until at least 10.30a.m. However, if a child is due to arrive after that time, he/she can be marked “ar scoil” if the Múinteoir Ranga has prior knowledge.

Seachtain Chairdis – Friendship Week

“Níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh!”

Is cúram comhpháirteach é O.S.P.S. Tosaíonn O.S.P.S sula dtagann do pháiste ar scoil. Dá bharr san táimid ag cur in iúl doaibh mar gheall ar ár seachtain Chairdis – a Friendship Week at school. In conjunction with the objectives and principles of the O.S.P.S. and “Beo go Deo” programmes, we are putting extra emphasis on social development and elements of friendship strengthening, an tseachtain seo chugainn. As you can appreciate this will not have a huge impact on obair bhaile or academic learning but it would give us tremendous support if you could show interest, ask about, suggest ways, talk to and maybe tease out issues at home. We will be using circle work, visitations, role-play, relaxation, brain storms, poetry exploration, listening mime, story-telling, art and lots more to highlight aspects of relationships education.
This is an ideal opportunity to look at ‘greeting’ as Gaeilge agus as Béarla; our opening to any meeting or teacht le chéile can often make or break. The venture. It is also a chance to examine gratitude and that old fashioned “Go raibh maith agat” Doesn’t it brighten everyone’s day to encounter good manners and to be treated respectfully. A word our páistí are very familiar with is ‘meas’ (respect) and it will be explored again throughout the weeks activities. Looking at response kind requests, gentle movements – respectful behavior all round will be our mission. We’re hoping to take the Grrr…. out of anger and put a cross on the t of respect!
Le meas mór……… Una

Rúnaí Nua!
Ba mhaith liom fáilte is fiche a chur roimh Kim Ní Chathail mar Rúnaí nua againn sa ghaelscoil agus buíochas a thabhairt ag an am céanna d’ Eithne dá bhianta oibre den scoth déantá linn san oifig. Tá Eithne linna fós mar chúntoir Sealadach agus guím gach rath uirthí amach anseo.

Breithlá bhur bPáiste
Más rud é go bhfuil bhur bpáiste chun bhreithlá a bheith aige nó aici ba bhreá linn iarraidh oraibh aon chuireadh gur féidir leat a thabhairt go díreach do na tuismitheoirí, chun na páistí nach bhfuil ag dul, a chosaint. If your child is having a birthday party we would ask you where possible to distribute the invitations outside the school gates from now on as we find that although it is preferable that the muínteorí distribute them discreetly rather than the child, the children are still aware of what is going on and we are conscious of the feelings of those who are not invited.

Parcáil
An féidir liom iarraidh oraibh a bheith an-chúramach mar gheall ar pharcáil. A reminder of a few ground rules that we would like you to ensure are known by anyone dropping or collecting your children to or from school. They are in the interest of safety and smooth traffic flow and I appreciate are already being observed by most of you.
1) Please do not park in the bus set-down space in front of the school gates.
2) Please never use staff carpark gates for parking, set-down or turning
3) Please do not park, or set down across the road.
4) If using the Revenue gates please do not park or set down there. Instead drive in and park in a space, so as to avoid congestion with staff accessing car park.
5) Please ask you child to wait inside school gate to be collected to ensure their safety. Children waiting on the pathway, not to mention climbing on the Revenue railings are a distraction and danger to drivers and local residents.
6) Please always drive very slowly in the vicinity of the school and ensure your children walk to and from the car.
7) If you can park any distance away from the school and walk your child this is greatly appreciated all as any reduction in traffic at the peak times is invaluable.

Grianghrafainna
Beidh Jim Whelehan ag teacht chun na scoile Déardaoin, an 16ú chun grianghrafainna a thógairt. Jim will be taking individual and class photos of all the children i Naímáin Bheaga agus Naíanáin Mhóra, and will be sending home a photo pack to you on a sale or return basis. If you have a child in another class and would like his/her photo taken or if you would like brothers/sisters etc to be taken, please send a nóta to Kim san oifíg specifying exactly who you would like photographed.

Rainbows 07/08 sa Ghaelscoil
Last call for Rainbows groups! Everyone looking forward to getting started on this years programme. Fáilte roimh éinne a cheapainn go mbeidh an saghas cabhair seo go maith dóibh. Cuir glaoch ar an scoil agus lorg coinne le Múinteoir Úna.

Seachtain Athchúrsála
“Bí glan ‘s bí glas”
Recycling week is running from the 1st to 7th October and we’er encouraging everyone to actively participate in this national campaign. Here are some simple suggestions:
1) Tógaigí amach na dlúthdhioscanna ‘Sult ‘s Spraoi’ chun éisteacht leis na hamhráin athchúrsála a chum bhur bpáistí!
2) Ensure that your child has as little packaging as possible in their school lunch box.
3) Continue to use plastic bottles for school beverages,
4) Don’t forget to get composting! We use the green cone and find it successful. For more information ask Múinteoir Norm. Beidh sí lán sásta do cheisteanna a fhreagairt.
5) With Hallowe’en coming you and your child can make costumes from old clothes cereal boxes etc. Go n-éirí libh! Norma

Béarla le Lúsai
How can I, as a parent, help to develop my child’s oral language & his/her listening skills??

TALK talk talk to your child, in the car, at the supermarket at meal times etc.

1) By developing a good listener/speaker relationship with the child. Answering the curiosity questions – why is that there?, Where is it now?, why can’t I go? Who is that? Which one do you like? Etc.
2) By reading to the child – their favourite stories’ (over and over and over again), and introducing them to new ones. Engaging in “book talk” ie discussing the story, title, pictures, author etc.
3) After reading the story question your child on:
? The characters in the story
? The illustrations in the story
? The best/funniest/silliest/interesting…part
? Allow them to put themselves in the characters’ shoes and discuss what they would do.
? Ask them about rhyming words, new words and explain any new vocabulary
? Finally ask them to tell the story in their own words and recall the title
4) By discussing pictures, posters, photos etc and encouraging them to make up stories about them
5) By encouraging them to use the telephone: how to answer, pass on messages and explain why parent cant come to the phone.
6) By role playing certain situations “you are in a restaurant and I am the waiter/waitress” ask for a menu, order, pay, comment on quality of food. Then reverse roles.
7) By playing simple games e.g. I spy, “I went to the supermarket and I bought a bear, a ball, a banana and a boat…”
8) By including mathematical language in conversation when shopping or driving/walking e.g the tallest shelf, the aisle in the middle, the second turn on the left, the distance to be driven in km, estimating time of journey etc.
The older child
Encourage them to debate or justify certain topics e.g. advantages & disadvantages of recycling
Listen to the news on radio and asking them to retell main events, something that happened outside Ireland or recall weather forecast
Finally when your child is speaking/listening encourage them to remember:
? Chin-up
? Look me in the eye when speaking
? Speak out loud & Clear using full sentences that makes sense

Go raibh maith agaibh do bhur n-aird
Is Mise, Le meas
Inez Uí Éanáin