Nuachtlitir 4 Nollaig 2007

A Thuismitheoirí, a Chairde,
Le hatmasféar na Nollag go forleathan anois, ní chreidimid go bhfuil deireadh ag teacht leis an gcéad téarma na scoil bhliana seo cheana fein! Ag féachaint siar bhí an-chuid ar siúl sa scoil agus an-obair déanta ag gach duine, sibh féin san áireamh!

Dialann
Mí na Nollag
Dé hAoine: 7-12-07 9.30-1.00 Aonach na Nollag sa Halla Nua
Dé Domhnaigh: 9-12-07 11.00 Séipéal Naomh Eoin:
Aifreann Gaeilge & Clárú R. 2
Oíche Chéadaoin 19-12-07 7.30 Ceolchorim na Nollag
? Naíonáin Mhóra
? Banna Ceoil (R. 4-6)
? Rang a 5
? Grúpa Amhránaíochta
Dé hAoine 21-12-07 12.00 Scoil ag dúnadh do Laethanta
Saoire na Nollag.
Dé Luain 7-1-07 8.50 Scoil ag Athoscailt: Lá Iomlán
Dé hAoine 11-1-07 12.00 Scoil ag dunadh ar 12.00
Cruinnú Fóirne
Óiche Déardaoin 13-12-07 8.00 Ceolchoirm i Dún Mhuire
Dé Domhnaigh 13-04-08 11.00 Séipéal Naomh Eoin
Cóineartú Rang a 6
Dé Sathairn 24-05-08 11.00 Séipéal Naomh Eoin
Céad Comaoineach Rang a 2

Gníomhaíachtai Breise ag Críochnú
Dé Céadaoin: 12-12-07 Lúchleasaíocht ag críochnú
Déardaoin: 13-12-07 Amránaíocht ag críochnú
Dé Luain & Déardaoin 17&20-12-07 final Tennis sessions
Dé Máirt 18-12-07 final Cispheil
(Basketball was due to finish on the
11th but with no lesson on the 11th it
now finish on the 18th instead)
Dé Céadaoin: 19-12-07 Giotár ag críochnú
Dé hAoine: 19-12-07 Ealaín & Ceardaíocht ag críochnú suas
(extra class being made up)

Síntiús
Go raibh míle maith agaibh don mhéid a d’ioc an Síntiús cheana féin. Your money is already being put to vital use on computers! A reminder that this year’s síntiús is €50 for families with one child and €90 for those with more then one. Tá fáilte mhór roimh an airgead seo.

Cruinnithe
Maith sibh don fhreastal a bhí ar na cruinnithe agus bhur rannphartaíocht agus tacaíochann. Cabhraíonn sé seo go mór linn ar mhaithe le bhur bpáistí!

Cód Smachta
Just a few brief reminders:
? Please ensure that your child doesn’t buy or sell anything to fellow classmates!
? Red socks or grey (with trousers or track suits) should be worn.
? In the unlikely event of you needing to drop something into school that your child has forgotten please leave on bench in Fáiltiú and your child can check at break time. Of late the number of office and class disturbances has greatly increased, so we ask you to please observe this in the interest of all.
? If your child needs to leave school for an appointment please endeavour to overlap with sos agus lón.
Míle buíochas!

Parcáil
Yikes! A very small number are still blocking the bus and car park areas and parking across the road. In the interest of health and safety if you or your childminder is guilty, please refrain!

Tag Rugbaí
Leanann Tag Rugbaí ar aghaidh gach coicís do gach páiste sa scoil agus is iontach an deis é do na páistí ar mbuíochas do Noel Ó Meara. As part of the project, the Munster Branch of the I.R.F.U. is planning to run some under-age blitzes. To this end only, all the participating children’s names and dates of birth are required by the Munster Branch. If, for any reason, you would prefer tha we didn’t forward this information please let me know in the form of a brief note. Míle buíochas.

Sacraimintí
Clárú: Rang a 2 don Chéad Fhaoistin agus Chéad Comaoineach. Foai láthair, tá Rang a 2 ag ullmhú don Chláru Dé Domhnaigh agus tá fáilté romhaibh go léir teacht chuig an aifreann Gaeilge seo

Gaeilge
Ag an gComhdháil Náisiúnta Ghaelscoileanna le déanaí a huge amount of time was given to ‘Tumoideachas – Sároideachas’; and how we need to be consistent in our support of creating an environment ‘lán – Ghealach’ for our children in order to assist their attaintment of fluency as Gaeilge. This, we can all work on! We ask for your support at home - that you would speak ‘as Gaeilge’ as much as possible with your children and that you would support all things Irish, which also supports our school ethos! Ar scoil, as you know, we have a very successful system of rewarding those we speak as Gaeilge on a continuous basis. However a certain number of children can be quite defiant in not even making an effort, and we find we now need to sanction these children following a number of steps commencing with a verbal warning, as with all other rules of the school. If you are ever aware that your child is breaking this rule, we ask that you would give us maximum support in endeavoring to ensure that it doesn’t reoccur.
You will possibly have followed the talk and discussion in the media over the past number of months with regard to an tAire Oideachais having Circulated Gaelscoileanna instructing that all must commence teaching English by the second term of Naíonáin Bheaga. This however doesn’t affect us as we commence it from the beginning. Like many other Gaelscoileanna we believe that due to the fact that our children come to school with, at most a very small vocabulary as Gaeilge, that they should begin to learn to read in their first language progressing on to reading ‘as Gaeilge’ when they have reached a certain competency ‘ó bhéal’. We find our system to be working very successfully, the high results the children achieve in national standardized tests being one sign of this. The regular praise we receive from Inspectors, the high level of enjoyment our pupils receive from reading as well as the success that our pupils have in English agus as Gaeilge in Secondary school, also support our approach. However, the fact that we do put a very significant emphasis on teaching every element of the English curriculum so thoroughly means that we need to ensure that an extra effort is made on the Gaelige ó bhéal as our communication lay wage of the school and on the support you give us from home, when you enter the school etc.

Cúla 4, TG4
Ag leanúint ar aghaidh le téama na Gaeilge; artwork, letters, photos and birthday requests for children can be submitted to the TV programme Cúla 4 @ TG4 , Baile na hAbhainn, Co na Gaillimhe nó e-mail: cula4@tg4.ie

Boscaí ‘Christmas Child’
Comhghairdeachas agus maith sibh arís do na boscaí áille a chuir sibh isteach leis na páistí arís i mbliana. Tá sibh ar fheabhas!

Aonach Na Nollag
Go raibh míle maith agaibh as ucht na bréagáin, leabhair, málaí a thabhairt isteach. Táimid cinnte go mbeidh lá iontach againn ar an 7ú de mhí na Nollag.
Thank you to all who brought in items for Aonach na Nollag. We still welcome any more contributions! We just have one more stand to cater for and that is our coffee shop. We would be grateful if you could send in any beverages, buns and biscuits on Thursday 6th the day before the fair.
We recommend that the infants bring a sum of money no larger than €5 and ranganna 1-6 bring a sum no larger than €10. We would gratefully appreciate it if children could bring in small change ie. coins of 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c agus €1 to amounts no larger then mentioned above. The children are not to bring in notes.
If any parent is free to help out with the fair we would appreciate the support or if you just want to come to browse with your children you would be extremely welcome. We have a fantastic stall for adults with plenty of bargains. Also there well be a raffle with lots of lovely prizes.
We are looking forward to seeing you on the day! Go raibh maith agaibh as ucht bhur dtacaíocht.
Norma

Banna Ceoil
Ag féachaint ar aghaidh do Cheolchoirm na Nollag agus na páistí sa Bhanna Ceoil ó Rang 4-6 ag glacadh páirt, ar mhiste libh deimhin a dheánamh de go bhfuil siad ag déanamh a gcuid cleachtadh agus ag seinim gan an ceol!

Ceolchoirm i Dún Mhuire
Oíche Déardaoin seo chugainn an 13ú, beidh ceolchoirm álainn ar siúl i Dún Mhuire ó 8.00-10.00. Beidh Múinteoir Brian Ó Muiríosa ón scoil anseo ag seinm le Síle Denvir ón Spidéal ar an gcláirseach agus ag canadh, agus Valerie Casey ó Chontae Luimní ar an bhfidil agus ag canadh. Tá an bheirt chailín sa ghrúpa Liadan a bhí ar an ‘Late Late’ le déanaí agus a bhí ar ‘Up For the Match’ le Brian san fhómhar. Bhí siad ar turas mór san U.S. leis na Chieftains i mbliana agus ag seinm i Carnegie Hall mar chuid de! Beidh an-oíche ann agus tá fáilte roimh cách. Ticéid ar fáil ar an oíche!