Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are keeping well. Our news this week is as follows

• As part of Engineers week 6^th class have been invited to visit the Irish Aviation Museum here in Shannon tomorrow. They will have talks from aircraft engineers and will also get a tour of the museum as well as an opportunity to experience the flight simulator. We hope that 6^th class will have an enjoyable visit. Pupils will be required to write a report on the visit and what they learnt when they return to school.  We are delighted that 6^th can experience this visit after almost 2 years without any!
• There is a Confirmation preparation Mass for pupils in 6^th class making Confirmation this year at 11a.m. in Mary Immaculate Church this Sunday 13^th March. Pupils are asked to wear their school uniform.
• Seachtain na Gaeilge is currently running here in St. Tolas. We are going to have a whole school in person Cruinniu Gaelach (Irish Assembly) next Wednesday 16^th March. Each class will perform a song/poem as Gaeilge for the rest of the school. We will have this Cruinniu outside (weather permitting) It will be lovely to be all together as a school.
• The school photographer is here today taking photos of those who completed the form. Parents will receive a proof of photos taken and can place and pay for orders after this. Everyone is looking their best today and no doubt there will be some lovely photos. Thank you to our secretary Tracey who keeps this running so smoothly with minimal disruption.
• Wolfe Tones GAA club have let us know that they are running an Easter Camp on 19^th, 20^th and 21^st April for boys and girls aged 6-12. For details and booking contact Paul on 0892612416.
• St. Tolas will be closed for all pupils and staff next Thursday 17^th March and Friday 18^th March as we celebrate our national holiday. The 18^th March is an extra public holiday this year. As we were taking this day off as part of our holidays before this announcement it gives us an extra day. We will now close on Thursday 23^rd June instead of Friday 24^th June at the end of the current school year.  We hope you have a lovely St. Patrick’s Day. Beannachtaí na Feile Padraig oraibh go léir.

Kind regards, Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, Principal