Dear Parents/Guardians,

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

• We would like to wish the pupils in 6^th class who are making Confirmation all the best tomorrow. They have worked hard over the past few months to prepare for this sacrament and we hope they have a lovely day celebrating this milestone with their families.  We are also thankful for the pupils in 6^th class who are not making Confirmation but who have been very patient and understanding while their classmates have been busy. Thank you also to the pupils from 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th classes who are in the choir/band. We hope the weather stays fine for our Confirmation tomorrow.
• We are currently carrying standardised assessments in reading, spelling and maths from 1^st to 6^th classes starting this week and over the next few weeks. We hope that we will have good attendance over these weeks so that we can get the testing completed in a timely manner.
• Our hot lunches are going down very well with the children. We are delighted that Susan Downes has joined the Lunchbag team and is our food operative. If you know your child will be absent for a period of time (e.g. holidays) please pause your order so there is no waste. You need to give 36 hours notice to pause and the same again to reactivate the account on the app.
• Just a date for your diary – our 6^th class Graduation Celebration will take place on Wednesday 19^th June at 11a.m.
• Our school calendar for the school year 24/25 has been finalised. Please see the details attached. It will also be available on our school website.  We return to school after the summer break on Wednesday 28^th August.
• 3^rd class will have a visit from two officers from the Fire Service next Wednesday to give a workshop to the class on Fire Safety in the home. We are very grateful to the Fire Service for this programme and look forward to their visit.

Kind regards,

Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, School Principal