Dear Parents/Guardians,

We hope you are keeping well on our second last week of the current school year. Our news this week is as follows

• Our school reports will be sent to parents/guardians today via Aladdin. If any parent would like a hard copy of the report please contact the office and we will print it for you. If you wish to speak to your child’s teacher in relation to the report please contact the school office and we will organise a time that is convenient for the teacher to speak with you.
• Our Sport for All Day took place yesterday and thankfully the weather played ball too!! Our pupils had a great day with a variety of activities in the morning from musical hoops, fun races, parachute games, rounders, obstacle relay, tug of war, basketball drills and dance/yoga. It was lovely to have the whole school come along after lunch to cheer everybody on in the running races. Thank you to the parents and grandparents who came along and supported all the athletes.  It was fantastic to see everyone taking part and having fun. Thank you to all the staff who organised and ran the day with such efficiency and such good humour. I think everyone was tired going home yesterday – both pupils and staff alike.
• Our class allocation for the school year 24/25 means we will have 10 mainstream teachers. This means we will have two First Classes and two Second classes next year. We have a number of teaching vacancies and these will be filled during the summer. Teachers have been allocated as follows

• Congratulations to 5^th class who completed the Blue Star Programme for 23/24. This programme teaches pupils all about the European Union. We have been awarded our certificate for participation in the programme this year.
• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd classes went to Bunratty Folk park and Fossetts Circus on Tuesday last. They had a fantastic day and saw some amazing acts in the circus. 4^th class are off to Nevsail in Kilkee on Monday next. We hope the weather improves for them.
• Our 6^th class graduation ceremony will take place next Wednesday at 10a.m. We extend a warm invitation to parents/guardians and family members of 6^th class pupils and hope you can join us for this celebration.
• Ms Edel Halliday has made the decision to retire from teaching. She has worked as a teacher in St Tolas since 2007. We will be marking this occasion with a speclal Cruinniu next Friday 21^st June as it will be Edel’s last day with us. If any parent/guardian would like to join us for this celebration you are more than welcome. We will be giving Edel a great send off and wishing her well in this next chapter. We are so grateful to Edel for her dedicated service, kindness, musical and dramatic talents and wisdom she has shared with us in her time teaching in St. Tolas. She will be greatly missed.

Kind regards,

Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, School Principal