Dear Parents/Guardians,

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of another school year. Our news for our final week is as follows

• 4^th class went on their school tour to Nevsail in Kilkee on Monday last. They had a great day and got to take part in surfing and kayaking activities. Thank you to the Coady Coleman family who paid for the activities for the pupils in memory of Dylan.  This is such a lovely gesture and one that would have been Dylan approved. It is greatly appreciated.
• On Tuesday pupils from 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th classes took part in the Johnny Cregan Memorial hurling competition in Wolfe Tones GAA.  We fielded three teams and competed against primary schools from Shannon. Two of our teams made it through to the Shield and Plate finals which took place last night in Wolfe Tones. Even though neither of our teams won their matches last night they played so well and with such determination and positive attitude. We are so proud of them. Thank you to Ms Hehir for organising and to Mr. Tyrrell for bringing then to the competition. Thank you to Ms Hackett who was the coach at the finals and to Ms Hansbury and Stephanie who came along to assist.
• 6^th class graduation took place yesterday here in the halla. Thank you to the many parents and grandparents who came along to support our 6^th class pupils. Thank you to all 6^th class parents for your support to the school in the years your child has been with us. We know our 6^th class pupils have a bright future ahead of them and we wish them every blessing in their secondary education and beyond.
• Our Quizbrain final takes place today. Well done to Chloe, Romy, Ruby and Soham from 6^th class and Liam and Tommy from 5^th class who have qualified for the final. We wish them well.
• Our last Cruinniu of 2024 takes place tomorrow at 11a.m. We will be wishing Ms Edel Halliday every blessing as she embarks on her next chapter in retirement. We will celebrate Edel’s dedication and commitment to St Tolas in her time here. We will miss her but hopefully she will return to visit us.
• St Tola’s closes for the summer holidays at 12p.m. tomorrow Friday 21^st June. The Board of Management Report to the School Community for the school year 23/24 will be on our website in the coming days. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our pupils, parents and staff members for working together throughout the school year. I especially would like to thank every staff member for their commitment and dedication to our pupils and for working so hard all year long.  I wish everyone in our school community a safe, relaxing and enjoyable summer. St Tolas will re-open to pupils on Wednesday 28^th Aug at 9a.m. for the new school year.

Kind regards, Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, School Principal