Dear Parents/Guardians,

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

• Our Senior Infants and Aoibhneas class are looking forward to their school tour on Monday next. They are off to visit Bunratty Folk park and are very excited. We hope the weather will be kind to them and they have a wonderful day.
• 6^th class have been busy this week planning for International Food day in their class today. They had to pick a dish to prepare and cook for today. They tried if possible to cook a dish from their own heritage. Today the dishes were brought into school and they get the opportunity to see and taste each other’s dishes. I think I will have to pay a visit to 6^th class today to investigate!!! Well done 6^th.
• The first rounds of our annual Quizbrain have taken place. All pupils in 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th classes take part in four rounds first. The top 20 will go into two semi-final rounds. From this the top 5 will qualify for the final to take place on 22^nd June. There is some stiff competition this year and we wish everyone the best of luck.
• We will have a real treat on Wednesday next when the mobile farm will come to St. Tolas. Each class will be timetabled to get to see some of the animals and learn all about them. We are all looking forward to this event and again we hope the weather will be kind to us.
• Junior Infants are off on their school tour on Thursday next and they too are going to Bunratty Folk park. I believe there are some very excited Juniors looking forward to both the trip and going on a bus! I hope they have a really enjoyable day.
• On Wednesday evening next on 1^st June we will have a meeting for parents of our new Junior Infants who will start with us next September. This meeting will take place here in the school at 7p.m. We are looking forward to meeting our new families.
• The weekend after next is a long weekend. St. Tola’s will be closed to pupils on Monday 7^th June and Tuesday 8^th June . St. Tolas will reopen on Wednesday 8^th June.

Kind regards,

Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, Principal

Dear parents/Guardians,

It’s hard to believe that we are almost at the end of May. This year is flying by! Our news this week is as follows

• Thank you to all the parents/guardians who responded to our recent survey in relation to school uniforms. Please see letter attached detailing information on the responses and any changes we are making. Thank you to Ms Hehir who organised and collated this survey.
• Please make sure that your child has adequate drinks (preferably water) to last them for the school day. As pupils are outside and active they may need two drinks to last them through the school day at this time of year.
• Standardised testing in English reading and maths has been taking place in 1^st-6^th classes over the past few weeks. Well done to all the pupils for trying their best and for their great concentration. The results will be on your child’s end of year report.  It is important to remember that with any test it is a snapshot on a given day. Reports will be issued before the end of the school year to give time for you to discuss with your child’s teacher if you have any queries in relation to them.
• 3^rd and 4^th classes will attend a blitz in Wolfe Tones tomorrow (weather permitting!!) Pupils will need to wear their school tracksuit top, shorts/tracksuit bottoms, trainers and bring their hurley and helmet if they have one.  They will play a number of games with other schools from the locality also in attendance.
• 6^th class have been working with clay this week in Art. They constructed some scary clay monsters! They have turned out really well and are currently drying out. Well done 6^th class!
• All the Juniors had great fun together at P.E today when they were playing parachute games. There was great excitement as they got to do lots of fun activities with it.

Kind regards,

Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians,

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

• Congratulations to the pupils in 6^th class who made their Confirmation last Friday. They did themselves, their families and the school proud. We hope they had a lovely day celebrating with their families and thankfully the rain stopped in the afternoon! A big thank you to the boys and girls in 6^th who were not making Confirmation also for their patience and understanding while their classmates were preparing for Confirmation.
• Can you please ensure that your child has adequate drinks to last them for the school day. As the weather gets warmer (hopefully) pupils may need a second drink – preferably water to last them through the day.
• The school calendar for the school year 22/23 has been approved by the Board of Management. Please find a copy attached. The calendar will also be available on the school website at www.tolasns.com
• Our pupils in Solas class are working very hard. They did a super job this week learning all about re-naming in Maths! Keep up the good work!
• St. Tola’s is closed to all pupils next Monday 16^th May as all staff will be attending in-service training.

Kind regards, Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald, Principal