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October Newsletter
Donard Xmas Craft Fair
November 18th

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – midterm holidays- School will be

closed on Friday 26thth for the presidential election. School will Mid Term Break
reopen after mid-term break on Monday November 5th. We thank Monday29th Oct – Friday 2nd
all of the pupils and teachers for their amazing work over the Nov. School closed
first term and we look forward to the term ahead.

Valleymount Cross Country Running

Well done to all the children who participated in the school Cross
Country Run in Valleymount on October 17th. We are all very School Website
proud of all of the children in the school who have been training Our web site
for the past two months. We are especially proud of the children www.donardnswicklow.com
who represented the school in their age categories in Is regularly updated e.g.
Valleymount. The school won 4 team medals and 12 individual Newsletters , Educational web
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medals which is a fantastic achievement. The following children
won individual medals: Gold-Mila Rose Kennedy, Seren Waters,
Molly Byrne and Éanna Waters, Parent teacher meeting –
Silver and bronze: Aoibhinn Darcy, Holly Flynn, Stephen Mahon, November 14th and 15th
Katy Flynn, Adam Kelly, Sinéad Flood, Daniel Flood and Tóirse
Scully. WELL DONE!

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 Handwriting Competition

This month we held our first cursive handwriting competition of the year. The teachers were
delighted with the efforts made by all of the children in every class. The following children
were picked from their classes outstanding handwriting this month. Well done!!

Nia Webbon, Ronan Metcalfe, EirwenWebbon, Naoise Murphy Roisín McNamara, Sue O Hara,
Alfie Doran, Laila Darcy, Alannah Sheridan and Ellen O Friel.Congratulations!

Science Day

The children in 5th and 6th class travelled to ScoilChonglais this month to participate in activities
organized for maths and science week. They also had the chance to observe life in a secondary
school for a day. The children enjoyed their time there.

Football blitz:
5th and 6th class girls and boys participated in football blitzes in the past two weeks. The
children all made huge efforts and were victorious in many of their matches. All children
represented the school so well and were a credit to the their families and school.

Visit from world class soccer amputee

Recently the children held a cake sale and jersey day in the school to raise funds for the Irish
amputee soccer team who are playing in the world cup this week. The children raised an amazing
630euro and presented a chequeto the captain James Conroy on Monday October 21st. James
took time out of his schedule to talk to the children about sport and the importance of striving
for your goals in life. The children learned lots from this talk and were delighted to meet the
sports star. James would like to thank all of the families in the school who donated money for
this special event. He was overwhelmed with the good will and generosity in our school
community. THANK YOU!

Swimming
Monday 5th November swimming starts for 3rd and 4th class for 7 weeks.

Parent Teacher Meetings

Our parent teacher meeting will take place on November 14th and 15th. Time slots will be
allocated to each family when we return from mid-term. Where there is more than one child in a
family we will try to accommodate times for parents.The parent teacher meetings for

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Ms. Cronin’s 2nd and 3rd class will not take place until next February. Ms. Cronin has asked that if
any parent wishes to meet with her about their child’s progress she will arrange a meeting by
appointment.

Theatre
Junior -2nd class will travel to the Riverbank theatre to watch How to Catch a Star on November
29th. This is a very exciting trip for the junior classes and we look forward to the event.

Craft Fair
Donard Craft Fair will take place on the 18th November. Please contactCarmel 085 7174494 or
Freda 086 1907499 as they are looking for volunteers to help out on the day.

Heinz beans
Our school has decided to participate in the ‘heinzbeanz’ challenge of collecting tokens for sports
equipment. We ask that all families who buy beans to collect the tokens on the tins and send
them into school with your child. There is great sport equipment which the school can avail of for
free in exchange for the tokens. This competition will run until February and we hope to reach up
to 2000 tokens. Spread the word !!

Confirmation and Communion date

Important notice: on our previous newsletter there was mistake made with the dates for
Communion and Confirmation. The date for Communion is Saturday May 11th and Confirmation will
take place on Tuesday 14th May.

School parking
Unfortunately the ‘Garda Station’ can no longer be used for parking during collection times. The
building is undergoing renovations at present and those responsible have not given us the right to
park there at present.

Healthy lunches
We ask that all children in the school continue to bring a healthy and nutritious lunch to school
each day. Our healthy eating policy states that children do not bring treats to school with the
exception of Friday. On Friday a small treat is allowed but not necessary. Chocolate bars,
biscuits jellies and chocolate or Nutella spreads are not recommended for lunches because of the
high sugar content.