Catholic Schools Week took place from

St. Philomena’s N.S. January 23rd -30th and the theme for the
week was ‘Catholic Schools: Living Life to the
Convent Road, Tullamore.
Full’. Each morning we devoted some time to
January Newsletter, 2022.
pray and reflect on the things that give our
Dear Parents/Guardians, lives meaning. The girls from 6th Class went to Confession on the 25th
in preparation for their Confirmation. Some classes watched an on-line
January has passed by so quickly and we will soon see the first signs of prayer service in Durrow church on the 28th.
spring.
Our flag was flown at half-mast this month in honour of Ashling
Before Christmas we were thrilled to receive a donation of €500 from Murphy who died tragically on January 12th. We extended our deepest
Power4Good. Molly Buckley Chairperson, Paul MacCann Board member, sympathy to her family, her many friends, her colleagues and her first
Aulwin Dunne and Lorraine Corcoran visited the school and presented class pupils in Durrow N.S. Ashling will remain in our thoughts and
the cheque to An Cuan. The money will go towards the purchase of an prayers as we say ‘fly high in the sky our shining light, fly high in the
ipad for the class. sky Ms. Murphy’.

The girls in 5th Class are going to Aura for swimming 31st January: The Parents’ Association
lessons. They are really enjoying the lessons and are organised a Readathon for the girls
improving each week. until March 11th. The girls are
encouraged to read as many books as
Members of our Board of Management:
possible and will get a raffle ticket
Marie White, Chairperson for each book they read, to be
Bernadette Kerry, Treasurer entered in a draw for a class prize.
Bridget Clear, Secretary The class that reads the most books will win a pizza party for their
Geraldine Gaffey, Teachers’ Nominee
class. Happy reading!!
Brenda Colgan, Community Nominee
Willie Cronly, Community Nominee Kind regards, Bridget Clear
Jason Leigh, Parents’ Nominee
Fiona Delaney, Parents’ Nominee