End of Year News, Happy Holidays, September Ready

As we come to the end of another busy and successful school year here at Scoil Eanna, we want to inform you of a few developments over the last number of weeks and advise you of some arrangements for the next school year.

We would like to sincerely congratulate all the children who made their First Holy Communion and Confirmation in May. They all participated beautifully in their separate services and did themselves, their families and their school proud. The schoo! community is indeed indebted to the teachers and staff of the school who so willingly support parents and families at these special times.

The Board of Management and all of the staff here in Scoil Eanna greatly appreciate the contribution of the Parents’ Association to the life of the school. Your presence and support enables the school to be truly part of the community. While this often takes the form of monetary assistance it also includes the attendance of parents at every significant occasion organised in school over the course of every year. The school experience for all the children and each gathering is enhanced by your presence and by your commitment to support children and staff.

School will re-open on Wednesday 28″ of August at 9.15am. As usual Junior and Senior Infants will line up at the front door. First Class will line up in the yard for the first time and teachers will be available to organise this for the first few mornings. Junior Infants will be finishing school at 12.30pm

for the first two weeks in September. From Monday 16″ September the Junior Infant school day will end at the usual 2.00pm.

The following is the list of mainstream class teacher allocation for the coming school year:

Junior Infants Mrs Lisa Brennan

Senior Infants Ms Deirdre McDonald

First Class To be appointed

Second Class Ms Paula McDermott

Third Class Ms Hannah McKenna

Third Class Ms Susanne Tinnelly/Mrs Lisa McAnespie (job share) Fourth Class Mr Martin McGinn

Fifth Class Mr Noel Duffy

Sixth Class Mrs Helen Carroll

The following teachers will be working on our Special Education Team: Mrs Diane Murphy, Mrs Liz Duffy, Mrs Eadaoin Woods, Mrs Aine Milne and Mrs Wendy Flood.

We would ask that all children will again return in full uniform come September. Uniform consists of our sky blue sweatshirt with school crest (available from Stitches and Crawfords), a white polo shirt and grey trousers, skirt or pinafore. !f wearing a skirt or pinafore white or grey socks or tights may be worn. There is also a navy tracksuit bottoms for PE days. Black shoes or runners must also be worn and we recommend Velcro fastenings for all children who cannot tie laces.

We would also like to remind you of the following e Any haircuts that are shaven less than blade two – either part or full head — are not permitted Unnatural hair colour, including bleach, is not permitted Symbols or designs cut into hair are not permitted For health and safety reasons only one pair of stud earrings may be worn Girls’ shoes should not have high heels.

As in previous years, the school will organise a Book Rental scheme. The cost this year will again be €80 which covers Art and Craft, photocopying, schoo! diaries (1* ~ 6″) and Pupil Personal Accident Insurance for ALL CHILDREN. e All requisites for Infants to 2″ class are included on the scheme — copies, folders etc. e 3 to 6″ class will receive all their books but copies need to be purchased by parents. e All children will have access to all the reading materials and other books they require for the various schemes of work over the course of the year.

Again this year you will be welcome to pay the fees as follows: e The school will be open on Monday 26″ and Tuesday 27″ August from 11am – 2pm to receive payments. e Fees may be paid in full, or by instalments Payments may also be made by cheque and posted to the school address during the school holidays — in full or by instalments e Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, we are unable to provide books to the small

minority who have not paid full fees for last year, or who have failed to contact the school to discuss this.

° If paying by instalments all fees must £2 paid by the end of December 2019.

e If you wish to negotiate an alternative payment method, please do not hesitate to make contact.

Finally, we would {ike to wish all members of Rang 6 the very best of luck as they prepare to move on to post-primary school. They will be remembered here in Scoil Eanna as being lively, inquisitive, engaged and engaging! We hope these qualities will remain with them and support them as they move to post-primary school. We are sure they will continue to do themselves and their families proud as they move into the next phase of their education! Their Graduation Ceremony will take place on Monday 17” June at 7p.m.

On behalf of all the staff of Scoil Eanna we would like to wish you and your family a very enjoyable summer break and we look forward to your continued co-operation and support for the new school year. School will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 26″ June and buses will run at this time.