September
2002 Volume 7:1
St. Olaf's Newsletter
Fáilte
ar ais to everybody particularly our new Junior Infants. 'The Keegans
and The Molloys' as they are affectionately called have settled in marvellously
as have all our pupils and staff as we look forward to the coming school
year. The school and grounds are looking really well at the moment and
we ask all pupils to respect the furniture and toilets and to maintain
them in their present condition.
May we also take this opportunity to remind you that official school
uniform or tracksuit only may be worn to school with no exceptions.
Parents' Association
The A.G.M. of St. Olaf's Parents' Association will be held in the School
Hall on Tuesday, October 8th at 8.00 pm. Separate notices have been
sent home in relation to Parents' Association activities.
School Closures
The following list of school closures has been distributed to all families
in the school and should be kept safely for future reference.
NB; We have been notified of four In-service training
days since the distributuion of the School Closures List. These closures
are included in this revised list below. We still await notification
of three further in-service training days, which will be held after
Christmas:
· Alive O 6 Religion In-service training for 4th class teachers
will take place on Tuesday, October 15th. Children in Mr Behan's 4th
class & Ms. O'Briens 3rd/4th will have no school on this date.
· School closed from Monday, October 28th to Friday November
1st for mid-term break
· School will be closed for in-service training in SPHE &
Science on Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 11th & 12th
· School closes on Friday, December 20th at 12 noon for Christmas
holidays and will reopen for Staff In-service training on Tuesday, January
7th. Children will return to school on Wednesday Jan 8th.
· School closed from Monday, February 10th to Wednesday, February
12th for mid-term break
· School closed from Monday, March 17th- Wednesday March 19th
· School closes on Wednesday, April 17th at 12 noon for Easter
holidays and will re-open on Monday, April 28th
· School closed on Monday, May 5th
· School closed on Monday & Tuesday, June 2nd & 3rd
· School will close on Friday, June 27th at 12 noon for the Summer
holidays.
School Hours
We would like to remind everybody that our school is open to receive
pupils from 8.50 a.m. each morning and we would earnestly urge parents
to make sure that children are not left at the school before this time.
This request is purely in the children's own interest as the school
cannot be responsible for their supervision until after the official
school opening time.
This is particularly important on wet mornings as the school doors will
not be opened until 8.50 a.m. irrespective of weather conditions.
Classes will end at 1.30 pm for Infants and 2.30 pm for all other classes.
Lost Property
We are once again faced with an ever mounting pile of tracksuit tops,
jumpers, coats, hats etc. etc. which, apparently, belong to nobody!
May we please remind everybody to clearly label uniforms, schoolbooks,
tracksuits etc. to avoid this confusion.
Labels may be obtained from Rita's School Uniforms, Dundrum SC, if required.
Internet
St.Olaf's may be contacted via e-mail at the following address:
stolafsns.ias@eircom.net
Web Site.
Our website can be viewed at http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf
Extra-Curricular
Activities
Extra-curricular activities have resumed in earnest and cater for most
interests and age groups.
Hallelujah Concert
A school choir from Senior classes has been busy rehearsing a large
and varied repertoire of songs for a performance in the Point Theatre
on Sunday, 8th December next. They will be joining with choirs from
over 100 other schools to sing for joy in the largest choir in Ireland.
We wish you all every success & enjoyment in this venture.
Speech & Drama classes take place on
Mondays & Tuesdays during the school day for all classes up to 4th.
Most families have contributed towards the costs of providing these
extremely worthwhile classes and anybody who has yet to contribute should
do so as soon as possible.
Chess
teams have been entered in the Dublin Primary Schools' League where
we hope to build on last year's success when we qualified once again
for the All-Ireland finals. Chess Club meets on Fridays after school.
Mrs. O'Rua's word-processing and touch-typing
will re-commence on Friday 27th September. Places will be allocated
on a first come first served basis. Early application is advised for
these very worthwhile classes.
Irish dancing is taught on Wednesday afternoons
and Ballet classes are held on Fridays.
These are open to all age groups.
Recorder classes will be offered on Mondays
after school with Ms O'Malley.
Sport
Basketball training for 6th classes takes place on Monday afternoons
with Mr. Hughes.
The Gaelic Football season has also resumed with a vengeance and once
again this year St. Olaf's have entered three teams in Cumann na mBunscol
competitions.
Hurling training for Rang 2 - Rang 3 has resumed with Andy Gibbons and
Peter Elliot and we look forward to the Annual Indoor tournament in
Mid-October.
