St. Olaf's Newsletter
Website:http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf
St. Olaf's Newsletter
Website:http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf
Fáilte ar ais to everybody particularly our new
Junior Infants. ‘The Keegans and The O’Malleys’ 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.
School
Uniform Policy.
May we also take this opportunity to remind you that
official school uniform or tracksuit only may be worn to school with
no exceptions. Children should wear tracksuits to school on days when their
class has PE / Drama or other activity as advised by class teachers.
Security
In
order to protect our pupils and to improve the general security of the school,
the BOM intend to lock the main gate to the school after school hours in the
afternoon. This will mean that parents collecting pupils from after-school
activities will not be able to park in the school grounds.
Summer Works
Major renovations have taken place over the Summer
months with electrical upgrades to the Lighting system and replacement ceilings
in the entire school. This work has yet to be completed and we are also
awaiting the arrival of a prefab which will ease the congestion currently
experienced by our Learning Support team. We ask for your patience and
co-operation in this regard and hope to minimise disruption to all concerned.
Parents’ Association AGM
The
AGM will be held in the school hall on Tuesday 3rd October at 8 pm. All Parents are requested
to attend if at all possible. Refreshments will be served afterwards!
School
Closures
The
list of school closures has been distributed to all families in the school and should
be kept safely for future reference. Check your child’s schoolbag if you
haven’t received your copy. The list may also be viewed on the school website.
This
list is not finalised as there are 7 in-service dates which have yet to be
decided on. We will inform you of these dates as they are made known to us.
Update:
Our 1st Planning Day will be held on Monday October 16th.
School will be closed to pupils on this date.
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
May
we please remind everybody to clearly label uniforms, schoolbooks, tracksuits
etc. in order to avoid confusion over mislaid items.
Internet
Our Parents’ Association are currently inviting parents to
register their e-mail address via the
school website. If you would like to be added to the list please follow the
link on our ‘Breaking News’ section.
Our website address is: http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf
School Photographs
Envelopes will be distributed in the
next few days to Junior Infant classes only in relation to school
photographs. The photographer will visit the school on Friday 12th
Oct. at 9.00 am. Envelopes should be sent in with the children on this date
if you
Extra-Curricular Activities
Extra-curricular activities have resumed in earnest and cater
for most interests and age groups.
Speech & Drama
classes with Ciara O’ Byrne will take place on Mondays & Tuesdays during
the school day for all classes . Notes have been sent home in relation to contributions
towards the costs associated with Drama Classes and we would ask that
contributions be returned at your earliest convenience.
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 will meet on Mondays after school.
Irish dancing is taught on
Wednesday afternoons,
‘Little Singers’ meet on Thursdays and Ballet
classes are held on Fridays. These are open to all age groups.
Recorder & Violin Classes
take place on Mondays & Tuesdays after school with Ms. O’Malley & Ms.
Molloy.
Computer classes
with Mrs O’Rua are on Friday afternoons and the Hallelujah Choir will
meet on Monday afternoons with Ms Cullen.
French classes
will be offered to Senior classes in the next week or so.
Sport
The Gaelic Football season has also resumed and this
year St. Olaf’s have entered two teams in Cumann na mBunscol competitions.
Junior Football matches are usually played on Tuesday afternoons, Girls
Football on Wednesdays and Senior Boys Games on Thursdays (weather permitting
of course).
Thanks to Ms Cullen and Ms Conroy who coach the Girls team and
to Mr Duffy and Mr Ruane who look after the lads.