St. Olaf's Newsletter
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St. Olaf's Newsletter
Website:http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf
Enrolment of New Pupils.
All
places in both Junior Infant classes for Sept. 2007 have now been filled and a
waiting list is in operation for any further applicants. Applications for the
enrolment of new pupils in St. Olaf’s for Sept. 2008 and onwards are currently
being taken at the Office. We would encourage anybody who has not applied, to
do so as soon as possible .
Christmas
Holidays.
The
school will be closing on Friday, 22nd.
Dec., at 12.00 noon for the Christmas Holidays, and will re-open on Monday, 8th. January, 2007 at 8.50 a.m.
School
will also be closed for in-service training on Monday Jan 15th.
Christmas
Our
Parents Association have published a fabulous calendar which will go on sale
shortly – Cost €10. A great present for relatives and friends!
Some Dates for your Diary
First
Confession: Feb.6th at 7.30pm
First
Communion: April 28th at
10.00 am.
Confirmation:
May 15th at 11.00 am.
Parents’
Voluntary Contribution.
A sincere thanks to all families who have returned their
Voluntary contributions. Almost 60% have paid and we encourage families, who
may have forgotten, to send in their contribution as soon as possible.
Major refurbishments have recently been undertaken in the
school and the place is looking really well. We acknowledge the contribution of
the Parish Finance committee in this regard and, with your support, we will try
to ensure that our school environment is secure, well maintained and pleasant
for our pupils, parents, staff and visitors.
Christmas Carol Services
The
annual parish Carol Service will take place in the church on Sunday, 17th.
December at 4.00 p.m
We
propose to have our School Carol Service in the school hall on Friday, December
22nd at 11 a.m.
The
emphasis will be on enjoyment and each class group will sing a short selection
of carols. Space will be scarce in the hall
as the entire school will be present, but there will be room for a
limited number of parents should you
wish to join in the festive celebrations.
Maths
Olympiads
An exciting new initiative was begun in November
with our enrolment in the Mathematical Olympiad Programme. This involves a
squad of up to 35 Mathletes from St. Olaf’s Senior Classes who partake in
online Maths contests with students from all over the globe. This is an
extremely challenging event and necessitates regular ‘training’ in
problem-solving strategies.
Hallelujah
Choir
Our
senior choir had a fantastic night in the Point Depot when they were joined by
over 3000 other children (the largest choir in
Chess
Mr.
Hughes’ chess teams are currently taking part in the ESB Leinster Chess tournament. Chess Club meet every Monday after school.
Credit
Union Competition.
Congratulations to Karl
Murphy, Zach Doran, Donagh Humphreys and Sarah Kelly who were winners in the recent Credit Union Poster
Competition. We scooped all three prizes in the Junior section this year and
well done to all who entered .
Champions!
Our Senior Footballers made history when winning the Corn
Clanna Gael Final in
Third Class
Hurling.
Our third class hurlers are currently prepring for the Andy
Gibbons Indoor tournament which will take place in Jan / Feb 2007.
Iomáint / Camogie 2007
Training has already begun for next season’s
hurling & camogie competitions and it’s now time to root out the hurleys
and the helmets etc. from their Autumn & Winter storage. Hurley exchanges / trade-ins can be arranged with Mr. Murphy.
Gymnastics
Congratulations
to Dáire de hÓra ( 5th Class) whose team representing
Operation
Christmas Child.
Sincere
thanks to all children & parents who contributed to our annual Shoebox
appeal for Children in
It
only remains to wish each and every one of you a happy and a holy Christmas and
every good wish for the New Year.
