Scoil Naomh Lucáis

Trócaire Lenten Campaign

25th February 2014

Dear Parents,

In the academic year 2012-2013 St. Luke’s National School completed a very successful Trócaire Box Lenten Campaign.

Many thanks to everyone, who has returned their Trócaire Box, to the school last year. Your generous support for the Trocaire Lenten Campaign helps the very needy people in the world – in the 2012 – 2013 Trócaire Lenten Campaign you generously raised €684.61

This year Trócaire will be giving support to the needy people in Malawi. The money goes towards the installation of water pumps and irrigations systems in Malawi – fresh water is a basic necessity for life.

We hope to be as successful this year, 2013-2014, in our Trócaire Lenten Campaign. It would be great to top the €700 mark this year.

I would request that you keep the Trócaire Box visible in your house and talk to the children about the most worthy causes involved in the work of Trócaire.

Please return your Trócaire Lenten Campaign Box to school, as soon as possible after Easter, and at the latest by Friday 2nd May 2014.

Is Mise Le Meas,

_______________________
Mairtín Ó Caomhánaigh
Príomhoide

First Holy Communion Meeting

The Parent Information Meeting on First Holy Communion takes place today at 6.30p.m. in Ms Mc Donagh's Classroom.

The weather forecast is poor for tomorrow Wednesday 13/2/2014. Please make sure the children are well wrapped up! 

Scoil Naomh Lucáis

Dear Parent/Guardian

Every year your child is assessed on a standardised English Reading and a Maths test called a Micra T and a Sigma T. These tests are carried out on school children all aroundIrelandeach year and will give you an idea of how your child is achieving compared to other children of the same age and class across the country. It is important to remember that these are standardised on an English speaking population.

When assessing children we look at the whole child, this test is just one measure of one aspect of their learning.

What are standardised tests used for?

• They report to you, the parent on your child’s achievement in English Reading and Maths.
• They can be useful to help teachers plan for further learning.
• It can also help us to find out if your child needs extra support in English Reading and Maths.

Understanding the results:

The results are given as a sten score. Scores go from 1- 10. 10 is the maximum a child can achieve.

If your child has a score of 1, 2 or 3 the teacher may decide to gather further information about your child to put together a more detailed picture of your child’s strengths and needs. Extra support may be given to your child in school to help build on each child’s strengths and meet their needs. 

For more information:  http://www.ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Early_Childhood_and_Primary_Education/Primary_School_Curriculum/Assessment/Standardised_Testing/

Information Sheet for parents are available on this website in many different languages.                Polski,  Deutsch,  Lietuvi,  Latvietis, Francais and Chinese 

To facilitate Parent/Teacher Meetings, as advised, please remember that your child will finish school 15 minutes earlier than usual on Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th of February 2014.

1-25 pm instead of 1-40 pm.

2-25pm instead of 2-40 pm

Dear Parents,

Please provide any changes to your contact details at the Parent/Teacher meetings e.g. phone numbers , any medical issues, address etc. In order to care for your child, please provide this information to the class teacher if it changes at any stage.

Sincerely,

Liam Neary

ST. LUKE’S NATIONAL SCHOOL

We need your help!

Dear Parents,

We are doing one last collection for toy donations. So far, we have collected lots of toys for our infant classrooms and your generosity is greatly appreciated. If you have unwanted toys or any of the things listed below, we would be very grateful if you could donate them to the school. We are particularly looking for items such as:

• Lego/Building Blocks
• Dolls/Doll's clothes
• Doll's House
• Small people/furniture
• Small animals/farm toys
• Old laptops/Telephones/mobile phones
• Children's cash registers
• Old, clean baby clothes/scarves/handbags
• Airplanes/diggers/cars/trains

Your help in improving the learning environment for the children in St. Luke's is very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

________________________

Máirtín Ó Caomhánaigh

St Luke’s National School

Dates for your Diary

Sacrament of Reconciliation & The Eucharist

The Parent meeting on the 12^th February @ 6.30p.m. takes place in Ms Mc Donagh’s Classroom in St Luke’s National School.

All Preparatory Masses, the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the First Holy Communion Mass take place in St Luke the Evangelist Church.

St Luke’s National School

Parent Meeting

Sacrament of Reconciliation & The Eucharist

5^th February 2014.

Dear Parents,

Second Class pupils are preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion.

The preparation involves the school, the parish clergy, the parish, the children and the parents. Active participation by all involved enhances your child’s understanding and helps your child to build an active living faith.

On Wednesday 12^th of February 2014 the First Holy Communion Parents Meeting

 takes place in St Luke’s National School at 6.30p.m. in Ms Mc Donagh’s Classroom

As part of the process of preparation for First Holy Communion all Parents are requested to attend. Children do not attend this meeting. Parents play a vital role in the formation of their children’s faith and by attending on Wednesday 12^th at 6.30p.m. you will be supporting your children with their preparation.

Fr Seamus Connell, Ms Nicola Mc Donagh and Ms Aoife Taggart will present on the First Holy Communion and Sacrament of Reconciliation Programme at this meeting.

Please turn over the page for further details on your child’s preparation for the sacraments.

I look forward to meeting you on Wednesday 12^th @ 6.30p.m. .

Is Mise Le Meas,

___________________

Mairtín Ó Caomhánaigh

Príomhoide

Church Road from Powerstown roundabout to Mulhuddaart Village is closed by the Garda- tree down

An Chéadaoin 5ú Mi Feabhra

Teachtaireacht 3

Bail O Dhia ar an Obair

Assembly & Dismissal on Wet Days

Due to the closure of the Hall for Health and Safety Reasons it will be necessary to re-arrange temporarily the assembly and dismissal arrangements for wet assembly and dismissal.

This morning pupils and parents from Junior Infants will be allowed assemble on the corridor outside class rooms

As requested, please see below some notes from the presentations made to the new Junior Infant parents for September 2014.There was a wonderful attendance at last night's meeting. Many thanks to the teachers, Parents Association reps and Tigers reps who turned up last night.

The annual formal Parent/Teacher meetings will take place on Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th of February 2014. Your child's teacher will allocate a specific date & time for you.

Tyrrelstown Gaelic Football and Hurling Club are currently looking for Boys and Girls aged 4-11 and their parents to join the club and their teams. Join the other 100 children already involved. There is training every Saturday 10-11am beside Tyrrelstown Community Centre. All are welcome.

Contact James on 083-4086173 for more details or any committee member.

www.tyrrelstown.gaa.ie or find us on Facebook Tyrrelstown GAA. 

The school website is getting about 50 hits on average per night with 250 hits recorded 2  nights ago as a result of our promotional push. The site recorded over 130 hits last night. If any parents have any suggestions for our website, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Liam Neary

Deputy Principal

Fingal County Council have invited Saint Luke's NS & Tyrrelstown ETNS to partake in a consultation process viv á vis the planning & construction of a new playground in Tyrrelstown Park. I will ask one child from each stream from 1st to 6th classes inclusive to the first planning workshop to be held in our school on 10/2/2014.

Liam Neary

(Deputy Principal)

This year, Aistear has been introduced in the Junior and Senior Infants classrooms. Aistear is play-based Early Childhood Curriculum Framework and it is designed for children from 0-6 years of age. Some of the children who attended creche or playchool prior to coming to primary school may have had experiences of Aistear before. The children play in different areas in the classroom that are set up by the teacher (e.g. "The Kitchen", "Construction", "Junk Art", "The Doctor's", sand area etc). The children play in a different area each day, and are encouraged to get into role and wholeheartedly participate in each area. The idea of Aistear is to promote oral language development through imagination and play. The children are really enjoying Aistear and love getting into character!

Children from 3^rd class have been participating in dance after school on Wednesdays. Dancing takes place in the hall directly after school until 3.30p.m. The boys and girls have been learning a variety of different styles of dance, from hip-hop and musical theatre to pop and traditional dances. The children are extremely enthusiastic and are having a lot of fun. It is a great way for the children to keep fit and healthy.

Children who are coming to dance should bring extra water and wear their P.E. tracksuit to school with suitable runners.  

We hope to have an end of year show for the parents in June. Watch this space!

Many thanks to Ms. McDonnagh for teaching the Dance Classes. The children love these classes.

Mr. Neary

Gaelic Football training continues for 5th and 6th class girls on Mondays after school, weather permitting, on Belgree pitch. The school league matches are starting today Tuesday 28th January. The fixtures for the league are as follows:

Tuesday 28th January 3pm - St Luke's N.S. vs Scoil Oilibheir - All weather pitch at Castleknock GAA Club (beside the Castleknock Hotel)

Tuesday 4th February 3pm - St Luke's N.S. vs St Patrick's Diswellstown - All weather pitch at Castleknock GAA Club

Tuesday 11th February - St Luke's N.S. vs Tyrrelstown E.T.N.S. - Belgree Pitch, Tyrrelstown - Time to be confirmed.

All games will go ahead weather permitting.

Ms Brennan, Mr O'Connor and Mr Lynch