St. Eithne's GNS Newsletter

World Book Day 2025 is on the 6th of March this year. In preparation for this, we are hoping to organise some activities to celebrate the joy of reading.

One of these is a book swap between all our pupils. We are asking girls to have a look through any books that you have at home and if there are any that you have outgrown or think you would like your friend to read, bring them into school to be included in our swap.

Our hope is that every girl will get to bring home at least one new book on the day of our swap. Any books sent in can be dropped to Ms. Heffernan's room. Thanks in advance!!

We hope that the girls are enjoying reading their pm readers at home this term!

Here are some tips to get the most out of reading at home and to make it enjoyable for your daughter:

1. Find a quiet comfortable corner with no distractions-turn off mobile phones and the TV.

2. Show a positive attitude towards books and reading.

3. Take an interest in different children’s authors.

4. Read to or with your child every day at a set time if possible.

5. Read some of the books your child enjoys so you can discuss them with him/her. Recognise and praise your child’s efforts in reading.

6. Encourage your child to read to younger brothers/ sisters.

7. Encourage your child to guess unknown words.

8. Encourage your child to try and guess what is going to happen next.

Well done to the 6th class girls and boys who lit their Baptismal candles at the Ceremony of Light on Monday night.

Their Confirmation will be taking place on Friday the 14th at 11.30am in St. Monica's Church. We are all looking forward to the big day.

We are delighted to have Shane from Athletics Ireland in doing a block of training sessions with the girls. All classes are really enjoying it so far and as you can see from the photos, Ms. Wallace's 2nd class were giving 100% effort! They are also super fast!!!

Thank you to the girls in Ms. Glavin's class who planted some lovely flowers in the planters outside of our school for Spring. Well done girls!

The Parent Walking Group will be meeting every Wednesday in St. Eithne's GNS at 9am. It's a walk for 40 minutes followed by tea/coffee in Unity. All community members welcome. Contact Adrienne for more information- 0868271559.

Thank you to all who are continuing to support our school lotto. Well done to the weekly winners. Our jackpot hasn't been won yet so sign up by scanning the QR code below.

Put your phone camera on the following QR Code to get the link to sign up, it's quick and easy!

We have been learning all about the different continents in Ms. Glavin's class. We had fun making papermache globes to represent the planet and painting the different parts blue and green. We made a book about the different continents as well and looked at pictures and animals from around the world.

Ms. Reede's class have been enjoying lovely trips to the Unity coffee shop.

3rd class have had a fantastic start to the new year. This month we have been lucky to have Ms. Nolan in our class. We have learned a lot with her working on report writing, reading Fantastic Mr. Fox, starting Fractions and Division, as well as dance, sustainability and The Vikings. We started Stay Safe this month and have been focusing on our feelings and specifically feeling safe and unsafe. We also started Athletics in school on Fridays. Our school hot lunches have been keeping us well fueled for all our work, exercise and learning. We finished the month off with a super trip to Dublinia and learned so much about the Vikings and Medieval Dublin. It was a fantastic day out.

Report writing is our genre for the month and the girls researched a county. They enjoyed using the computer room to type their reports.

We have great artists in our class. We used tinfoil and cardboard to create stain glass windows. They turned out really well and are on display for our friends to see.

In SESE, we have begun to look at Greece and what life was like in Ancient Greece. We are looking forward to creating projects about Greece, sharing what we have learned about life in another country!

The countdown to Confirmation has officially begun for many of the girls in our class! We have been practising mass responses & songs and learning all about the Holy Spirit. The girls did a wonderful job at their Ceremony of Light on January 27th and are looking forward to their Confirmation ceremony in a couple of weeks!

Please email steithnesgns@gmail.com or call 01-8480630 if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support,

Cormac Henry

Principal