Dangan NS - Parent Newsletter

Christmas Cards will be going home with your child today so please check their school bags this afternoon! Any book orders made on the scholastic website will also be going home today.

The Nasal Flu Vaccination will be administered to consenting Senior Infants on Wednesday 13th December @ 12:00pm. If you have returned a consent form, please ensure your child is in school that day.

To facilitate Staff Training in the New Primary Maths Curriculum, the school will be closed this Thursday 14th December.

To get us all in the festive spirit, we would like to ask all the boys and girls to wear their Christmas Jumpers and/or anything Christmassy on Friday 15th December

We look forward to seeing you all on the 19th December for the Christmas Performances which will take place in the school hall.The teachers and the boys and girls are very busy preparing for them and everyone is very excited! Please see the timetable of performances below.

9:10 - 9:40 1st Class

9:50 - 10:20 Junior Infants

10:30 - 11:00 3rd Class

11:10 - 11:40 2nd Class

11:50- 12:20 Senior Infants

12:30 - 1:00 4th Class

1:10 - 1:40 5th Class

1:50 - 2:20 6th Class

Our School has a tradition of donating to the local St Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal. It is a very worthy cause which goes to help families and people in our local area of Meath. This year, we will also be supporting McCormack’s Family Farm Food Donation Appeal. Please support both these charity appeals by donating non-perishable items such as tinned/jarred foods, pasta, rice, biscuits, chocolate, tea/ coffee, powdered soups/sauces, soft drinks, crisps etc. Please give generously. Pupils can bring food donations in until the Christmas Holidays. Thanks so much to those of you who have already donated.

The Parents Association is organising a raffle of festive hampers and other festive treats to coincide with the Christmas plays on 19th December. Raffle tickets will be on sale on 18th (at drop-off and pick-up) and in the school on 19th December from the PA representatives.

Your generous support is very much appreciated. Many thanks to everyone that has donated raffle items so far.

All funds raised will be put towards current school priorities, which include the purchase of resources for the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum, for which the school will need to fund itself.

As you know last year the PA purchased various items for the school - basketball nets, bibs, planting materials. This year they also hope to provide funds for yard markings and in the longer term a walking trail and Astro pitch.

In January, we will welcome David Day back to our school for a 6 week drumming workshop with all classes. He visited us during Active Week and the children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Drumming workshops can greatly improve students motor skills. Playing the drums means that all four limbs must be coordinated to work together, requiring the player to use both sides of their brain simultaneously.

The Parents Association are kindly paying for the first session with David. There is a 15euro fee per family for the remaining five sessions, which can be made payable via Aladdin

11.45.a.m. for infants and their siblings

12pm for all other pupils

January Re-opening: School will re-open after the Christmas break on Monday 8th January