Dangan NS - Parent Newsletter

15th November (tomorrow) - Staff Training (School Closed)

18-21st November - Parent Teacher Meetings

25th November - Book Fair

29th November - Election (School Closed for Polling)

4th December - Staff Training in Primary Maths Curriculum (School Closed)

6th December - Christmas Jumper Sale - (Parents Association)

12th December - Peace Proms Rehearsal in Dublin (12:30-2pm - 3rd-5th Class)

12th December - Church Performance (Evening Event)

17th December - Christmas Busk for Charity

20th December - Christmas Holidays

Thanks to the boys and girls for engaging so positively with the Anti-Bullying Week activities this week. They all created wonderful posters and contributed greatly to the lessons led by their teachers throughout the week. We will continue to work hard together to ensure that our school is a safe and happy place for all the students and staff of Dangan. Pictured below are the winners of our Poster Competition at today's assembly. Well done, everyone!

Parent Teacher Meetings will take place next week for the following Classes...

Senior Infants, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Class.

If you have not already done so, please book in a slot to meet with your child's teacher via the Aladdin App. In order for the meetings to run smoothly, I would kindly ask that you please arrive on time for your meeting. The meetings will be ten minutes long and it is important that this is strictly adhered to.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be coming to our school from Monday 25th - Wednesday 27th November.

There will be a selection of books on display in the school hall and teachers will bring their classes to have a look at some books they may wish to purchase.

The Book Fair is completely optional and should you wish to purchase a book, you will be able to do so via Aladdin. Closer to these dates, we will send out a link with a selection of the books we expect to have and their prices.

Inspectors in the Department of Education are carrying out a survey of parents in schools about what the work of schools to prevent and tackle bullying. Our school has been asked to take part. The survey is a short online one and will just take a few minutes to complete. It is available at this link: [https://dessurveys.education.gov.ie/surveys/Anti-Bullying-Survey-Parents]. The survey will be open until 6 pm on Friday 15th November. Thank you.

Over the months of November and December, we will be focusing on the core values of Empathy & Kindness to Others. We hope that by focusing on these values, we can help to create a positive and inclusive school environment, enhancing students' overall well-being. Importantly, raising the children's awareness and understanding of empathy can help to prevent bullying and conflict by encouraging understanding and tolerance among each other. We would encourage you to speak at home with your child about these values and praise them when they demonstrate empathy and kindness to others.

Many thanks to everyone who has donated to the Shoebox appeal. Monday (18th Nov) is the last day we can accept shoeboxes.

We look forward to seeing you at Dangan Church on Thursday evening,12th December, where the students will tell the story of the nativity, each class performing a song.

The boys had a great day at their Mini 7s competition last Wednesday. Our first match was against Rathregan and after going in level at half time, the boys showed brilliant skills and determination to win the match in the second half. Our second match was against Kilcloon with the winners going through to the next stage of the tournament. Unfortunately the result didn't go as planned but the boys worked really hard, tried their best and showed great sportsmanship. Our hurling section of the Cumann na mBunscoil competition will take place in April of next year.

Although the scores were not in our favour for the mini 7s the girls played brilliantly. They showed great positivity and team work and made Ms. Byrne very proud with some very skillfull plays. Well done girls

Ms Payne was very impressed with the performances the girls put in during their Peadar Lehane campaign agaist Kildalkey, Boardsmill and Ballivor. The girls worked really well together and improved with every game played. Well Done Girls!

The boys team have qualified for the final of the Peader Lehane football competition. We have a total of 19 boys on the panel and every one has played a key part in each of our matches to date. We started our campaign with a victory over Kildalkey NS in Kildalkey. Next up for our boys was a home game against Boardsmill NS where we narrowly held on to win by 4 points. Facing into our final match against Ballivor, it was already decided that both schools would be playing each other again in the final. The boys have showed some great energy and skills and won on the day. Hopefully they have saved their best performance for their final next week. We will have practice on Tuesday if all boys could bring in their gear. We would ask all players to ensure they have gloves and gumshields at both our practice and for the final.

Peader Lehane Football Final
Date: Thursday 21st of November

Venue: Boardsmill GAA
Start time: 12 noon.

We would love to organise some food for the boys for after the final to acknowledge their efforts to date. If any parents were willing to help organise or sponsor some food please get in contact.