An information note will be forwarded on Tuesday to all parents of children to be confirmed. It will cover arrangements for the day, collection of robes from schools and return, duties of your child’s sponsor on the day etc. We are looking forward to a wonderful occasion. The confirmation will take place at 11am in Wolfhill church.
A copy of the note will be available to view on this blog.
Well done to the 6 teams who competed in the St Abban’s Quiz last night. Congratulations to the team from 5th class of Ronan Weston, Ian Shanahan, Ciarain Burke and Eoin Cahill who were first. We wish them and the other five teams who featured among the top 10 the best of luck as teams are graded for selection into the final round. Thank you to all the parents who transported the young quiz experts to and from the venue.
Check out the web pages for 2nd/3rd class and 5th class to view some of their investigations.
As part of our continuing Green Schools Programme we would like to compile an email group for all families in the school. This would cut down on the number of notes that would have to be printed during the year. To have your email included I would be grateful if you would email Pam at secretary.ballyadams@gmail.com. This is also an efficient way of informing the school of absences that may suddenly arise as messages can be sent from your phone. By combining our textaparent, blog (ballyadamsns.scoilnet.ie) and emails we hope to substantially reduce the amount of photocopying required in the office.
Those without email will continue to receive communications through textaparent or in printed form.
The Board of Management invites you to read our draft Anti Bullying Policy. This has been drafted by the Board of Management, staff and officers of the Parents Association. Your input is very welcome. If you have any trouble viewing this document you can receive a copy by email from the school secretary or we will be happy to provide you with a hard copy on request.
The Department of Education and Skills has requested that all primary school boards develop revised policies in line with DES guidelines before the end of this term.
Circulars in relation to this issue and Department guidelines are available to view on the Department website www.education.ie under circulars (2013).
Thank you to all those who returned the uniform survey forms. The Board of Management will examine the information forwarded by you and will discuss any issues arising with the Parents Council.
Members of the Board, staff and officers of the Parent’s Council will meet this week to consider the draft anti bullying policy document. The resulting document will then be posted on the web for any further comment from the parent body. It is planned to present the final document to the Board of Management for ratification on March 12th 2014.
A thank you from Goal
All notes printed and sent home in the school bags will also appear on this blog under Notes to Patents/Guardians. Our note of January 28th is attached.
Remember to check the site for daily news and reminders from the school
A brief ray of sunshine this morning.
Pupils from 5th & 6th class will attend their Confirmation Retreat along with the pupils from The Swan and Wolfhill National Schools tomorrow, Wednesday Feb 5th. This is a normal school day and the children may travel to and from school as usual. Pupils in the confirmation classes do not need to wear their uniform, should bring a packed lunch and will not require any pocket money.
We look forward to a thoughtful day in preparation for our Confirmation ceremony.
