We were all very sad when Noreen’s time in our class came to an end. She received lots of cards, including an extra special Sponge Bob card. Mr O’Connor called in to present her with a card from her friends on the staff.
2nd and 3rd classes recently took part in an online
Green Schools Travel Conference. There were lots of interesting speakers. Aaron
Copeland spoke about children taking back cities and making sure that they were
designed with children rather than cars in mind.
We also took part in an online activity where we made our own
city. On one side there was a sustainable city with trees, solar panels and
cycle lanes. On the other city there was overcrowding, pollution and traffic
jams. It was easy to choose which side we would like to see by 2040.
This year for Halloween we couldn't have our usual parade and disco. Instead each class paraded around the school, one at a time, to show off their costumes to all the other classes. Mr. O'Connor provided the background music and even the weather helped by staying dry for our Halloween Parade.
ANNUAL
ADMISSION NOTICE
in
respect of admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Admission
Policy and Application Form
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the
2021/2022 school year is available at https://newcastleadmissions.blogspot.com/2020/10/enrolment-for-junior-infants-2021.html
To download at https://newcastleadmissions.blogspot.com/2020/10/enrolment-for-junior-infants-2021.html
On request: By emailing newcastlens@yahoo.ie
Or
By
writing to St. Oliver Plunkett N.S.,
Newcastle, Athenry, Co Galway. H65 T680
Admissions to the
2021/2022 school year
Application
and Decision Dates for admission to 2021/2022
The following
are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
|
The school will commence
accepting applications for admission on
|
19th Oct 2020 |
|
The school shall cease
accepting applications for admission on
|
1st DEC 2020 |
|
The date by which
applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is |
22nd DEC 2020 |
|
The period within which
applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is |
8th
Jan 2020 |
The school will consider and issue
decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
Failure to accept an offer within the
prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Number
of places being made available in 2021/2022
|
The number of places
being made available in junior infants |
32 |
The big day is nearly here. We will be holding our raffle draw tomorrow at 11. Thanks to all who helped out in any way, selling, purchasing, donating and organising. The monies collected will be put towards the new astro turf which will be a fantastic area for all the school community when finished. The top prize is a tv pictured below. Best of luck everyone!!
Due to Covid 19, the winners of the Write A Book competition 2020 run by the Galway Education centre did not get to celebrate their success. They received in the post today, certificates, medals and more to acknowledge their fantastic work. Well done to all of the students who participated and especially the winning students below.
Please find in the link below, a letter from the acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn regarding the reopening of schools.
Norma Foley, Minister for Education has asked that each parent receives the following, important information from the Department and the HSE with regard to returning to school.
Links to each of these are in the attached document, so that it is as easy as possible for you to send on the relevant items to your school community:
• Video for parents with key information on supporting children to return to school available here and here
• Fliers for parents – these are attached in this email but are also available for download here.
The HSE has prepared material on recognising symptoms, which complements the material from the Department on returning to school. This is available here
• Age-appropriate videos for children and young people at different stages. Videos for primary (both junior and senior level) and post-primary students are available here
• Resources in a wide range of languages. Many schools will enjoy a huge diversity among their student and parent community. To support these parents, we have translated guidance for parents at gov.ie/backtoschool.
Here is a link to further HSE resources
