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School News Update
Sat 10 Apr 2021School News Update - 10th April 2020
Monday brings us Term 3 - our Summer☀️ Term! We have planned some fun & learning opportunities across the curriculum:
👨💻 👩💻 CODING & COMPUTER PROGRAMMING: Mr Sweeney will be developing our staff & pupils’ skills & knowledge across all Classes P1-P7 using Bee-Bots & the Scratch Junior App.
🏐GAA Coaching🏐: Ardglass GAC Coach Paul O’Shea will be delivering Coaching sessions each Tuesday for P5-P7 and is hoping on establishing an U11 Team for the season ahead.
🏃🏻♀️🏃♀️P3 Fitness Classes🏃♂️🏃🏼 with Jenny Fitzsimmons will take place over April & May.
👩🎨 🦚Eco-Garden Art Project 🍄🧑🎨 P7 will be taking part in an Art Project to further enhance our Eco-Garden area with professional Artist Fionnula Duffin.
🕷 🐛🐜 ‘Little Critters’ Roadshow 🐍 🐞🐝 will be visiting our younger classes.
🙏 Our Sacraments:
First Penance- 21st April
Confirmation- 13th May
First Holy Communion- 15th May🥘 🍽 School Meals- please book School Meals using our ‘School Money’ App going forward. (Unfortunately we have been instructed to have no After School Clubs or Breakfast Club as yet.)
🌳👨👩👦👦Eco-Garden Open to Community 🌻🌏- After our successful Easter period opening we will continue to open the Eco-Garden at weekends and possibly in the evenings going forward. Our pupils will be excited to see some of our plants 🪴 have started to grow in our Greenhouses. We hope everyone enjoyed making use of the fantastic area! Please feel welcome to call in and play or enjoy the surroundings on a bench!
Hopefully, we will be able to plan even more activities & events as things improve for our pupils and our school community. See you all Monday!
Regards
Mr Kevin Burns
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Holy Week in School Diary
Sun 28 Mar 2021Our week ahead in school...
We have a action-packed week ahead planned for everyone:
✴️Monday- Virtual Children’s Book Author Smriti Halls 📖 Visit for P3-P5 Classes. (Pyjamas / Onesies / Dressing Gowns can be worn!)
✴️Tuesday- Easter Art 👩🎨 👨🎨 Sessions with Artist Martina for P4-P7.
✴️Wednesday- Easter Bunny🐰 visiting for an Easter Egg Hunt 🐣. School Closes at 1pm for Easter Holidays. Sponsored by EUROSPAR NI (Ardglass)
✴️Wed 6.30pm- Family Virtual Fun Quiz on Google Meet 🤔✅❌❓👨👩👦👦👩👦👦👨👧👦 and Easter Raffle.
What can I use ‘School Money App’ for?
✅ School Meals Payments
✅Easter Raffle Tickets
✅Easter Quiz Registration
✅P7 Leavers Hoodie Payments
✅Homework Folders
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Letter to parents from Minister of Education
Fri 05 Mar 2021
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Monday morning message
Sun 07 Feb 2021Monday Message from Mr Burns
This is our final week of this half term before the St Valentine’ ❤️ Break. There will be no school work next week and this will give a well deserved break for pupils, parents and staff. Please take time to recharge the batteries.🔋🔋🔋
INTERNET SAFETY DAY 👩💻 🌎 👨💻
This Tuesday it’s Internet Safety Day. Our teachers will provide an opportunity for pupils to learn further about staying safe online. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021
GOOGLE MEET
Also all our classes will be engaging in LIVE LESSONS in Google Meet this week. It should be fun and good for our pupils and teachers to meet up again before the midterm break.
NEW TERM - Mon 22nd Feb 2021
School work will resume on Monday 22nd February. P1 & P2 parents/guardians can collect new home learning packs at 12 noon on this date. All other classes will be up and running again online for another few weeks.
Good luck with everything at home this week!
Thanks
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal
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Sacrament Dates
Wed 03 Feb 2021Our updated Sacramental Celebration Dates for 2021
P3 - First Penance- 21st April 1pm
P7 - Confirmation- Thursday 13th May 11.30am
P4 - First Holy Communion - Saturday 15th May 11am
*all dates subject to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic*
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Post Primary Admissions Information
Tue 02 Feb 2021✳️Primary 7 Pupils & Parents/Guardians✳️
All Post Primary Schools have today published their revised admissions criteria on the EA Website.
Please take time to read through the revised admissions criteria before deciding which school(s) to apply for.
This year the application process is online and will be open from March 2nd to March 16th. Please see the timeline attached for important dates.
Should you require any information or support contact myself on kburns395@c2kni.net or telephone the Admissions Helpdesk.
Regards
Mr Kevin Burns
Principalhttps://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions
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Children’s Mental Health Week
Mon 01 Feb 2021Monday Message from Mr Burns
Today is the start of Children’s Mental Health Week. With our pupils unable to mix with their friends this year more so than ever we need to become more aware of how our children are feeling.
While at home we might find time to focus on the importance of looking after our emotional well being.
Express Yourself
Take time this week to find ways to express yourself and allow your children to express themselves. Share thoughts, feelings and emotions in creative ways. It’s not just about sitting down and talking, it’s about finding activities that make you feel good.During the week our class teacher and I will share some useful ideas, challenges, tasks and tips on children’s mental health alongside the usual remote learning tasks and activities.
Good luck with everything at home this week!
Regards
Mr K Burns
Principal#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
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Catholic Schools Week Principal’s Message
Mon 25 Jan 2021Monday Message from Mr Burns
🙏Catholic Schools' Week🙏
This week is our annual celebration of Catholic Schools' Week. Our Parish Priest Fr Gerard McCloskey has a special video message for our pupils which will be shared this morning on Google Classroom and Facebook. This year the CSW theme is ‘Love, Resilience and Hope’.
Resilience is something our families in our school community have shown a lot of in recent times. Well done everyone on how you have all coped with the pandemic to date. We can only get through this one step at a time but we can do it together. Please don’t expect too much from you our the children.
🌟Grandparent's Day Art Activity- Can I ask all pupils to draw a picture of them & their Grandparent(s) and send it through to their teacher via email or GC and we will share these later in the week as part of our CSW celebrations.
🙏Fr Edward Magee will be celebrating a virtual CSW Mass on Thursday 28th January at 12 noon. Our families can join Mass via the St Mary's University College webcam link at:
https://churchmedia.tv/camera/st-marys-university
Many thanks
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal
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Term 2 Message from Mr Burns
Sun 10 Jan 2021A Mesaage from Mr Burns
Everyone in our school community has worked hard to follow the rules, do the right thing and try our best to mange the Covid-19 pandemic effectively. Despite the frustrations and setbacks we have remained positive and hopeful that we all come through this difficult time sooner rather than later.
Our pupils have class in the morning on Google Classroom. Their teachers are organised and waiting to help the children with their learning. Each teacher will have a video message on GC just after 9am. I am looking forward to seeing the great effort and work our brilliant pupils produce in each class.
We must remember to continue to follow our COVID-19 guidance now as much as ever before. Please remember anyone visiting our school building whether as a parent / guardian, key workers’ child / vulnerable child in supervised learning or our team of staff members- please follow the guidance & seek advice if unsure.
The safest place at the moment is at home.
Many thanks
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal
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School Restart Jan 2021 Update
Thu 31 Dec 2020Restart of School Update - January 2021
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Please find attached the announcement from Minister Peter Weir today regarding the restart of schools in January.
We will be having a School Development Day (Staff only) on Thursday 7th January 2021 to prepare further for a safe restart to Term 2.
As it stands, we aim to reopen classes to Key Workers Children and Pupils in the identified DE Vulnerable Categories on Friday 8th January 2021 for supervised learning. Email kburns395@c2kni.net if you wish to avail of this provision.
All other pupils will have school work online using their Google Classroom for Friday 8th January from 9am.
We hope to reopen all classes to all pupils on Monday 11th January 2021.
Please note that due to the nature of this ever-changing COVID-19 Pandemic things may change but we will aim to keep good communication with you at home.
May I thank you for your continued support and wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year.
Regards
Mr Kevin Burns
Principalhttps://www.facebook.com/539346636521223/posts/1126665794455968/?d=n
