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March News 2018

Irish Aid Our World Project – Mary’s Meals

As part of our work on the Irish Aid Our World project, third class are assisting the local branch of Mary’s Meals with their ‘backpack’ project. As part of this project, children are asked to bring in an old school bag, pencil case, stationery etc. (please see poster below). These items will be brought by Mary’s Meals volunteers to children in Malawi to help and develop their school life. We would be grateful if all items could be brought in to school after the Easter holidays on Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th April. Children can bring in one item or various items from the list.

List of suitable items
Copybooks, Backpack, Crayons, Eraser, Small ball, Pencils, Sharpener, Toothbrush, Pens, Pencil case, Towel, Ruler, Spoon, Soap, Flip flops/sandals and toothpaste.

 

 

St Eunan’s GAA Easter Camp 

Happy “World Down Syndrome Day” 

Students pictured below rocking the 21st Chromosome in Illistrin. We look forward to supporting Down Syndrome Ireland in June with our HB ice cream day.

 

Easter Events with Ms Molloy

Parenting Course

We have received the following information from Parent Hub. If you are interested please contact Parent Hub at the number provided below.

Parents Plus – Do you need help encouraging your child to do their homework and establish routines? Do you find parenting challenging? Are you stressed-out? Then why not come along to the Parents Plus Children’s Programme? This 7 week workshop, (one 2 hr session/week) shows parents how to communicate positively with children, illustrating ways to encourage good social skills as well as well-researched methods to tackle behavioural problems. This workshop is open to parents, carers, guardians and grandparents!

When: 7.30-9.30, Mon. 16 April.

Where: Termon National School.

Bookings: Bairbre at Parent Hub 087 173 6667. Visit: parenthubdonegal.ie

Email: parenthubdonegal@gmail.com. Workshops are FREE but there is a charge of €10 for information pack.

 

Lá Ghaelach

 

Easter Certificates 2018

Congratulations to all the students who received certificates at our Easter assembly on Tuesday 2oth march 2018.

 

Important Calendar Dates for March 2018

 

Wednesday 21st March – Lá Ghaelach

Thursday 22nd March – Pupils from 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th classes will travel to the Cathedral by bus for Confession.

Friday 23rd March – School will close for Easter Holidays at 11.50am for Junior and Senior Infants and 12.30pm for all other pupils. School reopens on Monday, 9th April.

 

Saint Patrick’s Day Celebrations

 

 

World Meeting of Families 2018

This is our school poster for World Meeting of Families 2018. We had a busy week with the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Cathedral of Saint Eunan and Columba. We had our families with us, our teachers and all the priests of the parish of Conwal and Leck. Father K Gillespie Our Chairman and Chaplin was joined by Father P Kemmy and Father Kelly , the administrator of the Parish.

    

 

Engineers Week 2018

Mr. Mac Mathúna’s 5th class took part in Engineers Week 2018.

The children learned about the various types of Engineering and spoke with an Engineer in class. They worked as part of a design team to build hovercrafts. They tested the hovercrafts then implemented design changes to improve their hovercrafts. Everyone had a great time and learned about the broad range of Engineering disciplines.

    

Captain CU visits the School

“Captain CU” visited illistrin school to congratulate our u-11 Quiz Team on their great success in the Regional Final of the Credit Union Schools’ Quiz. Captain CU had an Easter Egg for each of our team members and wished them well in the National Final on 8th April in Dublin.

 

3rd Class Basketball 
The children of 3rd class really enjoyed their basketball skills session on Monday 5th March with Niall McDermott, Development Officer for Basketball Ireland along with Chaz and John from America who are Victory Scholars in the LYIT. The children worked on the concepts of defence, passing and dribbling. Hopefully Niall, Chaz and John will be back in the school in the next couple of weeks.
    
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR UNDER 11 QUIZ TEAM
Our u-11 Quiz Team won the local Letterkenny Area Credit Union schools’ quiz in January. They qualified to compete against the other local quiz winners from the Northern half of Donegal and west Derry in the Regional Final on the 3rd March. Their preparation for the regional final certainly paid off as they were clear winners on the day. They are pictured below with their certificates. They now go on to complete in the National Finals in the RDS in Dublin on the 8th April. This is the 1st time a quiz team from our school has ever reached the All-Ireland stages of this competition. We are really proud of their great achievement and wish them the best of luck in Dublin! A big thank you to their parents for all the quiz practice at home.

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