O'Donoghue , Catherine Neville, Eimear. McLoughlin, Elaine Corcoran, Aisling
Logan,. Etta Martin, Jackie Farrell, Mary Forde, Nikola. Barrett, Fiona O'Riordan ...
Míle buíochas
Eolas Gleanntán
Míle buíochas to our Board of Management and our Parent’s Association for their trojan work again this year.
Scoil Náisiúnta an Chroí Naofa
So much is done on a daily basis and it is very much appreciated by staff and parents alike.
Summer Newsletter 2012
Congratulations Ailbhe Creedon, our speech and language therapist, and her now husband, Rob, recently tied the knot! Best wishes to you both for a lifetime of happiness together!
FUNDRAISING The school has been busy all year fundraising for different events. There has been a magnificent response from everybody and this is very much appreciated. Recently the following funds were raised: €5,000 from LIIDC (Little Island Industries Development Fund)to aid the school’s School extension (Building) Fund €2,205 raised from the sponsored Walk in aid Presentation of the cheque by parents association of the School extension (Building) Fund. Thanks to all parents who contributed so much to bring in such a large total for this event. The sum of money raised towards the Building Fund now stands at €29,000 as you will see if you pass the school and see the giant thermometer on the south facing external wall. €743 raised by 6th classes for the Charity Day. The bulk of this money will go to Marrissa O’ Callaghan, a past pupil who is raising money for medical supplies for Africa where she is currently working on a summer placement as part of her final Medical Year studies. Other charities to benefit are the HOPE Foundation. Mary Rose O’ Sullivan a parent in our school and Ms. Coleman (Senior Infant Teacher) also received some money for their respective trips to India this summer with the HOPE Foundation. €560 for the non-uniform day on June 22nd in aid of the Erin’s Own Schools Coaching Scheme.
Your generosity is one of the great strengths of this school. Thanks to everybody who contributed to all the various causes.
Green Flag Congratulations to all those involved in keeping our school ‘Green’ and helping us get our Green Flag for Energy. A big ‘Thank You’ to all those involved in helping us reduce our energy in School, the children, all the staff and Dónal and Breda. Thank you too to Stephen Flint and Brendan Keohane of eirdata who gave Attending our ceremony to raise our Green Flag was Jimmy Barry Murphy. a professional helping hand. The flag was raised by 6th class committee members Gavin Dwyer and Nimra Tahir. We have done a great job in reducing the amount of energy we use in the school, and hopefully you at home can do the same too – just ask your children how we do it in school! Pictured above are Kate Leighton and Eva Patterson who represented the Green School Committee to collect the flag at a recent ceremony in the Silver Springs Hotel.
WIG=WAM
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A huge thank you to the following parents who helped to make this another successful Wig=Wam year! Orlaith
Casey,
Frances
Cronin,
Deirdre
Mulcahy, Gillian Fitzgerald, Julie Walen, Bernie
Happy Holidays! Finally we would like to wish you all a very relaxing, happy and safe summer. And don’t forget they always say bad weather always looks worse through a window. Here’s to a lovely summer!
O'Donoghue , Catherine Neville, Eimear McLoughlin, Elaine Corcoran, Aisling Logan, Etta Martin, Jackie Farrell, Mary Forde, Nikola Barrett, Fiona O'Riordan McGuire
Big Sing!
Recently in the City Hall there was a Big Sing whereby hundreds of people joined in the Hallelujah Chorus. We held our own version of this on Thursday 22nd June to participate in Love Live Music Day, a nationwide celebration of the gift of music. Children in all classes had the opportunity to sing for about 10mins at midday and the sounds emanating from around the school were testament to the enjoyment of the event! Mile buíochas to all concerned and to the teachers for their cooperation.
Cork City Sports
Sports For All Day After numerous postponements due to our fablous Irish summer weather, we finally had our Sports For All day on Wednesday the 20th of June. We were very lucky the weather held up and helped to make it a most enjoyable day for everybody involved. The children had their sponsored walk up to the pitch and down to the playground. At both venues there were many activities and games set up for the children to take part in, from egg and spoon races and parachute games to relays, obstacle courses, football, rounders and Olympic events. The day up in Caherlag culminated with the annual teacher –v- 6th class soccer match. It was a very competitive game and everybody involved gave it 110%! Between tough (but fair!) tackles, superb (Flukey) goals and referee decisions the game ended in a 2 all draw!
BOY’S TEAM
GIRL’S TEAM
A big thank you to everybody involved in making the day an enjoyable and memorable one! Ms. Fitzgerald’s first class on Sport’s Day.
Medal Presentation It was with grear honour that we welcomed Mr. Jimmy Barry Murphy (current Cork hurling manager) to the school for a presentation of medals. Our boys team did fantastically well to win all seven hurling matches and qualify for the final in Páirc uí Caoimh, losing narrowly to Kilcredan on the day. And our girls mini sevens football team made history in winning the county final for the first time in the school’s history. Jimmy Barry Murphy, a former Cork star in both hurling and football, spoke highly on the benefits of sport and the lifelong friends that are made. The children were very impressed with his friendly and unassuming manner and our teams proudly received their medals and were thilled to get the chance to shake this Cork legend’s hand! Congratulations to Eoin Monahan, who recently played on the Cork Primary Team, at half time in the Cork v Kerry match. Playing in front of thousands, Eoin even managed to score 1-1 in the space of the ten minutes it was on! Also best wishes to Becky Opperman who will play at half time in the All Ireland football final in Croke Park this year. Playing in front of over 80,000 people will be an experience Becky will never forget and we wish her well on the day.
Congratulations to both our boy’s and girl’s teams, who recently participated and did incredibly well. The boys against very stiff competition, managed to win a number of medals and the girls were lucky enough to win the overall trophy for their division. A special congratulations must go to Favour Orimolusi, who qualified for the County Final and was only narrowly beaten to come second overall in the county. What a fantastic achievement and watch out for Favour in time to come!
School Tour fun!
1 st John Walsh receiving his medal from Jimmy Barry Murphy
Shauna Cunningham receiving her medal
Sacrament classes Congratulations to both our sixth and second class children who recently received their very special sacraments. They were a credit on both days, showing great reverence and participating so well in the masses. Thank you to all parents, teachers and staff for all their hard work and especially thank you to all the children involved, you were brilliant!
class in Fota
ss in 4th cla egory r g e l t s Ca
Senior infants at Tír na Sí farm
