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Congratulations to our recent weekly winner Damien Morris Oliver Nicholson The jackpot currently stands at €800 
Magical news! Christmas Giveaway Competition
Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting our fundraiser lotto. You are making a real difference, and we really appreciate your support. Some magical news, every line in our fundraiser lotto on Thursday 19th December 2024, has a chance to win our Jackpot and has a FREE chance to win one of five magical Christmas Giveaway Competition prizes. This nationwide competition is open to all people who have a ticket in a lotto run by our service provider ‘Our Fundraiser’ and the prizes are €2,500 Cash Prize, 2 x Oasis Platinum Tickets, Meta Quest 3 VR Bundle, The Ultimate Christmas Hamper and a €500 Dunnes Stores Gift Card. DATES FOR THE DIARY Sat/Sun 7th/8th Dec - Advent masses for Sacrament classes 2nd Sat/Sun 14th/15th Dec - Advent masses for Sacrament classes 6th Tue 17th Dec - Carol Singing in the Village (8am) Wed 18th Dec - Christmas by Candlelight Choir concert (7pm) Thursday 19th Dec - Carol Singing in the Village (11:30am) Fri 20th Dec - School closes for the holidays |
A limited number of tickets are available for our Christmas by Candlelight performance taking place in the school hall on Wednesday 18th December at 7pm sharp.
If you would like tickets (free admission), the only way to obtain them is to email [email protected] In the email you must state the child's name, their teacher and how many tickets you would like. Tickets will be placed in envelopes and dropped to your child's class during school. Tickets are on a "first come, first serve" basis and, at present, more than half of them are taken up by the family and friends of the choir. Children/parents are not to contact the class teacher about tickets, nor are they to approach me during school hours. A further email will be sent out via Aladdin to let you know when all tickets are gone. Kind regards, Mr. Regan 
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Santa Visit
We were blessed with a very special visit from Santa at our school in Longwood today. The man himself showed up early this morning, arriving in style aboard a very impressive motorbike. He did a couple of rounds of the car park before setting down and meeting the children around the Christmas tree. After a few lovely words, he helped us count down to the official lighting of our tree. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit us, Santa. The best of luck on the big night!
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November Assembly
Another very successful assembly took place in our hall to mark the end of another month. The Core Values certificates were plenty, as well as the AR Superstars. Ms. Keogh's were delighted to obtain the trophy to mark the most minutes read by a class on average per day in the Accelerated Reader. We were also blessed to receive a presentation by Ms. Houlihan's class all about the Advent Wreath and what the meanings and colours of the candles are. Christmas is fast approaching!
October Assembly
We had an action packed assembly on our final day before the Halloween midterm break. There was fancy dress galore, where the children put all the effort in giving us a whopper variety of characters and creatures. We celebrated Tina's first birthday. The Core Values and AR Superstars were announced. Mr. Regan's class recited a Monster Alphabet ABC for the students. The juniors also did a performance for us too. Ms. Finn's class were the latest to receive the AR trophy for most average minutes read per day. The Student Council for the new school year was announced and each received their badges. We celebrated the absolutely phenomenal win by our girls' team in the Cumann na mBunscoil final. A first for our school, and another thing to add to the sporting success in Longwood these past few weeks!
Shake and Bake SaleDear Parents,
We are organising a Halloween Bake Sale on Wednesday, 23rd October in our school, which will be led by 6th Class students on the day. Monies raised for this event will go directly to the school's fundraising drive. We encourage as many students/families to bake something for this event & if you bring in a tray, please put your child's name/class/teacher on it (we will have some labels/markers at reception so that items don't go missing!). The baking can include, but not limited to, buns, cakes, brownies, cookies (the scarier the better!) etc. with items such as apple tarts, full cakes etc. being raffled off at the end of the day to the lucky winners! Please be aware we are a nut free school as some students have allergies and gluten free options are welcomed too! Students will not have homework on Tuesday night so as to give them time to bake at home! The more food, the better, we have a lot of mouths to feed! Thanks for your support, 6th Class. |
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Admissions Notice
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Inspectorate Update for Primary Schools
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STEAM Academy
We were lucky enough to have been selected for facilitators from the STEAM Academy to come in to us to showcase their workshops.
All classes got to attend the event in the hall on Friday 27th September and got a whole variety of demonstrations, from state of the art holograms and LEGO-style robots, to interactive games and the chance to meet Robo Dog. This very impressive robot was a hit with all!!
All classes got to attend the event in the hall on Friday 27th September and got a whole variety of demonstrations, from state of the art holograms and LEGO-style robots, to interactive games and the chance to meet Robo Dog. This very impressive robot was a hit with all!!
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First Assembly of 24/25
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It was great to get the entire school together last Friday for our first assembly of the year. Ms. Henry welcomed us all and spoke about how well the students have been working over the past few weeks. We were delighted to see all those who were rewarded with Core Value certificates (for modelling some or all of the school's official core values of Care, Respect, Trust and Hope). We also learned of the achievements from last year's 2nd Class with Ms. Houlihan, when they spent time on Farm Safety with Agri Aware. Ms. Henry got the opportunity to make use of our new sound system too, including a brand new set of speakers for our hall and wireless microphones. |