We have had a very busy but enjoyable term
in St. Molaga’s N.S.

 

We have had a lot to celebrate over the
past term

v  Junior & Senior School Choir

v  Athletics Team

v  Student Newsletter

v  School Website & Blog

v  Water Action Day

v  Green School Committee

v  Chess Club

v  Election/Nomination of new Board of Management

v  Election of  1st Student
Council

v  Birth of Mrs Doorley’s son Patrick and Ms O’Brien’s daughter Molly

v  Parents’ Association Family Table Quiz

v  Pupils working hard and enjoying learning

 

Thank you to all
the teachers, SNAs, Secretary (Christine), caretakers and cleaners who make all
this possible.

 

Our school blog which we set up in September is going from strength to strength. Being
shortlisted for the Spider awards was a huge honour. Congratulations to Mr
Falvey and all the teachers and pupils who have worked so hard recording their
classroom work and publishing it on the website. The blog is a great place to
find out what is happening in our school and pupils are getting an opportunity
to share their learning with others all over the world.

Log on to
stmolaga.scoilnet.ie/blog/

We would love to hear your comments about
our work.

 

We welcome our new Board of Management which will have responsibility for the management of
the school for the next four years.

Thank you  to St. Molaga’s Parents’ Association who
continue to support our work here in school by helping out at school
celebrations, working with the Principal and staff on policy development and
review and by fundraising to ensure that our resources are renewed and kept up
to date. They also organise our successful Book rental scheme which reduces
parents’ school book costs.

 

St. Molaga’s has 470 pupils enrolled at present. We encourage all parents to ensure that their children are in school each day.  If a child is absent, when the child returns
to school s/he should give/send a written note to the class teacher, which
contains the child’s name, the dates of absence and the reason for the absence.
All absences over 20 days must be notified to the NEWB. We currently have a 96% attendance rate which is very good for the winter months-keep up the good work.
All pupils who have a 100% attendance for this term will receive a certificate
of attendance and a treat. Well done to all of you.

We would like to pass on our best wishes to
Gary in fifth class for a speedy recovery following an accident. We are all
thinking of you and hopefully Santa Claus will be extra good to you!

I hope that this Christmas brings peace and happiness
to all.

Happy Christmas to all our
pupils and parents.

 Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!

Linksmu Kaledu

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is
Novim Godom

E ku odun, e ku iye’dun!

Naya Saal Mubarak Ho

Feliz Navidad

Sarbatori vesele

Wesolych
Swiat Bozego Narodzenia

Joyeux
Noel

Nollaig
Shona daoibh go léir

 

 

 

We are having a very busy term in St. Molaga’s with lots of events and
celebrations.

Congratulations to our senior choir who were awarded first prize in the
Drogheda Youth Choral Festival for the third year running. Well done to all of
you and a very special thank you to Ms Hegarty for all her work and dedication.
On Friday 18^th November we held a Water Action Day which
provided the pupils with the opportunity to explore water, its many uses and
how we can conserve water. Many of the adults that visited learned a lot about
water as the pupils provided visitors and their peers with excellent reports
and descriptions of their work. The display in the hall was very informative
and some classes also took the opportunity to explore the theme of water using
art. Thank you to all the teachers and pupils who participated and to Ms Reilly
and Ms Brennock for organising the event. It was great to see so many parents
who took time out to visit us and see their children’s work.

We have recently started a chess club due to the interest of a number of pupils in the game. When we
announced our intention of starting the club and asked interested pupils to
come to the hall we were astonished at the number of pupils who wanted to take
part. As a result we now have 2 clubs who meet once per week and approximately
80 pupils are involved. We hope that as these pupils learn the game they will
in turn be able to teach other pupils. All of this would not be possible
without the work and support of Mr Falvey, Mr Harrington and Mr Brown.

Our Athletics team had their second outing on Tuesday 22^nd to
Swords and once again they had a great day. They really enjoyed participating
in the races with all the other schools and I have been told that they improved
on their times and tactics and above all were very well behaved. Well done to
all of you and thank you to Ms McMahon and Ms Walsh who have worked hard with
the team.
Players from the victorious Dublin team will visit today, Wednesday, 23rd with the Sam Maguire Cup. The Sam
Maguire was here before in 1995, hopefully it will not be so long before we see
it again! Look out for the photographs on the blog.

On Friday 25^th
November we will hold a No-uniform
Day and pupils will be asked to
contribute towards our selected charity this Christmas which is St. Vincent de
Paul. It is important as we approach Christmas that we think of children and
families that may be experiencing difficulties and together we can contribute
something to this local charity.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, 29^th and 30^th of
November we are holding our Parent-Teacher meetings.  It is important that all parents/guardians
attend as it is an opportunity for parents/guardians and teachers to discuss
their child/children’s progress and how we can best work together.

On Wednesday the school will
close 15 minutes earlier at 2:35pm. Self-defence will commence at 2:35pm on
this evening.

We look forward to meeting all parents and guardians over the two
evenings.