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Welcome back after the sun-filled Easter holidays. Let’s hope that the good weather MO TU WE TH FR SA SU lasts for our last term! The final term is always busy as classes finish off the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 curriculum, go on tours, have sports days and take their learning outdoors when the 1st Holy Communion sun is shining. Be sure to pack lots of water in the lunch boxes. Some children may 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
wish to wear shorts as the weather improves but please keep in mind that they must 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 be in keeping with the uniform. Uniform shorts can be purchased in Ryngs. This 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 term will end on the 29th June. 29 30 31 As always, the principal and deputy are contactable at any time if you have any
suggestions or things you would like to discuss. New Calendar for 2017/18: Next year’s Confirmation: The children of Modern Language Classes: Mrs school calendar is Rang VI made their Scannell and Mrs O’Gorman are available now on the Confirmation on Saturday the trialling a new initiative in senior school website and app. It will 29th April. The ceremony and classes with lessons in French and also be available in next year’s the singing were beautiful. The German. The classes are going to be held after children were well prepared school during the final term to give students a journal. Be sure to note our both for the practical aspects taste of what learning a foreign language entails. date for returning after summer Research shows there are huge benefits in and the spiritual aspects. Lots of time, holidays is the 30th August. relation to brain development for children who rehearsal and energy was put in by the learn second and subsequent languages. Thanks children, teachers and our chaplain, Fr Pat. A to both teachers for this opportunity – viel big thanks especially to Fr Pat for his help glück / bonne chance / go n-éirí an t-ádh libh! during the retreat. The children had Calling All ‘Green Fingers’! wonderful day away from the business of Our school garden is com- school with a trip to the Parish Centre, ing along nicely and the Adoration Chapel and the Mount. We hope Readathon: This year’s Readathon was fine weather has helped! all the children enjoyed their Confirmation another massive success with €4287 We really need some par- Day. Thanks to all who were involved in being raised by the children. We are so ents with green fingers to preparing the children – class teachers, the grateful to all parents and grandparents help out though. If there stewards, the clergy and the wider who contributed so generously. These funds go a are any parents out there who can community! We appreciate so many people long way to providing extra resources for the help give advice on plants, mainte- giving up their Saturday afternoons to help children. The money raised will go towards nance and guide our committee we out and attend the Confirmation. purchasing iPads for the children. Watch this would really appreciate the support! space!
Tennis: We have two teams who are going from strength to strength in the tennis competitions. One has reached the semi-finals in the Muster Cup and the second is into the quarter finals in the Muster Shield. Thanks to Camille, Louise, Hilary, Amy, Eimear, Eve, Vanessa, Ella and to Ms O’Gorman for all their hard work.
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Student Council: A Primary Game huge thanks to the Port of Cork Competition: Trials: This year Student Council who The students in Mr Murphy’s four 6th class pupils organised an Easter Egg Rang V were busy last month hunt for the junior preparing their entry for the Port of Cork were put forward to attend classes. It was a massive success Competition. They made an amazing trials for the Cork Primary with the ‘hunters’ following all display of Cork Harbour showing the Game teams - Adam Lynch sorts of clues in order to find locations of areas of interest in relation to (hurling), Timmy Wilk the eggs. Well done and thanks World War I. The entry was fantastic and (football), Eimear Diggin to Ms Falvey and Ms Cregan for is now on display in Cobh Train Station – (Camogie) and Amy Duggan helping the council get well worth a visit! Three students then (Girls Football). organised. accompanied Mr Murphy to Custom House Congratulations to Adam and to present their project. They represented Eimear who had their trials themselves and the school so well. Well last week and have been done Rang V. They received a certificate Active School Flag: chosen to attend a second in recognition of their efforts! Bunscoil Rinn an trial! Timmy and Amy will Chablaigh are have their trials this week. continuing to work We wish all four students the hard as we strive to achieve very best of luck and applaud Active school status. Teachers Visiting Choir: As part of Cork their success to date. have been busy sharing PE International Choral Festival, a resources, while the active school choir from France came to pupil committee have undertaken Cobh Community Centre in April much to the enter- a spring clean of the equipment Class Masses: We have tainment of the school children present. Mr Cun- room. Wet day physical activity been very fortunate to ningham’s Rang IV represented our school and they breaks are also being prepared to have Fr Pat hold a class all said how amazing the singers were. Our stu- ensure we all stay active Mass for each class from regardless of the weather. We dents even took an impromptu decision to do their Rang III – VI. It was a really special hope you are all looking forward own singing performance for the audience – well event. The children did all the to an active last term! done choristers!! A big thanks to Mr O’Donovan organising of music and readings. from Cobh Community College for the invite.
Engineers’ Week: We recently had a visit from Patrick O’Donoghue, a parent in the school, on behalf the PM Group who are an engineering company based in Mahon. Patrick and the team gave a most in- teresting and interactive presentation to Rang VI on the different types of engineers and the work that they do. The children really enjoyed the workshop to mark Engineers’ Week. A big thanks to Patrick and his team for coming to talk to us.
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Mini – Debating: The Sciath na Scol: The girls are on a Beasts: quarter finals of winning streak at the moment having won It’s the Primary all their camogie matches so far. May will that time of year Debating com- see them in the semi-finals so fingers again, when senior petition were crossed for another Sciath na Scol final this infants grab their held in Bunscoil Rinn an year. Thanks to Ms Murphy, Ms Moynihan and Ms magnifying glasses and bug catchers before Chabhlaigh in April. Scoil Sheehy for all the coaching. The boys too put in a heading out to the Mhuire of Ballincollig were valiant effort narrowly losing out to Ballincollig. school garden and opposed to the motion ‘All They’re still in with a chance however in their next hedges in search for all children should have an match against Cloghroe – date to be confirmed! Big kinds of creepy hour of exercise in school thanks as usual to all the parents who help ferry the crawlies! The hunt was each day’. Our debaters children to matches – without your support and thoroughly enjoyable took a really clever angle in transport, participation in these games would not be and lots of mini-beasts were studied and highlighting that exercise possible. was also mental work and observed. not just physical activity much to the admiration of the adjudicators. On this Green Schools: This month lots of classes were busy planting seeds. They occasion though, the mo- have been watering them and watching their progress in class and will tion was defeated but an- transfer them to our school garden soon when the weather gets warm- other valiant effort! Well er!! After a recent spot check our efforts to increase energy efficiency done to Nell, Hillary and Evan. Thanks to Ms Mur- in our school during break time has seen the number of classes turning off their phy and Ms Ryan who lights before going out to the yard rise from 9 to 19 classes! Well done everyone! coach the team and to Mrs Our school has also set up an account on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ire- Downing who adjudicated. land (SEAI) website for energy Monitoring and Reporting for the public sector.
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Donec Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh, Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork Tel: +353 (0)21 4811019
Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.bsrac.ie/