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Clarecastle NewS “ I have come so they may have life and live it to the full” June 2018 Important General Data Parent Portal Dates The Parent Portal has been up Protection th and running for a year now. Monday June 18 Regulation Junior classes have used it for Active Schools Week viewing the homework for the begins and continues All personal information which nd week. Parents can use it to keep until Friday June 22 schools hold is protected by the track of attendance and of Data Protection Acts 1988 and monies paid in to the school and 2003. On the 25th May 2018, . Wednesday June 20th for viewing end of year school the General Data Protection reports. RSE talk in School Hall Regulation (GDPR) and for 6th Class at 8:30pm corresponding legislation reinforces the existing position. th E Payments Wednesday June 20 The school is currently setting School Reports will be up a new e-payment system issued whereby parents will be able to pay all monies to the school electronically (e.g. School Thursday June 21st In light of the new legislation, Maintenance Fund, school tours, Hurling Blitz organised swimming lessons etc). This by Clarecastle GAA new policies and procedures are rd th being developed to ensure that will be up and running in for 3 and 4 Class September and we would at 11:30am Clarecastle National School continues to be compliant with encourage all parents to use this facility. It will hopefully make Data Protection legislation. Friday June 22nd paying easier for parents and it will make accounting more Sports Day straightforward for the school. School Reports Tuesday June 26th School Reports will be e-mailed Graduation Mass for 6th to parents on Wednesday, 20th Class in School Hall at June and will be accessible via Parents 7:30pm. the Parent Portal. Association There is huge credit due to the th fantastic work and fundraising Thursday June 28 done by the Parents Association School closes at 12noon this year. Children will gain from the massive investment of th over €16,000 and will have the Thursday August 30 opportunity to engage in coding, Start of the 2018/2019 designing, problem solving and school year. The school An information leaflet, critical thinking activities with will re-open to pupils at the purchase of 18 i-pads, 18 9:00am Understanding Your Child’s School Report, is available in Lego WeDo 2.0 kits, 12 Sphero packs with mats, 12 Bee-bots the Parents section of the school website under ‘Tips for Parents’. and associated accessories. This Page 1 will be launched in September School library Cumann na with the help of Wriggle The Parents Association has (authorised Apple reseller). The mbunscol kindly allocated a sizable sum of Wriggle Roadcaster will be sent Both boys and girls teams money towards the purchase of to our school on the 21st of competed in the annual Cumann new books which we hope to September where the children na mBunscol Hurling and have on the shelves in will be able to board the bus to Camogie Competitions. September 2018. The children see robotics in action. The boys’ team played against are reading so much and it will The Parents Association are also CBS Ennis, Ennis NS and Inagh be great to have new material for funding activities for Active NS and won each of these the new school year. Schools Week such as Yoga, matches. These matches led to If any family is doing a clear out Zumba and transport to and the semi-final against Cratloe of their bookshelves at home from the orienteering in where another great win was and have books in good Ballybeg Woods. recorded. condition which are no longer The final was held in Cusack needed, we would welcome any Park on Tuesday, June 12th. Our donations that you might have. boys played very well but were It would help greatly if you unlucky on the day against Quin could check beforehand if the NS. books are on the Accelerated Reading system. This can be In addition, our fantastic library done on www.arbookfind.co.uk, facility would not be so click as parent and type the book wonderful but for the continued title into the box. support and funding provided by the Parents Association and the library volunteers who maintain The girls played against this fantastic resource in our Kilkishen NS, Quin NS, school. Sincere thanks to the Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg and parents who make all of this CBS Ennis. While the team possible. all school library played very well, they didn’t We know that we are very books must be returned progress to the next round. fortunate to have such an active to the school by The continued support and and supportive Parents th Tuesday 26 June assistance of Clarecastle GAA in Association who constantly please? this regard is very much work to enhance the provision of appreciated. education for all pupils in the school. In order for this to be Accelerated sustained, new volunteers are always needed. Reader HURLING SKILLS The Accelerated Reader Programme continues to prove COMPETITION itself as a powerful tool for motivating our students to read for pleasure and for monitoring and managing independent reading practice. To date this year, pupils from Congratulations to Rhian Drop your name in to the school First to Sixth Class have read in Sheridan, Fionn Morgan and office and a member of the the region of 10,500 books Michael Sweeney who Parents Association will be in which totals to approximately represented the school in a contact with you, or you might 120 million words! Hurling Skills Competition like to come along to the which was held in the GAA monthly meetings to see for grounds at Clareabbey. They yourself the wonderful work that competed against five other is done for the school. schools from Clare. Each child received a point for their team Page 2 on completion of the following MARION KEANE Trad Music Group skills: Long Puck, Ground The Trad Group have had a busy Stroke, Sideline Cut, Soloing, Basketball year and have welcomed lots of Striking over the bar and budding new musicians! Soloing through poles as quickly TOURNAMENT December began with a visit to as possible. Michael, Fionn and Training began in January for Clarecastle Day Care Centre, Rhian won the Clare Division the Marion Keane Basketball providing a lively and lovely and travelled to Mallow on June Tournament. We were in a mixture of dance and music. 6th to represent Clare in the group with Gaelscoil Mhíchíl This was followed by the Munster Competition. Each Cíosóg, Barefield NS and CBS Christmas Nativity which was county was represented and the Ennis. The blitz took place in held in the Church. boys showed great skill Gurteen. throughout the day. Well Done boys! Lovely Hurling!! QUIZ ENTRIES Children from Fourth and Sixth class took part in numerous table We beat CBS but unfortunately quizzes during the year. lost two close matches to Barefield and the Gaelscoil. Seinn na nÓg was the next big Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg project for April and once again, emerged as winners from the the Trad Group did not group at the knock out stages. disappoint. Parents, family and Well Done to all who took part! friends came to hear and see a wonderful display of talent in They represented Clarecastle NS music, song and dance. in the annual Credit Union Quiz, Munster Schools Clarecastle NS was delighted to in Féile na hÍnse and in the participate in celebrating the Community Games Quiz. More Tennis Competition rich indigenous culture that our recently two Sixth Class teams After our Sixth Class girls’ team Traditional Irish Music brings to participated in the Garda won the inaugural Co. Clare Church life. Well done to all the Síochána Primary Schools Quiz Primary Schools Competition in musicians who attended on the and after a very tight contest, June 2017 at Ennis Tennis Club, night. came in 3rd and 4th place. Well it was decided to enter a girls done to all the children who took and boys team in the Munster part! Schools Tennis Competition this Engineers week year. The girls and boys played Engineers week was held from two very strong teams from February 24th to March 2nd. Cashel, Co. Tipperary, but SWIMMING GALA Children became engineers for unfortunately were beaten on the the week and imagined, planned day. It was a wonderful and designed a great variety of experience for the Sixth Class projects. We had fantastic visits pupils. from five very generous parents who work as engineers. A big Pupils from Third to Sixth Class thank you to Dennis Geers, represented the school at the Ruairi Breen, Fiona McGonnell, Annual Schools Swimming Gala Joe Doyle and David held in Ennis Leisure Centre on McParland. the 11th of June. Teams of four competed in a mixture of width We are training hard to retain the cup for the Clare School and length swimming. Well st done to all the boys and girls Blitz on June 21 at Ennis who participated on the day! Tennis Club. Page 3 Council representatives invited came second in the individual children throughout the school singing competition. Well Done to put forward suggestions as to to all for taking part and for how this money should be spent. doing so well. All of these ideas were Tráth na gCeist sa Scoil: discussed by the Student A Table Quiz as Gaeilge was The children thoroughly enjoyed Council and it was decided to organised on Friday 16th March the wonderful presentations and spend the money on K-Nex kits for Fifth and Sixth Class and on the week started the exciting and, as a treat, an ice-cream van Friday 31st March for Third and journey with STEM (Science, will arrive at the school before Fourth Classes.