St Conleth’s NS Derrinturn NOVEMBER 2010 WWW.STCONLETHSNS.IE Our school wins 3 County Finals! It was 14 years since the as the winning cup was Our Coaches boys of St Conleth’s N.S. presented to joint cap- Captains Chloe Cummins last won a County Kildare tains, Adam Duffy and and Natasha O’Reilly ac- Thanks to Richie Cully and final! Young Morgan Jack Cully, who gave a cepted the trophy amidst Eoghan O’Flaherty for train- O’Flaherty had been a memorable speech to great celebrations and ing the victorious boys team. member of that team. teams and supporters. both teams headed back Thanks, also, to Brian Duffy, to Carbury Pavilion for The girls had won a title This match was immedi- Carbury GAA. presentation of medals by six years ago, but the ately followed by the Girls Eoghan O’Flaherty and school cupboards were U-11 Football Final, Der- Thanks to Mrs M Kenny, Ms Shane McCormack. certainly bare as our Boys rinturn v Caragh. A Duffy, and Ms Brereton U-11 Gaelic Football team The Treble was completed for managing the winning The girls from Derrinturn took to the pitch on when our U-11 Girls won girls team. edged ahead in a hard- Thursday 14th October the Camogie Final in fought opening half, and 2010. Rathcoffey on Monday Thanks to Bernie Kennedy continued to impress 18th October, after a one- for coaching the winning U- In a magnificent display of throughout the second day blitz. 11 Camogie team. open passing football, our half, winning well in the boys demolished end. Thanks, also, to those par- Twomilehouse in the first The Derrinturn supporters ents who have washed our half, and kept well ahead invaded the Mooresfield in a really entertaining jerseys over the 3 competi- pitch at the final whistle, second half in front of a tions. delighted that the girls had large number of ecstatic brought a second trophy supporters. back to Derrinturn in the Our trophy cabinet is now There were joyous scenes one afternoon. Penalty Shoot-Out a Huge Success! Inside this issue: The Penalty Shoot-Out pupils will remember for a allow the school buy extra organized by Ms Flynn long time. I.T equipment for the and Ms Brereton in Octo- classrooms. Pre-School 2 Pupils raised loads of ber was a massive success. money through sponsor- Thank you! Kildare County Football- ship! Just over €5000 was Camogie 2 Note: When there are a ers, past and present, were raised. We wish to thank few children from the one a huge hit with our pupils, parents and pupils for this family in the school, the Christmas Concert 3 and the school is grateful immense effort. siblings may work to- to Anthony Rainbow, All the money raised will gether with one card, or Morgan O’Flaherty, be spent on Internet and one set of tickets, etc. Parents Association 3 Eoghan O’Flaherty and Communications Technol- Tom Sullivan for their Every effort is always ogy for our school. Al- generosity and wonderful appreciated! Boys GAA 4 € way with the children. most 30,000 has already been spent over the past Weather was brilliant on few months on I.C.T. Girls GAA 5 the day, and brilliant fun equipment and wireless was had by all, making it broadband for our school, 6 one of those days that and this extra money will Green School ST CONLETH’S NS DERRINTURN Page 2 Pre-School Our school has a pre-school for cardigans with hats to match. children with autism. This class Any would make a lovely pre- presently has 5 pupils and are sent for a new-born baby. taught by Ms M Walshe, with Mr Gareth Ennis, the father of the assistance of 2 SNAs, Aud- Aaron Ennis, one of our pre- rey Stack and Helen Douglas. sent pupils, ran the Dublin City The pre-school has 2 fund- Marathon raising much needed raising efforts at present. money for our pre-school. A grandmother of Kelly Sem- The school very much appreci- ates these very generous acts from the wider school commu- nity, and we are very grateful. Meanwhile the pupils of our pre-school hope to make a Christmas DVD for our school ple, one of our former pupils in website. It will be worth look- the pre-school, has knitted ing at on www.stconlethsns.ie about 30 really beautiful baby Camogie—by Leona Kennedy Reporter, Leona Our under-11 girls won the Kennedy of Derrinturn. So, we 1. It was a very close and excit- Kennedy is a County Camogie recently. Our beat Carragh by 0-1 to 0-0. ing game. At full time both team was made up of girls from teams were even score. Our In the second game we played pupil of 5th 4th class, 5th class and 6th class defense had done great work. Athy. We were too strong by from our school and two girls In extra time Derrinturn took far beating them 4-0 to 0-0. Class from Killina school. over scoring 1-1 to no score. The scorers were Megan Morris Megan Morris scored the goal The championship was in blitz (Killina) 1-0; Georgia Patel (5th and Leona Kennedy scored format, all games taking place Class) 2-0; Leona Kennedy another point. on the same day. (5th Class) 1-0. The cup was presented to cap- In our first game it was a very We were now in the final tain, Grace Byrne ,amid great low score. Only one point was against Rathcoffey who were celebrations. scored, luckily for us by Leona reigning champions of Division Bring & Buy One of our schools long- Infant children became young standing traditions is that the independent shoppers for the pupils of 6th Class organize and day! run a “Bring & Buy” Sale every Christmas had come early for Halloween. many children some of whom And so, on Friday 22nd Octo- got real bargains! ber our school hall was trans- Thank you to all who helped, formed into a massive market and to those who baked good- area. ies for the sale. Children from all classes came to the hall looking for bargains. Even the very young Junior Page 3 WWW.STCONLETHSNS.IE Christmas Concert only a few weeks away! Every three years, or so, our So, we have three completely SHOW 3 (4th Class, 5th Class school presents a Christmas separate shows. & 6th Class) These classes per- Show! Other years we present a form on 2 nights, Tuesday 30th SHOW 1 (Junior Infants & Carol Service in our local November and Thursday 2nd Senior Infants): These will per- church. December, both @ 7.30 p.m.. form on 2 nights, Wednesday They have a matinee on Mon- All the classes are already pre- 24th November and Monday day 29th November @ 12.30. paring for the Christmas Show. 29th November, both at 7 p.m. As always, it will be of a very They will also have a matinee high standard!! on Thursday 25th November., @ 12.30. Because we now have over 280 pupils in the school, the school SHOW 2 (1st Class, 2nd Class is putting on three different & 3rd Class): These children shows. If all classes put on their will perform on two nights show on the same night, we Thursday 25th November and would be unable to fit people in on Wednesday 1st December the school hall. Also, with 11 @ 7.15 p.m. They will also have classes, the evening would last a matinee on Wednesday 24th Dates have now hours and hours! @ 12.30. been set for Dates set for Confirmation & First Holy Communion Confirmation Dates for Confirmation have firm the children. If no bishop the first time on Saturday 28th now been set. has been appointed, Fr Fitz- May. This has yet to be fully patrick P.P. will confirm the confirmed, and we will inform Confirmation will take place in children for confirmation. parents as soon as a definite Derrinturn for pupils from the date emerges. 4 parish school on Wednesday Dates are presently being dis- 13th April 2011 at 11.30. The cussed for First Holy Commun- diocese of Kildare & Leighlin ion. It is proposed that the may have a bishop appointed children from 2nd Class in St by that date, and if so, it is Conleth’s NS in Derrinturn will hoped that the bishop will con- receive Holy Communion for Parents Association The A.G. M. of our Parents urer. The Parents Association de- association was held last cided to have a cake sale on Principal Teacher, Mr Declan month. 27th/28th November, and to O’Brien, thanked outgoing organize the production of a Outgoing Chairperson, Sharon chairperson, Sharon Gollogley, school calendar for 2011. Gollogley thanked everyone for outgoing secretary Suzie Hef- their attendance and for their fernan, and Treasurer Gerry The next meeting will be held help throughout the year. Jenkins and the entire commit- on November 2nd at 7.30 p.m. tee for their outstanding work All are welcome! New elections were held for during the past year, and gave officers. the attendance a demonstration Mairead Patel was elected as the of the new I.T. equipment in new Chairperson. each classroom. He wished the new committee well, and Sharon Gollogley is the new looked forward to working with Sectratery. them. Gerry Jenkins remains Treas- ST CONLETH’S NS DERRINTURN Page 4 Derrinturn U-11 Boys win County Final—Ciaran Gallagher The under 11 boys had their Mark Cully, Ciaran McKeon, final whistle blew.