NPC Education Conference 2015

The NPC Conference 2015 will take place on Saturday the 13^th of June 2015, in the National College of Ireland, Mayor Square, Dublin 1 (on the LUAS redline Mayor Square – NCI stop), 10.30am to 4pm.

 

All parents are welcome. Information below. We hope you and other parents of children in your child’s school can join us on the day. (Apologies if you have already registered, but don’t forget to circulate to all parents of children in your child’s school)

 

‘Building Brighter Futures - Partnership for Success’

 

Speakers included experts in the area of education and parental involvement from Canada and Ireland.

 

The conference is aimed at supporting parents in becoming involved in their children’s education.

 

Guest speakers include:

 

• Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan T.D.
• Annie Kidder, Executive Director of People for Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Helping your child succeed at school– what matters most
• Paul Gilligan, Clinical Psychologist and CEO of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services - Parenting and Education; Getting the balance right
• Pam Buchanan, Learning Facilitator - Fun Learning Activities to Try at Home

 

Places are limited, to secure your attendance you must register in advance click here to register or email your contact details to info@npc.ie or contact 01 8874034

 

Open to all parents and others interested in primary school education.

Dramarama Summer Camps

Dramarama Acting and Speech Academy will be running two summer camps at St Multose Hall. Both camps run Monday to Friday, 9.30-2.30pm with two dates to choose from;

Camp A: 29th June - 3rd July 2015
Camp B: 6th July - 10th July 2015

Children who have been on the camp said "It was the best fun ever."

We do Camp Olympics, roasting s'mores, arts and crafts, wet Wednesday Water fun and lots of drama activities.

To book, you can do so on our website: www.dramaramacork.com or call Ann Marie Lewis Lewis on 087 975 5764 for more information.

First Holy Communion Saturday 23rd May 2015

Just 2 items with regard to the Holy Communion this Saturday 23rd May 2015

First class parents are organising the communion party at the school after the Mass. Parents of 2nd class have been enquiring as to how many guests they can bring to the school so as to have some idea how many people to expect they are aiming to cater for approximately 6 adults per communion child.

The galleries will be open in the church for the Holy Communion.

Summer Carnival in aid of St.Multose School

Summer Carnival takes place on Saturday 23rd May 2015 from 2pm to 4pm at St.Multose Hall, Kinsale.  A great fun event for the whole family with lots of games and a carnival cafe with hot dogs and treats.

Kinsale Surf Adventures Summer Camps

Cruinniú Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin

Cur i gcuimhne. Meeting of prospective parents of Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin Tuesday 19th May 2015, 7.30pm at the Carrigaline Court Hotel.  Fáilte roimh cách.

Communion Party 23rd May 2015

We need volunteers to help park cars for the Communion party. From 12 - 1pm on Saturday 23rd May 2105

Anybody wanting to make cakes or sandwiches please contact Catherine Dillon 086 1928764.

Tomorrow's cake sale Friday 15th May 2015

In relation to tomorrow's cake sale (Friday 15th May 2015), we want to let parents know that there will be as usual a strict nut free policy for all the baking,  and there will be gluten free cakes available. However there will no longer be cakes available for other food intolerances eg. dairy, wheat. This is purely to ensure the health and safety of the children.
Many thanks
Carol

see more here

Friday Cake Sale - Correction

Please note correction to note regarding this coming Friday 15th May 2015 cake sale. It is N Bheaga with the supervision of Rang 5 who will be on duty this Friday and not N Mhora. N Mhora will be hosting the last cake sale of the year in June with the help of Rang 6.

Parent Association Update - May 2015

It's been a great year and it's not over yet!!! Huge thanks to all the parents, teachers and children of the school who have all worked together during this year of intense fundraising. So far, we have raised an incredible €18,469  to widen the access road to the school for the safety of our families and to fulfill our planning requirement for two new class rooms.

We  have minimal costs attached to running the PA and  (thanks again to the generosity of the schools parents)  low costs associated with the Confirmation and Communion etc.  We should still be able to contribute an incredible €18,000 plus to the project by the end of this term!!!

Cakes Sales - Carol Nyhan - N Mhora class Rep
Thanks to Rosin's rang 2/3 for yet another great Cake Sale last month which raised €400.23. Thanks to all the children and parents for the delicious baking and to M. Roisin for hosting. And thanks to all the parents who gave their children €1 or more to buy cakes.

To date the school's Cake Sales have raised €2,212 and we have two left :
Rang 5 will help N Mhora with their sale on the 15th May 2015 (this coming Friday) and
Rang 6 will help N Beaga on the 11th June 2015.

Confirmation Tea - Emma O Callaghan - Rang 4 class Rep
Big Thanks to Emma O Callaghan and the Rang 4 parents who  hosted the après Confirmation tea party in the Friary  on Tuesday.  It exceeded all expectations! Thanks for all the many many delicious contributions and to all those who gave up their time on the day to help out.

Communion Party - Catherine Dillion - Rang 1 class Rep
The communion party is coming up soon on the 23rd May 2015 and there's alot of preparation to be done. If anyone can help out please contact Catherine Dillion on 086 192 8764

Outdoor Chess Board
Big thanks the Gareth Price for painting the chess board in the playground so the kids can play outdoor chess and drafts this term.

Blanket of Hope- Grace Nyhan
Thanks Grace and her helpers for getting us all knitting ...another great skill ! Rang 2 to rang  6 are knitting like crazy, making knitted squares to be stitched into "blankets of hope " for children going through chemo. One more week to go!
Looks like we ll be able to make at least 5 beautiful blankets. If anyone can help stitching squares together please contact Grace Nyhan 087 978 8132

Carma
Thanks to Audrey Cantillion and team Carma at carmacarpooling.com .
for kindly donating €340 to the school.  Carma Carpooling enables you to find nearby people going your way so you can share your commute.

Eli Lilly
Massive thanks to Eli Lilly for donating €2,500 towards the cost of building the wall and widening the road across from our school, and to Sinead Nolan and Una O Sulivan for helping with the application .

Bob-a-Job
Many thanks to the teachers for running the Bob a Job this year. We raised €765 from all our children's hard work!

Thanks again for all the parental help and support, making our great school ever better!

Dervilla Wrynn
pa@gaelscoilchionntsaile.ie

Kinsale GAA Club Coffee Morning 16th May 2015

Kinsale GAA Club Coffee Morning 16th May 2015

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS WHO HAD CHILDREN AT THE DRAMATRICKS/KONFIDENT KIDS CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY 6TH MAY 2015 2.45PM AND 3.45PM:

There was a big mix-up with all the uniforms after the classes ended on Wednesday at drama. There were some uniforms left lying on the floor in the Temperance hall!  Denise (AKA Hannah’s Mam Rang 2) picked up whatever Gaelscoil Uniforms that were left and she will bring them into the school to Hilda on Thursday morning (7th May 2015).  The kids just went off home wearing their costumes and forgot about the uniforms!

I think other kids might have brought home other people’s uniforms by mistake – my own girl Beibhinn (Senior Inf) brought home somebody else’s Tracksuit and T-shirt!! And so her’s must be in somebodys else’s bag!!

If your children are involved in the Dramatricks/Konfident Kids Group – can you please check their Sports Uniforms to see if they have the right one or maybe they might have two of something by mistake.

We can sort out swapping the uniforms back at the school – Hilda does not mind if we use the school office to hand in/store the uniforms so we can all go through the bundle and get back our own ones.

Thanks a mill,

Emma (AKA Beibhinn’s Mam – Senior Infs)

Junior Sailing Courses from Kinsale Yacht Club for 6 weeks beginning in July 2015

Junior Sailing Courses from Kinsale Yacht Club for 6 weeks beginning in July 2015. We are hoping to encourage more young sailors into the club, so all new sailors are very welcome.  See attached poster.

KYC summer course.pdf