Christmas Colouring and Handwriting Competition Results

Student of the Year 2014-2015 Nominations

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RANG SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Mrs McGrory’s

Junior Tom Ward

Alex Callan-Fraser

Ardal Carrie

Oran Lynch

Timmy Chong

Jake Homan

Alfie Winstone

Mark Woods

Senior

Infants

Nathan Callan, Callum

Gilbert & Matthew

McCarthy.

Brendan Cowley, Leon

McShane & Adam Fine-

gan.

Oisín Mullane-Traynor,

Waldemar Pierog, & Rhys

McDonnell.

Oisín McGahon, Seán Hig-

gins & Tadhg Rooney.

1st

Cian McCoy, TJ Sharkey,

Joseph Sebastian & Seán

McNeice.

Adam Keenan, Luke

McCartney, Luke Woods

& Matthew Commins.

Fionn Coyle, Christian

Dunne & Ryan Mackin.

Tomas Devlin, Flynn

Markey & Jayden Clarke.

2nd Laidhán Geraghty, Luke

Hoey & James Callaghan.

Evan Keenan, Patrick

McCrohan, Josh Taaffe &

Byron Fay.

Tadhg Caffrey, Daniel

Commins, Andy Murphy

& Destiny Unachukwu.

Oran Carrie, Samuel Do-

lan & Shane Finlay.

3rd Eoin Shearman, Luke

Dunne & Darragh Roe.

Oisín Dowdall, Oisín Roe

& Tiernan Markey.

Phelim Halpin, Leo Rus-

sell & Seán Callaghan.

Jamie McMullan, Joshua

Conlon & Kyle Smith-

McGahon.

4th Noah Coyle, Conor

McCarthy & Dean Callan.

Luke Shearman, Daniel

Kerr & Jack Farrell.

Nathan Carroll, Samuel

Ong & Dylan Orlandi.

Blake Martin, Barra Leo-

nard-Healy & Noah

McCabe.

5th Christopher Woods & Dar-

ragh Homan.

Renars Ozolins, Conor

Halpin & Daniel Erinoso.

Arón Sharkey & Aaron

Halpenny.

Ben Corrigan-Clarke &

Oisín O’Brien.

6th Colm Farrell & Ben Ken-

nedy.

Daire Finnegan-Rogers &

Carlos Kayode-

Omowunmi.

Dylan McCready & Cil-

lian Keenan.

Adrien Stepien & Colman

Finlay.

Mrs Murphy’s

Junior

Infants

Kenneth McKenna

Cillian Yore

Páuric Maguire

Rory Gillan

Nazariy Vasyltsiv

Darragh Morrissey

Jack Dunne

Evan McGuirk

RANG COMPETITION 1ST PLACE 2ND PLACE

Mrs Murphy’s Junior Infants Colouring Jack Dunne Páuric Maguire

Mrs McGrory’s Junior Infants Colouring Oran Lynch Nigel Ting

Senior Infants Colouring Jaden Grimes Waldemar Pierog

First Class Handwriting Adam Keenan Cian McCoy

Second Class Handwriting Shayne Gorman Evan Keenan

Third Class Handwriting Jamie McMullan Conor Halpenny

Fourth Class Handwriting Samuel Ong Luke Shearman

Fifth Class Handwriting Renars Ozolins Conor Halpin

Sixth Class Handwriting Aleksa Vujovic Cillian Keenan

Monastery NS closes

at 12.30pm on Friday

the 19th of December.

It reopens on Monday

January 5th, 2015.

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Christmas Concert 2014Christmas Concert 2014Christmas Concert 2014Christmas Concert 2014

Monastery NS Annual Christmas Concert took place on December

10th & 11th and signals the official start of Christmas in Ardee! The

School Choir opened the concert under the able direction of Mrs

Browne and Annamarie Brennan. They also appear at the Peace Proms

at the RDS on Sunday, February 1st 2015 and tickets can be booked

at www.cboi.ie Mrs McGrory’s and Mrs Murphy’s Junior Infants gave

us some great festive songs and were followed by Mrs Browne’s Sen-

ior Infants who performed The Christmas Alphabet. Ms Higgins’ 1st

class gave us a beautiful performance of The Christmas Story. Third

class performed a Joyous Noelle where there seemed to be “no letter

L”! Mr Murphy’s second class showed us Christmas All Year Round and

finished with a great Michael Jackson number. Master Woods’ tin

whistle group opened the 2nd act with a traditional Irish medley and

were followed by Master McCoy’s 4th class who performed a Snowman

Medley through every genre of music! Fifth class had us laughing with

Fun and Laughter and some great and unusual ceilí dancing. Sixth class

gave us Just Another Day in 6th and a great finale with Dirty Dancing!

Parents’ Association

Our Parents’ Association

held their AGM on Novem-

ber 19th. New officers

elected were Joan McCarthy

(Chairperson), Brenda Roe

(Secretary) and Mariea Gil-

bert (Treasurer). A church

gate collection also took

place in November. A special

word of thanks to all the

parents who attended the

collections. Parents also sold

raffle tickets and ran the

sweet shop during our

Christmas Concerts. All

funds collected are used to

support our boys in school.

The PA will also host a table

quiz early in the New Year.

Swimming Lessons

Fifth and sixth classes have

completed swimming lessons.

Third and fourth classes

commence swimming lessons

on Thursday January 8th,

2015. The cost of swimming

lessons is subsidised by our

Parents’ Association.

Non-Uniform Day

The last day of school this

week is a non-uniform day

in aid of the homeless. The

charge is €2 per pupil and

this will be matched by our

Parents’ Association.

Each year at Christmas, Monastery National School holds a raffle to raise

funds for charities. We ask the boys in Junior Infants to bring in one or

two non-perishable items to make up hampers, which are then raffled,

along with other prizes. We feel this is a very worthwhile learning exercise

for the boys. This year our charities are CONCERN and Fr. Oliver

McCrossan’s projects in the Philippines for children with special needs. Fr.

McCrossan visited 5th and 6th classes recently and spoke about the

devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. More than 6000

people lost their lives and thousands of homes were destroyed. And in the

last couple of weeks the Philippines has been hit by yet another typhoon.

Irish charity CONCERN is appealing for support this Christmas for the children of South Sudan.

Conflict is continuing to force families from their homes and away from their harvests. 50,000

children are desperately in need of a Concern ration card and the life-saving food it will provide – or

they will be at risk of severe malnutrition by Christmas. This monster raffle took place at Christmas

Assembly and thank you to all who supported us.

Raffle for Concern & Father McCrossan’s Philippines' Projects

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Monastery NS Christmas Decoration Competitions

Monastery NS recently held a “Christmas Decorations from Recycled Materials” competition. Entries

were on display before the Concerts. The Monastery NS class winners were as follows;

Mrs Murphy’s Junior Infants - 1st - Nazariy Vasyltsiv. 2nd - Liam McGahon.

Mrs McGrory’s Junior Infants - 1st - Tom Ward. 2nd - Alfie Winstone.

Senior Infants - 1st - Isaac Roe. 2nd - Waldemar Pierog.

First Class - 1st - Luke McCartney. 2nd - Luke Woods.

Second Class - 1st - Calum Higgins. 2nd - Josh Taaffe.

Third Class - 1st - Fionn McGuinness. 2nd - Daniel Cherdevara.

Fourth Class - 1st - Darren Gillespie-Wright. 2nd - Rados Vujovic.

Fifth Class - 1st - Lee McCormack. 2nd - Conor Halpin.

Sixth Class - 1st - Aleksa Vujovic. 2nd - Evan Callis.

Master McGee’s Special Prize for Overall Winner - Aaron Halpenny

A Trip Down Memory Lane - Cinnlinte 3 - Christmas 1977 WELL DONE BOYS - We must confess that when towels and soap were installed in the toilets after

the summer holidays there was a feeling that they might not be appreciated properly by all but to our

delight and to the credit of all our boys from the youngest to the oldest the operation has been

immensely successful. Liam Hennessy December 22nd, 1977.

Master McGee contacted Santa Claus in the North Pole and asked that he

come to visit the school. He was very busy working with his elves but he still

managed to visit Junior and Senior Infants on Wednesday the 17th of

December in the Gym. He arrived at 1.10pm and was welcomed by Master

McGee, infants and parents. He spoke to every boy and gave them a present!

Santa Visits Monastery NS

The Monastery National School Board of Management met twice since the beginning of the school

year and would like to report the following to parents;

Enrolment – our enrolment continues to grow and we have 251 boys currently enrolled.

Curriculum – Staff are implementing year 2 of our three year literacy improvement plan. The School

Self Evaluation Report on numeracy was ratified by the BOM and staff are currently finalising the

School Improvement Plan for numeracy.

School Policies – The annual Child Protection, Code of Behaviour and Anti-Bullying policy reviews

were carried out and staff and Parents’ Association notified accordingly. New policies including

Separation/Custody and Parental Grievance/Complaints Policy & Procedure were also ratified. The

three year strategic plan for Monastery NS 2013-2016 was also reviewed and ratified accordingly.

Finance – The income and expenditure account for the year ended 31/8/14 was externally certified

and audited and approved by the BOM.

Building – Maintenance works were carried out on the school roof and corridor marmoleum flooring.

Contract cleaners were employed during the summer period and the school windows were cleaned.

Administration of Medication - The Board approved two applications from the parents of two pupils

for the administration of medicine by members of staff.

The Board approved the purchase of a defibrillator and training for 6 members of staff in 2015.

Staffing - the board ratified the appointment of Alan Murphy to cover Mrs Kerr’s maternity leave.

Board of Management Biannual Report to Parents 2014-2015

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Parent Teacher Meetings Parent teacher meetings take place the last week of January, 2015. More information will follow.

Basketball Lunchtime League Master McCoy is currently running a very exciting and skilful lunchtime basketball league with the

boys from 3rd & 4th classes. The league consists of eight teams in two groups and concludes in

January 2015. The Lakers lead Group 1 from the Bulls, Knicks and Mavericks. The Rockets lead

Group 2 from the Heat, Celtics and the Clippers. The winners of group 1 play the runners up of

group 2 and the winners of group 2 play the runners up of group 1 to see who makes it to the final.

Homework Club The homework club is a great success and very popular with parents. It resumes on our return to

school on Monday, January 5th, 2015.