Information Sheet : Jan 10
Dates to Remember:
Staff Meeting (Friday) Postponed. New Date to be Arranged
Tues. Jan. 26th: Meeting for Parents of Confirmation Candidates. School 7pm.
Jan 31st to Feb 7th : Catholic Schools’ Week. School Mass Thursday 4th 10am
Feb 18th & 19th:   School Closed: Midterm Break
Feb. 25th: Closing date for Applications for Junior Infant places for Sept. 2010

  Junior Infant Applications
   The closing date for applications for Junior Infant places for September 2010 is Thursday February 25th 2010. Applications will be accepted for children who are four years of age by 30 June 2010. Places are allocated, according to our enrolment policy, in the following order: Category 1: Parish Applicants. Category 2: Siblings of children who have already attended the school. 3: Children of past pupils living locally. Category 4: All other applications. Places in these categories are allocated  in order of receipt of applications. The full enrolment policy is available on the school website: www.stcanices.net .
Each applicant will receive a written reply within three weeks of the closing date. If an applicant has not been allocated a place, he/she will be given a number on the waiting list in accordance with the above categories. If further places arise, they will be allocated according to this list.
Please note that applications, even from Categories 1 and 2, i.e. Parish and Family, received after the closing date cannot be guaranteed a place.
Applications forms available from the school secretary.
In the meantime, if you know of any child for Junior Infants for Sept. 2009 next year please ensure that application forms are sent in as soon as possible.

Haiti Appeal
Sr Brigid is appealing to everyone to give generously this week to the Mission money collection which will go to the earthquake victims in Haiti. €350 collected before Christmas will also be sent there. Mission money is collected each Friday.

Confirmation
It  is the custom in the school that 5th class children support their 6th class schoolmates by forming the choir for confirmation. As well as helping out on the day, this also gives the 5th class children an insight into the sacrament of confirmation and makes them familiar with the whole order of the day. All 5th class pupils are expected to attend the Confirmation on Saturday March 13th.
This year Fr Martin will be introducing a new Parish programme of preparation for Confirmation called “You Shall be my Witnesses..” A meeting for parents will be held in the school next Tuesday. Please let your class teacher know if you unable to attend.

Catholic Schools’ Week
During this week we will celebrate our Catholic Ethos.  The theme is “A Light for Every Generation”
Various activities will be undertaken in school and several classes will visit our parish church.
All classes will attend the school mass on Thursday 4th.
In keeping with the Theme of the Week we invite all Grandparents to celebrate this mass with us. More information to follow!
Alternative arrangements will be made for  non-Catholic children who do not wish to attend  mass.

Mobile Phone Collection-600 Old Phones Needed!!
Please bring in those old mobile phones. We are aiming to collect enough for two interactive whiteboards-300 each. This would be a great boost to the IT development in the school and should be a painless way to acquire this equipment.

Kilkenny Music Festival

Winter Weather
Thanks to our caretaker Mick who kept the school in such good order during the recent cold spell.
Everything was in top order when we finally managed to return.
KCLR also provided a great communication service and I remind parents that we will use that service and updates on our website www.stcanices.net to keep people informed in similar situations.

Board of Management Reminder_
Please drop off and collect your children punctually. Driver courtesy needs to improve in the yard. There have been several incidences of parents blocking in other parents/teachers by double parking and leaving their car. Respect for others would ensure that this does not happen.

Happy New Year to everybody and I hope we have a successful, safe term.