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Book Fair
1st Parents Association meeting of the year
Teacher Training – school closed 1st Oct
Date for the Diary: 1st October 2019 – School closed for teacher training day. Back to normal October 2nd.
Staff Meeting this Friday
School Closes at 1.30 this Friday for Staff Meeting.
Irish Dancing every Thursday
Irish Dancing with Fionnan Cogan is commencing this Thursday Sept 12th for 10 Sessions.
Farm Safety Message
The Health and Safety Authority has developed resources to give farm safety messages
to Primary students in 30 minutes. These are available at: <http://www.hsa.ie/education> under Teacher Supports and Resources.
These include a Farm Safety Presentation: “A set of seven PowerPoint slides” <http://hsa.ie/eng/Education/Teacher_Support_and_Classroom_Resources/Farm_Safety_Presentation_-_Primary/
On the Farm videos showcase child safety on the farm from the child’s own perspective.
In addition to this, the HSA’s dedicated e-learning portal – <http://www.hsalearning.ie> which contains a short interactive course for Primary students called “Keep Safe on the Farm” <https://hsalearning.ie/mod/page/view.php?id=39>
– 2 x 40 minute online lessons suitable for the whiteboard. A certificate can be for the class once complete.
Clothes Collection
Celebration of us hosting our 50th School Sports – Sunday May 26th
On Sunday May 26th a Celebration of us hosting our 50th School Sports will be held at Gurrane School.
A gathering to invite all our neighbouring schools and from the city, who have enjoyed many of our sports days throughout the years.
A mass will be celebrated and a gathering afterwards to catch up and enjoy some home baking.
School Sports – Friday May 17th
Gurrane School Sports will be held in Brinny .
Further details in due course…