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The school will close for the summer holidays on Thursday June 30^th at 12.00pm.  Please make sure your children are collected at this time.

School will re-open on Thursday 1^st September.  

Tracksuits may also be purchased and school books paid for on:

Monday August 29^th and Tuesday August 30^th between 10.00am to 1.00pm. 

Please be advised that tracksuit, jackets and ties are now available for sale at the school.

Tracksuits cost €45.00.

Jackets cost €25.00

Ties cost €7.00

Navy sweatshirts are not part of the school uniform and should not be worn by children.  The school tracksuit is the only tracksuit that should be worn by the children.

Wishing you all a very happy and safe summer

Communion photographs will be available to buy from reception until Friday 24th June

1. Framed Photo
2. Card Mounts
3. Magnets & 2 Key Rings
4. Class photo €7.00

Option 1: Choose any one of the above (A, B or C) €25.00 each

Option 2: Choose any two of the above €40.00

Option 3: Choose all of the above €50.00 with class photo €55.00

Any queries regarding photographs should be made directly to Ladybird Studios at 01 8311003 or 086 122 9029.

Rutland National School will be closed on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th of June and will reopen on Wednesday 8th June 2016.

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend.

School will be closed for May mid term break from Monday 2nd May and will re-open Monday 9th May.

Parents/Guardians

Rutland National School will be closed on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th of May and will re-open on Wednesday 6th of May 2015.

Ms. Barron

Rutland National School Race Night Winners

School will be close at 12.30pm on Friday 19th of December for the Christmas Holidays and will re-open on Monday 5th of January.

Wishing you all a safe and Happy Christmas

Ms. Barron

School will re-open on Monday 1^st of September.

School will be open Thursday 28^th and Friday 29^th of August between 10.00 am to 2.00pm so that parents can buy tracksuits and pay for books.

Cost of school books this year is €50.00

School Tracksuits cost €45.00

School Tie €7.00

The following is the list of staff for 2014/2015

Junior Infants                    Ms Lynch

Senior Infants                    Ms Caffrey

First Class                           Ms Crosse

Second Class                      Mr Cherry

Third Class                         Ms. O’Herlihy/Ms. Quinn (Job Share)

Fourth Class                       Ms  Scanlan

Fifth Class                           Ms O’Sullivan

Sixth Class                          Mr Finan

Special Educational Team

Ms Heverin

Ms Nugent

Ms Devereux

Ms Bailey                                     

Special Needs Assistants

Linda Black

Louise McGovern

Andrea Whelan

Trish Carthy

The percentage of children with full attendance continues to improve.  Keep up the good work until the end of the year

Our recently reviewed Anti-Bullying Policy is now available under the Anti-Bullying section of our website.  Thanks to pupils, parents and staff for their hard work in drafting this policy. Our catchphrase is Bully free – it starts with me!

Well done to Mohhamed Aloba who represented the school in the recent Eason Spelling Bee competition.  Competition was fierce and Mohhamed managed to make it through the 5^th round.  We are very proud of him.

During September and October all the school have been learning about the artist Hundertwasser.
We have worked really hard to recreate some of his art, see the pictures below for some of our great art work.

We are working very hard at improving attendance this year.  Every month we will record how many children had full attendance.  Please look at the table below to find out the percentage of children who were in every day.

Second Class recently received the Sacrament of First Confession.  Ms. Lawlor and all the boys and girls put a huge amount of work into preparing for this special day.  All the children read, sang and answered out all their prayers.  It was great to see so many parents attend the ceremony as well.  We are now looking forward to a special day on May the 18^th when second class will receive The Sacrament of First Holy Communion.

Recently some of our pupils got a chance to review some toys for the Newstalk morning radio show.  Kome, Ross, Aaron, Lee, Lennon, Saad, Nathan and Grace all had lots of fun playing with lots of different toys including a Nerf Gun, Elimination Chamber, Moshi Monsters, Moshi Home, Leap Pad, the Napi Tablet, Glen Dragons set, Spiderman and Lego Superheroes. The children spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of all the toys. We are now raffling the toys to raise much needed funds for our school.  You can listen to the show on www.newstalk.ie –  podcast – Under the cover dated December 8th

  Dear Parents/Guardians

• The Christmas Concert takes place on Friday the 14^th of December at 12.30pm in the G.P. Hall.  All Parents/Guardians are welcome.
• The Schools annual trip to St. Patrick’s School in Greystones will take place on Tuesday the 18^th of December 2012.  The bus will depart at 9.15am and children will arrive back in the school at 2pm approximately.  Junior/Senior Infants Parents/Guardians are invited to collect their children at 2pm.
• School Christmas dinner will take place on Wednesday the 19^th of December.
• Homework Club finishes for the Senior Classes this Thursday the 13^th of December and will resume after Christmas.
• The School will be having its annual Christmas draw next week.  We have top of the range Christmas toys.  Five tickets will cost €2.  We hope that you will support this fundraiser.
• The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is holding their annual Food Drive Appeal and is looking for donations of non-perishable food items to help families enjoy a special Christmas.                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tinned foods: i.e. fruit/beans/soup.                                                                                                                                                                                                               Treats: Chocolate, crisps, biscuits, soft drinks                                                                                                                                                                                    Cereals & other Items: Noodles, rice, tea, coffee, sugar
• School will close for the Christmas Holidays on Friday the 21^st of December at 12.30pm.  School will re-open on Monday the 7^th of January.

 Wishing you all a Happy and Peaceful Christmas.

Regards

Darina Burke

Principal

SVP Food Drive Appeal 2012

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is holding their annual Food Drive Appeal.

By donating non-perishable food items or a hamper, you will be helping families and individuals enjoy a special Christmas.

Suggested Items:

Tinned Foods:            Fruit, Vegetables, Soup, Beans, Spaghetti, Tuna, Tin , Stews, Meatballs

Cereals & Other Items:

Breakfast Cereals and Muesli, Noodles, Rice and Pasta.

Muesli Bars, Tea, Cofee, Sugar, Marmalade, Pasta/Rice/Sauce

Treats:

Chocolate, Crisps, Biscuits, Popcorn, Sweets, Soft drinks

Please ensure foods donated are non-perishable and there expiry dates are well into the next year.

Thank you for your support of the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

All school tours have been added to the calendar on the school website, which can be found on the right hand side of the homepage.

During November we had a book fair, which was organised by Ms. Quinn.  We all bought lots of books and the school raised €494.00 in free books for our Library. Thanks to everyone who attended and helped at our book fair.

We are working very hard at improving attendance this year, every month we will record how many children had full attendance.  Please look at the table below to find out how many children were in every day.