20^th December 2019

Some of the most important events in our school calendar took place over the past week.

School Fair and Raffle

The School Fair and Raffle took place on Friday 13^th December.  Our Parents’ Association have been planning both events since September.  More parents and friends than ever before attended the Fair and got a chance to meet others and to support the school.  There was a great atmosphere and everyone, children and adults, enjoyed the day.

There were many excellent prizes to be won in the raffle with the top prize being a night away in the Seafield Hotel.

We are very thankful to all the local businesses and parents who donated prizes to be won.

We are extremely grateful to the Parents’ Association for all the hard work that they put in to make the Fair and Raffle such a success.

Carol Service

Our Junior Carol Service and Senior Carol Service took place on Tuesday 17^th and Wednesday 18^th December.

Singing was excellent on both days and the hall was packed to capacity

The teachers and pupils were preparing to sing for a number of weeks beforehand and it was delightful to hear such good singing.

Ms. Odharnait Healy and Ms. Sara O’Donnell accompanied the children on the violin and keyboard, and Ms. Hannah Byrne acted as choreographer for both events.

Great credit is due to all the school staff, all of whom helped to make both carol services a huge success.

We are very grateful to Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., Minister of State for Higher Education and to Cormac Devlin, Councillor for Dun Laoghaire, for taking time out of their busy schedules to visit our school fair.

Room on the Broom

Junior pupils went to the event “Room on the Broom” in the Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday 18^th December.  A great day was had by all.  We hope to make this an annual event.

None of the aforementioned events would have been nearly as successful without the hard work, co-operation and commitment of the following: school staff, parents, grandparents, friends, Parents’ Assocation and especially the pupils of the school.  A special thanks is due to Des Duffy for all his hard work with the Christmas lights.

I would like to wish everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Pádraic Fay,
Principal.

Uniforms

Uniformity are the sole supplier of our crested jumper and hoodie. All other items, aertex, trousers, skirts, etc., may be bought from any school uniform supplier.

Uniforms may be purchased on-line.

Uniformity are located at Unit B, 3 Rock Road, Sandyford Business Park, County Dublin – Eircode D18 H213 / MAP. Email info@uniformity.ie or phone 01 230 0501.

Book Lists

Our book lists have been put up on the website schoolbookshop.ie / Michael Doherty School Supplies. To buy your child’s / children’s books:

1. Go to http://www.schoolbookshop.ie/booklists.php
2. In the ‘School’ drop-down select “St. Josephs School Dun Laoghaire” and click ‘GO >>’
3. In the ‘Grade’ drop-down select your child’s class and click ‘GO >>’
4. Scroll down and the list of relevant books will be shown ready to ‘ADD TO CART’.

Any outstanding payments to the school for Art & Craft materials or book rental should be made as soon as possible.