FeelGood Week-Book Club

Here are some pictures from our book club today! The children enjoyed reading together in groups. The Senior Room presented their FeelGood tree and we spoke about ways to help others feel good and recognising what makes us feel good too! 

FeelGood Week

Many thanks to all who contributed to our fundraiser for Pieta House so far! Please bring in €2 tomorrow for this charity if you haven't already done so! 

We officially opened our walkway today and began our Tour of Europe challenge! 

Each family will receive a booklet today in homework folders about the importance of listening to our young people. 

FeelGood Week

Next week our school will be hosting a FeelGood Week for Pieta House. This week will focus on ways that we can FeelGood and how we can help others to FeelGood too. There are lots of fun activities planned for the week, please see notes in bags today. 

We are asking everyone to bring in €2 for the week. All money collected will be going to Pieta House. You can also donate online by following this link https://fundraise.pieta.ie/fundraisers/aislingkeane/feelgood-week

On Tuesday there will be a book club. Children may bring in books for a book swap and books to read in the halla. 

Wednesday we will be having a Teddy Bears' Picnic, sponsored by Lidl. Please bring in your teddies!

Thursday is Board Games Day! Bring one in to play with your friends!

Many thanks to Richie for setting up our Active School Walkway, which we will be launching next week with our Tour of Europe Challenge!

GAA v Mount Hanover

Last Thursday, the football team had their final match of the season in Trim GAA against Mount Hanover.

Best. Game. Ever. 

St. Patrick's had two teams, one for the first half and one for the second. We opened the game with several unanswered points. Mount Hanover came back into the game eventually and at half time there was nothing between the teams. St. Patrick's kept the momentum going in the second half, and when the final whistle blew, there was only a point in favour of Mount Hanover separating us. 

While players were disappointed to have lost in the end, the standard of play and quality of shots taken showed the unbelievable improvements our team has made since the start of the year. 

It was nearly impossible to select a player of the match, as every single player got stuck in, used their new skills and never gave up. However, Conor O'Donnell and Eleanor Watson both played their best matches to date against Mount Hanover. It was great to see the increased confidence the two of them had on the pitch last Thursday.

 I want to say a special well done to our other 3rd Class players, Oscar, Max, Gavin and Hugo, and Hannah and Maxism, who have only begun playing this year in school! Congratulations to the older and more experienced players in 4th, 5th and 6th who helped everyone to improve and led the way on the pitch.

The best thing for every player on the team to do now is to keep practicing your new skills and developing them!

Final training session tomorrow (Tuesday) 2-3pm. 

Lá Buí do LPTs

You may have noticed that the teachers in our school were wearing yellow

yesterday. This was to raise awareness and show support for the Lesser Paid Teachers (LPTs).

In Ireland at the moment, there are a group of teachers who will not earn as much as their colleagues. Despite doing equal work, they do not get equal pay. This is because of the year they graduated from college.

There is an upcoming INTO ballot on a new deal (PSSA) which would see some improvements in this issue, but there would still not be equal pay for equal work.

 A teacher who qualified in 2013 (for example, Ms. Keane) has already lost around €26,000 due to pay inequality. She stands to lose another €16,000 if this pay deal is accepted. 

We are hoping that teachers vote NO in this ballot, as this inequality in the workplace cannot be allowed to continue. 

Equality for some still means inequality for others!

An Leabharlann - Oíche Shamhna!

Féach ar ár leabharlann scoile agus an obair den scóth atá déanta ag na tuismitheoirí ar maidin!

What a brilliant job our parents did in our school library this morning in preparation for Halloween!

Go raibh maith agaibh go léir!

GAA v Rathfeigh

Our first home game of the year saw St. Patrick's take on Rathfeigh. There was a huge amount of skilled defending and hard work by everyone on the pitch. 

Players of the match were Holly Brady and Matthew Watson. Both of these players played in goals and outfield. The two of them made great saves, had accurate kickouts, and made a noticeable contribution to outfield play when they swapped positions with their teammates. Holly and Matthew are great leaders on the pitch! 

Training Tuesday next week and match against Dunsany on Thursday in Trim GAA.