Author: Gerry Moran

Hi Pupils, want to win a study table. This would be really handy.
This great prize is sponsored by Krzysztof from EF World Furniture in Woodbine Business Park, New Ross.

Tuesday prize is a desk
Thursday prize is a lap top Stand

This will run for 3 weeks, 6 prizes in total. Krzysztof is just super

Tune in to Urban Rascals at link below today at 1.30pm. Prizes for pupils & parents who take a photograph outside in the garden excercising. Send photo via Facebook Messenger.

Urban Rascals

List of recommended sites below:
Scoilnet Site
Scoilnet World Books
Scoilnet Themed Pages
Scoilnet Learning Paths
Scoilnet Threads
Census at School

Other Parent Recommended Sites:
Teaching & Learning Resourses – Uk Site

Hi Families,
I hope that you are keeping well. Please do me a favour and dab every time you sneeze. It is very important that Bunscoil Rís pupils do their very best to avoid spreading this Corona disease.
New School Rules:
1. Everybody has to wash their hands every hour at least with soap. Catch your sneezes and wash your hands afterwards.
2. Every hour every pupil has to take a walk in the back garden if you have one. If you don’t take a short walk outside 100 metres up the road and back a few times if it is safe. Remember to tell your parents or minder. When outside do 10 star jumps, run on the spot for 10, jump in the air for 10.
3. At all times remember social distancing. This means keeping 2 metres away from everybody you meet.
4. Always say ‘Hello’, ‘ Good Morning’, ‘Good Afternoon’ & ‘Thank you’ as often as you can. Keep it all positive.
5. Call your Grandparents every second day if you can.
6. Check your class page at the ‘Classwork’ tab each day at 10am. Remember to check your Support Teacher’s page also.

We have wonderful pupils in Bunscoil Rís and we know that you will all do your best for your parents and grandparents.

Stay Well, Stay Safe, Stay Home
Gerry

Dear Parents & Pupils,

Every day from Wednesday each teacher will post some work/tasks for each class at the classwork tab above.
We hope that this will help & assist each family. We hope to update it every day as best we can.
Remember:
Wash your hands regularly
Check here for the most up to date and accurate information
Try to get some fresh air each day. Try to do some exercises in the garden each day.

School Calendar 2019 – 2020

Return to school: Thursday August 29th Pupils return to school.
Midterm: School closed week of October 28th Reopening Mon 4th November.
Christmas Holidays: School closing Friday 20th December at 12pm, reopening Monday 6th January.
Midterm: School closed Thursday 20th & Friday 21st of February.
St. Patrick’s Day: School closed Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th of March.
Easter Holidays: Closed from Monday April 6th. Reopening 2 weeks later on Monday 20th April.
May Bank Holiday: School closed Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th of May.
June Bank Holiday: School closed Friday 29th of May & Monday June 1st.
Summer Holidays: School will close on Thursday June 25th at 12 noon.

Parents,
Please use the school holidays to book family holidays. We want all pupils to be in school for every day that they are well enough to come to school.
Regards
Gerry Moran

1. Open Kennedy summer school http://www.kennedysummerschool.ie/
2. Scroll down to end of page to where it says “This font is now freely available online here”
3. Click “here”
4.Click download
5. Go to your Download folder and find “New Ross-Regular” (or search for it on your computer)
6. Open “New Ross-Regular” then click ‘Install Font”
7. A new Window called “Font Validation” will open. Tick “Select all fonts” then click “Installed Checked”
8. Open Word and type in ordinary font e.g. in Times Roman, then highlight the text and go to Formation Pallett, see below, and scroll down to find the very tiny letters of NewRoss Regular.

9. That’s it! It should read in the New Ross Regular font.

We had a great first day at school today. The weather is gorgeous again and we hope to get a long indian summer.
It was great to see all pupils wearing their uniforms and looking so sharp. Thank you to all parents for kitting out their children so well.

Reminder: No pupils are allowed on the school premises before 8.15am.
Breakfast club starts at 8.15am and we encourage children to use the breakfast club each day or whenever they need to.

Thank you to all for paying for book bills. Lots of parents have paid online, thank you for that. We need everybody to pay for school books this year. We will invest book money collected in new books for the pupils.
Please pay at PAYMENTS

We look forward to the return of pupils and staff to school after the summer holidays.
School will reopen for all pupils on Thursday 30th. Breakfast club will open at 8.15am for all pupils.
Remember there is no supervision of pupils before 8.15am each morning. Children are not allowed on the school premises before this time.

The online payments is a great success. Sorry that the system was down for a while over the summer holidays. Lots of parents are using the system. Please continue to use this for everything, school books, swimming and any other expenses during the year. Parents can pay in whatever amounts they wish.

Book money is now due at €45 per pupil. This can be paid in small amounts if necessary but must be paid. Please pay at PAYMENTS

Please ensure that your child has the correct uniform on at all times or the school tracksuit if they are doing PE or playing team games during the year.Children can wear navy blue shorts during the fine weather. All pupils can wear a school trousers this year.

In September we hope to open a Codor Dojo class here in the school.
First of all we need to get some adult volunteers. If you have some background in IT or coding and are willing to volunteer to help at the Codor Dojo class please drop me an email.
We hope initially to run twice a month. Time and day to be decided but it will probably be some evening from 7pm-8pm.

Please email gmoran@bunscoilris.ie if you have some interest & are willing to get involved.

Between now and the summer holidays the classes will cover the sensitive areas of the RSE programme. It is important that parents discuss these areas with their children to ensure that they are clear with the content and understand the terminology. Content can be accessed here at http://www.pdst.ie/primary/RSE

Dear Parents, We still have some unpaid book bills. Please call the office immediately to arrange payment for books. Pupils will not be allowed travel on school tours unless their book bill is cleared. We apologise for this but we need to pay very large book bills each year.

Some pupils are arriving way too early for school.

Pupils are not allowed in the school gate until 8.15am each morning. Please allow your children to arrive between 8.15am-8.45am.

Breakfast club, hurling 365 and Fball 365 will start at 8.15 am each morning. There will be no supervision before 8.15am each morning. Regards Gerry Moran.

Dear Parents, please note that there is a charge of 40 Euro per family each year to be paid in September.

This covers all school books and copybooks. The school office is open this week from 9am-3pm if you wish to pay this fee this week.

The uniform policy is available on this website under ‘Policies’

The school office is now closed until Monday 21^st. August at 9.00 a.m.

School information for parents of our intake class can be obtained in the Parents section of the web page.

The school uniform is navy jumper and pants or skirt with a blue shirt or blouse. Uniforms can be purchased from the Cloth Hall in South Street or Kennedys in North Street. Parents can choose to buy generic navy uniforms and purchase the crests from the school office.

The school book lease is 40 Euro per family. This money is payable in September. There is no need for a book list as all items are included in the 40 Euro

Official Opening

• The official opening of the school takes place Friday 16^th. June. Bishop Denis Brennan will bless the school and two pupils will be chosen by lottery to cut the ribbon.
• As a special treat, pupils will receive strawberries & ice-cream in the morning . School will finish 30 minutes earlier than normal at 2.00 p.m.
• Pupils travelling on the school bus will not have any change to their arrival time home as the buses cannot come any earlier.

Performance Day for 3^rd. , 4^th. and 5^th. classes

• We are holding a performance hour for the pupils of the above classes on Tuesday next 20^th. June.
• Pupils from each of the classes will demonstrate what they have learned at dance classes in recent weeks . The 5^th. class guitar group will play a few tunes and the school choir will sing a few songs.
• The performance will take place in the PE Hall beginning at 1.15 p.m. and finishing at 2.15 p.m. The school playground will double as a car park from 1.00 p.m. Parents are very welcome to attend. A video of the event will be uploaded to the school web page www.newrossprimary.ie

6^th. Class Graduation Day

• The 6^th. class graduation will take place on Wednesday 28^th. June at 11.00 a.m.
• 6^th. class pupils will perform their dance routines and the 6^th. classes will sing some songs with the 6^th. class guitar group.
• 6^th. class pupils will each be presented with a graduation certificate and a group photograph which is being sponsored by our Parents Council.
• 6^th. class pupils will be treated to a special lunch that day and they will finish school at the earlier time of 1.45 p.m. on 28^th. June – a day earlier than the rest of the school which will close for the Summer holidays on Thursday 29^th. June at 12.00 p.m .

See a video of the Confirmation Ceremony held in the Parish Church in May 2017. This was our first Confirmation as an amalgamated school.

Download a pdf Presentation of our new school project.

The Catherine McAuley Junior school First Holy Communion took place recently. Here is a link to a short video of the ceremony and of the 2nd. class pupils who were involved. The music was provided by the Edmund Rice School Choir under the direction of Ms. Michele Quinlivan and Ms. Liz Carey.