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07/11/2022

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Enrolling for 2023/2024 is underway

Our Admission notice has now been published on our school website – https://snbclonakilty.com. We are now accepting applications for next September’s classes. Please click on this link to order an Admission (Enrolment) Form.

Enrolment forms are being sent out daily to parents who have ordered them. If you do not receive your enrolment form, please ring the school on 023 8834487 as we may not have received your request.

An open day will be held on the first Wednesday in February 2023 – 1st of February, 2023. More details re. times etc later on in the year.

Dates for your Diary

1st of October: online enrolment starts for 2023/2024.
17th of October: Teacher Inservice day – School closed.
Parent’s Meetings: see below.
The AGM of the Parent’s Association will be held in October. As above: Details later. At this meeting we will be choosing a mother and father to be members of the Board of Management for the next 4 years.
Chess is starting for Rang 4 on Tuesday the 25th of October, and for Rang 5 and Rang 6 on Wednesday 26th of October *this has to be confirmed.
October 28th: Halloween Fancy Dress Parade. We are again collecting for the Mercy Hospital this year. Donations can be made via the Aladdin App.
October 31st – 4th of November: Mid term break.
November 10th: School Mass @ 11.30 a..m
November 17th: Parent / Teacher meetings.
Christmas Concerts: December 14th, 15th and 16th – see more details below.
December 21st: The children get their Christmas Holidays @ 12.00 p.m.
December 22nd – January 4th: Christmas holidays
5th of January 2023: Back to school after Christmas.
1st of February 2023: Enrolment / Open Day in SnB. Places are offered to children for 2023/2024.
6th of February 2023: School closed, Bank Holiday.
15th of February 2023: Final date for accepting a place in SnB for 2023/2024.
16th & 17th of February 2023: School closed, mid term break.
17th of March 2023: School closed, St. Patrick’s Day.
31st of March 2023: The children get their Easter Holidays @ 12.00 p.m.
3rd – 14th of April 2023: Easter Holidays.
Monday April 24^th : Scoil na mBuachaillí & Knockskeagh N.S. Confirmation in Clonakilty Church. All the Confirmations are at 10.30am.
1st of May 2023: School closed, Bank Holiday.
Saturday 6th of May, 2023: First Holy Communion date @ 10.30 a.m. in the parish church.
15th of May 2023: School closed, holiday.
5th & 6th of June 2023: School closed.
21st and 22nd of June 2023: Proposed dates for Scoilavision 2023.
Sixth class party: to be decided
28th of June 2023: The children get their Summer Holidays @ 12.00 p.m.

2022/2023 Calendar

Parent’s Information Meetings

Senior Infants: Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Ms. Michelle O’Neill will be present. Will be held at a later date.

Rang 1/2 Parent’s Information Meeting will be held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Miss Therese Crowley will be present. Will be held at a later date.

Rang 4’s Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be class teachers Mrs. Marie Hayes and Ms. Rebecca Hourihane. Refreshments will be provided by the Parent’s Association. Will be held at a later date.

Rang 5’s Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be class teachers Ms. Carol Ann O’Donovan and Mr. Seán Daly. Refreshments will be provided by the Parent’s Association. Will be held at a later date.

The following meetings have been held and are now completed:

Thursday October 6th: Rang 6’s Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be Barth Harrington (Principal) and class teachers Ms. Niamh Mac Auley and Mr. Seán Daly. Refreshments will be provided by the Parent’s Association. This meeting is going ahead tonight in the hall.

Thursday October 6th Rang 1: Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. Both teachers – Ms. Kathryn O’Shea and Ms. Karen O’Regan will be present.

Thursday October 6th ASD Class: Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Ms. Gillian Galvin

Thursday October 6th: Rang 3’s Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be class teachers Ms. Áine McCarthy. Refreshments will be provided by the Parent’s Association.

Thursday October 13th: Junior Infants‘ Parents Information Meeting and for new Parents to the school will be held on Thursday 13th of October @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be Mr. Barth Harrington (Principal), Class teachers Mrs. Marie Forristal, Mrs. Louise O’Regan, Deputy Principal Regina Fitzmaurice and SET teacher, Ms. Elaine Connolly, SNA Ms. Eilis McSweeney, Parent’s Association Chairperson Mr. Mark Griffin.
Ms. Michelle O’Neill is not available and sends her apologies. This meeting is going ahead in the hall.

Thursday October 13th: Rang 2/3’s Parent’s Information Meeting is being held on Thursday 13th of October @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Present at this meeting will be Ms. Laura Connolly. Refreshments will be provided by the Parent’s Association. This meeting is going ahead in the child’s classroom.

Thursday October 13th ASD Class: Parent’s Information Meeting is being held @ 7.00 p.m. in the school. Mr. Paul Carmody.

Hallowe’en 2022

Many thanks to Ms. Orla O’Keeffe for organising the Halloween Fancy Dress Parade today, Friday 28th of October. Thanks to Mrs. Elaine Connolly for organising the poetry and art competition for Halloween.

Thanks to all the parents and the boys for their fabulous costumes and supporting the Mercy Hospital. So far we have raised €1057.00.

Aistear in Rang 7 (Ms. Galvin’s)

Rang 7 have been busy getting into the Halloween spirit with sppoky art, dressing up to candy apple making.

Boys from Ukraine

The school is happy to welcome boys from Ukraine who have joined our school. They are enrolled from Senior Infants up to 5^th Class. The boys have been doing a great job of making friends with their peers and have been letting their new friends know a little about their lives in Ukraine. They have been finding the words to describe their hobbies and let everyone know about their interests, their favourite games, hobbies and food. The boys also let the pupils in their class know a little bit about the towns and cities from where they came. Here are some of the pictures they selected for their presentations.

Forest Trip for Rang 1

Great fun was had I the beautiful October sun!
First class had a great afternoon in Castlefreake. We went on a hike and explored the woods. We built bridges and camps. We all worked as a team. We all really enjoyed it.

Author Brian Gallagher visits Rang 6

Debating Win against Kilbrittain School

The 6^th class boys debating team in action against Kilbrittain National School this morning in the Concern Primary School Debating Competition.

The team were opposing the motion that ‘Fines should be implemented for households wasting food’. Captaining the team was Ethan O Donovan, who introduced his fellow teammates, Eoin O Sullivan and Matthew Afonso in his opening speech of the debate. Each of the boys delivered persuasive arguments in opposing the motion and they successfully convinced the independent adjudicator by their powerful speeches and the motion was defeated. Chairperson Seán Knowles concluded the debate by thanking both teams, the adjudicator, teachers and all involved. Eolann Coakley also played a very important role in time keeping, while Ben O Regan, Olan White and Josh Wedlock helped the team in setting up the debating area. Well done also to Ólan Quirke and Kevin White who played vital roles in assisting the team with rebuttals.

Each 6^th class boy contributed to this debate, and they worked so hard over the past few weeks preparing for the difficult motion and even conducted a mock debate a week prior to the main event. In this mock debate, the boys faced Seán Knowles, Joseph Cahalane and Matthew Kingston, who also performed excellent speeches in the mock debate. Well done to the boys and thank you to the parents who have no doubt listened to speeches at home and thank you to Mrs MacAuley, Ms. O’Donovan, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Hayes and Mr. Daly for all their hard work. Now to start preparing for Round two!

Halloween Fancy Dress Parade

Our annual Halloween Fancy Dress Parade will be held on October 28th in the school. Children are encouraged to make their own costumes rather than buying one.
We are also collecting for the Mercy Hospital again this year and parents can support this worthy cause by the Aladdin App.

Below are some of the photos from last year’s parade.

Christmas Concerts timetable

Wednesday 14th of December	10.00 a.m. Juniors A	10.30 a.m. Juniors B	11.30 a.m. Seniors
Wednesday 14th of December	12.00 p.m. Rang 1/2	1.30 p.m. Rang 4	2.15 p.m. Rang 5/6
Thursday 15th of December	10.00 a.m. Ms. Galvin’s Class	10.30 a.m. Rang 3	11.30 a.m. Mr. Carmody’s Class
Thursday 15th of December	12.00 p.m. Rang 1	1.30 p.m. Rang 2/3	2.15 p.m Rang 5
Friday 16th of December	10.00 a.m. Rang 6

Getting ready for Christmas

Halloween Blog from our OT from Sensational Kids

Please click here to view Hallowe’en Blog
Please click here to view Snakes and Ladders

Applications / Enrolments for Clonakilty Community College

When will the Applications Process Start?
Thursday 13th October at 5pm.
What is the closing date for making an application?
Thursday 10th November 2022 at 5pm.
How do I apply for a place?
Applications can be made by going to our website http://www.clonakiltycc.ie.
Click on “Enrolments” and you will see a link to “APPLY HERE”. This will allow you to
enter all of the information to apply for a place in September 2023.
What if I miss the deadline?
If you miss the closing date you can still apply but you will then be placed on a waiting list.

What are the criteria to get a place in 1st Year 2023?
Our full Admissions Policy is available on the “Enrolments” section of the website.

This Policy outlines clearly the full list of criteria and includes a full list of our eligible feeder schools.
What if I am not in a feeder school/in the local catchment area/have no siblings in the
school?
You can still apply but priority will be given to others according to the criteria laid out in
the Admissions Policy.
NOTE: On the same page on our website you can see the Admissions Notice which
outlines all of the deadline dates.

Please click here to view their October newsletter.