Happy New Year to our readers!

Happy 2015 to you all. The blog hasn't been updated in a little while so we have plenty of news and pictures for you all. Our Christmas musical was a wonderful success. We are proud of every boy and how they performed and behaved on the night. It was very well attended. We wish to thank all families and friends who attended for their generosity. Thanks also to the Parents' Assocation for organising the raffle and providing the children with treats on the night. We look forward to seeing it on DVD soon.

A Time to Give

Christmas is a time for giving and not just to family and friends. In St. Patrick's B.N.S. we do our best to think of those who are in need. We have recently taken part in the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal. (See recent post) Part of the voluntary admission to our Musical will also be donated locally.

One week to go...

We are very busy at school this time of year and even more so as we prepare to perform our version of Oliver the Musical for our parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents etc on Wednesday the 17th of December. We have been been learning songs, actions and lines along with doing school work. So we will really deserve a holiday when the 19th of December comes along!

Oliver costumes

We are holding our first dress rehearsal tomorrow for Oliver during school time. It is important that children have a costume as soon as possible. The following pictures may give you an idea of what is suitable. We do not expect parents to purchase costumes. Old shirts, trousers that can be cut up, scarves, fingerless gloves, flat caps, waistcoats, old clothes that are too small, hankerchiefs, neckties etc will all make good costumes.

Attention!

There have been some changes to our planned Christmas Musical. Click on the following announcement by Danny in 5th class:

Recently in Scoil Naomh Pádraig

Having fun at Yoga.

We have resumed yoga with Ann since the mid term break. It costs 6 euro for six sessions and is well worth it. Children learn breathing, relaxation, meditation, stretches and poses. It is definitely a highlight of our week.

Presentation and music session in the library on the folk songs 

of Scottish poet and composer Robert Burns.

Last month we all took part in a seminar by Monica Monahan from the Anti Bullying Coalition. We are adopting the new recommended forward thinking approaches of Whole School Awareness, a No Blame No Anger policy and are aiming to be as pro-active as possible as a school. Bullying will not be tolerated. We want every child to be safe and happy in our school. Click here to read about the Anti Bullying Coalition.

Art Competition

Our news2day Art Competition entries from Mrs Shannon's Class. Enjoy! Please feel free to comment on any of our posts.