School Calendar 2009-2010

Provisional Calendar 2009 – 2010.

Sept . 1st Re-opening.
Sept.11th Closing at 12.30 -Staff Meeting
Oct. 23rd Closing for Halloween Break
Nov. 2nd Re-opening
Dec. 22nd Closing for Christmas Holidays
2010
Jan. 7th Re-opening
Jan. 15th Closing at 12.30 -Staff Meeting
Feb.15th & 16th Closing for Mid-term Break
Mar 17th Closed
Mar 26th Closing for Easter Holidays

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Apr. 12th Re-opening
April 23rd Closing at 12.30 -Staff Meeting
May 3rd Closed – Bank Holiday
June 7th Closed – Bank Holiday
June 25th Closing for Summer Holidays.

Trees!!

On March the 27th, the boys in 5th and 6th class with our helpers Justin Eames and Francis Walsh made our way down to the pitch to sow two dozen trees. There we sowed Moutain Ash, wild Pear, Crab Apple and Whitebeam. It took us about an hour and a half to sow them. First we dug a hole, placed the tree in the hole and covered it with clay.We placed plastic around each tree, anchoring it with stones. We would like to thank Justin Eames for donating the trees and helping us to sow them. Also a special thanks to Francis.

Joseph Caulfield & Robert Crosby

Seeds are Growing Well

Look at our Seeds.They have grown so much in the Last Two Weeks
Keep an eye on this space for more updates.

Seeds

Look at our Seeds.They have grown so much in the Last Two Weeks
Keep an eye on this space for more updates.

COOPER GEAR

John Massey accepting 1000 Euro worth of Cooper Equipment from Mrs. Kathleen Forde.Supermac’s, in association with the Galway Senior Hurling Team and Cooper, launched an in-store competition last June for all young budding GAA teams. The prize was an intensive training session with Ger Loughnane and a selection of the Galway Hurlers plus €1000 worth of Cooper training equipment.

For John Massey,a 5th Class pupil of St Thomas NS and his class mates, their GAA dreams came true, when they were announced as the overall winners last week. Team member, John Massey wrote the winning entry, stating that “I never leave my hurl down and my dream is to one day wear the maroon and white jersey”. So.John we all thank you for your effort and wish you well in achieving your dream.Hope to see you represent us on the Galway Team in the near future.

Something Fishy in Peterswell

Here we are with Brendan!!!

"Something Fishy" is a Resource Pack to increase childre's awareness of Water as a habitat in the local Environment.The central Fisheries Board together with the Education Centres of Blackrock and Monaghan aare responsible for producing this valuable Resource.Brendan Smith introduced this programme to us this week through a interesting Power point presenation.Brendan will return after the teachers have taught a variety of lessons over the next few weeeks.Watch this space for further information.

Senior Class

Spring into SEEDS!!!!

We sowed seeds last week of lettuce,cabbage and scallions.We also sowed potatoes.We have a competition to see who will harvest more potatoes:5th or 6th... So watch this space for more information!!