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Merry Christmas
from
Killyhommon Primary School
Picture by Jack Breen P.2
Work Placement
Christmas Mission Appeal
We welcome Kirsten McCaffery a past pupil who will be in Mrs Gilheaney’s
As we all know there are children and families who
classroom the week beginning 2nd December.
struggle with the basics of Christmas and will
receive very little for Christmas. The School Santa Saturday
Council are organising the Christmas Mission Appeal.
Keep free Saturday 14th December to
If any family wishes to donate one present for such families, they can bring
meet Santa and have some fun and
in the unwrapped present before Friday 6th December to the school. The
games in Boho Community Hall. Please
presents will then be brought to Harry Corry in the Shopping Centre and
book tour early to avoid disappoint-
distributed to local families in need. Thanks for your fabulous support in
ment as some tours are already fully
such a worthwhile cause. The staff of killyhommon will be well fed and wa-
booked.
tered over the Christmas period and they will receive far too many pre-
sents. We are urging all parents not to buy the staff any presents at Christ-
mas. A Christmas card in the school post from the children will be greatly
appreciated.
Open Enrolment Afternoon
From all at Killyhommon PS we wish you and
The School will host an Open Afternoon on Friday
13th December from 2pm for all parents and chil- your family a Merry Christmas and a very
dren of new entrants in September 2020/21. Prima-
ry One Application procedure can be completed
Happy New Year.
online from 2nd January 2019.
Christmas Post
Do you have a child who’s unwell and are wondering if they should be at
The school will run the annual internal postal
school?
service from Wednesday 11th December.
Check out our handy guide below to find out when they should stay off, and
This is an opportunity for children to ex-
when they can go back. If you are concerned, speak to your pharmacist or
change cards and is extremely popular.
GP.
Christmas Dinner
Our Christmas dinner is on Wednesday 18th December and is available to all
childrensat a cost of £2.60. Children can wear their Christmas jumpers.
Please let Aisling know as soon as possible if your child is having dinner.
School Holidays
The School will close on Friday 20th December at 12 noon. Children
can wear their own clothes and bring in a toy to play with. Spring
Term starts on Wednesday 8th January.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday this month to Saoirse Attwood, Alicia McGovern P1,
Jack Breen P2, Charlie Leonard P3, Mia Breen P4, Laoise Corrigan,
Matthew Irwin, Katie James, Holly Leonard P5, Diarmuid Rasdale P6.
P1/2 Christmas Play
P1/2 children are performing a play called ‘Mary’s Knitting’. Parents
and grandparents are more than welcome to see this wonderful per-
formance on Tuesday 17th December at 1.30pm.
Dates For Your Diary
8th December—School Christmas Mass Girls’ Five a side team
10th December—Joint Carol Service
11th December—Christmas Post begins
13th December— Open Enrolment Afternoon
17th December— P1/2 Christmas Play, ‘Mary’s knitting’ @ 1.30pm
18th December—Christmas Dinner & Christmas Jumper Day
19th Swimming Gala—P5-P7
20th December—School closes @12noon
Swimming
The swimming programme will continue up to Tuesday 17th December. Bril-
liant achievements have been made in swimming. Congratulations to the
following children :
Rebecca Mc Govern 50m Matthew Irwin 1000m
Molly Duffy 100m Daire Mc Gurren 1000m
James Taylor 100m Kian Mc Brien 100m
Holly Leonard 400m Cormac Mc Manus 100m
For only 5 girls in P6/7 it
Maria Corrigan 100m Aimee Durkin 100m
meantFor
weonly 5 girls
didn’t even in
have
Jamay Cameron 100m Ruairi Mc Manus 100m P6/7 it meant
one substitute. The we
girls
Silver: Luachra Mc Brien, Orin Swift, Caolan Mc Gahey, Sonny Mc Grath, Ca- were didn’t even
brilliant. havesuccess-
They
sey Mc Govern, Katie James, Christy Maguire, Eoghan Mc Gurren, Holly
one substitute.
fully made it out of their
James, Colm Keown
groupThe girlsbut
stages were
were un-
Swimming certificates can be purchased for the various swimming awards
brilliant.narrowly
fortunately They beaten
for £2.50.
successfully
by Enniskillen made PS.
Integrated
Swimming Gala
Hard it out of their
Luck.
A number of P6/7 children will participate in a Swimming Gala in the Forum
on Thursday 19th December at the Lakeland Forum. The cost of entering
the competition is £4.00 per child. Children will need a packed lunch.
School Stationery
Congratulations Children need to ensure they have the necessary resources for
their pencil cases. These resources need to be replenished from
time to time. Children need to have their own pencils, rubber,
sharpner, pritt stick and whiteboard markers. Ensure all arrives to school la-
belled.
Confirmation
Confirmation for all Primary 7 children in the parish will take place on Friday
27th March at 6pm in St. Patrick’s, Church, Derrygonnelly with Rev Larry Duffy
confirming the children.
First Confession
First Confession will take place on Wednesday 26th February at 6pm
in the Sacred Heart Church, Boho. This is for all P4 children and
their families.
The boys were fantastic in the 5 a side indoor Service Of Light
Gaelic football competition. In the group stage This service is for all children in the parish making their Confirmation in
they lost 1 game and won 1. This left their March. It will take place on Wednesday 11th March at 7.30pm in St. Patrick’s
group in a 3 way play off. To get out of the Ps, Derrygonnelly. Children and their families are invited to attend.
group stages they beat Holy Trinity. In the
quarter final the boys beat Enniskillen Inte- Cash For Clobber
grated and in the semi final the team were be- Thanks to everyone who brought in clothes etc for Cash for clob-
coming more confident and they beat St. Jo- ber. The school received £170.00.
seph’s, Ederney. This is a fantastic achieve-
School Meals/ Milk / Snack
ment for a small school. They have now to play
in the final against St.Paul’s PS in March. This The cost of a school meal is £2.60 per day. Meals must be paid in full at the
has only been the third time in the last twenty beginning or end of each week. Children may order dinner on a daily basis.
years that the school has got to this stage. A Milk is £3 for December. Snack is £1 per week. Can you please ensure that
brilliant achievement boys. all money sent to school is in an envelope clearly stating name, amount and what
you are paying for.
Christmas Mass
Inspirational Thoughts 2020 Our annual Christmas Mass will take place on
Sunday 8th December at 10am in the Sacred
A really massive thank you to all the families who Heart Church, Boho. The children from P3-7 will
sold their 5 diaries and more. The profit from the be participating in either the prayers, readings,
sales of the diaries will go towards the much offertory or the choir. The children can wear
needed school funds. Your continued support is their Christmas Jumpers to Mass.
much appreciated.
Joint Carol Service
After School Multi Skills
All the local churches come together every year for a joint
The P1-5 children will finish their 10 weeks of after schools multi skills on carol service in Derrygonnelly Community Centre. This years’
Tuesday 10th December. The children par- service will take place on Tuesday 10th December at 7.30pm.
ticipated in a variety of games including ar- The children from the three local primary schools are asked
chery and mini golf. to sing two hymns at the beginning of the service, sing a
verse of We Three Kings and participate in a reading. All P3
After School Cookery Class
-7 children can join the choir. School uniform is worn for
After school cookery classes will be available for the P6/7 children in term two. this event. There is the option of a donation and this year the money is going
to Air Ambulance.
Smart Money Programme
Thanks to Nuala Taggart and Emmett Cassidy from Danske Bank
Shared Education
for visiting all the classes and teaching the children the very im-
portant lifeskill of saving and budgeting their money.
The P6/7 children are starting their Shared Education programme on Tuesday
3rd December. They are going to Derrygonnelly Community Centre on Tuesday
morning to start a Business Beginnings project with young Enterprise teacher
Sandra Magee. The children are going to set
up their own business and learn about raw
products, tax, profit and sales during this
project. Their final products will be on display
and available to purchase on our celebration
day in early April.
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