ST PATRICK’S AND ST JOSEPH’S
FEDERATED PRIMARY SCHOOL
5 Churchtown Road
Tirkeeran
GARVAGH
BT51 5BA
(Tirkeeran Site)
Tel: 028 2955 8039
Fax: 028 2955 8039
37 Glen Road
Brockaghbuoy
GARVAGH
BT51 5BD
(Glenullin Site)
Tel: 028 2955 8641
Fax: 028 2955 8641
Principal: Mr Aidan Rafferty
www.stpatricksandstjosephs.com
16 April 2015
Dear Parent/Guardian
Monday
After
School’s
Club
Mondays
20 April
(last day)
Mrs Heron- ICT (P4 and P5)
Mrs Millar- Gardening (P4-P7)
Until
22 June 15 incl.
Swimming for the P7 class
Thursdays
Mr Rafferty- Gaelic football for P6 and P7 from 3-4 pm
Thursdays
Mrs Comer - Irish classes for P5, P6 & P7 from 3 – 4 p.m.
Tuesday
21 April
Each class will, in turn, visit Garvagh Library on a Thursday morning.
P1 – Thursday 23 April
P7 – Thursday 30 April
P6 – Thursday 14 May
P5 – Thursday 21 May
Confirmation in St Mary’s Chapel, Ballerin at 5pm
Wednesday
22 April
All County Football Festival for the P7 boys in Owenbeg
Wednesday
22 April
2 teams of 2 P7 pupils will take part in the Sentinus K’Nex Challenge
Friday
1 May
Whole School Assembly led by P1 in the Glenullin site commencing at
9.15 a.m. Everyone welcome.
Monday –
Monday
Wednesday
– Friday
Thursday
4 May – 11 May
incl.
13 – 15 May
School closed – reopens Tuesday 12 May
14 May
Information Sheet 9
Saturday
16 May
First Holy Communion in St Joseph’s, Glenullin at 11.00 am
Monday
18 May
Financial Awareness Week
Friday
22 May
Bring and Buy Sale for Financial Awareness Week – all proceeds will go to
Trocaire
Monday –
Tuesday
Friday
25 – 26 May
School closed – reopens Wednesday 27 May
29 May
P7 boys Football Blitz in St Canice’s Primary School, Dungiven
Thursday
4 June
Information Sheet 10
Friday
5 June
North Derry Football Championships for P7 boys
Wednesday
17 June
Sports’ Day
Monday
TBC
Tuesday
29 June
Leavers’ Mass at 7.30 p.m.
30 June
School closes at 12 noon for Summer Holidays.
Thursdays
1
P7 class to Woodhall Residential Centre, Kilrea
Information Sheet 8
Song for the Month
‘Forty Shades of Green’
Irish for the Month
An Luan (An Looan) : Monday
An Mháirt (An Wairt) : Tuesday
An Chéadaion (An Kaydeen) : Wednesday
An Déardaoin (An Jerdeen) : Thursday
An Aoine (An Ayna) : Friday
An Satharn (An Satharn) : Saturday
An Domhnach (An Doughna) : Sunday
Inniu an Déardaoin : Today is Thursday
Inné an Chéadaoin : Yesterday was Wednesday
Amárach an Aoine : Tomorrow is Friday
Grammar for the month:
‘Much or Many’
We use many with ‘count’ nouns or plural nouns
We use much with ‘non count’ nouns or singular nouns
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Many cars are equipped with GPS systems.
I ate too many apples.
How many trees did you plant this weekend?
I don’t know how many girls there are at our
school.
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I don’t have much money.
Our teacher gives us too much homework.
How much sugar do we have?
I don’t know how much water I drank.
Plural Nouns
Singular nouns
Money Raised for Trocaire
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Thanks to all who sponsored the children in the World Book Day ‘Readathon’.
An incredible £655 was raised.
The Easter Egg draw raised a total of £375.31
Lenten classroom collections totalled £81.77
The government are at present matching, pound for pound, all public donations in
Northern Ireland to Trocaire making our cheque for £1112.08 equal to £2224.16.
School Sweatshirt
A choice of two school sweatshirts are available; one from Tesco online costing £6.50
or one supplied by Reach EPS Ltd costing £10 available to order from the school. If
you wish to avail of the school order, please indicate below your requirements for the
year before Wednesday 13 May as we no longer hold stock in school.
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Information Sheet 8
Yours sincerely
Aidan Rafferty
Aidan Rafferty
Principal
Song of the Month
April 2015
Forty Shades of Green
I close my eyes and picture
The emerald of the sea
From the fishing boats at Dingle
To the shores of Donaghadee
I wish that I could spend an hour
At Dublin's churning surf
I'd love to watch the farmers
Drain the bogs and spade the turf
I miss the river Shannon
And the folks at Skibbereen
The moorlands and the meadows
With their forty shades of green
To see again the thatching
Of the straw the women glean
I'd walk from Cork to Larne to see
The forty shades of green
But most of all I miss the girl
In Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her lips
As soft as eiderdown
But most of all I miss the girl
In Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her lips
As soft as eiderdown
Again I want to see and do
The things we've done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green
Again I want to see and do
The things we've done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green
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Complete and return to the school not later than Wednesday 13 May
Please order the sweatshirts as detailed below for:
Child’s name …………………………………..…….. Class ………………………….
Child’s name …………………………………..…….. Class ………………………….
Child’s name …………………………………..…….. Class ………………………….
Child’s name …………………………………..…….. Class ………………………….
Quantity
Sweatshirts Size 3/4
Sweatshirts Size 5/6
Sweatshirts Size 7/8
Sweatshirts Size 9/10
Sweatshirts Size 11/12
Price
£
£10.00
£10.00
£10.00
£10.00
£10.00
Total Enclosed £
3
Information Sheet 8