Spring Term – 2012

Welcome back to school for a new school term.

 

Swimming:

Swimming classes at Aura Leisure Centre commence for all classes on Thursday, Jan.12th. All pupils 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes will be participating in these swimming lessons which will go on for all of this school term (11 weeks).

Peace Proms 2012:

The pupils in 5th & 6th class will be performing with the Cross Border Orchestra at the annual  Peace Proms Concert at the National Convention Centre on Febraury 26th. Tickets are now available for this concert which will commence at 8pm.

The History of St.  Peter’s National School:

The launch of our school history book will take place in early Febraury in St. Peter’s Church of Ireland. This will be a very important event in our school year – More details later.

School Calendar:

In our existing School Calendar for 2011/12 there is a School  Planning Day on February 3rd. We have now arranged to carry out this work at an alternative time. Consequently our school will be open for pupils on that day. Furthermore, due to this change the summer holidays will now commence a day earlier than planned, on June 26th, 2012.

 

Mon.  Dec. 5^th: – Christmas Musical

Jun. & Sen Infants and 1^st & 2^nd Class will walk to the Droichead Arts Centre to see a special performance of “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.

Sat. Dec. 10^th : – PTA Coffee  Morning

The Annual PTA Coffee Morning & Cake Sale will take place at the Church Hall between 10am-2pm. This year there will also be a Children’s Art Exhibition.  The PTA would also like to inform parents that a very special calendar has been produced to help raise money for school resources and equipment. It’s called The Boyne Counties Food Calendar 2012 and is vailable now from the school at a cost of €5. As all proceeds go to St. Peter’s NS we would ask all school families to support this PTA project.

€510 will be presented to Nancy Chillingworth of Paralympics Ireland – this is the profit made from the sale of Christmas Cards designed by the pupils this year.

Fri. Dec. 16^th   — Christmas Carols @ The Highlanes

The boys and girls in 5th & 6^th Class will perform some Christmas Carols and instrumental music at Andersons Restaurant in the Highlanes Gallery, Laurence St. on Friday, Dec. 16^th (12pm – 1pm). Please come and support the pupils if possible.

Tues.  Dec. 20^th :  – Santa’s Visit

Santa has told us that he will be paying his annual visit to our school on Tuesday, December 20^th . He hopes to be at St. Peter’s by about 10am that morning and he will be dropping in to all the classes for a little chat with the children.

Tues.  Dec. 20^th : – Christmas Movie at the Cinema

All of the classes will be taken to see a Christmas movie at the cinema in the Boyne Centre at 1pm on Tuesday, December 20^th. This is a very special Christmas treat and our pupils in Junior & Senior Infants will stay on at school until 3pm on that day.

Wed.  Dec      21^st : – Rehearsals

Final rehearsals for our Carol Service and Nativity will take place in the church from 11am-12.30pm.

Thurs.  Dec.  23^rd : – Christmas Nativity & Carol Service

There is an open invitation to families of all our pupils to our Annual Christmas Nativity & Carol Service at St. Peter’s Church of Ireland on Thursday, Dec. 22^nd at 10.30am.

Christmas
Holidays begin directly after the Carol Service at approximately 11.30am.
All pupils can be collected from the church at that time and there is no necessity for pupils
to return to the school.

THE NEW SCHOOL TERM COMMENCES ON MON. JAN. 9^th 2012.