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Moneydarragh P.S.
Bulletin No.4: Easter 2008 Tel: 02843768712 |
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Holiday List AUTUMN Total Days for Pupils: 74 days SPRING Jan 7 Mar 17 Mar 21 - 30 Total Days for Pupils: 52 Days SUMMER Mar 31 May 5 - 11 May 26 Please note: School Assessment Week June 2 Total Days for Pupils: 59 Days Total Days for the year: 185 days. Total School Development Days: 10 days.
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School Closures and Holidays Moneydarragh in BBC Television Productions Along with pupils from Annalong P.S. they performed their well-known song "The Silent Valley Dam". Past pupils of both schools composed this song with Tommy Sands as part of the Pathways cross-community project. Moneydarragh pupils and Mr Pódraig Rooney took part in a hedgeschool drama based on the history of the school. The programme will be aired on BBC 1 on Friday 28th March at 7.30pm. Children from Key Stage 1 were asked to perform in the new Northern Ireland production of "Sesame Tree", the new branch of "Sesame Street". The children's proficiency in the Irish language will be showcased in this bi-lingual episode. The "Sesame Tree" series will begin on BBC2 on Saturday 5th April at 7.15am and run until 16th August. Each episode will be repeated the following Sunday morning at 7.15am on BBC2. The Moneydarragh pupils' episode will be screened on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April. Comhgháirdeas to all involved. Following on from the TV programme, the P2 pupils were asked to participate in research into children's language acquisition and personal development and mutual understanding. This research into the benefits of educational programmes for children is being conducted by Queen's University, Belfast.
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Trócaire
Coffee Morning/Open Day We will hold a coffee morning for Trócaire in school on Thursday 10thApril from 9.30am until 10.45am. We will be displaying our interactive whiteboards and showing all our lovely new Revised Curriculum resources for P1/2. We hope you and your family and friends can come along and support us, while enjoying a chat and a cuppa. Invitations will be sent home after Easter. Comhaltas Easter Sessiún The Easter Traditional Music sessiún will be held in Longstone Hall on Easter Tuesday - 25th March at 8.30pm. Members of Moneydarragh Grúpa Ceol along with other young local musicians will be taking part. Come along to support your young musicians playing alongside lots of Senior Musicians, Singers and Artistes from Warrenpoint, Newcastle, Newry, Antrim and the Local Area. All Musicians and Singers Welcome On behalf of all the staff, I wish you a lovely Easter Break. Thank you for your continuing support.
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