Holiday List

AUTUMN
October 8
Holiday

Oct 29 - Nov 4
Hallowe'en Break
School Development
Days 3 and 4
Development of Irish and PE

Nov 12 and 26
School Development Days 5 and 6
Literacy in the Revised Curriculum
Whole School Literacy Planning

Dec 22 - Jan 6
Christmas Vacation

Please Note: Transfer Procedure
November 9 - School opens 11.30am
November 23 - School opens 11.30am

Total Days for Pupils: 74 days

Jan 7
School Re-opens

Feb 18
Mid-term Break

Mar 17
St Patrick's Weekend.
Staff Development Day 7
Personal Development and Mutual Understanding - Revised Curriculum

Mar 21 - 30
Easter Vacation

Total Days for Pupils: 52 Days

Mar 31
School Re-opens

May 5 - 11
Spring Break
School Development Days 8 and 9
May 5 and 6

May 26
Spring Bank Holiday

Please note: School Assessment Week
May 27 - 30

June 2
School Development Day 10
Assessment and Reports

Total Days for Pupils: 59 Days

Total School Development Days: 10 days.
In order to facilitate the introduction of the Revised Curriculum, the Department of Education has designated 10 School Development Days to each school.
School will be closed for pupils on those days.

School Closures and Holidays
School will close for the Easter Holidays on Thursday 20th March at 12noon. Please note: there will be no dinners that day. Summer Term begins on Monday 31st March.

Moneydarragh in BBC Television Productions
We are looking forward to the transmission of two television programmes in which our pupils were invited to take part. The BBC production of "Our Wee World" is a series of six programmes about local history and places in Northern Ireland. Key Stage 2 pupils took part in "The Mournes" programme.

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.

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
Admission Free - Refreshments Provided
(Bar Facilities Available)

On behalf of all the staff, I wish you a lovely Easter Break.

Thank you for your continuing support.
Yours sincerely

______________________
Margaret Rogers
Principal