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SPRING TERM 2012
Family Ski Trip to Italy
The Ski Trip will depart on Friday 10th February, this year travelling to Ponte de Legno in Italy.
Visit by Beachborough School, England
We are looking forward to welcoming pupils from Beachborough School on 7th and 8th February
Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon
At the end of January we welcomed the Chinese New Year, the pupils in Annaliese's class had a wonderful display up outside their classroom and have being learning about the significance of the colour red which signifies happiness, and that the number two is a lucky number.
Doodle4Google 2012
Congratulations to Amy Cox whose Doodle has been selected for this year's competition. Voting is now taking place on the Google website, where you can view Amy's design in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils category and cast your vote for her entry.
Primary Science Fair - BT Young Scientist Exhibition, 14th January 2012
Well done to Form VI pupils on their impressive project, presented at the Primary Science Fair last Saturday. Acids and Bases was their theme this year and they were praised by the judges for an excellent project.
AUTUMN TERM 2011
Winning House for Autumn Term 2011
Congratulations to all the members of Ross House, our winning house for the Autumn Term.
Christmas Theatre Trips
Pupils from Form I and all the Montessori department are making trips to the Tivoli Theatre just before the end of term. There they will see an updated production of Sleeping Beauty where Kate and William foil evil Queen Nastina's attempts to thwart their love for each other.
Carol Singing at Our Lady's Manor, 13th December
Members of the Junior Choir walked to Our Lady's Manor on a very cold and stormy Tuesday afternoon. They sang a range of Christmas carols and seasonal songs for the residents who had gathered with keen anticipation for the afternoon's festive entertainment. Particular fabourites were Little Donkey, Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas and the children wearing their colourful red Santa hats added to the seasonal atmosphere.
Alice in Wonderland Junior
Next year's School musical will be Alice in Wonderland Junior and will be performed by pupils from Form V and VI at the end of March. Auditions took place at the end of the Autumn Term and the cast will meet every Tuesday afternoon next term for rehearsals.
Chess Club
Well done to the five players who represented the School at the Dalkey Business Group Chess Tournament on Sunday 4th December. Each player played 3 games and they won convincingly with a final score of 14 out of 15 games.
Separately, four players - David, Tom, Christopher and David - played the first round of the Leinster Schools Chess Compeition on 7th December against Johnstown Boys' National School. The boys played one game each and achieved two wins and a draw, finishing as winners with a score of 2.5 versus 1.5. The next match will be against Rathmichael School.
Friends of Castle Park Christmas Fayre, 2nd December
A huge thank you to everybody who helped out with the Christmas Fayre on Friday - from those who ran the stalls, helped with the set up, baked cakes and sent in jars and books - to everyone who came and attended the event. Everybody's contirbution came together to make it a fantastic, fun-filled afternoon with plenty to buy, see and make! It was our first Christms Fayre at the School and a brilliant one at that!
Friends of Castle Park Cookbook
Plese note that there are still some Cookbooks awaiting collection and extra copies are still available to buy. Both are available from the School Office.
Light the Christmas Tree Competition
Well done to Millie for her correct answer in the Light the Christmas Tree competition, she undertook her duty at Assembly on Friday 2nd December. Many thanks to the members of the Friends of Castle Park who have decorated the School so beautifully this year.
Christmas Hamper Appeal Update - Well done everyone!
We launched our annual Hamper Appeal on 24th November and have managed to collect enough non-perishable food items to make 51 hampers for families this year. Well done everyone. There were also plenty of treats to send to an inner city school for their Christmas party.
Urgent Fundraising Initiatives on behalf of Unicef
One of the aims of our pastoral education programme is to raise our pupils' awareness and consciousness of the needs of others. So from time to time we ask our pupils to make a sacrifice or make an effort for the benefit of those not as fortunate as ourselves. We are always grateful for the exceptional support that our fundraising campaigns receive.
There is never a shortage of worthy causes but the tragedy unfolding in East Africa is certainly one that we feel we must support. We have started the fundraising with a non-uniform day held on 21st October and additional opportunities to raise funds will present themselves over the next few months.
On 21st and 22nd November Prep and Pre-Prep pupils participated in a sponsored swim during their PE and Games lessons. The younger children in the Montessori department held their own sponsored walk around the School grounds after morning break on Monday 21st.
Well done to all our fundraisers - you have collect the amazing total of €6624 to support Unicef's East African Appeal this term - congratulations!
Christmas Shoebox Appeal - Team Hope
Well done to everyone, we collected a magnificant 206 boxes to send to needy children in Eastern Europe and Africa this Christmas.
Walk to School - Walk Once a Week
Following on from the success of our whole-school "Walk to School Week" last May, this year the Friends of Castle Park have urged us to bring that event foward in the annual calendar in the hope that we can encourage children to walk to school on a more regular basis. We want Castle Park to become a WOW School, ie, a school where our pupils strive to Walk Once a Week (WOW). We are all aware of the benefit to the environment of using our cars a little less and, of course, the more significant benefit to our health of a little more exercise. Each child who spends 15 minutes or more walking to school gets to place a blue cardboard cut out of a bubble on our "Walk to School Week" display on The Street. Once children have walked five days they get to put up a green leaf. When the pupils have collected a target number of green leaves we shall plant a tree at the front of the School to mark this year's event and further enhance our school environment. |
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