Dear Parents,
School Photos for Christmas Calendar
Photos for the calendar were taken on Thursday but Martin will be back in to take the few who were out on Monday at 10am. He also needs to retake the 6th class photos so can 6th class please all make sure to wear their hoodies.
Ads for Christmas Calendars
This week we put up an article about how you can take out an ad in the Parents and Friends' Christmas Calendars - an ad will cost you €50 and we will need your business logo. To express an interest in taking out an ad click on this link here: http://ballymittyns.ie/Forms/Advertising-for-the-2024-Christmas-School-Calendar/3068952/Index.html
Christmas jumper/outfit exchange
We will have a Christmas Jumper/Outfit exchange at the end of November. So if you have any well conditioned, and clean Christmas jumper/outfit to resell you can start sending them in from Monday onwards. Parents will be able to come to the sale on Thurs. Nov. 21st from 2 - 4pm where every item will be sold for €5.
Owl visit
We had owls visit during the week! Great fun was had by all and it was so lovely to learn all about these feathered friends!
Erasmus
I will be booking flights this weekend for the 17 students who will visit Spain in May 2025. We are asking for a non refundable deposit of €50 which parents can pay using an Aladdin link which Helena sent today. The rest of the costs for the children ie flights, hotel etc are all taken care of from our Erasmus fund. Next week, we welcome 20 Spanish students with four of their teachers to our school and our kids are very excited about meeting them. They will spend two days together with us in school and on Friday the students will travel to Hook Head together.
Erasmus funds will cover the entrance fee into Hook Head for our pupils but we are asking parents to pay €5 towards the cost of the bus. Helena has sent an Aladdin link for this.
You can click on this link here to give your child permission to go on the Hook Head trip: http://ballymittyns.ie/Forms/Permission-to-go-on-Erasmus-trip-to-Hook-Head/3066307/Index.html - Remember this is only for the pupils in 5th/6th who will travel to Spain next May.
Election day
School will close on Fri. Nov. 29th as the school will be used as a polling station for the general elections.
Sing Out Loud
We wish all of our pupils in 3rd and 4th class the best in their SOL performance on Monday evening in the Opera House. School will finish at 2pm on Monday to allow the kids time to get home, changed and fed before they meet at 4.30pm in the Opera House front entrance.
School Equestrian Event
We wish the two teams all the best in the school equestrian event this Sunday - Team Red is Leon & Katie Cadogan, Rory Hawe and Connie Diskin from Danescastle and Team Green is Max, Scott, Hugo and Faye Doran. We also wish Faye Luby and Ella Hawe all the best in their individual events.
Have a lovely weekend everyone,
Audrey