WEEKLY NOTE - Monday 27th February 2017

God bless you all! Bridget Wilders, Principal

School Closure for ElectionsAs you are aware, there will be Assembly Elections coming up on Thursday

2nd March. Our school will be used as a Polling Station on this day and therefore our school will be closed.

We are proud to announce that our Senior pupils will stage The Lion King this year.

The show will take place in St. Patrick’s Hall on Tuesday 13th , Wednesday 14th and Friday 16th June. Our children and staff from both sites are so excited about this stage production and we hope you will be too!

We have a full production team working on this very special show with our staff and children. Further information re ticket sales etc will follow! Every member of our Nursery, Junior and Senior School Families are welcome to attend what will be a fantastic Primary School Production!

Exciting times. SEE POSTER INSIDE

Attention Parents of St. Catherine’s Nursery and

Primary School!!!

Joe’s Bodyworks have kindly agreed to work with our children in keep fit sessions and also have a session for our parents … to give you all a taster of a real good workout!

This will be a Fun Fitness Sponsored Event for our wee children. We will donate money raised from this event to Koram Centre Strabane (an organisation dedicated to helping and support Mental Health) and we will also raise money for resources for our own children through boosting our school funds.

The sponsorship events will take place in school on:

1. Monday 13th March for Year 4 Children2. Tuesday 14th March for Years 1-3 Children with a special session for parents of Junior School Children from 9.15am-9.45am. 3. Wednesday 15th March for Years Nursery and 5-7 Children with a special session for parents of Senior School and Nursery Children from 9.15am- 9.45am.

What happens next?

Our children will get home a Sponsor sheet today where we ask them to get sponsors who will sponsor their fun fitness session in March.

Then we will have the Fun Fitness Day and children should bring in their Sponsorship sheets and money after for our very good causes.

This guarantees to be an exciting event for our little children and a fun way of keeping fit also. The taster sessions for parents are there to give you all a sample of the kinds of activities available at Joe’s Bodyworks for all you parents interested in keep fit classes.

We thank Joe’s Bodyworks for approaching our school to creatively raise money for a very cause and keep fit at the same time!!

Staying Fit and Healthyin St. Catherine’s!!!

(Parents and Children)

Confirmation Preparation Mass: Called by Name

Many thanks to all the Year 7 Pupils and their parents who attended our Confirmation Preparation Mass, “Called by Name”. Many thanks to all the staff who work so hard with our children and also to Miss Aoibhinn Kerr who worked so hard with the children to prepare the very special liturgical dance. A very special, reverent occasion indeed.

Our Annual Speech Feis will take place in St. Patrick;s Hall from Thursday 9th March until Sunday 12th March . This is a great opportunity for our children to not only develop their speech and drama skills but also to develop confidences of speaking in front of people which will serve them well later in life!!

Every child who enters Feis will receive a participation certificate from our school regardless of the Feis adjudication in recognition of each child putting themselves forward to learn and develop these skills.! Well done to all.

The timetables for each day of the Speech Feis are below. Enjoy the experience!

SPEECH FEIS

Year 7 Confirmation RetreatYear 7 will have a Retreat with Fr Boland as part of their preparation for Confirmtion.

This will take place during the school day on Wednesday 8th March.

Thursday 9th March 2017

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

Morning

LUNCH

Afternoon

1.15 p.m. Comp 24(a) P.3 Girls Poem “Late For Breakfast”

1.55 p.m. Comp. 24 (b) P.3 Girls Poem “Late For Breakfast”

2.30 p.m. Comp. 24 (c) P.3 Girls Poem “Late For Breakfast”

3.10 p.m. Comp. 34(a) P.4 Boys poem “I Did Not Eat The

Goldfish”

3.50 p.m. Comp. 34(b)

P.4 Boys poem “I Did Not Eat The

Goldfish”

4.30 p.m.

BREAK

4.45 p.m.

Comp. 34(c) P.4 Boys poem “I Did Not Eat The

Goldfish”

5.20 p.m. Comp 25(b) P.4 Girls Poem

“Bedtime”

9.30 a.m. Comp. 33 (a)

P.3 Boys Poem “Five Little Owls”

10.10 a.m. Comp.33 (b) P.3 Boys Poem “Five Little Owls”

10.50 a.m. BREAK

11.05 a.m.

Comp. 25 (a) P.4 Girls Poem “Bedtime”

11.45 a.m. Comp. 35(a) P.5 Boys Poem “Footballers Love

Of The Ball”

Friday 10th March 2017 (Morning)

St. Patrick’s Hall (Main)

Choral Verse

LUNCH

9.30 a.m. Comp. 20(d)

P.3. Choral Verse 1. St Catherine’s P.S.

9.40 a.m. Comp.20(c) P.2. Choral Verse 1. St Catherine’s P.S.

9.50 a.m. Comp. 20(f) P.5. Choral Verse 1. St Mary’s Stranorlar

Choir A

2. St Columba’s P.S.

3. St Mary’s Stranorlar

Choir B

10.10 a.m.

Comp.20(e) P.4. Choral Verse 1. St Columba’s P.S.

2. St Catherine’s P.S.

10.40 a.m.

Comp. 20(g)

P.6. Choral Verse

!. St Catherine’s P.S.

2. St Mary’s Stranorlar

Choir A

3. St Mary’s Stranorlar

Choir B

BREAK

MINOR HALL

11.30 a.m.

Comp. 26(a)

P.5. Girls Poem

“Witches Ride”

Friday 10th March 2017

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

AFTERNOON

1.15p.m. Comp. 26(b) P.5 Girls Poem “Witches Ride”

3.40 p.m. BREAK

3.55 p.m.

Comp.25(c)

P.4. Girls Poem

“Bedtime”

4.40 p.m. Comp 25(d) P.4. Girls Poem

“Bedtime”

2.00p.m. Comp.32(a)

P.2 Boys Poem “My Old Guitar”

2.35 p.m. Comp.32(b) P.2 Boys Poem

“My Old Guitar”

3.10p.m Comp. 32(c) P.2 Boys Poem

“My Old Guitar”

Saturday March 11th 201

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

MORNING

11.10 a.m. BREAK

11.20 a.m. Comp.36(a) P.6 Boys Poem “It Wasn’t Me”

12.00 noon Comp.36(b) P.6 Boys Poem “It Wasn’t Me”

12.40 p.m. Comp. 27(a) P.6 Girls Poem “Best Friends”

LUNCH

9.15a.m. Comp.28(a)

P.7 Girls Poem “First Day Back”

9.50a.m. Comp.28(b) P.7. Girls poem “First Day Back”

10.30a.m. Comp. 37 P.7. Boys Poem “Bogus Boo”

Saturday 11th March 2017

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

AFTERNOON

2.15 p.m. Comp. 22(a) P.1 Girls Poem “After A Bath”

4.10 pm BREAK

4.20 p.m. Comp.27(b) P.6. Girls Poem

“Best Friends”

5.00 pm Comp. 27(c) P.6. Girls Poem

“Best Friends”

2.55p.m. Comp.22(b)

P.1 Girls Poem “After A Bath”

3.30 p.m. Comp.22(c) P.1 Girls Poem “After A Bath”

Sunday 12th March 2017

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

1.15pm Break

2.00 p.m Comp. 30(a) Nursery Boys Poem “Porridge is Bubbling”

2.40 p.m Comp. 30(b) Nursery Boys Poem “Porridge is Bubbling”

3.20 p.m.

Comp. 30(c) Nursery Boys Poem “Porridge is Bubbling”

3.50 pm

Comp. 26(c) P.5 Girls Poem “Witches Ride”

4,30 p.m. BREAK 4.45 p.m. John McGinley Cup

Sister Carmel Fanning Cup

9.30 a.m. Comp. 23(a)

P.2. Girls Poem “Upside Down”

10.10 a.m. Comp. 23(b) P.2. Girls Poem “Upside Down”

10.50 am Comp. 21(a) Nursery Girls Poem “Porridge is

Bubbling”

11.30 a.m.

BREAK

11.45a.m. Comp.21(b) Nursery Girls Poem “Porridge is

Bubbling”

12.30 pm Comp. 21(c) Nursery Girls Poem “Porridge is

Bubbling”

Monday 13th March 2017

St. Patrick’s Hall (Minor)

Morning

LUNCH

Afternoon

1.15 p.m. Comp 23(d) P.2 Girls Poem “Upside Down”

1.50 p.m. Comp. 22(d) P.1 Girls poem “After A Bath”

2.30 p.m. Comp. 39 Junior 2 Minute

Speech

3.30 p.m. BREAK

3.45 p.m. Comp.40(b) P.6 Junior

Creative Poem

4.25pm Comp.40(a) P.7 Junior

Creative Poem

4.45 p.m.

Comp. 1 Senior Creative Poem

5.00pm

Comp. 2 Senior 2 Minute

Speech

9.15 a.m. Comp. 23(c)

P.2 Girls Poem “Upside Down”

9.50 a.m. Comp.31(a) P.1 Boys Poem “If I Were An

Apple”

10.30 a.m. Comp. 31(b) P.1 Boys Poem “If I Were An

Apple”

11.05 a.m.

BREAK

11.20 a.m.

Comp. 31(c) P.1 Boys Poem “If I Were An

Apple”

11.50 am

Comp.35(b) P.5 Boys Poem “Footballers Love

Of The Game”

Please help us to be kind, patient and helpful to each other during Lent. Help us to follow directions the first time we are asked.

Amen

Sometimes saying “I’m sorry” seems to be too

hard to do.

Maybe you can apologise indifferent ways – shake hands; share something

or give a compliment.

Prayer of the Month March

PATHS Programme in St. Catherine’s(Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)

PATHS Quote of the Month March