North Bay National School

Mark your calendars for:
The North Bay Summer Fair,
Sunday June the 10th

Wanted – Flair for the Summer Fair

Parents! It’s time to get organised for the North Bay Educate Together traditional Family Day Out to celebrate Summer (yes, we will get a summer!)
The strong tradition of parental involvement in this great and fun event is what makes it such a special day in our Fundraising Calendar.

We will be having an open meeting in the school on Monday the 14^th of May @ 8pm.  Please come along, and bring your good ideas. The more the merrier.(Refreshments will be served)

“It’s time to put some flair on the Summer Fair!”

 -Raffle:  As usual we will hold a raffle and will be delighted with donations. Let us know if you have a business (or know of any), willing to donate a voucher or item we can raffle in advance. In return will promote your business on the school website, and on the day. Also bottles, chocolates, vouchers, hampers  etc are appreciated.

-Books/Toys/Bric a Brac, plants & Unwanted Gifts as usual are welcome and can be left in parents room leading up to the event.

-Baked goods - Bake it, Make it or Buy it! Our cafe & cake sale is always one of the most popular stalls at the fair, and depends on your donations. Cakes, buns, biscuits, scones, sandwiches or whatever takes your baking fancy!

In the coming weeks we will be collecting names of  volunteers to help out on the day and we would love to hear from you, so let us know if you can help us on the day with setup/helping with stall/clean up. It’s our fair, for our school.

Let’s work together for our children to learn together!

Fia: 087-618 5033                         Ulrike 01-877 0058
fia.moore@gmail.com                  lammich@web.de

For the third year in a row we are celebrating North Bay Dance Day.  This year it falls on Thursday 29th March and 3rd, 4th and 5th have been preparing dances over the last five weeks.  The theme is the Olympics and the dances were created by thinking about the five Olympic rings as well as sports that use throwing and jumping.  There is one section in all the dances that is the same and it represents the opening ceremony when teams from all over the world march in lines together.  Yet again we will be joined by children from Belmayne ETNS and with any luck a good time will be had by all.

Dear Parent / Guardian

It’s Easter raffle time again and we have lots of yummy prizes to give away.  Each class is guaranteed to have a winner of a LARGE chocolate Easter egg.  There are lots more chocolate prizes too for all the children.  This year we are also giving away four tickets for the ‘Dynamo Package’ at Xtreme.ie in Courtlough Adventure Centre.  Lucky winners will enjoy Aerial Trekking, a Climbing Wall and a super Archery session.  The tickets are valued at a total of €140!  For further details, check out xtreme.ie
Easter raffle tickets are €2 each or six for €10.  Please fill out the tickets and place in the Blue Box with your raffle money before Wednesday, 28th March.  The raffle will take place in the school on Thursday, 29th March and winners will be able to take their loot home before the Easter holidays.

All proceeds go to North Bay Educate Together National School.

Good Luck!

The Patron Committee

A big Thank You to all who participated in the Fun Run in January! Well done and thanks to spectators & supporters for turning up on such a wet day to cheer us on.

We raised €285.00 for the school.

Winners of the Fun Run Raffle:

1st Price: 1 night Bed & Breakfast for 2 in the City West Hotel www.citywesthotel.com – Padraig Mc Crum

2nd Price: 2 tickets to any show, Viking Theatre@The Sheds www.vikingtheatredublin.com  – Jonathan Dempsey

3rd Price: 2 tickets to any show, Viking Theatre @ The Shesds www.vikingtheatredublin.com – Peadar MacMahon

Congratulations!!

Update:

These fabulous prizes will be among the items to be raffled to Fun Run participants from North Bay:

-          Overnight stay for 2 with Full Irish Breakfast in City West Hotel & Golf Resort http://www.citywesthotel.com

-          2 vouchers for Viking Theatre in The Sheds, Clontarf (2 tickets/voucher) http://www.vikingtheatredublin.com/

 Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Mark your calendar for another wonderful day of fundraising for our school.

We are excited to announce that we are organising a Fun Run for the first time, in conjunction with the AXA Raheny 5.

The race will take place on Sunday 29^th of January 2012 @ 15:00hrs. The course is a 5 mile road race around the boundaries of St.Annes Park.

No excuses if you can’t run, as there is also a walking class. Start training now to be in good shape for this great day out.

You can already register on Raheny Shamrocks website www.rahenyshamrock.ie. Registration for runners, walkers & wheelchairs is €20.00 per person. Please note no entries will be accepted on the date of the race. On line entries close at 11pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

You can download a Fun Run Sponsorship Card here. Please note that pledges can only be collected by parents/guardians on this occasion. There will be races for children on the day however, and we would love to see as many North Bay children as possible to take part!

We will have spotprizes and a raffle on the day for all participants. We are also organising a social night locally, with chances to rehydrate that evening. Let’s put the Fun into Running!

If you want to be included on a mailinglist to keep you updated, or if you want to help out on the day. Please contact:

fia.moore@gmail.com or 087-618 5033

Here is the timetable for the class presentations in the weeks before the Christmas holidays.  Some classes have lyrics and music on their page for those who want/need to practice at home.

Thursday December 15th 9:30
Infants’ presentation for parents of Junior Infants.
Thursday December 15th 11:00
1st and 2nd class presentation for parents of 1st Class.

Friday December 16th 9:30
Infants’ presentation for parents of Senior Infants.
Friday December 16th 11:00
1st and 2nd class presentation for parents of 2nd Class.

Tuesday December 20th 9:30
3rd and 4th class presentation for parents of 3rd class
Tuesday December 20th 11:00
3rd and 4th class presentation for parents of 4th class

Wednesday December 21st 9:30
5th and 6th class presentation for parents of 5th class
Wednesday December 21st 11:00
5th and 6th class presentation for parents of 6th class