All the spring flowers are up early; snowdrops, daffodils and the first peeping of the yellow crocuses in our new Star of David garden. Children in the junior room are having lots of fun learning through play in the AISTEAR programme. The seniors, on the other hand are engaged in a lot of formal learning as they practice their exam skills!
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December was a busy month as the children prepared for their performances of "The Nativity", "The Magic Swan" and "Cinders". Despite a nasty dose of coughs and splutters, they enjoyed their productions. Larry and Ita Southard taught the children a variety of folk dances from around the world and these were incorporated into the show. Martin, very kindly, lent us his photographic equipment and videos of the plays will shortly be available for families to purchase.... a lovely souvenir of childhood. Santa Claus arrived at the Junior's Christmas party and the senior children had their night party! The Flag Day was very successful. Thank you to all the parents who braved the abominable weather to collect for school funds. Once again, the children sang their hearts out down in Super Value and many folk stopped to join in with the carols. Heather Fleming is back and we'd like to say thank you to Eleanor Condon for helping us with secretarial work during her absence.
We say goodbye and happy travelling to Heather Fleming as she goes off with her husband Ian to New Zealand. We hope they have a great holiday and return refreshed. This month, we remembered the people who had died in World War 1. Bishop Colton presented the school with an olive tree, a symbol of peace. This little tree that is mentioned in the bible, was planted beside the road during a lovely service of remembrance written by Jacqui Wilkinson. The children also took part in the Yellow Crocus Project; a project that encourages them to remember those people who were murdered during the holocaust in Word War 2. A beautiful garden of yellow crocuses was planted in the shape of a star. The yellow star is to remind the children of the star that the Jewish people were forced to wear to identify themselves. Fabulous stories emerged about how the children's ancestors survived during the war and these were published in the Avondhu paper. Later, a tree from the INTO was planted to commemorate their 150 inauguration.
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