Blessing of Saint Francis

May the Lord bless you.

May the Lord keep you.

May He show His face to you and have mercy.

May He turn to you His countenance and give you peace.

Amen 

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all who attended the fundraising Quiz last night and to the many friends of our school who donated fabulous raffle prizes. We raised £1405.00 and it was a really lovely evening, which spoke so well of the happy relationships that permeate our school.

St Francis’ Feast Day

We celebrated the special day of one of our patron saints today. We spoke at length about the wonderful work St Francis undertook in caring for the poor and for nature. We also unveiled a beautiful new sign in our wildlife garden, entitled ‘St Francis’ Garden’.
The work that we do in this garden is a special part of the St Clare’s Abbey experience as we promote biodiversity within our city centre site and encourage our pupils to look around them and appreciate the part that nature plays in our lives. We teach them about the role that we have to undertake if we are to be caretakers of our world, just as St Francis taught.

Outdoor learning for P5-P7 pupils.

Having seen the incredible learning that takes place when our younger pupils play in the forest we have realised that a lot of STEM ( Science Technology Engineering & Maths ) learning could be maximised if our older pupils were afforded some ‘Forest time’ also. Therefore, from next week all classes will have one session per month in the forest where they will have an opportunity to explore, create and experiment.  We need them to bring old shoes or wellies and a pair of old trousers next week so that everyone will be forest ready.

Reminder School Uniform Consultation:

The Department of Education has issued guidance to schools stating that a meeting should be held between school and homes to review the Uniform in light of new regulations. As such I invite any available parents to meet me on Wednesday 16th October@ 9.15. Please telephone the school by Monday or email me on mmonaghan771@c2kni.net if you are able to join us. Thank you to those who have already agreed to attend but I need a few more.

And finally….

Thanks to all parents and family members who attended the School mass on Tuesday led by Mrs Mc Veigh’s class. It was a beautiful celebration of our children’s spirituality and respect.
We are so proud of them.

I wish you all a happy weekend,

Yours in partnership,

Mrs Monaghan

First Confession Wednesday 11th December 2024 @ 11.00am St Mary’s Church.

Confirmation. Friday 9th May 2025 @ 6.00pm The Cathedral.

First Holy Communion Saturday 17th May @ 11.30am The Cathedral.