        Sat, 28th Jan 2012Catholic Schools' Week
WHATS IT LIKE OUT?
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 Parental AuditAs a self evaluating school, committed to always trying to improve our practice and our provision, we consistently look for feedback from parents related to our service. This term we shall be conducting a parental audit and every parent of a pupil at our school is strongly encouraged to respond to this audit. All feedback will be used to further inform improvements and developments at the school.
A number of new clubs will be starting this term in order to ensure that our pupils have an even greater range of clubs than was available last term. This term every Friday there will be a P6 - P7 indoor football club from 3 - 4.15pm and a gaelic football club will run every Wednesday afternoon from 3 - 4.15pm. The gaelic football club is also for P6 - P7 pupils. In the event of under subscription to either club, the available places will be offered to P5 pupils. Further details are available from the school office.
Big congratulations to all our Primary Four pupils on their excellent attendance and participation in their recent First Communion preparation mass. Thank you to all the Primary Four teachers, Miss Walsh, Mrs Mc Swiggan and Mrs Boggs for all the preparatory work during recent months and we look forward to continuing this preparation during the remainder of this term.
If your child is due to start either nursery or primary school in September 2012, it is very importnat that you get an application form from your school of choice and return it by the closing date. The closing date for nursery applications is Wednesday 11th January 2012 at noon while the closing date for P1 applications is a week later on Wednesday 18th January 2012 also at noon. Further information is available from our school office, tel: 71267798
Holy Family reopens for all pupils on Thursday 5th January 2012 at 8.50am. We wish all our pupils and their families a very happy and successful New Year.
The top reading classes have remained quite consistent from last month. The Key Stage Two pupils are making their experience count and they occupy the top reading spots for November. Top Key Stage 2 Reading class goes to Mr Mc Dermott's class with 5,589,526 words read. Second is Mr Mc Laughlin's class with a combined total of 2,558,680 words read. Next is Mrs Higgins' class with 2,264,805 words read . The top Key Stage One Reading class goes to Mrs Boggs class with 767,779 words read followed by Mrs Mc Swiggan's class with a grand total of 482,934. Good luck to all our accelerated readers and remember the accelerated reading club runs every day from 8.30 - 9.00am.
During the next few weeks there are a number of services and meetings for the children preparing for First Communion and Confirmation. These are very important meetings and an integral part of the preparation for the sacraments. All parents are strongly encouraged to attend these events with their child(ren). Any queries regarding the services should be directed to either Miss Mc Carron, RE co-ordinator, or the class teachers.
Congratulations to all the pupils who have been elected to our new student council after the recent elections. The new councillors who will serve for the academic year 2011 - 2012 are: Katie Devlin, Niall Mc Cartney, Callum Gallagher and Zara Houston Caolan Boyle, Shannon Mc Glinchey, Jennifer Devlin, Eoghan Devine, Aimee Reid and Ryan Boyle Aoibheann Mc Glinchey, Dylan Mc Monagle, Sean Doherty and Demi Ryan
We wish the councillors every success in their important role.
Congratulations to the boys of Holy Family PS Football Team who defeated St. Brigid's PS, 3 -2 in the first match of the Derry Primary Schools' League. The marksmen for Holy Family were Ben Wilson, Evan Mc Laughlin and Dylan Harkin. The next match up is against Long Tower PS and we wish Mr Doherty and the boys every success.
The updated school development plan covering the period 2011 - 2014 has now been placed in the school development section of this website. Please visit this section so that you are aware of the school priorites over the next three years. Any questions in respect to the plan should be directed to the school office.
Thanks go to Mrs Parke, Extended Schools co-ordinator, who has organised a broad and varied extended schools programme for our pupils this year. The programme caters for pupils from P2 - P7 and runs every day of the week. Further information is available from the school office about any of our Extended Schools' clubs.
As part of our full service school programme, we shall be hosting a range of adult education programmes this year, facilitated by the North West Regional College. The classes will commence in the week beginning 20th September 2011. Details of the courses available are available from the school office, tel: 02871267798.
A list of the new after school clubs for this academic year can be seen in the clubs' section of this website. Any queries in respect to the clubs should be directed to Mrs Parke ( Room 2 ).
The new term commences for pupils on Thursday 1st September 2011 at 8.50am for all P2 - P7 pupils. Nursery pupils and Primary 1 pupils should commence at the pre-arranged dates and times arranged with the class teachers. All nursery pupils and their parents are invited to attend the nursery open day on Thursday 1st September 2011 any time from 9am until 1.30pm.
Welcome to the website of Holy Family Primary and Nursery School, Derry. Holy Family was opened in 1987 to cater for the pupils of the parish of Holy Family and through the excellence of the educational provision at the school, the school grew to cater for pupils from many other parishes in Derry City and beyond. The work of the school is focused on providing a broad, engaging education for all our pupils in a caring, warm setting. This focus ensures that our pupils are happy, secure, engaged and provided with a broad range of learning experiences. Holy Family is a school with a wide range of strengths and to the forefront of these are high academic standards, quality pastoral care, extensive after school provision, excellent musical opportunities, foreign language provision, as well as a child - centred and highly professional staff. Enjoy your visit to our website and if you wish to find out more about the school please contact us either in person or by email.
Holy Family Primary and Nursery School opening times for the academic year 2011 - 2012 are as follows: Nursery 9am - 1.30pm P1 - P3 9am - 2.30pm P4 - P7 9am - 3pm A breakfast club operates from 8.30am until 8.55am in the canteen and all pupils/parents are welcome to utilise this facility. In order to facilitate parents, pupils can be dropped off in the assembly hall where they will be supervised from 8.30am each day.
Congratulations to all pupils, parents, staff, governors and wider Holy Family community on the achievement of an outstanding inspection report following our inspection by the Education and Training Inspectorate in November 2010. An electronic version of the report can be accessed by clicking here or by visiting the Education and Training Inspectorate website at www.etini.gov.uk Well done once again.
Every organisation if it is to be successful needs to build future generations of leaders and Holy Family is no different in this regard. Accordingly as a follow on from the school's Shadow Senior Leadership programme a number of staff will be taking part in the RTU Emergent and Senior Leadership Pathways programme. The staff taking part in the RTU programmes are Mrs Mc Crory, Mrs Boggs, Mrs Parke and Mr Doherty. We wish all staff involved every success with their endeavours and look forward to these efforts having an impact on the outcomes of pupils. | ||
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