Scoil Phádraig Ráth Thuaidh

 Welcome to Rathoe NS website

Rathoe, Co. Carlow 

Scoil Phádraig Rathoe was established in 1968.

There are currently 10 teachers on the staff, including Principal Bláthnaid McDermott, Deputy Principal Pat Folan , 7 Class teachers, an SEN team of 2,  and  2 Special Needs Assistants.

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Newsletter 5  added 22nd December -   Newsletter 5 – Click here to view

Information Booklet – Click here to view

Application Form -   Application Form for New Enrolments (PDF)

School Calendar 2011/12  Click here to view

Dates for the Diary:

Confirmation Day  Saturday, 24th March in Rathoe Church @2pm

First Communion Day is  Saturday, 19^th May 2012 @ 11am in Rathoe Church

• Swimming Classes continue on Tuesdays at Mount Wolseley Leisure Centre from 1pm – 2pm for 2nd Class.

• Violin lessons for 1st & 2nd Class on Mondays.

Heineken Cup Visit

Rathoe NS Staff

Christmas Concert

Competition Winners

Local rugby hero Sean O Brien came to visit us recently presented prizes to the winners of Tullow Rugby Club competition.  Well done to the all the prize winners.

Hallelujah Concert RDS

Glendale Nursing Home

First Breakfast at Rathoe NS

Book Fair

Our Annual Book Fair took place between Wednesday 9th – 16th November. This was a great success and the children immersed themselves in a variety of books. We will receive books to the value of €600 to update all class libraries, which is a great help to the school.  Many thanks to all parents for your support.

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal

Every year the generous pupils of Rathoe NS make up shoe boxes to send to less fortunate children in foreign countries to open for Christmas. They fill these boxes with toys, soaps, hats, scarves and other treats. The children get a great sense of satisfaction knowing that these boxes will make other children happy at Christmas time. Well done to everyone involved!

Cumann na mBunscoil

Over the past two months the boys and girls from 4^th, 5^th, & 6^th class have been involved in the Cumann na mBunscoil football leagues.  The boys had a great win against Ballinabranna NS, while the girls narrowly missed out on making the final after wonderful victories over Ballinabranna NS and Hackettstown NS.  A sincere thanks to all the parents who provided lifts to the different games, it is much appreciated.  Well done to all the children involved.  Huge improvements were made by the players this year so keep training and practicing! Sincere thanks to Mr. Browne for his time and dedication and Caroline Kelly for washing the jerseys.

Parents Association School Fete

Thanks to all who supported the Fun Day which again was a great success. How great it was to get such glorious weather at the end of September! Thanks to parents who donated items for the various stalls, our generous sponsors, everybody that helped us set up and clean up and also to run the various stalls on the day. Thanks also to Emily and the Irish Dancers and to anybody that took part on the day and helped us in any way. We simply could not hold this event without you. Congratulations to the children that won first prize in their class in the Art & Writing Competitions and thank you to all the children and their teachers for taking part. Congratulations also to the Draw Card, 5-in-a-row, Welly Throwing & Goal Shots winners. We hope to do it all again next year! We will be holding our AGM in the coming weeks and a letter will issue shortly with confirmed date and time, etc.

ART AWARD WINNERS           Junior Infants – Abigail

Senior Infants – Aoife

1^st Class – Fiona

2^nd Class – Bronagh

3^rd Class – Michelle

4^th Class – Shauna

WRITING AWARD WINNERS     5^th – Emily

6^th – Danielle & Robyn

2010-2011 News

1st Class Recital

Monday was a very exciting day in First Class as the children prepared for their first public performance for their parents, since they began taking violin lessons, only last March. The children have taken the lessons very seriously and have practised every morning with their teacher Ms O’Brien as well as a lesson every Monday with Mrs Bolton with the assistance of Ms Doyle and Ms Doran. Thanks to all who got behind this project.

The performance today was excellent, and they showed great technique in holding the violin, and in their playing. Also taking part were 4 lovely Irish dancers, Faye O’Reilly, Ellie Ray Byrne, Aoife Kirwan and Amy Mannion, who gave us some fabulous dancing. Thanks very much girls! Then followed some Irish tunes from Shane and Niamh Nolan on the violin and tin whistle. Very nice Shane and Niamh and good luck in the Fleadh Ceoil this summer! We also had some beautiful sweet singers from 3^rd class and Mr Folan. Again thank you- it was very nice indeed.

Ms O’Brien has been very supportive in getting this project up and running and it has been a great success thanks to her dedication. Mile buíochas Ms O’Brien!

Ostinato Drumming Workshop

Ostinato Drumming workshop with Eddie Sheahan took place for all classes. The children had a great time practising different rhythms and making music together.

School Tours

Sports Day

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Primary Science Excellence Award!

Congratulations to 3^rd – 6^th Class Pupils who have received our 2^nd Primary Science Award for Excellence in Science and Maths. Thanks to all the teachers involved and to Ms Erika Doyle for co-ordinating the project all year. Each class received a certificate of achievement and the school was presented with a plaque which will be displayed as soon as the building work is completed.

Be Safe on the Web

To mark Safer Internet Day 2011, pupils from 3rd to 6th class received a lesson in Internet Safety on Tuesday, 24th May. The lesson enabled discussion and exploration of students’ personal safety issues when using the Internet, such as the responsible use of social networking sites, procedures for protecting personal safety and security when on-line and students’ awareness of the potential risks in disclosing personal information or photos on-line.  Each child also received an activity pack and a parental advice booklet to bring home. Thanks to our guest speaker Mark Richards from Microsoft Ireland for such a valuable and informative talk.

First Holy Communion 2011

Congratulations Shane & Niamh!

 Fundraising for Kenya

We had  a very interesting visitor to our school on Wednesday 13th April. Mrs Vonnie Bolten gave a wonderful talk and showed us photos on the IWB of her time spent travelling Kenya recently. The children learned of the poverty and hardship that is experienced in Kenya. It makes us all realise how fortunate we are and the importance of fundraising to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves. The children have responded enthusiastically with a great fundraising effort by purchasing lovely Easter chicks which Mrs. Bolten has made. We thank her sincerely for taking the time to speak to the children.

Science Fair 2011

Grandparents Day 2011

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