Notable Dates The Parents’ Association thank you sincerely for your contin- ued support on all events during the year which is of huge benefit to both our schools. We wish everyone an enjoyable, safe & sunny summer break! 2015/2016 Final PA Newsletter As the 2015/16 school year draws to a close, this is just a short newsletter to give a quick round-up on events for the last term on another very busy and successful year for the St. Pius X Parents’ Association. We would like to wish all of the 6th class pupils and their parents the very best of luck as they leave St. Pius X and move on to post-primary school. We hope they have enjoyed their last few weeks at St. Pius X and that they have many happy memories of their primary school days. We are grateful to both Boards of Management and School Principals, Ms. Miriam Marron and Mr. Dermot Lynch for their support and assistance dur- ing the year. A big thank you also to the School Secretaries, Natasha and Karen, and all of the teachers and staff of the schools for all of their help throughout the year. 2015/16 has been an excellent year for St. Pius X schools with some fan- tastic achievements and successes in sport, music, the arts, science etc. We would like to congratulate all of the pupils, their teachers, coaches and parents on these achievements. 2016/17 Extra Curricular Classes & Swimming Classes For the coming school year, the PA will once again organise a programme of extra curricular classes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Satur- day mornings – we have some exciting new classes this year as well as old favourites! In fact this is our busiest programme of classes in many years, all of which are great value for money. For full details of all these classes please see our updated flyer on the website (oops! Flyer in the school bags contained a couple of typos which have now been corrected, apologies for the oversight). Enrolment Day is Saturday ,17 Enrolment Day is Saturday ,17 th th September 2016 September 2016 St. Pius X Parents’ Association – AGM will be held on Wednesday, 21st September 2016 @ 8pm, all parents are invited to attend. The agenda will include a report on the activi- ties run by the PA in the previous year, the Financial Report and election of Officers. If you are interested in joining the committee or the volunteer listing, please come along on the night to see what’ s involved and sign-up with us. A sincere thank you to our current officers, Chair – Shannon Ward, Vice Chair – Carol Edwards, Treasurer – Stephen Whelan, Secretary – Bevin Humphreys for their commitment & hard work throughout the year. We would also like to thank every member of the PA Committee who work so hard on the numerous events during the year. Join the PA Mailing List The PA maintains a mailing list so it can communicate directly and easily with parents on relevant items such as NPC events, parking info on Fort- field Park, fund raising items etc. If you would like to receive the latest news from the PA, you'll need to join our mailing list. Please fill in a short form by following a few easy steps on our website www.piusxpa.org and return it to piusxpar- [email protected]There are no third party emails.
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Notable Dates
The Parents’ Association thank you sincerely for your contin-ued support on all events during the year which is of huge
benefit to both our schools.
We wish everyone an enjoyable, safe & sunny summer break!
2015/2016 Final PA Newsletter
As the 2015/16 school year draws to a close, this is just a short newsletter
to give a quick round-up on events for the last term on another very busy
and successful year for the St. Pius X Parents’ Association.
We would like to wish all of the 6th class pupils and their parents the very
best of luck as they leave St. Pius X and move on to post-primary school.
We hope they have enjoyed their last few weeks at St. Pius X and that
they have many happy memories of their primary school days.
We are grateful to both Boards of Management and School Principals, Ms.
Miriam Marron and Mr. Dermot Lynch for their support and assistance dur-
ing the year. A big thank you also to the School Secretaries, Natasha and
Karen, and all of the teachers and staff of the schools for all of their help
throughout the year.
2015/16 has been an excellent year for St. Pius X schools with some fan-
tastic achievements and successes in sport, music, the arts, science etc.
We would like to congratulate all of the pupils, their teachers, coaches and
parents on these achievements.
2016/17 Extra Curricular Classes & Swimming Classes
For the coming school year, the PA will once again organise a programme of
extra curricular classes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Satur-
day mornings – we have some exciting new classes this year as well as old
favourites! In fact this is our busiest programme of classes in many years, all
of which are great value for money.
For full details of all these classes please see our updated flyer on the website
(oops! Flyer in the school bags contained a couple of typos which have now
been corrected, apologies for the oversight).
Enrolment Day is Saturday ,17Enrolment Day is Saturday ,17 thth September 2016September 2016
St. Pius X Parents’ Association – AGM will be held on
Wednesday, 21st September 2016 @ 8pm, all parents are
invited to attend. The agenda will include a report on the activi-
ties run by the PA in the previous year, the Financial Report and
election of Officers. If you are interested in joining the committee
or the volunteer listing, please come along on the night to see
what’s involved and sign-up with us.
A sincere thank you to our current officers, Chair – Shannon
Ward, Vice Chair – Carol Edwards, Treasurer – Stephen Whelan,
Secretary – Bevin Humphreys for their commitment & hard work
throughout the year. We would also like to thank every member
of the PA Committee who work so hard on the numerous events
during the year. Join the PA Mailing List
The PA maintains a mailing list so it can communicate directly and easily with parents on relevant items such as NPC events, parking info on Fort-field Park, fund raising items etc.
If you would like to receive the latest news from the PA, you'll need to join our mailing list. Please fill in a short form by following a few easy steps on our website www.piusxpa.org and return it to [email protected] There are no third party emails.
c. 300 children have attended weekly swimming classes at Templeogue Col-
lege on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays since last September.
In May all the swimmers received their certificates and many have graduated
out of arms bands during the year! All the children enjoyed their end of year
treats & their “fun swim”.
On behalf of the PA we would like to thank the volunteer parents who looked
after the swimming rolls at each of the swimming classes.
Classes Supervision
The PA Committee would again like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who have assist-
ed with the supervision of the Thursday & Saturday classes throughout the year.
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PA Committee
If you are available to help out in any way on the committee please email us at [email protected]
Early bird club Have you tried the Early Bird Club for those mornings you need those extra minutes to get a jobs done before work or catch the earlier bus? Our EBC runs from Monday—Friday and provides an hour of supervised fun for children before school.
The EBC can be used on a daily basis or ad-hoc drop-in.
Activities include puzzles, music, drawing, colouring, table top activities etc.
If you want further information or have any queries please contact
Rhona on 087-2038476
Times: 7. 45 to 8. 45 am. Location: Science Room, St. Pius X GNS
Cost: €5 per child per day for first child, €4 for the second child, €2 for each subsequent child.
Pius Pacers
Well done to everyone in-
volved with the Pius Pacers
walking group.
The group is taking a well
deserved break for the sum-
mer but will re-commence
our 5k walks on Tuesday,
6th September @ 9am from
the school gates! New walk-
ers & buggies welcomed!
GOLF CLASSIC The St. Pius X Golf Classic took place on Friday, 13th May 2016 in The Grange Golf Club, Rathfarnham. The sun shone for the entire day which added to the fabulous golf played by all the golfers and those who joined in the celebrations at the evening meal. We would again like to express our thanks to all those who sponsored teams, tee boxes, prizes and by attending the meal, we are delighted to let you know this event raised €4,485.
We would also like to extend a huge thank you to the Grange Golf Club who gave us great support in running this event. Your support of our schools is very much appreci-ated. Please see our website for the prize winners and sponsors, there’s also a few photos of the day’s activities!
First Holy Communion Receptions May 2016
We would again like to thank everyone who contributed to making the First Ho-
ly Communion Day a wonderful celebration. This year was special as we had
two Communion Receptions to host! But with great co-ordinators and super
volunteers the day went off without a hitch and was really appreciated by the
Communicants and their families.
A sincere thank you to all the volunteers and also those who provided the food
for the receptions this year.
Heather Cup May 2016
Another year, another brilliant Heather Cup!
Congratulations to the winning St. Pius X Girls & Boys teams for retain-
ing the Cups for another year.
Well done to all teams that took part and we hope to see many of you
back again next year!
Bake Sale & Competition Bake Sale & Competition
A fantastic display of “movie themed” cakes, buns and brownies awaited all those who attended the Bake Sale & Competition on Thursday, 16th June. A great day was had by all involved, many thanks to all who entered and attended the sale. Congratulations to all the winners & run-ners up in the Baking Competition – the judges had a very tough task picking all the winners as the standard of entries was un-precedented. We are delighted to say that c.€3,100 was raised from the day. Don’t forget to see our website for full list-ing of winners and photos of entries!
