The latest school newsletter (November 2011) is now available on the Newsletters page.

The now annual Tramore Food & Wine Fair sponsored by Hickson’s Centra, Tramore will take place once again this year, on Wednesday, 14 December 2011. All proceeds will go to both Gaelscoil Philib Barún and Holy Cross School.

Tickets are €8 each and are available from a selection of parents and from the school office (as well as from a variety of local shops and businesses). Your support for this hugely enjoyable evening is greatly appreciated, as is the support of the Hickson family.

John Breen, Chairperson of the Parents Association would like to thank all parents and pupils who helped with the recent bag packing in Supervalu, Tramore. In all, €626 was raised and lodged to the Parents Association account. This is on top of the €340 raised in last month’s cake sale.

Also noteworthy is the really impressive, efficient and polite manner in which the children conducted themselves. “They really took the initiative when needed and were a really nice bunch”, said one parent after the event.

Keep up the good work!

The annual school cake sale was held on 27 October 2011 and a special word of thanks goes to all the pupils in 6th class for their superb efforts during the planning, organising and execution of the cake sale. They are a tribute to their families and hopefully the experience will stand to them in their future endeavours.

Oisín & Jim Heylin receiving a cheque on behalf of the Parent’s Association of Gaelscoil Philib Barún from Sadhbh Ní Drisceoil, Aoife Ní Chlúmháin and classmates from the school’s sixth class. Also included is Principal Daithí De Paor.

Parent teacher meetings will be held next week on Wednesday 16th 3-6pm and Thursday 17th of November 3-5pm. Please return the form below for denoting the time you wish for your appointment and every effort will be made to accommodate you. If these days do not suit, alternative arrangement can be made. Please note that meetings are limited to 10 minutes. If you need more time to discuss matters it is best to arrange another meeting.

You may email your choice of time to eolas@pilibbarun.com. Please send the following:

I wish to meet with Múinteoir ……………………. to discuss …………….. at ………… on Wednesday / Thursday.

Parents Name

Former pupils were recently interviewed on Tramore Community Radio by another former pupil Niamh Ní Daltúin. You can listen in here.

The Chairperson of the Board of Management, Seán Breathnach, has been asked by the school’s patron to begin the process of appointing a new Board of Management.

To this end Seán wishes to invite all parents to attend a meeting of parents on Wednesday, 9th of November 2011 at 7:00pm in the school to appoint a father and a mother to the new board. Nominations will taken at the meeting and a secret ballot will be held if necessary. Those elected will serve for the next four years.

Board of Management meetings are held through Irish and links to information on the appointment procedure are available here.

Parents, pupils and the Principal, Daithí de Paor, met with Taoiseach Enda Kenny on his brief visit to Tramore to canvass with the Presidential candidate, Gay Mitchell. Daithí spoke with Enda and he agreed to help in any way he could with the school’s application for a permanent building. A follow-up letter has been sent to him. A special thanks to Maxine Keoghan, Mayor of Tramore, who raised the issue of our school with the Taoiseach and presented him with a card made by the pupils.

T shirts were designed for the school to commemorate its 26 years in temporary accommodation. The t shirts were worn by pupils and parents participating in a fun run in the school field last Friday.

Parents participating in this years Dublin City Marathon next Monday have lent their support to the parents associations campaign. Gaelscoil Philib Barún has run its temporary accommodation marathon. The official press release is available here.

The latest school newsletter (October 2011) is now available on the Newsletters page.