Opening Prayer

All Saints, All souls

Remember those, Who kept the faith, Who always turned to pray,  

Who showed the love of Jesus ,In their lives from day to  day

Remember those, this special time, who live with God above,                                                                                                                  

All Saints, All Souls, And all our own, who live with God in love.

Welcome from Mr Kearins

As we light our candle today we remember family and friends who have died. All Souls Day  is celebrated on the 2^nd of November in the church. It is a tradition of honouring and respecting the memory of the faithful departed. You all spoke with your teachers during the week about people in your family that has gone to heaven or who may be very sick, and also people that are special and important to you . You all got a leaf to write down the names of people that you want to pray for during assembly today. Can you hold up your leaf and we are going to pray in silence for all the people mentioned.

Prayers of the faithful Room 11

                                                                                                                      

We pray for all those who have died, especially those whom we have known and loved. We pray they enjoy perfect happiness and total fulfilment in eternal life.                                                                                      

                                                                                                                        

We pray for our families. May our love for each other support us during good times and bad times. Our family should always be a very important part of our lives.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   We pray for the sick and for those who care for them at home and in hospital.  May they know the strength of God is always with them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Food Dudes                                                                                                                          I hear you are all busy tasting fruit and vegetables for our Food dudes programme. Well done to everyone who is earning rewards and stickers by tasting different types of fruit and vegetables every day. After Halloween you will be starting Phase 2 of the programme where you will be encouraged to bring in your own fruit and vegetables from home to earn certificates. We promote healthy eating in St. Declan’s and it’s great to see everyone involved. Keep up the good work.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Maths Week                                                                                                                         

Maths week took place last week in St. Declan’s. It was great to see all the classes involved in so many fun activities. I know the three first classes went to Imagonisity in Sandyford last Tuesday and had a great day.   Some classes did maths trails, maths notice boards and maths workshops. Thank you to your teachers for making it such a fun week and to Ms Crehan for co-ordinating the week. 

                                                                                                              

Library                                                                                                                        

We have a very exciting week in St. Declan’s this week. Our school library is being re-opened tomorrow the 23^rd of October. We have a very special visitor Mr Reidy coming into help us mark the occasion. We have decided to dedicate our new library to Mr Reidy who was the principal here for 16 years until he retired in June. I hope you will all enjoy reading the new books we have bought and going down to visit the library with your teacher. Can I ask everyone to be very careful with the books and to respect them as they belong to everyone in the school. We will be bringing classes down to read stories to them during the week. A big thank you to Mr McKeown, Maura, Ellen, Lila , Theresa and our PA who helped to get the library ready.

Goal Jersey Day– Well done to everyone who supported Goal Jersey Day. We raised €570. This was a super achievement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Student of the month medal

Room 14 Emily

Room 15 Ollie

Room 16 Chloe

Room 17 Chloe

Room 18 Ava

Room 11 Ciara

Gaeillgeoir Na Miosa

Room 14 Brody

Room 15 Millie

Room 17 Ruby

Room 18 Fawaz

Room 16 Tori

Room 11 Caoimhe

                                                                                                                                                                                      

Best Line Award Room 18 – extra 10 minutes on yard.                                                                                                                       

Best dressed Class Room 15 and 17                                                       

night off homework                                                                                                                                                 

Best behaviour on yard award Room 14                                                   

Prize to be decided by teacher                                                                                                       

 

Best Attendance Award for the month of September– extra golden time. Prize for first class is Room14 Ms Kelly and the prize for 2^nd class is Room 16 Ms Mc O’Halloran                                                                                                                    

Performance  Ms Curran Room 18

                                                                                                           

Mr Kearins – I want to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Halloween break. We have no school this Friday as our school is being used as a polling station for the presidential election and we are closed all of next week for our mid-term break.  We return to school on Monday the 5^th of November.                                   

End Prayer                                                                                                                                   Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord And may perpetual light shine upon them.  May they rest in peace. Amen.