Third and fourth class November Assembly
Opening Prayer
Lord, we wait for the coming of Christmas with feelings of joy.
We remember all we have to do along the way, We think of those people who find Christmas a lonely and sad time. Amen
In our assembly today we spoke about advent. We know that God is with us at all times. The end of November is the beginning of Advent. Advent means arrival and it is the season of waiting and preparing for the birth of Jesus. There are four Sundays leading up to Advent. The first candle in the Advent wreath symbolises hope. The second candle represents peace. The third candle symbolises joy and the fourth candle symbolises love. The last candle is lit on Christmas Day. The circle of the wreath reminds us of God. The evergreen branches and leaves symbolise the everlasting life which God gives us.
Prayers of the faithful Room 21
Prayer 1 Advent is a season of waiting, for the coming of Jesus. We all have to wait in our lives for different things. Mary and Joseph waited patiently for the birth of Jesus on that very first Christmas. We now wait too. Lord Hear Us.
Prayer 2 Advent is a time of joy. Mary and Joseph waited with joy in their hearts for the coming of the baby Jesus. We remember and celebrate the joy that the people felt as they waited for the arrival of Jesus all that time ago. Lord Hear us
Lord graciously hear us
Prayer 3 Advent is a time of hope. Mary and Joseph like all new parents were filled with hope as they waited . We look forward to and wait in joyful hope to celebrate that first Christmas. Lord Hear Us
Lord graciously hear us
Trick or Treat for Temple Street 625 Euro
Thank you to everyone who made the effort to dress up for Halloween and for bringing in money for Temple Street. We raised 625 euro. The money has been sent to the hospital and we have received a certificate back from them. Well done everyone.
Homeless Collection
Thank you to everyone who brought in sweets and treats for our homeless collection after Halloween. It is nice to be able to help people who don’t have much. The goodies were delivered to homeless families in Dublin last weekend.
Diocesan Visit
We had a visit from Kathleen and Maureen of the diocesan team last week. They visited all classrooms in the school and spoke to the teachers and children, and listened to some songs and prayers. They were particularly impressed with all the Sacred Spaces in the classrooms and the excellent behaviour of the children.
Active Schools
From the 11th of November to the 6th of December is National Active Break every day challenge. Each class will try to do some form of exercise/movement break each day. We also have our active lines on the yard on Mondays and Fridays. We are doing active homework on Thursday evenings. We are hoping to run from Ashbourne to Lapland and back which is 3866KM over the next few weeks. I know you are all focusing on balancing this month through the gymnastics strand and I see some excellent balancing as I’m passing through the hall while different classes are at PE. Thank you to Mr Farrell who is our active schools co-ordinator and Ms Quinlan, Ms Joyce, Ms Mc Dermott Ms Curran and the children on the Active Schools Committee.
Christmas Concerts
I know you will be working really hard with your teachers preparing for your Christmas concerts. I was so impressed last year and I can’t wait to see the performances this year. Remember when you are on the stage with your class make sure to behave yourselves as your time is precious and teachers will be very busy trying to get everything ready for the show. Good luck to all of you
Science Week
This week is Science Week in St. Declan’s. All classes will be doing different experiments during the week. We are looking forward to the Science Fare tomorrow. Thank all your teachers for their hard work as all the extra things we do in St. Declan’s takes time and we are extremely lucky to have such enthusiastic teachers. Thank you to Ms Molloy for organising Science Week.
Emma Byrne from Takeda Dunboyne Biologics joined us at assembly today to speak to us about her work as a scientist. Science is the area of physics, chemistry and biology. Physics is the science of forces and gravity. Biology is the science of living things and chemistry is looking at properties of materials.In Takeda they make medicine for extremely rare diseases in Ireland. In Takeda people work as researchers, scientists, manufacturers and engineers. Emma is an environmental Health and Safety Officer in Takeda. She puts controls in place to enure the safety of all the employees. She makes sure solutions are safe and carries out risk assessments and ensures everyone is wearing the correct personal protective equipment. Emma really enjoys her job as she is helping sick people. She answered lots of interesting questions from all the boys and girls during assembly and encouraged them to keep up an interest in science.
Awards/Prizes
Student of the month trophy
Room 21- Ciara R
Room 11-Martins
Room 9 -Luke
Room 7-Holly
Room 5- Jason
Room 20-Sarah
Best Uniform Prize- night off homework Room 5
Behaviour on yard Award- 10 minutes extra yarr Room 21
Attendance Award –extra golden time, 3rd Class Room 20, 4th Class Room 7
Gaelgeoir Na Miosa – Room 11,20,21,5,7,9
Room 21 Sam
Room 9 Bob
Room 7 Ethan
Room 5 Bobbi
Room 20 Sophie
Room 11 Nicole
Girls Football Team- A huge congratulations to the Senior Girls Football team who played in the semi final last Thursday against Ratoath. We are very proud of the team for making it that far. Unfortunately they lost on the day. Thank you to Ms Molloy, Ms Curran, Ms Mc Hugh for coaching the teams and to Mr Farrell our sports co-ordinator.
Room 3– Kaitlyn Orohoe, Kaitlyn Newman, Emma Feeney, Hannah Lumney and Ava Smyth
Room 8– Andreea Mardari
Room 6- Sadhbh O’Driscoll, Zara Byrne, Aiisha Chadha, Ella Murphy, Lorena Paraschiv. We wish Abigail Gough who is injured at the moment a speedy recovery. She was big loss on the day to the team.
Room 5– Chloe Doherty
Room 9-Crea Byrne, Chloe Garrigan
Room 24– Keela White
Room 25-Jorja O’Neill Raisa Rahman, Afric Murray, Jarran Gabriel.
End Prayer
Christ be with me, Christ be beside me
Christ be before me, Christ be behind me
Christ be at my right hand , Christ be at my left hand
Christ be with me everywhere I go,
Christ be my friend forever and ever Amen.