We held our Christmas concerts in St. Mary's Youth Centre on Thursday, December 20th and they were a great success. The girls and their teachers put a huge amount of effort into their performances and the hard work certainly paid off. Thanks to all the parents for coming to watch the concerts and for helping with organising costumes. Take a look at the photos below.

​St. Philomena’s N.S. Christmas Concert Programme
  St. Mary’s Hall, 20th, December

Ms. McDonnell’s 3rd, Class  A Christmas Carol – 11.00 a.m.
Ms. Byrne’s 3rd, & 4th, Class Saving Christmas  – 11.35 a.m.
Ms. Brennan’s 4th, Class  The Christmas 6:01 News – 12.00 noon
Ms. Marron’s 5th, Class A Magical Christmas Jigsaw – 12.30 p.m.
Ms. Gaffey’s 5th, & 6th, Class A Nativity Special – 1.00 p.m.
Ms. Higgin’s 6th, Class  The Christmas Toy Story – 1.30 p.m.

All welcome. Admission is free, but there will be a donation bucket at the door to cover the cost of the hall etc.

The sixth class girls from knitting club presented their knitted creations to Fahey's Pharmacy today. They will be sold in the pharmacy with the proceeds going to Beaumont Hospital. Thank you girls for all your hard work and many thanks to Ms Marron, Ms Brophy and Ms Lee for helping the girls with their knitting. Thank you to Fahey's Pharmacy for presenting the girls with goodie bags.

Well done to Lillian Clear, Olivia Maria Matthew, Allyssa Bennies and Niamh Hughes, our senior athletics team and Annalyse McInerney, Angel Akinsukire, Emma Francis and Liana Boland, our junior athletics team on representing our school so well in Athlone IT indoor games on Tuesday, December 11th. The junior team came second overall and all of the girls won medals. It was a great experience for everyone. Thank you to Mr. Murphy for accompanying the teams.

We held our Christmas raffle on Wednesday December 12th. Congratulations to all our winners. Thank you to everyone for buying and selling tickets. A huge thank you to anyone that donated a prize. Please see below a list of our sponsors.​

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St. Philomena’s N.S. Christmas Raffle Sponsors for 2018
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Glanmore Foods

Cosmic Bowl/Jumping Jacks

Dunnes Stores 

Tullamore Court Hotel

Boots

PJ Grennan’s

Carroll Coaches

Gavagan Family 

Protec Fire Services

O’Connor Family

G & T Drapery

Doyle’s Gala

Dolan’s Chemist, William Street

Maunsell’s Gala

Woodies DIY

Sonia’s Sweet Shop

Ille Paper Services

Playtown Tullamore

O’Brien Family

Wynne Ihaza Family

Studio One Hairdressers

O’Donovan’s Chemist, Harbour Street

Lambe’s Oil

Super Mac’s Restaurant, Tullamore

Lir Fire Protection

Ryan’s Midlands Books

Aura Leisure Centre

Pet Hospital, Ryan Family

Mary Brennan

VR Party

K Flowers

Cloonan’s Hardware

Bord na Mona

McDonald’s Restauant, Tullamore

Moran Family

DARU – School Uniforms

TSB Bank

 

We held a non-uniform day to raise funds for the repair of the damaged windows in St. Catherine's Church. We raised €427.41 and here is a photo of Ciara O' Brien with her teacher Ms. McDonnell presenting Reverend Isaac Delamere with the money.

On November 14th Alex, Ashanti, Katie and Lillian paid a visit to Kilbeggan N.S. where Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was launching the Be Safe Be Seen Road Safety campaign. A helicopter landed in the carpark and the girls got to look inside. There was also a fire engine, garda car and ambulance to look into. Take a look at the photos below.

During Science Week, we went to the library to a Junior Einstein show. We had great fun learning about slime and electricity. We even got to see a machine that can remove tumours. It was a very interesting visit.