Tag: Christmas

Christmas Cards with Clontuskert Parents Association

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The Christmas Card samples are back from the printers now and have been sent home.

If you want to place an order for cards (10 pack)/ gift tags / wrapping paper / stockings then orders need to be placed by Wednesday 13th November.

You will find the QR code for ordering on the back of the sample card or you can follow this link

https://login.designacard.ie/ordernow and input the reference number & child’s name** from the back of the card to login to start your order.

If there are any typos in your child’s name displayed on the card please email clonnsparentsassociation@gmail.com with the details and it can be corrected before the order is made.

All profits from the sales of the cards will go directly to the school – all support would be greatly appreciated! It is very important that all orders are placed before next Wednesday (13th November) as late orders may not be accepted. Orders are made directly to the company via the link.

If you have any more questions, please email clonnsparentsassociation@gmail.com or reach out on our WhatsApp group.

Regards,

Clontuskert NS Parents Association

Video edited by Darina Cooke

Christmas Carol Service 2022

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Check out some highlights from Clontuskert Carol Service on the 15th December 2022.
Keep an eye out for the full service from Bríd Lyons who kindly filmed the event for the school.

Comhghairdeas gach éinne! Bhí sé go h-iontach. Thosaigh an Nollaig ar an nóta ceart anois!

Thanks to Fr. Finneran for hosting us in the church tonight and for the help and support he gives us in St. Augustine’s throughout the year ably assisted by our dedicated Board of Management of Eimíl Scott, Eamon Lally, Joe Lyons, Adeline Finneran, Orla Dolan and Damien Curley.

The staff of Clontuskert as always were amazing! Thanks to Eimíl Scott who began rehearsing with the children six weeks ago.Thank you to Nicole Byrne, who played guitar for us and has been doing a wonderful job in the Junior Room all week.

Thanks to Ms. Geraldine McCormack who organised all of the costumes helped by Sinéad O’ Brien and Mariam Melaadi this week. Thanks to Karen Conneely, Tracy Murray, Lucy Dolan, Teresa Nevin, Nicola Egan, Katie Feehily, Lorraine Lyons, Fiona Roche, Noreen Ward, Deirdre Tully, Paul Concannon and Enda Scully and for the teamwork and preparing the children so well.

A special thanks to Mary Callaghan and Mariam Melaadi who hung the artwork and Laura Coleman, Darina Cooke and Ada Cooke from the Parents Association who brought light to the proceedings and decorated the church.

Also to John Butler and Shane Greaney who made sure that we had heat in the church. Thanks to Frances Turley and Packie Callaghan for opening the church and making sure everything was ready in the church.

Lastly we would like to thank the children who sang so beautifully and who we are all so proud of in Clontuskert. Happy Christmas one and all!

Clontúskert Community Festive Party

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Clontuskert Community Festive Party – Sunday 18th December 2022 @ 5pm, in Ballinasloe Rugby Club.

Clontuskert NS Parents Association will have a stall at this event… with crafts designed by the students of Clontuskert NS & some baked goodies. 🎨 🦌 🎄 🧁
Everyone is welcome!🤩

Clontuskert NS Parents Association Annual Christmas Raffle

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The Clontuskert NS Parents Association Annual Christmas Raffle is live this December.

Thanks to everyone for their support of the raffle over the last few years and we hope this year will be just as successful.

The raffle, as in previous years has an iDonate* page and we ask that if possible, you could share the link for the raffle page with family and friends and also on Social Media:

Please Support Clontuskert PA Christmas Raffle 2022 on www.iDonate.ieiDonate.ie – Clontuskert PA Christmas Raffle 2022

*when buying on iDonate the site will ask for a voluntary contribution (this does not go towards the school) – this is set at 12.5% of your donation but you can change the % amount from the dropdown menu to a lower amount, or zero if you prefer.

Keep an eye on the Clontuskert Parents Association Facebook Page for updates up until the draw on Wednesday, 21st December 2022.

Thanks as always for your support,

PA Committee 22/23

Laura, Ada and Darina

Spreading Christmas Joy

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For Christmas 2020, we are writing to the residents of Hillside Nursing Home in Aughrim, to spread Christmas cheer.

Mike and Nuala Cormican own Hillside and are Ms. Ciara Cormican’s uncle and aunt. Mike is a past pupil of Clontuskert, and he won the annual Parker Cup Sports Award in 2019. He wrote a wonderful poem about Clontuskert, that we have learnt in the Senior Room. See My Clontuskert Home below.

We hope to connect with the residents of Hillside on Microsoft Teams before our Christmas holidays.

My Clontuskert Home

I walked across Clontuskert on a lovely Autumn day,
I stood in old Crossconnell to watch the school kids play.
As I gazed across the cornfields, its greenery turning gold,
It is the parish colours so a story must be told.

It’s a place in Ireland where the waters run so slow,
On the slopes of Ballinure not far from Ballinasloe.
Where the people are so friendly and all wild things roam,
Sure there is no where on earth like my Clontuskert home.

The autumn leaves were falling as I passed St. Matthew’s church,
The swallows were leaving the bell tower perch.
So I looked across at Uracree, I remember things long gone
How the Cavalry approached there in 1691.

You can see from miles around you from the churchyard on the hill,
T’was there we left our loved ones and how we cried our fill.
From Ardranney to Lismany, we have friends across foam,
Who would love to return to their Clontuskert home.

On the winding road through Tristane, I heard a singing thrush,
As I turned at Hurney’s Forge on my way to Ballagh Bush.
As I passed that old old castle, a tear came to my eye,
As I remember my school days when I was a boy.

From near Liskelly’s beeches to the old school I would roam,
And home again that evening to My Clontuskert Home.
A portrait of its beauty is the old Abbey in its gleam,
You can see the hills of Clonascragh, its wide planes and its stream.
The woods of Gortnamona where Percy French wrote his poem,
And the hurling played at Summerset near My Clontuskert Home.

By Mike Cormican