The children in Tiermohan were very busy creating Christmas cards. These card will be sold at the Christmas Bazaar organised by the Parents' Council for Sunday November 30th after 10.30am Mass in Newtown Church.

Yesterday was a very exciting day for the children in Tiermohan as RTE visited us to do a programme on a doodle competition we entered. Organised by Google, the competition involves children designing the Google home page for St Patrick's Day 2009. The film crew interviewed some of our artists at work and we were all delighted with the visit. The archive may be viewed on the following link: http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/news2day/news2day_20081119_av.html?2451515,null,228

Today the girls and boys of Tiermohan registered to victories in the basketball league. Both teams beat Kilashee at home. Last week, the boys drew with Clogherince while the girls lost.Today the scores were 12-7 for the boys and 18-0 for the girls.

Last Thursday 16th October in Moorefield Park, the girls of Tiermohan and Newtown won the u11 league final. The final score against Kildare Town NS was 4-3 to 0-1. The Cappagh girls proved too strong and were convincing winners of this league final. Many thanks to H Kennedy, P Ryan, M Wosser and T Milner for help in training the girls and to the supporters.

The children in the school were treated to a very interesting talk regarding birds, their diet, their phsical features and their migratory habits. John Lovatt of Bird Watch Ireland was our guest and the visit was sponsored by Kildare Education Centre.

Term 1
School re-opens Wednesday 27th August…..half day, 12.30pm.
Staff meeting Wednesday October 1st. School closed 1.30pm.
Mid-term: School closed from Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October inclusive.
In-School planning day December 8th: school closed.
Christmas Holidays: School closed 12 noon Friday December 23rd 2008.

Term 2
School re-opens Wednesday January 7th 2009.
Staff meeting Wednesday February 4th. School closed 12.30pm.
Enrolment for September 09 takes place Monday Feb 9th .(School remains open)
Parent-teacher meetings Thursday February 12th. School closed 2.55pm. First meeting 3.10pm.
Mid-term: School closed from Monday 16th February to Friday 20th inclusive.
Staff meeting Wednesday March 11th. School closed 1.30pm.
St Patrick’s Day: School closed Tuesday March 17th.
Easter Holidays: School closed Friday April 3rd at 12 noon.

Term 3
School re-opens Monday April 20th.
May holiday: School closed May 4th.
Staff meeting Wednesday May 13th. School closed 12.30pm
June break: School closed Monday 1st June to Friday 5th June inclusive.
Staff meeting Wednesday 10th. School closed 1.30pm.
Summer Holidays: School closed 12 noon Tuesday 30th June.

Today the children in Tiermohan's 4th to 6th classes went on a cycle. The route took them to Donadea forest, where they visited the 9-11 memorial, St Peter's Church and graveyard. On the route home they passed by the townland with the longest place name in Ireland, Newtownmoneennaluggagh. Many thanks to Mrs Martin, Mrs Holton and Mrs Dunne for their help.