Talbot Senior National School

Our school concert “Bawnogue to Bethlehem- The Sequel”, will take place on the 14th and 15th December 2016. It will involve every child in the school and is set to be another enjoyable event at Talbot SNS.

Every child who attends Talbot SNS and Nano Nagle JNS will get to see the concert for free during the school day of either the 14th or 15th December.

Tickets can now be ordered from Natasha in the office. Tickets cost 8 euro per person. As children will be invited to the matinee, they will not be permitted to the evening shows. No admission for children at evening shows due to health and safety restrictions. There will be 2 tickets reserved per child until Friday 2nd December and then they will go on general sale.

A limited number of tickets for the matinee shows are now available to accommodate parents wishing to bring younger non-school attending children to see their brothers/sisters in Talbot SNS perform. These can be purchased from Natasha. Early booking is advised as numbers are very limited.

A DVD of the show is also available to pre-order at a price of 15 euro. Orders for these can only be taken until Friday the 16th December.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend our continued thanks and appreciation for all your support of your children in Talbot SNS.

Aileen Gallagher,

(Concert Coordinator)

1. Agree a clear set of rules with your child on screen time in the home. Talk to your child on when you think it is appropriate and inappropriate to use screens. Agree times when screens are allowed and not allowed in the home. For example dinner time, homework time and bed time.
2. Do as you say. Modelling behaviour is THE most powerful way you can influence your child’s behaviour.
3. Restrict the use of computers/devices in the bedroom. Depending on the age of your child you may want to set a curfew or ban devices from the bedroom completely.
4. Buy an alarm clock for your child’s bedroom and charge their phones in your room at night time. This can be a helpful way of giving them a break from the internet.
5. Try not to rely on screens too much to keep the kids amused. It can be easy to encourage kids to pick up the tablet or play a game on the computer to keep them occupied. This only confuses rules on screen time, try and stick to the agreed rules with your child and remember to set a good example.
6. Chat to your child about what they do online and encourage them to use their screen time for learning and education.
7. Pick one evening a week where you do a family activity together, whether it’s movie night, games night. Doing activities together as a family will help implement screen time guidelines and offer fun alternatives.
8. Don’t have screens always on in the background. Turn off TVs and Computers when not in use, these can be distracting for kids if they are trying to participate in another activity.
9. Finally, join in, why not set some time aside to play your child’s favourite computer game and discover the online world together.

Download our Screen Time Advice sheet here:

Mr Molloy’s 3rd class are learning about fraction equivalence through working with cuisenaire rods and a real fraction number-line.

Test yourself:

1. How many quarters are equivalent to a half? 
2. How many halves are equivalent to a unit?
3. How many eighths are equivalent to a half?
4. How many eighths are equivalent to a quarter?
5. How many eighths are equivalent to three quarters?

On Tuesday 22nd November Talbot SNS held a science exhibition. Every class in the school took part and put up a display in the hall. Pupils from every class took turns during the day to attend their display and explain to visitors what their experiment was about. Everybody had a chance to visit all the displays and to learn something new. Well done to all the pupils and teachers on their hard work. It was a fantastic exhibition and everyone should be very proud of their work! A very big thank you to Ms. Cahill who organised the big event!

This is a list of the displays in the exhibition:

• Mr. Molloy 3^rd – The floating egg.
• Mr. O’Callaghan 3^rd – Floating & sinking.
• Mrs. Shaw 4^th – How our Lungs work.
• Ms ní Dhúill 4^th – Mixing & dissolving materials in liquids.
• Ms Skelly 4^th – Sugar in our food.
• Mr. O’Donnell 4^th – Hovercraft.
• Ms. Ward 5^th – Density – how an egg floats in water.
• Mr. Gilmartin 5^th – The reflection of light – Periscopes.
• Mr. Coleman 5^th – Magnetism.
• Mr. Malone 5^th – Testing food materials for starch.
• Mr. Bannon 6^th – Electric quizzes.
• Mr. Byrne 6^th – Fungus Fun: using yeast to create gas.
• Mr. Gordon 6^th – Volcanic eruption – materials.

Here are some pictures of the day:

The title of our poster competition was “What a healthy lifestyle means to me?”. Well done to all participants for handing in such well-thought out entries. The winners were Aaliyah, Robyn, German, Meliha, Amy, Aoife, Aimee, Jemma Lei, Warren and Kayleigh.

This year we will hold a Christmas Concert instead of our Summer Concert. The concert will take place the evenings of 14th & 15th December. More details will follow closer the time

Assembly takes place on Thursday, November 17th. 3rd & 4th class at 9:10am, 5th & 6th at 9:45am

Parent Teacher Meetings will take place on Thursday 17th and 24th of November. You will receive your day and time this week. It is a great chance to meet your child’s teacher and see how they are progressing.

On Thursday last, three times All-Ireland Medalist Eoghan O’Gara visited Talbot Senior bringing with him the Sam Maguire Cup. Hip hip Hurray for Dublin!