St Luke's School, Douglas

Mr Jim Queally presenting a crib to St. Luke’s School. Included in photo are Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson and Ms Anderson, Principal

Thank you to everyone who supported our Gold Run this year. We raised a total of €139.08. This money will be used to fund activities which benefit all pupils.

Board of Management Elections

The new Board of Management is made up of the following:-

Mr Roger Flack (Chairperson); Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson (Patron’s Rep); Ms Olwen Anderson (Principal); Ms Anne O’Driscoll (Parent Rep); Mr Shane Treacy (Parent Rep); Ms Helen Wilson (Teacher Rep); Ms Jenny Miller (Community Rep) and Mr Gordon Jermyn (Community Rep).  The four year term of this new Board of Management will begin on 1st December.

Thank you to the outgoing members of the current Board:- Dr Ann Caird, Ms Elaine Guinane and Ms Sarah Jones, all of whom have given so much time, energy and expertise to the school during their time on the Board.

Our Game Playing Day raised a total of €349.01 which will go to Enable Ireland, our charity for this term.

We also recently raised €401.72 for GOAL through Jersey Day. Almost every club was represented! Thank you to everyone who gave so generously.

We recently hosted workshops for pupils and a presentation for parents on the topic of ‘Internet Safety’. These were presented by Dr. Sineád Devine of MGMS Training Ltd. We are very grateful to the Parents’ Association who funded  the very worthwhile presentation to parents.

We were delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor, Cllr Chris O’Leary, and the Lady Mayoress to St. Luke’s School recently. They were both treated to a rendition of the school anthem, ‘The Spirit of St. Luke’s’, sung by the pupils.

The Lord Mayor spoke to the pupils about the importance of caring for each other. He also spoke about the upcoming 1916 Centenary Programme and looking at how different life was in 1916. Pupils were encouraged to ask grandparents about their lives when they were young and compare this with life today.

(The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress with pupils who welcomed them to St. Luke’s School)

We are currently taking part in the Food Dudes Programme. This programme  gives pupils the opportunity to taste a variety of fruit and vegetables. Food Dudes is a programme developed by the University of Wales, Bangor, to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables both in school and at home. It is based on positive role models (the Food Dudes characters), repeated tasting and rewards.

Pupils in Junior Infants – 2nd Class are taking part in the complete programme while senior pupils take part in a ‘reminder’ programme.

( 4th Class pupils prepare the fresh fruit and vegetables for distribution to classrooms)

All pupils were recently treated to an interactive performance by the London Chamber Brass Quintet. We heard a selection of musical pieces and learned about the various brass instruments. Some pupils got a very close-up view of the instruments and Alison even got to conduct the quintet! A huge thank you to the Parents’ Association for their funding of this event.

We were delighted and very proud to welcome back to St. Luke’s the current Head Boy, Stephen Jermyn, and Head Girl, Ali Lynch,, both of whom are past pupils of St. Luke’s! They were accompanied, on their visit, by Ms Hewison, Deputy Principal and a collection of recently won silverware.

Congratulations!

To our two Fifth Class pupils who won 1st and 2nd places in the recent Douglas Tidy Towns’ Poster Competition. The girls are pictured with David Boyle of Douglas Tidy Towns Committee.

To our Athletics Team who came 3rd in the Inter-School Sports.

To our Junior Tag Rugby Team who won the Inter-Schools Tag Rugby Tournament

To our Swimming Team who came 2nd overall in the Inter-Schools Swimming Gala.

Thank you to all parents who helped organise, coach or referee at these events. It would not happen without the work of so many. Míle buíochas.