Belgrove Infant Girls’ School

Quiz Night Fundraiser

22nd November 2019

Tonight's quiz, organised by the Parents’ Association (PA), provides

an opportunity to raise funds for the school but it's also a night for the

school community to meet and socialise.

We are extremely fortunate to have such an active and supportive

PA. A huge amount of planning and work goes into this event each

year. Your participation and attendance on the night helps contribute

to the success it has become.

The PA organises social events for the children and their families. It

provides funding for classroom equipment and furniture and for

school trips to Fighting Words and the local library. It also funds

shows during Arts Week, Seachtain na Gaeilge and Science Week.

This year in March, the PA invited Dr. Gillian Lake from D.C.U. to

speak to parents about the value of play and the important role it

plays in the teaching of young children. In May, Julie Dowd from the

Child Abuse Prevention Programme introduced parents to the Stay

Safe Programme.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support over the

last year. It was a great year in terms of participation and fundraising.

I hope you all thoroughly enjoy tonight’s quiz.

Welcome from our Principal

Ádh mór oraibh go léir.

Dearbhla O’Driscoll

2018 Quiz Night Winning Team: Murrary & Niamh McLeod and Nichola & Rory Breen with our school principal, Dearbhla O’Driscoll

Welcome from our PA

On behalf of the Parents’ Association (PA), we would like to say a

big thank you to all the parents, sponsors and local community for

supporting our annual Table Quiz. The money that was raised last

year has been used to purchase new school equipment to enhance

the school’s Learning Through Play approach and provide extra-

curricular activities for the girls.

The PA is an important channel of communication between parents

and the school. If you would like to get involved by volunteering,

please email pa@belgrove.ie or come along to our monthly

meetings which take place on the first Monday of every month. A

full list of all purchases and activities funded by the PA, our full

calendar of activities and further information are available on

www.belgrove.ie/parents-association.

Thank you for your continued support.

Belgrove Infant Girls’ School Parents’ Association

We are lucky to have so

many wonderful activities and

services for our children in

the local area. We hope you

find the following directory of

clubs, extra-curricular

activites and childcare

services useful.

In April, the First Class girls started 10

weeks of tennis lessons. The cost of

coaching was covered by the PA funds.

Thank You!

Extra-curricular Activities

Creative Interaction

Horseshoe-shaped

tables and Interactive

Display Screens

purchased with PA

funds help enrich the

girls’ learning

experience.

Science Week

The teachers organised a wonderful Science Week in February. PA funds and volunteer parents helped make it a

fun week with lots of learning.

Big Bear Planetarium Science Experiments

Optical Illusions

At Christmas time,

Santa visits the school

with lovely presents

and reindeer food.

School Community

The PA enriches the school community in many ways, helping to organise various events throughout the year:

Food Dudes

First Class Graduation

Junior Infants Open Day and Junior Infants Family Day

Book Fair

Guest Speakers

The Annual Bake Sale

The Bake Sale is always full of

excitement and sweetness.

Thanks to all who baked, purchased and

volunteered for our Bake Sale in May.

Belgrove Infant Girls’ School

Learning Through Play

A Trip to the Vet

The girls love role-play!

Your support helps the

school purchase play

equipment.

Zamda Uniform Donation

A huge thank you to all the parents who donated their daughter’s old school uniform to the local charity Zamda, who run a school

and orphanage for Children in Kabwe, Zambia. The uniforms were graciously received and as you can see from the photos, it’s

fantastic to see the uniforms being put to such good use!

What will we learn today?

Learning Through Play

Doctors and Nurses, Scientist, Construction, People Who Help Us,

Water Play...plenty of play resources and equipment were purchased

with the help of PA funds.

Calendar of Activities

5-6 December 2019: Book Fair

9 December 2019: Christmas PA meeting in Pebble Beach pub at

8pm – All welcome!

16 December 2019: Santa gift and reindeer food preparation

19 December 2019: Santa visit to the school

4 May 2020: Junior Infants Welcome Morning

May 2020: Bake Sale

19 June 2020: First Class graduation

Volunteers are needed and welcome for all of the above events.

Please email pa@belgrove.ie.

About the PA

Committee

Joint Chair: Derval Coughlan and Hazel Mealy

Deputy Chair: Niamh MacLeod

Treasurer: Ross Breen

Secretary: Lorna Gallagher

Quiz Night Organiser: Genevieve Wallace

PA meetings take place on the first Monday of every month. If this

falls on a Bank Holiday the meeting takes place the following

Monday. There is no PA meeting in January. All are welcome!

Prize Donations

The PA would like to express their sincere thanks to

Clontarf Rugby Club for making their venue available

every year free-of-charge. Their generosity is a true

sign of their community spirit!

360 Cycles

Anne Rossi Clinic Hair and Beauty

Azul Laser & Beauty Clinic

Bay Restaurant

Bewleys

Bike Row Ski

Brodericks Brothers

Butler's Chocolates

Clontarf Castle Hotel

Clontarf Chiropractic Clinic

Clontarf Florist

Clontarf Wines

ClubsToHire

Coast Road Runners

Croke Park Skyline

Denise Curtis, Physical Therapist

Dublin Birdy

East Road Cafe

Fishbone Restaurant, Bar & Grill

GAA

Game On Camps

Happy Hampers

Hemmingway's Restaurant

InterContinental Hotel

Irish National Sailing School

It's The Little Things

Kerrigan Meats

Killeen Golf Club

Kinara

Mace

Magner's Pharmacy

Miriam Dowling

Mulranny Golf Club

Olive's Room

PepsiCo

Pharmacy O'Regan

Picasso Restaurant

Pilates Centre

Pure Beauty Rooms

Pure Magic

quack + dirk

Renaissance Boutique

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud

Robert Hanly Nice Holidays

Rocco

Royal Dublin Golf Club

Rugbytots

Salon 56

Sarah O'Reilly

Sheridan's Cheesemongers

Spanish School Clontarf

St. Anne's Golf Club

St. Gabriel's Pharmacy

Teeling Whiskey Distillery

Tennis4Kids

The Baths at Clontarf

The Book Haven

The Edge

The Pigeon House

The Viking Theatre

Tillies Café

Thomas Dandy Photography

Tres-Chic

Wallace Travel Group

West Wood Gym Clontarf

Platinum

EY

Grant Thornton

Hessions

Kennedy's Food Store

Lisney

Lost Lane

Prado

Pebble Beach

Gold

Dublin Port Company

Greendoor Property Management

Red C Research

SuperValu

Clontarf Dental Practice

ClubsToHire

Derada Drama School

Dublin Orthodontics

EBS

Game On Camps

Gerry's Christmas Trees

Independent Photocopier Services Ltd

Irish National Sailing &

Powerboat School

Jane Horgan-Jones

Leaps and Bounds

Let's Go Camps

Metropolitan School of Dance

Naoise Ó Muirí

O'Hara's Spar

Olive's Room

Clontarf Lawn Tennis Club

Parks Tennis

Pepsico

Richard Bruton

Showtime Theatre School

St Lawrence Montessori

Staffords Funeral Home

TaeKwonDo

Tennis 4 Kids

Whelan & Company

Lesa Mirolo, Arts and Crafts Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club Castle Creche

Dublin Performing Arts

Gallagher Quigley

Harry Byrne's

Insomnia

Lawlor Partners

Lynch's of Marino

Nolan’s

Patrick Donaghy & Co. Solicitors

Raheny Orthodontics

Sheehan & Company Solicitors

The Elphin

Our Sponsors

Bronze

Silver

Directory

Many thanks to all our generous sponsors for your continued support.

Initiatives Funded by PA (Academic Year 2018/2019)

Equipment for the school: Horseshoe tables for classrooms; six

active panels for classrooms; play resources including mobile

shop, Lego education and construction toys

Extra-curricular activities: Ten weeks of

Tennis4Kids lessons; Heritage for Schools bird

watching visit

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Irish play by MoMo Productions

Arts Week: LearnIt Lego workshop; violin

recital; puppet theatre

Science Week: One week of Scratch computer

coding sessions; Big Bear Planetarium visit

Parent Talks and Information Evenings: Talk by Dr. Gillian

Lake, DCU on supporting young children's development through

play; talk by Julie Dowd, Child Abuse Prevention Programme on

the Stay Safe Programme; talk by Kay Varden, HSE on head lice

Gifts and open days: Junior Infants Family Day; Santa visit and

gift; Christmas Annual; First Class Graduation and graduation gift;

buses to and from Raheny Library and Fighting Words; National

Parents Council subscription

2019 Quiz Night Trophy

Good luck to everyone taking

part in this year’s Quiz Night. A

special thank you to all the

sponsors, parents, the school

and the local community.