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Important Info/Dates: The HCB Breakfast Club is FREE for all pupils in Term 2 and Term 3. St. Patrick’s Day Holidays – Pupil will finish at 11.00am on Friday 14th March & return on Wed 19th March. The Sacrament of Reconciliation/ First Confession for Primary 3 on Thursday 27th March in church @11.00am. Careers Week: Monday 7th to Friday 11th April 2025. Rewarding Pupils: Term 2 Award Winners for Reading, Maths and Attendance on Tuesday 15th April 2025. Easter Holidays: Pupils will finish early on Thursday 17th April (@11.00am) and return Mon 28th April 2025. First Holy Communion Year 4 - Friday 23rd May @11am. May Bank Holidays: School closed on Mon 5th & Tue 6th May & on Mon 26th & Tue 27th May 2025.                                                                                                                                                                 
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Accelerated Reader 15 Million Word Challenge Accepted by the boys in P4-P7

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11th Dec 2022

Last week a target of 15 million words was set for the P4-P7 boys, in the hope that this could be reached before the Christmas holidays. As of Friday 8th of December the boys had amassed 14,708,487 words read, so just under 300,000 words to go. In light of this fantastic effort we are setting a new target of 16 million words. 
The challenge is still on to win the £20 by guessing the three digit lock code to open our safe box. Good news is it has to go this week so if your son is reading and quizzing this week, he has a great chance of winning the money. 
Mr Connolly will be giving out certificates on Monday 12th December to those boys that have achieved personal word count targets. We will continue to do everything possible in school to develop a love of reading among the boys. All these incentives are nice to receive but the real prize for us would be for the boys to read for the love of it and not just to be rewarded. We hope you as parents/guardians will try to instil the same values at home.