Dear Parents /Guardians:

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Welcome to our new school year. I hope your child/children will be happy and enjoy the coming year. A special welcome to our new pupils – Alina Bogdanovica, Daniel Boyadzhiev, Ellen Fadden, Ronan Jordan, Kyle Tansey, LilyMae McDonnell, Atanas Mihaylov.

 

Swimming lessons are cancelled due to Covid.

 

Tin Whistle lessons will not resume at present.

 

Parent/Teacher meetings for all classes will be held on the 14th and 15th October. (All the details at a later date).

 

School commences at 9.20am and finishes at 3pm. Infants should be collected at 2.00pm. With safety in mind, Parents are asked to collect their children at the gate. The area outside the gate is the designated area for the school bus pick –up. For the safety of everyone, Parents/Guardians should not park in this area at pick/drop off times.

If there is a change of person collecting your child, please give written notification to the School.

We request that Parents do not drop off their child in the morning without a teacher being present.

In line with Covid’19 restrictions, No Parent/Guardian is allowed on the school grounds. Please contact us by phone at 094 9032010 to make an appointment, if necessary. Also we require 3 contact numbers for each child. Please send these into us if you haven’t done so already.

 

Break Times:

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To facilitate all children going outside at break times, please ensure your child brings a coat to school every day. This is in line with the HSE recommendations that children be out in the fresh air as much as possible.

 

School Uniforms:

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Boys: Grey trousers, grey V-neck jumper, blue shirt, grey/blue tie and black shoes.

Girls: Grey pinafore/trousers, grey cardigan, blue blouse, grey/blue tie, grey/blue tights and black shoes.

The School Tracksuit: Navy blue T-shirt, navy blue bottoms and royal blue sweatshirt with the school crest. (If your child requires extra P.E. gear please contact J.T. Sports, Green Stores, Claremorris.)

 

 

Please note:

• Parents/Guardians of Infant classes should initial their copies and books, etc. please, and have 2 sets of thick twistables as there can be no sharing.

• Parents/ Guardians should sign their children’s homework copy every evening. Sick notes should be brought in when a child is absent.

• Children cycling to School should have a note from their Parents confirming this.

• In times of extreme weather please listen to Midwest Radio for information re. school closure.

• In line with the Education Welfare Act we wish to draw your attention to the following:

1. Parents must inform the School when a student is absent and must give the reason(s) for such absence(s).

2. If the cumulative number of days on which a student is absent reaches 20 days in a School year, the Principal is legally obliged to inform the Education Welfare officer who may investigate the matter.

 

Tracksuits should be worn on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

 

 

 

Staffing Arrangements: 

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Ms. Fionnuala Costello will teach classes Junior Infants, Senior Infants, First and Second. Ms. Nola Gibbons will teach Third, Fourth and Fifth classes.

We welcome Ms. Karen Summerville as our Special Education Teacher.

 

All School testing will take place the last week in May and the first week in June. The results are sent home in the end of year school report.