Brighter days ahead

Covid-19 updated guidance

With updated guidance issued during the mid-term break, I wish to draw your attention to some of the main points for your son’s return to school.

Mask wearing for staff and for pupils from 3^rd to 6^th class is no longer required. We appreciate your co-operation with this aspect in particular over the past few months. We do envisage however, that many of our staff and some pupils may still choose to continue to wear a face covering. They have our full support and the school will continue to provide masks for those who wish to continue wearing them.

A number of positive practices have come about within the school as a result of procedures put in place to stop the spread of Covid. Some of these will continue to be implemented.

We will continue to promote good hygiene. Hand hygiene can be achieved by hand washing or use of a hand sanitiser (when hands look clean).

The Department of Education has provided additional funding to schools to support the enhanced cleaning required to minimise the risks of COVID-19. This funding will continue for this academic year and will be reviewed in advance of the start of the next school year.

As the general requirement for physical distancing in society no longer applies, schools are no longer required to maintain class pods and bubbles. This will facilitate a return to team teaching, sports, singing, music and after school activities.

We wish to thank the parent body for your continued support throughout the school year. We could not do this without your cooperation.

I would also like to applaud our staff - our teachers, SNA’s, Eilish our secretary and Garrett our caretaker and our Lead Work Representatives (Mr. Mc Evoy, Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Walsh) for their remarkable talents and skills used on a daily basis to fuel our mutual efforts over the past two years.  We are dedicated to providing your son with a child-centred, inclusive and caring environment to enable him to reach his full potential.  Your son’s wellbeing was and will continue to be at the forefront of everything we do. We understand the impact of school closures, restraints on mixing and parents working from home and we will continue to support families.  

Our staff have faced challenges and overcome many obstacles, but always kept going.  Well done to everyone. It has been a tough two years, looking back it sometimes feels like a dream, a dream thankfully we have nearly woken up from. 

Finally, I would like to pay our respects to those families who lost a beloved family member or friend to Covid over the past two years.  May they remain forever in our hearts.

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green schools

Our Green Schools Committee is once again very active this spring. Our grounds are looking superb as our daffodils are now beginning to pop their heads above ground. Our Green Schools and 3^rd class will take on the ‘Woodie’s Budding Gardeners’ challenges this spring and learn everything from planting bulbs, growing fruit and veg, creating a micro meadow and designing their own sustainable garden. We look forward to seeing the great results. Well done to all involved.

cumann na mbunscol – Football

Our own teams take to the field this week against St. Brigid’s BNS, Foxrock and St. Michael’s, Ballsbridge. There is great skill and teamwork on show this week in training and we have high hopes for a great season! It is wonderful to be back playing again. Thank you to our many teacher volunteers who have given up their free time to train, coach, manage and organise these matches.

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