Children First National Guidance
New guidelines for the protection and welfare of children were issued in 2017 and since then staff, BOM members and school personnel have attended training as required. It is important to note that under Children First Guidelines that every registered teacher has a statutory obligation to make a mandated report to Tusla regarding child protection concerns.
All families should have received the new Child Safeguarding Statement ratified recently by the Board of Management. This document replaces the original Child Protection Policy and will be included in the Booklet for Parents from now on.
Active School Week
All children and staff had a very active week at school last week and took part in a wide range of activities. It is great to see children being active and as the evenings become longer (and warmer hopefully!) encourage your children to get outdoors and keep active. Many thanks to the Parents’ Association for their donation which allowed all the children attend the Peace Link in Clones on Wednesday.
Swimming
Swimming continues each Friday at a reduced cost of €5 per child (again thanks to the Parents’ Association for subsidising the lessons). If money is being paid weekly it must be paid in advance of each lesson. The children completed the Swim a Mile Challenge last week and received their certificates. Well done to all.
French Classes
Agnes Callaghan has very kindly agreed to teach pupils in 3rd-5th French vocabulary for 5 weeks. This is a great opportunity for our pupils and it gives them a definite advantage when going to secondary school. Cost per lesson is €2 (thank you to the Parents’ Association for subsidising the balance). Please forward €10 to school as soon as possible.
School Tour
Our school tour will be held on Tuesday 5th June, we will travel to Gormanston Park for a Let’s Go activity based school tour that is action packed and full of fun and excitement. Further details will follow.
The cost of the tour is €25 per child. The Parents’ Association are subsidising the cost of transport. Money may be sent to school at any stage between now and Friday 1st June. Payments may be paid in installments. Please put money in an envelope with your child/children's’ name on it for the attention of Mrs McBride.
Dates for your diary
Monday 7th May School Closed Bank Holiday
Thursday 31st May School closed as staff attend in service training day for Primary Language Curriculum
Friday 1st June Last swimming lesson
Monday 4th June School Closed Bank Holiday
Tuesday 5th June School Tour for all pupils to Gormanston Activity Centre
Wednesday 20th June End of year Fun Evening
Friday 22nd June School closes at 12.00 for Summer Holidays