Are you a parent or caregiver? A research team at UCD are inviting parents/caregivers of children/adolescents (4-18 years) to participate in a research study and complete questionnaires about how they are coping during the Covid-19 crisis. Participants who complete Questionnaires at all 3 time points will be entered into a prize draw for one of … Continue reading Research Project Seeks Parents

Here are the links to each of the padlets: Early Start / Junior Infants / Senior Infants Padlet https://padlet.com/maria_purcell/j8siw9pmt4ev 1st/2nd class Padlet https://padlet.com/maria_purcell/f8embt6wnza8 3rd/4th class Padlet https://padlet.com/maria_purcell/fiumdtxk3z0b 5th/6th class Padlet https://padlet.com/maria_purcell/rvjktyxf65g   Each Friday your child's teacher will post new work for the following week.

Dear Parent / Guardian, Hope you and your family are keeping safe and well. As you are aware the Taoiseach announced on Friday that all schools will remain closed until September. I'm sure this announcement greatly disappointed our pupils, as it did the staff. We were hoping to return to school and see the pupils before the … Continue reading 5th May

Dear Parents / Guardians, Monsignor Dan O' Connor, Episcopal Vicar for Education, who works closely with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, sent an email to the school to clarify arrangements for First Communion and Confirmation. I have included the relevant excerpt below. "A number of schools and parishes have been in contact asking about Confirmation and First … Continue reading First Communion and Confirmation

The Irish Primary Principals Network supports school leaders at primary level. Below Pairic Clerkin, CEO of the IPPN, shares some more advice for parents regarding supporting your child's learning at home, which you may find useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDLqJYs3ha0  

Dear Parent / Guardian, We hope your child enjoyed engaging with the activities on the padlet this week. Every Friday the teachers will upload work for the following week. The children should take a break from schoolwork at the weekends. As we have said before the emphasis is on your child’s safety and well-being at … Continue reading Arrangements for Week Beginning 27th April & Email Addresses for Teachers

Dear Parents / Guardians, I hope you and your families are all safe and well after the Easter break. We were hoping to return to school tomorrow but as you are aware school closure has been extended until Tuesday 5th May, with a possibility of a further extension. In order to support your child's learning … Continue reading Week Beginning 20th April & PADLET

If you are looking for ideas to keep your child busy over the Easter break, you may wish to print out The Great Isolation Activity Book. It is filled with fun activities for children to complete. Please click here to access it. The Great Isolation Activity Book

Tusla has produced a booklet to help families plan in the event that someone gets sick from Covid-19. Click on the link to access it. Booklet for Family Plan

The idea of this campaign is that, as a show of support for those workers and volunteers on front lines at this very difficult time, all children who have a flag in their national, county or club colours would ‘fly’ that flag from their gate post, window, or wherever they would normally place a flag. … Continue reading Flags for Frontline Heroes Campaign