Isolation quick guide for parents and guardians of children older than 3 months and up to 13 years of age from the HSE: CLICK HERE
Our annual Book Fair arrives next Monday the 8th of November!
The Book Fair has proven a great way for our school to get new books for our school library (60% of sales goes towards new titles for our library)
Please see the information leaflet here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c4MpO00GQUSE5P34JXHLOzvKA_FuQCv0/view?usp=sharing
Please see the bottom section (in red) for the different ways in which books can be bought at the fair
Timetable for class groups (one parent volunteer from our P.A will look after the book fair each day)
Junior/Senior infant parents - please accompany your child to the fair on Monday should you wish to buy a book(s).
Please be mindful of social distancing & wear a mask.
The fair will be outside but in case it's raining, here is the timetable for the junior room - Junior Infant parents: 1.50p.m. - 2.10p.m. Senior infant parents: 2.10p.m. - 2.30p.m. 1st class: 2.30p.m. - 2.50p.m.)
Monday: 1.50p.m. - 2.50p.m - Junior Room
Tuesday: 1.50p.m. - 2.50p.m - Middle Room
Wednesday: 1.50p.m. - 2.50p.m. - Senior room
St. Patrick’s N.S are running a clothing collection in conjunction with Bag2School which will be collected at the school on Tuesday the 16th of November. (bags to follow soon)
(Please drop bags at the school gate - please have all bags dropped off before 12p.m. on Tuesday the 16th. Bags can be dropped off on any day before this date & we will store them here in the school)
By getting involved in our Bag2School collection you have an opportunity to sort through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate any unwanted textiles in the bag provided.
In addition, it will raise awareness amongst the children of the benefits of recycling and reuse. We can accept adult and children’s clothes, shoes (tied together please), hats, belts, handbags, scarves & belts, soft toys.
Please NO Duvets, Pillows, Curtains, Blankets, Towels, Charity shop items or items not fit for re-use.
The clothes have to be of good quality for reuse in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. The LauraLynn House will also receive an additional 10% from Bag2School. The LauraLynn House is the only Children’s Hospice in Ireland.
Their mission is “The LauraLynn House cares for children with life limiting conditions, and their families, by providing high quality transitional care, home support, respite, crisis and end-of-life care. Our services are available to children with high medical and nursing needs from birth to 18.”
Please try to fill as many bags as you can, don’t forget to ask grandparents, friends
and neighbours to have a sort out too!
You can return clothes in any kind of bag. Bag2School will be collecting on 16/11/21.
Please return your bag (or bags!) to us and help us have a really good collection! Many thanks indeed for helping us with this unique fundraising opportunity.
Thank you!
We accept the
following ‘good quality’ items for
RE-USE:
We DO NOT accept:
In line with recommendations from the National Public Health Emergency Team, it has been agreed that from September 27th, automatic contact tracing of asymptomatic close contacts in primary school children aged under 13 years of age is no longer recommended.
This means that children who are asymptomatic will no longer be routinely required to restrict their movements.
Automatic COVID 19 testing of asymptomatic close contacts identified in primary schools will no longer take place; instead testing will focus on clinically relevant symptomatic disease. There will be transition to testing for public health action and surveillance as indicated on public health or clinical grounds.
Children identified as household close contacts and who are not fully vaccinated or have not had a confirmed Covid-19 diagnoses in the last 9 months will still need to restrict their movements and get a COVID 19 test.
A child is a household contact if they were present over-night, in the household of a COVID 19 case while the case was infectious. This may be in their own home or someone else’s home, for example children who may have been on sleepovers with family or friends.
Public Health advice remains the same for any primary school child with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 - they should immediately self-isolate, should not attend school or socialise and follow current public health advice.
Please note advice to schools regarding the sharing of information of a positive case in our school:
From a public health perspective, we have been informed that there is no clinical need for information to be shared with contacts of cases, therefore Public Health do not recommend that schools tell parents of other children that there has been a case of Covid-19 within a classroom.
Please see beginning of school year information letter here (including information about 'Music Generation' & Pupil Personal Accident Insurance):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/104E2hhwsCQ7n50rOc4pHrk81KknG5WN2/view?usp=sharing
We wish everybody a wonderful summer! Thank you to the whole school community for all of the support and understanding throughout this crazy year.
We want to wish our 6th Class pupils and Annamay the best of luck in their new schools! They will be missed in St. Patrick's!
We were delighted to welcome Mark & his team from The School of Irish Archaeology to our school today.
The children had a wonderful time learning about how archaeologists work, examining Viking tools & artefacts & most fun of all digging in the clay to find some hidden treasures!
