Homework Club and Football Training

*Homework Club will resume this year on 16th September!*

It will be made available for students from 1^st-6^th Class, Monday to Wednesday.

It will take place with Ms. Keane in her classroom from 3pm-4pm. Children must be collected at the school gate promptly at 4pm.

Homework Club will cost €5 per day. A sign-up sheet will go around each morning in school for the club that day.

Students are encouraged to bring a light snack and drink to have before they start their work.

N.B.: The final responsibility for checking the students’ homework rests with the parents.

*Football Training*

Football training will be every Thursday and Friday during big break and matches will be played on Tuesdays, beginning on the 10th of September. A consent slip and note will be sent home on Monday.

Welcome back to a new school year!

A warm welcome back to children & parents alike as we embark upon a new school year here in St. Patrick's N.S!

We welcome Ms. Katie Maguire to the middle room covering Ms. Ibs' career break for the full school year. Ms. Maguire will be teaching a class of eighteen 2nd & 3rd class children while Ms. Kilrane returns to the Special Education role following her maternity leave.

Ms. Keane will be teaching a class of seventeen junior infants to 1st class & I will be teaching a class of twenty- four 4th to 6th class children.

For those of you familiar with the school, you'll know our school times are 9.20 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Supervision is provided by the staff from 9.10 a.m. onwards every school morning. For insurance & child protection reasons, children are not to be left in the school yard unattended before 9.10 a.m. please.

P.E will be on Thursdays so P.E gear to be worn on this day please. (We will notify you by the Text a Parent app of any changes to this - please ensure you have downloaded the app to your phone as all school events/holidays will be available on the app)

As in previous years, you will receive the Allianz Pupil Personal accident insurance form this week. Please return the form & remittance to the school before the end of September should you wish to avail of this cover.

The children will all receive their book rental books & stationery in school on the first day back. Please ensure that all stationery & items of the school uniform are clearly labelled.

A reminder that in keeping with our healthy eating policy, children are only allowed a treat on Fridays. As you may know, all children can avail of free milk this year following our success in the Moo Crew competition earlier in the year. Please let us know if you do not wish for your child to receive milk every day.

We hope your child will have a great year with us here in St. Patrick's N.S. Please contact us to make an appointment if there is ever anything you are concerned about regarding your child's academic or social development this school year.

Kind regards

Trevor Larke
Principal

Back to School

We hope everyone enjoyed their summer holidays!

School re-opens on Monday 2nd September.

The school day begins at 9.20am.

Infants go home at 2pm and the rest of the school finish at 3pm.

Junior Infants will go home at 12.30pm for the first two weeks of school. 

See you all next week! 😁

School Transport

Recycling Plastic Bottles- idea for summer holidays!

Well the summer holidays are almost here and no doubt many parents will be wondering how on earth they're going to keep their little darlings occupied for a whole 8 weeks? It's a fair question!

With the Irish weather as unpredictable as it is, you can be guaranteed there'll be a few rainy days where everyone will be stuck inside and the kids will be bored....so with that in mind, I thought it might be worth posting a simple idea that perhaps some of the kids would be interested in....

Have a look at the following link: http://www.sealrescueireland.org/blog/ecobricks

Seal Rescue Ireland have an initiative to encourage recycling of plastic bottles by converting them into "eco- bricks". These bricks can then be re-used and turned into furniture or even to build walls. The idea is to raise awareness of unnecessary plastic waste and to hopefully reduce the amount of plastic waste we produce.  Lots of sea animals, including seals,are getting entangled in plastic waste or ingesting plastic waste which can be fatal. This idea might be a way to re-use and -up-cycle some of the plastic bottles that end up in your recycling bin or rubbish. However, bear in mind that Seal Rescue Ireland have to assess the weight/quality of the ecobrick before accepting it so they will NOT accept bricks sent to them via post!

Mellowes School Tour

The children in Juniors-2nd Class had a great day on their tour today. There were loads of things to do and play with. We had a talent show and planted some coriander too.

Have a look at what we got up to:  

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We can do it!

Yes we can!

Being active

Is the plan!