Dear Parents & Guardians, As we approach Mid-term break I think everyone would agree that it is great to be back in school. It is important to recognise how well the children have adapted to the new situation and they are all doing so well. It is lovely to see smiling happy faces coming in the school gates every morning. As a staff & B.O.M. we are happy with the procedures & practices in place to protect the children & staff whilst they are at school. We thank you for your support to date & continued support as we try to ensure that the school will remain open. Please find a list of recent & upcoming events. First Confession/First Holy Communion: We would like to congratulate the boys & girls on making their First Penance & First Holy Communion recently. We thank Ms Cusack for preparing the children for both Sacraments. We also thank Ms Kelly for giving her time & providing the music on both occasions & to Fr Roche for performing the ceremonies. School Photos: County Photos were in the school recently to take the children’s photos. If you are interested in getting the photos you can go online or return the order form to the school before Tuesday 13th October. Seesaw: We are all now up & running with the online platform Seesaw. It has been working well so far and the kids seem to be enjoying using it. Thanks to Ms Cusack for all the work she has done to set this up for everyone. Maths Week: Maths Week will run from Monday 12th October to Friday 16th October. This is always an enjoyable week for the children. As children will not be getting Maths homework that week we would ask that you give them the opportunity to use Maths in the Environment for e.g. estimating shopping bills, using measures when cooking, cost of petrol/diesel per litre, identifying shapes & looking at numbers on road signs or in the home. Congratulations: We pass on our congratulations to the St Thomas’ Senior Hurlers on winning the County Title for the Third year in a row. This is a fantastic achievement by a wonderful group of players....
Read MoreDear Parents & Guardians, On behalf of all the staff, I would like to say how wonderful it is to see all the children back to school today and to hear their voices throughout the school. It was very rewarding to see them settle back into work in the classroom and play in their bubbles in the yard. We hope your child enjoyed their first day back. Thank you to all parents for your cooperation with social distancing during drop off and pick up times. I want to assure you all that we will do everything we can to keep the children safe. I would like to bring to your attention some recent & upcoming events in the school. New Students: We would like to welcome all our students back to school, but I would like to especially mention all our new students & their parents. We got to meet you all last Friday 28th of August & we hope that you are all very happy here in Kilchreest N.S. Staff: A warm welcome to all our staff who have returned to school today. We also welcome two new members of Staff. Ms Sarah Leneghan, (who will be covering Principal Release Days & LSRT) & Ms Laura Mitchell LSRT. Both Teachers are shared with Ardrahan National School. Communication: After this our monthly newsletters will no longer be sent home with your child. The newsletter will be emailed to you & will also be available to access on the Schools website. Text-a-parent will still be used for more urgent messages. It is important that we have all the correct contact details so could you please fill out the slip below & return it to the school with your child. School Photos: County Photos are coming to the school to do school Photos on THURSDAY 17THTH SEPTEMBER 2020. Please see information received from them: We have worked hard behind the scenes to ensure that Photo Day and your Schools Photo experience will not add to your stress levels and workload in any way. We have implemented new procedures for our photographers and are now practising the highest standards of safe, hassle-free, and socially distant school photography. Together with our brand-new online ordering...
Read MoreDear Parents & Guardians, The school year 2019-2020 will never be forgotten. Covid-19 has presented many challenges to everyone nationally & globally. It is truly a life changing event. Out of great adversity we can often see the very best come out in people & society. I am proud of the way our country has dealt with the pandemic and our actions have saved lives. We have seen the importance of family & community and we are indebted to the front line workers. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you and our staff for the efforts everyone has made to help the children with their education during this period. I realise that it hasn’t been easy and far from ideal. I believe that in some ways that the home-school links that have been created will benefit the children’s education well into the future. Please find below some relevant information and details about school matters. Seesaw: It has been decided by the staff of the school to start using the online educational platform Seesaw in September. Many schools have started using it as a way for students & teachers to communicate during the recent lockdown. It is a completely safe & regulated platform. We will be in contact in early September to get your consent if you are happy for your children to use it and with instructions on how to use it. If you’d like to get more information you’ll find it on their website at https://web.seesaw.me School Book Rental: Monday June 22nd is the date set for the return of School Rental Books for children from 3rd-6th. The following books are to be returned on the day, Planet Maths, Exercise Your English, Small World Geography/Science, Small World History, Grow in Love, Essential facts & Tables (5th & 6th). Please see details of times for drop-off. Social distancing measures will be in operation in the school yard. 3rd class 11-11:30am. 4th class 11:30am-12pm. 5th Class 12-12:30pm. 6th Class 12:30-1pm. Junior & Senior Infants have only 1 reader to return and they can be brought back if a parent is returning a sibling’s books from 3rd-6th. Otherwise we will collect the remaining books when we return to...
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