Back to School Message

21st Aug 2025

Dear parents and guardians,

We are looking forward to welcoming all of the children back to school on Thursday 28^th August. Please note the following information.

Class from Senior infants to 6^th class will start at 8.50am. Senior infants will finish at 1.30pm and classes from 1st-6th class will finish at 2.30pm.
Junior infants will start at 9.15am and finish at 12. Please see email from Claire regarding collection times for the first few weeks.
Classes from Senior infants to 6^th class will line up in the yard as usual. The lines will be clearly marked with the teachers name.
Junior infant parents will bring their children into the classroom on Thursday 28th. Tea and coffee will be served in the hall for new parents.
All other new pupils starting in classes from Seniors-6th class can come to the office on Thursday 28th.

Resource payment

Please make sure that the resource payment has been paid for your child by Aug 28th. This payment includes 24hours insurance, photocopying, literacy resources, art materials and much more. The payment links for this payment is now active.

Bikes/Scooters

Reminder to all parents to ensure that all bikes should be clearly labelled and locked to the bike racks.

Stationary

All books and copies have arrived to the school and are ready for your children. Please ensure that your child has the requested stationary with them on the first day. Parents should check their bags regularly to ensure that their children have an adequate supply of stationary as we do not stock this in school.

Labels

Please make sure that that all jackets, coats, cardigans etc are labelled with your child's name on them.

Lunches

You should receive a message from the Lunch Bag shortly to pick your child's hot lunch, if you have not done so already. For Junior infants and any new pupils starting, setting your child up on the app will take a while longer. Please make sure that you are sending sufficient food for your child until this is in place.

Change of family circumstances

If there has been any changes to your family circumstances that you feel the school may need to know about, please make sure that you inform your class teacher.

Medical information

It is imperative that parents inform the school of any medical conditions that your child may have. There have been a number of changes to staffing since last year so please make sure that your new class teachers has all of the relevant information.

Collections

Your class teacher will share a link to a document next week where you will be asked to inform the school of your child's collection arrangements. Children will not be handed over to anyone who is not on this list. Please prioritise completing this once you receive it.

We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday,

Johanne Dunne
Principal