St. Patrick's GNS News

The Christmas Annuals are available through the office. Payments can be made through the Easypayments button on the website. Last day for ordering Wednesday 12th November. 4 euro

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are delighted to share that, in partnership with our community partners, we are able to offer some support for families during the Christmas season this year.

Through this collaboration, we can provide families who request assistance with a small toy and or a food hamper containing non-perishable goods (such as teabags, cereal, canned vegetables and fruit, etc.).

If you would like to avail of this support, please text 085 1686081 with the following details by next Monday, November 10th:

• Your name
• Your address
• The ages of your children

If you have children only attending St. Patrick’s Girls School and/or St. Patrick’s College , please contact only myself.
However, if you have children attending other schools on campus , St. Patrick’s Boys School or St. Patrick’s Infants School , you may contact Amanda Duke instead.
Please ensure that you contact only one of us to avoid duplicate requests.

To help balance our delivery schedule, Amanda and I may disperse shared families between us for coordination and delivery purposes.

We understand and respect the importance of your privacy. However, please note that some staff members may assist with the delivery of hampers, and contact details will need to be shared with our community partner who provides the hampers.

Deliveries of toys and hampers will take place throughout December.

We hope this small gesture helps make the season a little brighter for you and your family. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you would like to avail of this support. I'll do my best to help you.

Warm regards,

June Mc Carthy
Home School Community Liaison

085 1686081

Parents Guide to a Better Internet: This booklet will help parents to help their children have a positive experience when they are online. It provides information, advice and conversation starters about the benefits and risks they need to be aware of when using the internet. Topics explored in the guide include cyberbullying, screen time, sexting, social media and online pornography.

Download your copy for free.

Family Agreement for Online Safety Template: A family agreement is a great way to agree rules about the Internet and technology use at home.

Our free Family Agreement Template can be a great way to start a conversation with the whole family about how you all use the internet.

Download the Family Agreement Template.

Talking Points for Parents: Nobody understands the online world of children and teenagers better than their fellow young people. Based on their own online experiences, these Talking Points have been created by 35 members of our youth panel in consultation with over 140 students from across Ireland to help parents approach the conversation in a way that will encourage your child or teen to open up about their life online!

Download your copy for free.

Online Safety Tips for Parents: The leaflet has useful tips for parent to ensure that their children have a positive experience online. It includes advice on having an open and ongoing conversation, agree rules, and leading by example.

Download your copy for free Parents Online Safety Checklist

Family e-Safety Kit: Aimed at six to twelve year olds, The Family e-Safety Kit, was created to help parents share the benefits and risks of surfing the web in a fun and engaging way.

Download Family e-Safety Kit Parental Guide

Play and Learn: Being Online: Intended for 4- to 8-year-olds, this book gives a glimpse of the impact of modern technology on everyday life, through 30 pages of fun and games. Above all it offers an opportunity for parents and teachers to sit together with their children and discuss these important issues.

Download Play and Learn: Being Online

Top 8 Tips for Parents: As parents, the most important thing you can do to reduce online risks is to engage with your child’s digital lifestyle. These practical tips will help you to prepare your child to be a responsible internet user.

Internet Safety: Top Tips for Parents

Checklist: How to deal with cyberbullying: Help your child take control by not putting up with offensive content and by reporting it when you come across it. Here are some ways you can respond to unwanted messages.

Cyberbullying Checklist

Checklist: How to manage your online reputation: Help your child make the most of their time online with this useful checklist for managing their digital footprint.

Online Reputation Checklist

The school will close early on Tuesday and Wednesday at 2.20p.m. next week to faciltate the Parent Teacher Meetings.

The meetings will take place on the Main Corridor.

You will find your child's teacher in the following rooms.

1st Class: Room 8 Ms O' Brien

2nd Class: Room 7 Ms. O Connell

3rd Class: Room 9 Ms. Finn

3rd Class: Room 3 Ms Coughlan

4th Class: Room 4 Ms O' Sullivan

5th Class: Room 1 Ms. Kingston

6th Class Room 10 Ms. Conran

Thank you

The Board met on 7 October. Key updates:

✅ DLP and DDLP completed Child Protection training; DEIS and Digital Learning plans continue to be developed.
✅ Violin, swimming, football, and Sciath na Scol activities ongoing; 3rd Class (Ms. Finn) selected for Graffiti "Making Space" project.
✅ Board approved funding to support SEN assessments and funds per class teacher for classroom supplies.
✅ Window cleaning scheduled for mid-term; continued focus on school safety and gate procedures.
✅ Fundraising this year will support bus transport, art room resources, and ICT.
✅ Intimate Care, SEN, and Anti-Racism policies were ratified.

The Board thanks staff and parents for their ongoing support.

Subject: Have Your Say - Primary School Survey

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are asking you as a parent or guardian of children in primary school to ‘Have Your Say’ about your primary school. We are doing this through a short, confidential survey, which will take at most 5 minutes to complete. This is an important survey and is the first time that a survey of this scale is being run by the Department of Education and Youth.

The results of the survey will help the department plan how we provide education at primary level. How to do the survey Click the link below to take part: www.gov.ie/primaryschoolsurvey

It only takes 5 minutes! For parents and guardians who for personal reasons are unable to complete an online survey, please contact the department for help at: schoolsurvey@education.gov.ie