FRIENDS OF SAINT MARY'S DRAW: Congratulations to the winners of our Friends of Saint Mary's Monthly Draw. December Matthew Hand. January Tadhgh Rowley and February Colm Keaney. A huge thank you to our Parents' Association for organising the montly draw. If you wish to participate in the draw please see details on our website at the following link; Friends of Saint Marys' Draw.
SERVICE OF LIGHT: Our Service of Light Ceremony is on Tuesday evening at 19:30 in Booterstown Church. We wish all the candidates a wonderful evening with their classmate, school choir & families.
PRIMARY MATHS CURRICULUM SCHOOL CLOSURE MONDAY 29th APRIL. Saint Mary's BNS will close on Monday 29th April. Staff will participate in a New Maths Curriculum Training Day. The new maths curriculum comes into effect from September 2024.
HSE MEASLES ALERT NOTICE: The HSE National Immunisation Office has asked us to bring to your attention a notice on measles. The notice has been emailed to all via Aladdin and is available to read at the following link on our school website under the school news tab. HSE Notice on Measles Alert
BOOTERSTOWN CHILDCARE SERVICES: is now finalising bookings for September 2024.If you have not applied yet, please contact us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please contact Najwa Mc Guinn. Details have been forwarded to all by Aladdin email.
HEALTH & SAFETY: Can all adults and children use the path on Grotto Avenue and Grotto Place in the morning when walking to and leaving from school. The roads outside the school are public roads and are used by staff and neighbours. In the interest of everyone's health and safety can we walk on the paths at all times.
PARKING ON BOOTERSTOWN GROVE, GROTTO PLACE AND GROTTO AVENUE: Our school neighbours are very supportive of Saint Mary's and kind to all the students. With that in mind we have had a neighbourhood request that all parents/guardians/grandparents refrain from parking in these areas. Booterstown Grove has double yellow lines, therefore parking is not permitted. We also request that you do not block home entrances or park in private parking spaces on Grotto Place and Grotto Avenue. Thank you for honouring this request.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT AGREED REPORT: Please see link below to our BOM Agreed Report from our last meeting on 21-2-2024 on our school website. Agreed Report 21-2-2024
FRÁSAÍ NA MÍOSA/ GAEILGE/ CONTENT LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING: Más féidir libh cabhrú le bhúr bpáiste frásaí na míosa a chleachtadh sa bhaile. 1. Lá Fhéile Bríde 2. Bain
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS: All have already started. Please see details bel0w.
- After School Sports: Ms. Cartwright/ Ms. Doyle Monday afternoons. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Homework Club: Monday to Thursday afternoons. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Johnny's After School PE Club: on Tuesdays for junior classes and Thursdays for senior classes in Booterstown Park. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Chess Club with Paul: Thursday afternoons: Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Spanish Club with Olé: Thursday afternoons. Contact Cristina @ ✆ +353857884001 | ︎ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Art Club with Evelyn: Tuesdays afternoons. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Alto School of Music: Ukulele and guitar lessons. Monday afternoon. Piano lessons have started on Friday afternoons. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details.
- STEAM Academy. Wednesday afternoons. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please liaise directly with the club organiser if you have any queries regarding starting dates, days, times, costs, holiday breaks, and dates the relevant after school clubs finishes etc.
TRAINING DATES & MATCH DATES: for soccer, hurling, and football will be given to classes and students involved when up and running throughout the school year.
HANDLE WITH CARE INITIATIVE: Please remember that we are still continuing our ‘Handle with Care’ initiative. If your family is experiencing difficulties at home, we would like to provide additional support for you at school. We understand that you may not always be able to or even want to share details about what is going on and that is completely understandable. If your child is coming to school after a trying night, morning or weekend due to difficult circumstances, please email your son’s teacher in the morning before 8:15 a.m. with the message ‘Handle with Care’. Nothing else needs to be said but this will let your son’s teacher know that he may need extra help, patience, time and care during the day. We hope that this will be of comfort to those who need it.
SMARTPHONE/SMART DEVICE HONOUR CODE REMINDER: A huge thank you to our Parents Association who collaborated with all parents in formulating a Smartphone/Device Honour Code. Please read the Honour Code & discuss it with your child. It's on our school website under the School News tab. It's also displayed on the main school door. See link. Smartphone/Device Honour Code. You may also wish to read the latest report from Cybersafekids.ie on "Keeping Kids Safer Online. Online. Safety. Matters." Keeping Kids Safer Online: Online. Safety. Matters. Trends & Usage Report 2022-2023.
HELPING SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES KEEP CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE: Please see link below to the Webwise booklet "Helping Schools and Families Keep Children Safe Online". Page 4 has some very practical tips about: having the chat, agreeing rules, seeking help, critical evaluation of information read, leading by example and discovering the online world together. Helping Schools and Families Keep Children Safe Online.
Kind regards,
Noel Scully.
Principal.