Dear Parents and Guardians/A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí,

Inspirational Quote

“Tough times never last, tough people do” Robert Schuller,

I feel very grateful for the super team we have and for the dedication and hard work of all the teachers and SNAs in maintaining positive connections and opportunities for children throughout this period of remote learning.  The level of continued engagement and standard of work by the children is a credit to the children themselves but also to staff and of course to you the parents.  I also appreciate the informal positive feedback from parents and the sense of unity.  It is important to celebrate the small successes.

Dropping off/Collecting

With the return to school on Monday of the 3^rd to 6^th class children we encourage parents to continue to drop their child(ren) at the designated time, as much as you possibly can. This will prevent people congregating outside the school gate and allow a constant stream of children coming through the gate.  Remember “if its not too far leave the car”.  As always we encourage children to walk, cycle, scoot, skate, park ‘n stride.  You may have noticed additional double yellow lines coming all the way up to the gate so please park further away from the school if travelling by car.  This is in the safety for all and out of respect for local residenceSee updated response plan for more details.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

We are all really enjoying some seachtain na gaeilge activities this week, dánta, ceoil, damhsa, alainn and araile.  And we are looking forward to St. Patrick’s day on Wednesday.  Don’t miss out on the artwork and movies on our WoW webpage.

Mother’s Day

We wish all the hard-working mothers a lovely day on Sunday and hope you get that holiday feel as you sign off from your remote learning duties.  Maybe you’ll have time to fit in the DCC offer (see across).

World Down Syndrome Day March 21^st

Click on this link to view a gorgeous video for World Down Syndrome Day https://www.downsyndromecentre.ie/crazy-world-cover-by…/

Frása na Seachtaine: “Lá Féile Pádraig sona duit” – “Happy St Patrick’s day”

Le meas

Róisín Conlon

Príomhoide

Dublin City Council – Change for Life Programme

We are delighted to announce that we will be running a Free 8 week ‘Change 4 Life’ Programme beginning 15^th March. There will be loads of fitness classes, nutrition talks and cooking demos, as well as weekly challenges to keep everyone active. Plus plenty more as the weeks progress.

Registration for the Free 8 week programme at https://www.dcswphub.ie/

Here is a sample timetable of the programme for the 8 weeks, just to give you an idea of the format.