St. Attracta’s N.S. Quiz team celebrated a great day at the Roscommon Credit Union Quiz at the weekend. 38 schools competed from across the county. St. Attracta’s N.S was in joint first place after the full 12 rounds. It took four tie break rounds between the top two schools - St. Attracta’s N.S and Lisaniskey [...]
NEW Flu Vaccine Walk-in Clinics for Children Aged 2-17 All children aged 2-17 can get the free flu vaccine The nasal flu vaccine is still available in Ireland for children aged 2-17. It is given as a spray up the nose, there is no need for an injection. It is a safe, easy and pain free [...]
Dear Parent and Guardians, Attendance Thank you for sending your child into school despite the poor road conditions. Yesterday we had almost 90% attendance which is great in the circumstances. Annual school enrolment is now open for the junior infant class to start in September 2023. Only 30 places are available. The 30 places [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, Please read this important HSE information on flu, Covid-19 and respiratory viruses currently circulating. Thank you for your help in limiting the circulation of these viruses in our school community. Noel Loftus, Principal Significant increase in viral infections Important messages for families and children regarding any infections: 1) The most important [...]
FROM: Dr Eamonn O’Moore, Director National Health Protection; Dr Abigail Collins, National Clinical Lead Child Health Public Health RE: Significant increase in viral infections and Group A Strep infections DATE: 7th December 2022 There has been a large increase in general viral infections among children and young people this winter. There have also been recent [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, St. Attracta's N.S. has one of the final four boys' school teams in the county to get through to the county semi-finals. The final and playoff for 3rd place will also be played on the same day. Fixtures: St. Attracta's N.S. Ballaghaderreen v Breaffy N.S. Castlebar Quay N.S. Ballina [...]
Parent Teacher Meetings will take place on Wednesday 16th November and Wednesday 23rd November. The school will close for all classes at 2.45pm on BOTH these days. Meetings will start at 3.10pm. Meetings are by family names in alphabetical order. Your child’s teacher looks forward to meeting you. Arrangements for All classes including Second Class [...]
GAA Mini-Sevens We’re proud of our boys’ Gaelic football team who won a thrilling game against Kiltimagh N.S yesterday in Charlestown. The boys go through to the county semi-final. No update on the opposition at this time. The Connaught GAA Centre of Excellence (Dome) will be the venue on Thursday 17th November at 11.00am. Maths Week [...]
Ivan Suprenenko, representing Ballaghaderreen, was the gold medal winner in the U-16 Solo Music event at the Community Games National Finals recently. Ivan joined our school as a 6th class pupil last year. Ivan moved to Ballaghaderreen to escape the war in his beloved home country of Ukraine. Read the news report about Ivan's win here.
