Dear Parents and Guardians, Bishop Paul asked us to circulate a short message to you for Catholic School Week 2021. Tomorrow it will be one year since we all gathered in the Cathedral for the announcement of his appointment as Bishop of our diocese. We thank Bishop Paul for his continuing support and look forward [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, This is Catholic Schools' Week CSW). The theme for this year's CSW is is Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith and Resilience. This particular theme will be especially relevant given the pandemic experience that is effecting the entire country. The following will be the daily themes for CSW 2021: (1) Monday: Catholic Schools: [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, The Minister for Education & Skills requested schools to share this letter with you. The letter is about distance learning provisions during the Covid-19 related school closure that started on Monday 11th January 2021.
Dear Parents and Guardians, In place of the free daily school lunches, this month one free hamper of food items will be delivered to every child who is currently availing of the School Lunch Scheme. The hampers will be delivered by An Post to the the child's home during the month of January. For queries, [...]
Dear Parents/ Guardians, School Closure As you are aware, schools will be closed until 1 February 2021. This closure is part of the Government’s Level 5 restrictions to contain the transmission of Covid-19. Remote Learning From tomorrow, Monday 11th January, we will use online teaching to support your child’s learning. We have contingency plans in [...]
Christmas Newsletter School Holidays The school will close @ 12.30pm on Tuesday 22nd December for the Christmas holidays. The school will re-open on Wednesday 6th January. Confession & Communion 2021 No date is yet set for 2021 First Confession or First Holy Communion. Confirmation for the school will be next held in 2022. Thank You! [...]
Seesaw and Google Classroom In the event that a class / a group of pupils in a class may have to isolate for 14 days due to a Covid case, teachers’ have pupils set up with e-portfolios that will support distance learning. For infants to second class they use Seesaw. Google Classroom is used by [...]
Mr. James Fallon’s final day as teacher in our school will be this Friday, 18th September. For family reasons, Mr. Fallon has decided to accept an offer of appointment as teacher to another school closer to his home. We thank Mr. Fallon for his commitment and professionalism over the past three years. On Friday we [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, Everyone in St. Attracta’s National School has been working hard to make sure that we are ready to reopen our school safely on Monday 31st August. We want you and your child to feel reassured and safe as we start into a new school year of teaching and learning. What you [...]
