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 [...]
Notices: Reminder that the school will close at 12.30pm on this Friday 8th April for all classes for the start of the Easter holidays. The school will reopen on Monday 25th April. Parents Association: You are invited to attend a meeting of parents where a new Parents Association Committee will be elected. Date for your diary Tuesday 3rd [...]
COVID-19 vaccine information for parents and guardians of children aged 5-11 The HSE has published detailed information and guidance for parents about COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-11. This aims to help you make an informed decision when it’s time for your child to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine. Schools were requested to share this information [...]
Dear Parent and Guardians, We thank you for your continued support and cooperation as we all work together to minimise the risk of virus transmission in our school. As you know already, all schools are required to make sure that classrooms are well ventilated as part of their Covid-19 Response Plan. This presents schools with [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, These Covid-19 FAQs should help you decide when to send your children to school and when to keep them at home. The FAQs were prepared by the school in light of changes in national guidelines introduced by the HSE on Monday 20th September. What are the Covid-19 symptoms? Please see the [...]
Dear Parents and Guardians, Some good news as we approach the weekend. For photos of many of the events below, check out our school website: www.attractas.ie or Twitter account @SAttracta Cross Country Wins Congratulations to our school’s Cross Country teams who did us all proud at the East Mayo schools’ competition in Swinford yesterday. The [...]
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our school community it is important to know and recognise the symptoms of coronavirus (which includes the DELTA variant). Common symptoms of coronavirus include: a fever (high temperature - 38 degrees Celsius or above). a new cough - this can be any kind of cough, not [...]
