A meeting took place in the school on Wed Dec 11 th . All were present, Ms
MsDonnell and Fr Vincent sent their apologies. Claire began the meeting with
a prayer and offered her condolences to Mr Fry the former principal on the
death of his Mother. Claire read the minutes from the previous board
meeting.
Claire informed the board that the SET position will be readvertised in the
new year. There was one application but the applicant withdrew their
application.
The following polices were ratified by the Board and Patricia volunteered as
the Safety, Health and Welfare officer:
Green Schools Policy, New Parental Complaint Procedures and the Safety,
Health and Welfare statement.
Claire informed the board that the post holders had completed a review of
their post and Patricia signed off on these.
Claire informed the board that the staff are participating in Restorative
Practice training and that there is a 2 hour block next Tuesday after school.
Claire attended Misneach training in November for two days and Catherine
attend 2 days of training for her Tánaiste and DEIS Action Planning course.
Ms O’Neill and Ms C Nally are attending training in STEM in Athlone
Education Centre and staff training has being booked for February as part of
Croke Park Hours.
The school has now had water filters installed. This is an excellent addition
as each class that has a sink now has filtered water for the pupils. The cost
is being covered by Carambola who are the school hot lunch provider.
Ms F Nally is participating in the Creative Schools project and has asked for
the staffroom to be painted as part of a Wellbeing initiative.
Allianz paid a visit to the school and advised that the windows are fit for
purpose.
Claire informed the board that she has begun the Schools Photovoltaic
Programme (SPP). Five quotations must be submitted through the portal to
the Department. Claire advised that we put the E- lighting proposal on hold
pending installation of the solar panels so that it is more cost effective in
terms of energy efficiency.
There are lots of celebrations taking place in the school in the lead up to
Christmas! We have many Christmas plays celebrating the Nativity and our
parents are invited in to watch next week. We have our annual Christmas
raffle and Christmas Jumper Day/Week where funds raised will be donated to
UNICEF’s give to Gaza campaign.
The meeting concluded at 8p.m.
A Bom meeting took place on October 16th 2024.The following policies were updated:
Working Together Document
Code of Behaviour
Behaviours of Concern
There is a new SET position available, it is advertised on education posts.ie
Ms F Nally has being appointed to the position of assistant principal one, we wish her all the
best as she takes on her new role.
Staff are participating in training for this school year in Restorative Practice. This is taking place
over four 2 hour workshops after school. Ms McDonnell has done great work in relation to the
Department’s new anti bullying policy: Bí Cineáltas. There is a pupil notice board and a new tag
line every month at school assembly to promote kindness, friendship etc…
There is a new storage area with a roof underneath the back yard.
Following on from a Confirmation meeting in Cathedral House on 16/09, our school’s
Confirmation date is March 29 th 2025. We have the first of our preparatory masses Oct 6 th . We
also have Catechist students from Notre Dame working very closely with the 6 th classes.
Once again we are participating in the Challenge to Change project- This is funded by the
Presentation Sisters in which a class explores the Sustainable Developmental Goals. Ms
McDonnell will lead this project with her fourth class.
Our Parents Council is back up and running, please consider joining if you are not already a
member. We had a speaker from the National Parents Council here in school at a recent parent
coffee morning. We had a bag pack in Dunnes on Oct 11 th to raise much needed funds for our
autism class. A huge thank you to our parents and staff who turned out and helped.
One of our fourth classes paid a visit to Birr Castle as part of National Science Week where they
met with Ireland’s female astronaut Dr.Niamh Shaw.
The local volunteer group the ‘Men’s Shed’ tidied up our school’s sensory garden and we got
mulch for the plants which was very kindly sponsored by John Lynch Tree Felling.
Our sixth classes have begun rehearsals for their musical ‘Jungle Book’ – more details to follow!
Make sure you get your tickets in January !
