NUACHTLITIR NOLLAIG 2021 - Rath National School
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NOLLAIG 2021
NUACHTLITIR
Your monthly news from Sacred Heart National School Rath
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Covid-19 Update
Parents' Association
The Lunch Bag
Sacraments
Gaeilge
Anti-Bullying Policy
Christmas 2021
Covid-19
As you're probably aware by now, some new guidelines have come into effect with regard to protecting the spread
of Covid-19 in schools.
Antigen Testing
We ask you to please inform us if your child tests positive on a PCR test.
We will then contact the parents of children in the same pod to inform them that they can avail of free antigen
tests for their child. If there are cases in more than one pod, then the whole class will be eligible to apply for
the free antigen tests.
Asymptomatic children can continue to attend school.
If your child develops any symptoms or receives a positive result on an antigen test, you must book a PCR
test as soon as possible and they will need to isolate.
Face Masks
The Department of Education announced last night new temporary requirements in relation to mask wearing in
schools for pupils in 3rd Class to 6th Class.
This rule may not apply to certain pupils with special needs and medical conditions, and exemptions can be
sought on these grounds. Please contact the school principal if you wish to discuss a possible exemption
further.
Children will still play outdoors without their masks.
School management are mindful of the difficulties facing parents securing suitable and comfortable masks at
such short notice. Therefore, we will take a practical and pragmatic approach, and from next Monday we aim to
implement the requirements in full.
We are acutely aware of the difficulties that some of these new requirements and guidelines may cause for pupils
and parents. However, they are being implemented in order to protect our entire school community and indeed the
wider community. Your continued cooperation and support is greatly appreciated.
Nollaig 2021
Sacraments
Congratulations to those pupils in 3rd Class and 4th Class who recently received the sacrament of First Holy
Communion. There are still a small number of children who will have to wait a little longer and we hope they have a
special day too in the coming weeks.
Thank you to Fr O'Neill and Fr Dooley, and also to the Parents' Association for their lovely treats afterwards. Míle
buíochas freisin to all the staff who helped to prepare the children and help out on the day also.
Confirmation 2022 has been confirmed for Thursday March 24th with a time to be confirmed.
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Gaeilge
Bain triail as beagán Gaeilge sa bhaile. As outlined previously, each month, we will pick a number of phrases to
work on; in school and at home. The engagement from the children and staff has been 'ar fheabhas' so far and
we're delighted with the response. Bain triail as agus bain taitneamh as!
Nollaig (December)
Seachtain 1 - 'An bhfuil sceitimíní ort? Tá/ Níl sceitimíní orm. (Are you excited? I am / I'm not excited.)
Seachtain 2 - 'Táim ag tnúth le......' (I'm looking forward to....)
Seachtain 3 - 'Nollag Shona duit/ Nollag shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise duit'. (Happy Christmas to
you / Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you.)
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Anti-Bullying Policy
A new and updated Anti-Bullying Policy was ratified by the board of management at a recent meeting. It is available
to view and download on the school website https://www.rathns.ie/about-rath-ns/school-policies/
Many thanks to the large number of parents who responded to the online survey. The responses were insightful and
valuable. The pupils in 2nd Class to 6th Class were also surveyed.
The Parents' Association hope to organise a guest speaker to address our parent body on the topic of bullying in
the coming months.
Nollaig 2021
The Lunch Bag
I'll remind you that 'The Lunch Bag' have launched their service in the
school and a number of families are already availing of it. Please visit
https://www.thelunchbag.ie/ for more details. Remember that lunches
have to be ordered on the app before 12pm the previous day.
Christmas
Our Student Council will once again organise a ‘Santa Dash’ before Christmas. 50% of sums raised will be donated
to St Vincent de Paul. It is essentially a fun run, around the same route as the Halloween Hike. The children can wear
their Christmas jumpers and Santa hats. The event will take place on Tuesday December 21st at 12pm. We will
require volunteers to steward for an hour or so. We are not asking the children to sell sponsorship cards, but
donations can be made on the day.
If they wish, the children can wear Christmas jumpers between December 13th – 22nd.
We will close for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday December 22nd at 12:30pm. We will reopen on Thursday
January 6th.
This is our final newsletter for 2021. It has been a strange and challenging year for everyone in our community. We
wish to thank you for your cooperation and continued support throughout, and we look forward to brighter and more
positive times ahead. As the Christmas season draws closer, we take this opportunity to wish all our pupils, parents
and families all the blessings and joys of the festive season. Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir agus athbhliain faoi mhaise
daoibh.
Parents' Association Noticeboard
We would like to congratulate all the girls and boys in rang a 3 and rang a 4 on receiving their 1st Holy Communion on
Saturday last. We hope you all had a wonderful day. We would like to say a special thank you to the teachers in
particular Ms. Coleman, Mr. Walsh, Ms. Cormack, Ms. O’ Connor and Ms. Bergin who prepared the children for the
sacraments of 1st Communion and Confirmation over the past few years. We would also like to say míle buíochas to
Ms. Mc Cormack for adding to the occasion by providing beautiful music. A sincere thank you also to Fr. Joe O’ Neill
and to Fr. Dooley.
Our first draw for split the pot took place last Wednesday. Congraulations to Michael O’ Connor who split a wonderful
pot of €530 with the school. We will have a Split the Pot draw each Wednesday between now and December 22nd.
Envelopes are available from the school, Donoher’s Service Station, Village Coffee and Íosa Linn. Thank you for
supporting the draws.
It’s that time of the year again. Our school calendar will be available to purchase through the Aladdin app and also in
the usual retailers next week. It is packed with beautiful photos. It makes a great stocking filler and is a wonderful
fundraiser for our school.
Míle Buíochas - As the first term draws to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Fitzgerald,
Ms. Mc Cormack, all the staff and the Board of Management for their hard work and continued effort at keeping the
school safe for all our children.
Next meeting: Our last meeting of 2021 will take place on Zoom at 8:30 on Monday 13th of December. We would love
for you to join us.
Christmas greetings - The Parents’ and Guardians’ Association would like to wish each of you and your families a very
happy, peaceful and safe Christmas. Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh uilig.
Fón: 057-8626270 E-mail: office@rathns.com
Web: www.rathns.ie principal@rathns.com
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