Carols by CandleLight

Carols by candlelight takes place on December 17th in St. Mary’s Cathedral. This event aims to bring together the community in festive song. Five of the local primary schools, three of the secondary schools and two other local choirs will feature in the event. We are thrilled that our school will take part in this magical night.

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to join. The event will also be streamed over the churches webcam on the night. We hope to see as many people as we can!'

HSE RSV Notice

Important messages for families and children regarding any infections:

The most important measure is for your child to stay home from school and activities if your child is unwell.

Many children might have a runny nose or a slight cough in winter season and still feel well. However, if a child is feeling unwell they should stay at home and away from school and activities until their symptoms have finished and they are feeling well.

Please see links below for more information.

HSE Colds and Coughs

HSE Vaccinations

Christmas in Killarney Austim Friendly Parades

The Christmas in Killarney parades are providing an autism friendly area for people who need it.

The area outside the Áras Pádraig is an autism friendly zone.

The floats will leave the Fitzgerald stadium at 5.55 on Saturdays 25th Nov, 2nd Dec, 9th Dec and 16th Dec.

There will also be a welcome home parade on Friday 22nd Dec.

DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, have made a guide available for parents on the below websites.

Antibullying Centre

Tackle Bullying

Safer Internet

We would like to bring the following Internet Safety websites to your attention:

Internet Safety for Schools Ireland - www.isfsi.ie

Office for Internet safety - provides resources, explanations of technology, publications and tips www.internetsafety.ie

Web wise - provides parents, teachers and children with educational resources, advise and information about potential dangers on-line www.webwise.ie

Watch Your Space - Provides advice on managing children's profiles on social-networking sites www.watchyourspace.ie

Texting acronyms - provides an explanation of net lingo www. netlingo.com/acronyms.php

Urban Dictionary - provides an explanation of everday slang used by children www.urbandictionary.com

Advice on mobile phones and texting - www.ThatsNot Cool.com

Common Sense Media - www.commonsense.org

Tips on protecing your children on the Internet (opens as doc.)

The following are some interesting resources on how technology is contributing to insomnia and how we can balance screen time and bedtime.

Smartphones and Sleep

How does Technology affect Sleep

Help My Kid Learn

The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) has developed Help My Kid Learn - a simple website that brings together relevant information for parents and the wider community to support children’s literacy and numeracy development.

The website’s purpose is to provide fun activities that parents can do with their children to develop their literacy and numeracy. It includes general information, fun activities and useful tips. Help My Kid Learn is a website where people can see that supporting a child’s literacy and numeracy development is a natural, easy and fun activity that can be integrated into any part of their day.

Find out more here

Britannica School website

The Britannica School website is now available anywhere, anytime in the Republic of Ireland. It contains a comprehensive range of age-appropriate resources that feature factual information, multimedia and interactivity. So, pick the level that best suits you and your students and get started! Just click the link below..

Useful information for Parents