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Parental Complaints Procedure
It is recognised that parents/legal guardians are the primary educators in a child’s life and as such from time-to-time concerns may arise which they may need to engage with the school. It is expected that engagement will be timely, courteous and resolution focused to ensure that the important relationship between the parent and school can be preserved and respected. It is expected that all parties concerned will engage proactively.
An updated parental complaints procedure for 2023 onwards has been ratified by the Board of Management and uploaded to the policies folder of our website. A table of each stage in the process can be seen below. .
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FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
27th April Grange and Rathcor 11.00am
28th April Mullaghbuoy 10.00am
4th May Boher 11.00am
We received the date for Confirmation which will take place on Thursday, May 9th. When organizing the school calendar we had opted to close the school for this week. We now have ammended the calendar to allow for Confirmation and practices:
Term 3
Monday, April 8th - Re-opening after Easter
Friday, May 3rd - Closed
Monday, May 6th - Closed
Friday, May 31st - Closed
Monday, June 3rd - Closed
Tuesday, June 25th - Summer Closing
Sacraments
Saturday, May 4th - First Communion
Thursday, May 9th - Confirmation
CONFIRMATION
Thursday 9th May in Grange at 11.00am - Bishop Michael Router
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Link to Irish language supports for parents - 'Cúpla Focal.'
https://gaeloideachas.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/A5-booklet-11.pdf
Remote Learning Resources
- Cúla 4: Excellent for younger pupils for Irish vocab – very child friendly. There are also videos of your children’s favourite cartoons here as Gaeilge which would be useful to watch occasionally to keep up with Irish
- Doulingo: most suitable from 2nd class upwards. Excellent app. Tests your child Irish ability level at the start and they work away at their own level for 10mins daily
- Mathduel: For tables. Fun and interactive
- Starfall: For spellings. Again, very child friendly and useful to keep spellings progressing without feeling like schoolwork
- Jolly Phonics App: to keep up phonics learning for infant classes
- Dolch words Apps: (there is a wide range available): for the development of sight words
- Nessy Apps: for reading for pupils with dyslexia or difficulties
- PinkFong: Digital stories for infant classes. Excellent and engaging
- Khan Academy: Useful for maths for older pupils especially
- Kahoot: for general knowledge and quizzes
- Toontastic: probably the best app ever for digital storytelling – pupils can devise their own digital story, picking a range of characters, settings, even musical background. They plan a beginning, middle and end to their story and can record their own voices to tell the story
- Puppetpals: similar to toontastic – useful for younger pupils. They can record themselves telling the story also
- Lightbot – Coding app – super for all ages.
Seesaw support is available to all families @ https://web.seesaw.me/remote-learning-for-families
Zoom support is available to all families @ https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/covid19.html
Libraries Ireland have launched a brand new online learning resource for primary school chlidren -The Wildlife Map of Ireland @ https://nature.librariesireland.ie/
Louth County Library @ https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/library/online-services/
The following is the Teacher/ Class arrangements for the School Year 2023-24
Junior & Senior Infants - Ms. M Murphy
1st & 2nd Classes - Ms. E Murphy
3rd & 4th Classes - Mrs. Louise Haran
5th Class - Ms. White
6th Class - Mrs. Louise Haran/Ms Grainne Fahy (Job Share)
SET - Mr McCrink
Staff
Joseph McCrink - Principal
Emma Murphy - Acting Deputy Principal
Grainne Fahy
Maria Murphy
Sarah Walsh
Louise Haran
Roisn Fee - Shared SET
Gráinne Waller - SNA
Anna Dunlevy-White - SNA
Andrea McDonald - SNA
Ancillary Staff
Tina Malone
Margaret McCumiskey
Parents Association
Committee:
• Chairperson: Anne Hughes
Claire Murphy
Nora McEnteggart
• Deirdre Lindsay
Please note important information regarding our school day.
Healthy Eating is promoted in Scoil Naomh Mhuire
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School begins at 9:00 and finishes at 1:40 for the Junior and Senior Infants, 2:40 for all other classes. Please ensure your child is in school in time for roll call. Absences are recorded from 9:10 unless the school been informed to say the child/children will be late for class. Parents must come to the front door of the school to sign for all late arrivals/early leavers e.g. leaving or collecting children for appointments etc.
Parents who wish to speak with a member of the teaching staff must make an appointment convenient to all, please call 042-9373604.
Communication e.g. school notices, is usually conveyed with a letter once a term via the eldest in the family. Teachers will correspond with parents through email, Seesaw or the child's homework diary, parents may also use these methods. The school also uses the Textaprent system & emails to relay information. Please inform the school if your contact details change. Children are not permitted to take telepone calls.
Absence should be explained with a note, it is not necessary to call the office beforehand. The school is obliged to report absences of 20 days or more to the National Education Welfare Board.
The school uniform must be worn at all times during the school day and when children are representing the school. The school uniform consists of dark grey trousers, skirt/pinafore, navy jumper, light blue shirt and tie.
On PE days only, children can wear navy tracksuit bottoms (No Logos)and runners.
Please mark all jumpers, coats, etc., teachers cannot be responsible for the children's belongings.
MATHS
Here is a list of suggested websites that can be used to enhance the learning of maths:
www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com