Saint Brigid's Primary School Website

New Public Health Advice

The government has recommended an end to the public health measures in place in schools from Monday 28^th February. We are waiting on clarity and guidance from the Department of Education over the coming days.

However in the meantime, from Monday 28^th February, the following arrangements will be in place in our school:

Children from 3^rd class upwards no longer need to wear a face mask in school.
Children no longer need to be restricted to their pod within the classroom setting.
Classrooms will continue to be ventilated so children may wear either their school tracksuit or uniform to school for the rest of this term. They should continue to bring a warm coat to school.
Children who are close contacts no longer need to restrict their movements.
If your child is unwell or displays any symptoms of Covid-19, they should NOT attend school.
If your child is absent, please keep us informed by completing the absence reason on Aladdin.
The program of free antigen tests from the HSE will continue for class contacts for the present.

Over the coming weeks, we will be making a plan to bring the school back together again. As you can imagine, for a school this big, we will be adopting a staged approach in order to do things properly, to adjust timetables and to establish new routines for everyone. We will begin with the break-times and yards before working towards removing the staggered start and finishing times.

We’re asking for your patience as we do our best to prepare for and establish these new routines in our school over the coming weeks.

Student Council

The Junior & Senior Student Councils met for the first time in over two years this week.

Class representatives from 3rd class up to 6th discussed several topics that concern the pupils of our school including the new FUSE Anti-Bullying programme we have recently implemented as well as how the students have coped throughtout Covid and what they are most looking forward to in school now that restrictions are being removed.

Very successful meetings all round and we look forward to hearing more of their opinions over the coming months.

Congratulations Lucie!

Congratulations to Lucie Boyle from 4th class who is currently taking part in Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed Broadway production, LES MISÉRABLES.

The show has been running in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre all month. We are all vey proud of Lucie who is playing the young Costette in one of the worlds most popular musicals.

Senior Boys Football is back !

The boys Senior Football teams played their first game yesterday and to say everyone was delighted is an understatement. They were captained by Luke Doherty and won against a strong side from Scoil Colmcille. They can’t wait for their next match !

BeeBot coding Room 7

The children in Room 7 have been working in the Hub over the last few weeks in their pods. They have been completing lots of different coding activities with the Bee Bots.

Coding Projects in 5th & 6th class

Take a look at some of the coding projects 5th and 6th class have been working on recently.

6th class, Mr. Lysaght have been working with Spheros, Hour of code activities and Minecraft coding.

5th class, Mr. Harrison have been working with the WeDo Lego materials to create some excellent guided projects.

Restorative Practice

As part of our Ant Bullying focus this term we are using restorative questions when talking about “hurt”

ASD Classes Application Time

The Board of Management of St. Brigid’s National School is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our proposed ASD classes, due to open in September.

We have emailed the relevant form to the parents/guardians who have already given us their contact details.

If you are interested in applying for a place for your child and have not given your details yet , please phone the office 8214040 and we will send you the expression of interest form. This should be completed and returned with the supporting documents by post or by hand on or before Tuesday, March 8th .

Completing this form is does not guarantee a place.