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2020-2021
And so we have arrived at the end of another school year. It was not the year we had hoped for but we made the best of it and we definitely ended on a high note. Thank you to all the children for their hard work and for the support of all the parents and guardians through the year. We all deserve a well earned break now and we look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday 30th of August.
25/6/'21:Today marks a huge achievement by the children and staff of Scoil Chaitríona. Today we raise our Active Flag, which we were awarded for bringing awareness, activity and fun to the children of Scoil Chaitríona. We wish to thank Mrs. Blake for sharing her experience with the project and giving so much encouragement to us all. We especially wish to thank Ms. Sheehy for all the work she put into our application and organising the funfilled activities for the children. Well done Scoil Chaitríona and keep up all activity over the summer.
24/6/'21: Today our 6th Class graduated and are now ready to move forward with their education and their lives and head off on a new adventure to secondary school. Mrs. Smith and Breda organised a really special graduation ceremony and all the children were presented with their certificates and gifts. To mark the end of their primary school years the 6th class made mosaic mirrors and presented them to each of the classes. We wish all the children a very happy summer and hope they look back fondly on the years they spent with us in Scoil Chaitríona.
The highlight of our Active Week was our Sports Day in the local GAA Field. Many thanks Cappamore GAA for the use of the field and facilities. The children had the best day of the year and it was topped off by a big treat - the ice cream van came and every child got a well deserved cone, as big as they wished. Thank you Mrs. Blake for organising this for the children. Everyone had a great day and it was a fantastic finish to a brilliant Active Week.
6th Class took on the Staff of Scoil Chaitríona in dodgeball and basketball this week. The boys and girls in 6th class were really surprised at how sporty and skillful the staff were.
Our pupils performed a range of different activities as part of our Active Week. They all had a wonderful time and had loads of fun.
On Tuesday for Active Week we had our a gymnastics teacher visit the school and give all the children a really good stretch.
As part of our Active Week we had a Wellness Day on Monday and on such a lovely sunny day the children had a wonderful time in the company of their Teddies in the school garden. It was a really relaxing day.
A Message from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins,
to the children of Ireland
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Presentation for our new Infants
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Owing to the restrictions imposed upon us due to covid, we unfortunately are not having an Open Day for our new entrants. We want to share as much important information with our families and ask you to look through this detailed presentation, prepared by our Infant teacher - Ms Sheehy. We hope that it answers a lot of your questions and we look forward to welcoming all our new students after the Summer holidays.
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Welcome to Scoil Chaitríona
Our Principal, Mrs. Blake would also like to welcome our new infants and has made a short video to welcome you all to Scoil Chaitríona. |
Sixth class having some Frisbee fun & enjoying their last few days in Scoil Chaitríona
Exploratory play with chalk in the Infant yard
Good Luck to all our past pupils who are sitting their
Leaving Certificate exams at this time.
Thank You Mr. Hanley
10/6/'21 Today we said goodbye to Mr. Cathal Hanley who has been with us since September, teaching the infant class while Ms. Sheehy was on maternity leave and more recently as our substitute Special Ed Teacher. Mr. Hanley was a wonderful asset to our staff and his caring nature was felt throughout the whole school. He will be missed by all the children and the staff and we wish him well in the future. Pictured here is Ms Blake, our Principal, making a small presentation to Mr. Hanley on his last day in Scoil Chaitríona.
A Fabulous Day for Our School Walk
4/6/'21 We thoroughly enjoyed our school walk last Friday. Our Infant Class pounded around The Pound and were very conscious of road safety, wearing their high vis jackets and crossing the roads with great care. The rest of the school took off at speed for a 7km walk, with the assistance of our volunteer parents and staff. All arrived back to school safe and sound to lovely treats provided by our Parent's Association. Many thanks to all our volunteer parents who stewarded, provided lifts and assisted in the organisation of this event. We will update you shortly on the amount of money raised for the purchase of our PM Books.
Congratulations to 2nd Class on their First Confession
Dare to Believe Tokyo Challanege
Over the past four weeks Scoil Chaitríona have worked hard to clocking up the KMs at school & at home to complete the Dare to Believe Tokyo challenge(all in support of our Olympic athletes who compete there this July & August.
Today WE DID IT, we reached our destination!!!
Today WE DID IT, we reached our destination!!!
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SCHOOL WALK REMINDER
Our school walk is happening this Friday June 4th, during school hours. For anyone who hasn't returned their sponsorship cards and money then please do so at your earliest convenience. Money from this fundraiser will go to defray costs for our new PM readers in school which we will use for guided reading. Many thanks for your continued support.
31/5/'21 News for the month of May
- We are now facing into our last month in school in what has been an exceptional year. Despite this we have been able to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and availed of this good weather to have a picnic outside.
- Today we held on to our tradition of the May Procession and held it outdoors in the sunshine in front of the convent. The children were exceptional and participated in a reverent and prayerful manner. Well done.
- We were very fortunate to receive access to stencils for school yard games from Limerick Sports Partnership. Many thanks to our staff, especially our caretaker Fergus, who worked tirelessly to paint these stencils onto the yard for the children's enjoyment. They are already making the most of them.
Picnic Fun in the Sun
May Procession 2021
Yard Games May 2021
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Team Scoil Chaitríona Clean-up |
7/5/'21- Well done to all the children and staff for giving our school grounds and village a good spring clean. In Scoil Chaitríona we aim to continue the work of our Green School Initiative and care for our local environment. Many thanks to Team Limerick Clean Up for supplying us all with high viz vests, gloves, litter pickers and bags.
Well done to all our Infants
7/5/'21 - For eight weeks the infant class have undergone intensive tuition twice a day, taking part in a Phonological and Narrative Programme to help them in developing their literacy skills. Our two SETs, Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Nally were involved with the class teachers, Mr. Hanley and Ms. Sheehy in administering the programme. There was a huge amount of work involved in the preparation and presentation of this programme but it has been so worthwhile. The children enjoyed and learned from all the activities and games and the teachers saw how the children progressed so rapidly from day one. Well done to all the children and teachers in completing this.
iPads for the children of
Scoil Chaitríona
We are delighted to announce that we have purchased ten iPads for the children of Scoil Chaitríona. Many thanks to the Parent's Association for all their fundraising efforts in supporting this endeavour. We will use these iPads to support children's learning across the school and hope to build on this in the future.
Don't forget we all are back to school on Monday 12th April. Don't forget your Return to School Form- this was sent out just before the holidays. Can you ensure that the children have all their books and a freshly stocked pencil case please. Looking forward to seeing everyone for our last term of school.
2/4/'21 Today is World Autism Awareness Day. We encourage you to wear blue on this day to support our children with Autism. We applaud all the work being done with all our ASD children in our ASD Class and in our mainstream classes.
2/4/'21 Happy Easter to all the children, families and staff of Scoil Chaitríona. We hope you have a lovely, safe holiday. On the day day of the holidays we had a funfilled Easter Egg Hunt and every child went home with a delicious Easter Egg. Many thanks to our SNA Mary for arranging this.
Well done to all the children for raising an amazing €586 on Green Day for Cancer Research. This was an incredible amount for such a worthy cause.
On the last day of term we said thank you to Mr Hanley for teaching the infants since September and for being such a wonderful asset to our school. We did not say goodbye as Mr Hanley will be joining us next term as our SET. We look forward to welcoming back Ms. Sheehy who is coming back after her maternity leave.
Enjoy these photos of our last day of term
Thank you Mr Hanley. We really appreciate all you did for us.
17/3/'21 : Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig daoibh go léir
Well done to all our families for supporting Cancer Research on our Green Day yesterday.
15/3/21 A big welcome back to all the children in 4th, 5th and 6th Class and to Mrs. Smith, as they return to school after a long spell of remote learning and teaching. It is great to all be back together again.
14/3/'21 Happy Mother's Day to all our fabulous mothers and grandmothers
2/3/'21
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1/3/'21 A GREAT BIG WELCOME BACK TO ALL OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF IN MS. SADLIER'S, MS CREGAN'S AND MR. HANLEY'S CLASS.
WE ARE ALL SO DELIGHTED TO BE BACK
WE ARE ALL SO DELIGHTED TO BE BACK
16/2/'21 We should be celebrating
Ash Wednesday in school.
Today we remember that it marks the start of Lent.
15/2/'21 Have a lovely Pancake Tuesday
14/2/'21 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL IN SCOIL CHAITRÍONA
3/2/'21 Feast of St Blaise.
Today is the feast of St Blaise and we would ordinarily have gone to mass and have had our throats blessed.
1/2/'21 Happy St Brigid's Day today - the first day of Spring
Happy Grandparents Day 2021
27/1/'21 Today we should have been celebrating Grandparents Day in Scoil Chaitríona, as part of Catholic School's Week. We have very fond memories of last years celebration with the school full to the brim with our wonderful grandparents. This year the Corona Virus has kept us all apart. We want all our grandparents to know that you are always in the hearts of the children of Scoil Chaitróna and they all look forward to giving you a real hug instead of the virtual ones we have had to become used to. We look forward to that day. Here is a little prayer for all our grandparents.
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26/1/'21 ACTIVE FLAG
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As part of our Active Flag we are asking families to take part in our WALK, RUN or CYCLE 5km (staying within our 5km travel limit) over the next four weeks. Please post pictures of you and your family exercising safely so we can post them on the school's website. Please let us know when you have completed your 5km, how many people in your family completed it and send all pictures to [email protected]. We will add up the distances we travel every week and see where that distance would take you in Ireland and what places of interest you would pass travelling this distance. We will then post information about these sites around Ireland. See get your running, walking and cycling shoes on and let's get moving for Scoil Chaitríona.
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12/1/'21- New Enrolments for Junior Infants September 2021
Just a reminder to all incoming enrolments to Junior Infants for September 2021, enrolment forms can be downloaded from the school website under the Policies Section. Also if parents wish to request a copy posted out to them, they may do so by emailing the school at [email protected] or writing to Scoil Chaitríona, Cappamore, Co. Limerick.
According to our Admissions Policy the following is the schedule of Admissions:
Admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2021/2022
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
Note: The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
Just a reminder to all incoming enrolments to Junior Infants for September 2021, enrolment forms can be downloaded from the school website under the Policies Section. Also if parents wish to request a copy posted out to them, they may do so by emailing the school at [email protected] or writing to Scoil Chaitríona, Cappamore, Co. Limerick.
According to our Admissions Policy the following is the schedule of Admissions:
Admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2021/2022
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
- The School will commence accepting applications for admission on 15th February, 2021
- The School shall cease accepting applications for admission on 4th March, 2021
- The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is 22nd March, 2021
- The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is 12th April, 2021
Note: The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
11/1/'20
Team Theo: € 267
School Raffle:€1,699
- Welcome back after the extended Christmas holidays. We hope you are all safe and well. As you all know by now we are returning to remote learning because of Level 5 Restrictions. We are moving all our teaching and learning to Seesaw - the ap we set up last term with all families. Please make sure you link in daily to ensure continuity in learning.
- Before Christmas we had held fundraisers for various charities and our own school. Thank you to all who contributed so generously to this. We raised:
Team Theo: € 267
School Raffle:€1,699
18/12/'20 Results of our Christmas Raffle
1st Prize: €150 from the Parents' Association - Bob Kennedy
2nd Prize: €100 voucher for Centra - Stephen Redfern
3rd Prize: €50 voucher for O' Dwyers - Izzy Shanahan
4th Prize: €50 voucher for Hayes' - Lizzy Mc Inerney
The children's draw will be held in school on Monday 21st of December.
Many thanks for all the support families, friends and the local community have shown this year.
Happy Christmas and a peaceful and safe New Year in 2021.
2nd Prize: €100 voucher for Centra - Stephen Redfern
3rd Prize: €50 voucher for O' Dwyers - Izzy Shanahan
4th Prize: €50 voucher for Hayes' - Lizzy Mc Inerney
The children's draw will be held in school on Monday 21st of December.
Many thanks for all the support families, friends and the local community have shown this year.
Happy Christmas and a peaceful and safe New Year in 2021.
17/12/'20 - Many thanks to our ever supportive families for Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. We raised €192.50. A fantastic amount - so well done. Please don't forget we are also supporting Team Theo this Christmas in lieu of any Christmas presents this year.
14/12/'20 -Take a look at our Christmas video on the Active Flag page- you could watch it over and over and over again!!!
10/12/'20- Check out our gymnastics video in our Active Flag page
Thank you to all the families for supporting Cystic Fibrosis today!!
Thank you to all the families for supporting Cystic Fibrosis today!!