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Sacrament Dates

Wed 03 Feb 2021

Our updated Sacramental Celebration Dates for 2021

P3 - First Penance- 21st April 1pm

P7 - Confirmation- Thursday 13th May 11.30am

P4 - First Holy Communion - Saturday 15th May 11am

*all dates subject to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic*

Post Primary Admissions Information

Tue 02 Feb 2021

✳️Primary 7 Pupils & Parents/Guardians✳️

All Post Primary Schools have today published their revised admissions criteria on the EA Website.

Please take time to read through the revised admissions criteria before deciding which school(s) to apply for.

This year the application process is online and will be open from March 2nd to March 16th. Please see the timeline attached for important dates.

Should you require any information or support contact myself on kburns395@c2kni.net or telephone the Admissions Helpdesk.

Regards
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal

https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

Children’s Mental Health Week

Mon 01 Feb 2021

Monday Message from Mr Burns

Today is the start of Children’s Mental Health Week. With our pupils unable to mix with their friends this year more so than ever we need to become more aware of how our children are feeling.

While at home we might find time to focus on the importance of looking after our emotional well being.

Express Yourself
Take time this week to find ways to express yourself and allow your children to express themselves. Share thoughts, feelings and emotions in creative ways. It’s not just about sitting down and talking, it’s about finding activities that make you feel good.

During the week our class teacher and I will share some useful ideas, challenges, tasks and tips on children’s mental health alongside the usual remote learning tasks and activities.

Good luck with everything at home this week!

Regards
Mr K Burns
Principal

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Catholic Schools Week Principal’s Message

Mon 25 Jan 2021

Monday Message from Mr Burns

🙏Catholic Schools' Week🙏

This week is our annual celebration of Catholic Schools' Week. Our Parish Priest Fr Gerard McCloskey has a special video message for our pupils which will be shared this morning on Google Classroom and Facebook. This year the CSW theme is ‘Love, Resilience and Hope’.

Resilience is something our families in our school community have shown a lot of in recent times. Well done everyone on how you have all coped with the pandemic to date. We can only get through this one step at a time but we can do it together. Please don’t expect too much from you our the children.

🌟Grandparent's Day Art Activity- Can I ask all pupils to draw a picture of them & their Grandparent(s) and send it through to their teacher via email or GC and we will share these later in the week as part of our CSW celebrations.

🙏Fr Edward Magee will be celebrating a virtual CSW Mass on Thursday 28th January at 12 noon. Our families can join Mass via the St Mary's University College webcam link at:

https://churchmedia.tv/camera/st-marys-university

Many thanks

Mr Kevin Burns

Principal

Term 2 Message from Mr Burns

Sun 10 Jan 2021

A Mesaage from Mr Burns

Everyone in our school community has worked hard to follow the rules, do the right thing and try our best to mange the Covid-19 pandemic effectively. Despite the frustrations and setbacks we have remained positive and hopeful that we all come through this difficult time sooner rather than later.

Our pupils have class in the morning on Google Classroom. Their teachers are organised and waiting to help the children with their learning. Each teacher will have a video message on GC just after 9am. I am looking forward to seeing the great effort and work our brilliant pupils produce in each class.

We must remember to continue to follow our COVID-19 guidance now as much as ever before. Please remember anyone visiting our school building whether as a parent / guardian, key workers’ child / vulnerable child in supervised learning or our team of staff members- please follow the guidance & seek advice if unsure.

The safest place at the moment is at home.

Many thanks
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal

School Restart Jan 2021 Update

Thu 31 Dec 2020

Restart of School Update - January 2021

Dear Parents / Guardians,

Please find attached the announcement from Minister Peter Weir today regarding the restart of schools in January.

We will be having a School Development Day (Staff only) on Thursday 7th January 2021 to prepare further for a safe restart to Term 2.

As it stands, we aim to reopen classes to Key Workers Children and Pupils in the identified DE Vulnerable Categories on Friday 8th January 2021 for supervised learning. Email kburns395@c2kni.net if you wish to avail of this provision.

All other pupils will have school work online using their Google Classroom for Friday 8th January from 9am.

We hope to reopen all classes to all pupils on Monday 11th January 2021.

Please note that due to the nature of this ever-changing COVID-19 Pandemic things may change but we will aim to keep good communication with you at home.

May I thank you for your continued support and wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year.

Regards
Mr Kevin Burns
Principal

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Management of Covid-2019 Positive Case in School Settings

Tue 08 Dec 2020

New School GAA Kit Design Competition

Mon 07 Dec 2020

New School GAA Kit Design Competition

We are delighted to be getting a new school GAA kit sponsored by

Ard Ghlais CLG, Ardglass GAC

as part of the club’s 50th Year Celebration. We are inviting pupils to design their own School GAA Kit using the ‘i-Create’ platform. Your design ideas will help us greatly!

Please email your designs to Mr Mason on rmason208@c2ken.net

http://icreate.oneills.com/gaa-menu-2-stripe.html