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Book Fair 6th & 7th December

4/12/2018

 
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The Book Fair is in St. Brigid's this week on Thursday & Friday!  The school receives 60% of the amount raised in new books for the school.  Your support is greatly appreciated!

Board of Management Report October 2018

11/11/2018

 
Board of Management Report – October 2018
 
  • Parking
There have been a number of complaints from residents in the local area who are unhappy that a number of parents are parking outside their driveways at arrival and collection times, often impeding their ability to leave their homes.  The Board would like to remind all parents of the need to be mindful when parking, particularly if they are leaving cars unattended
  • GDPR
The school is working to comply with GDPR and has completed a data audit to identify all the types of information that is being collected, stored and processed. A website privacy statement is now available on www.stbrigid.ie and a CCTV Policy is currently being drafted. 
  • Curriculum
As part of the school self-evaluation process this year, staff will draw up a number of maths trails for all classes to focus on maths in the environment.
  • Thanks
The BOM would like to thank the Parents Association for their fundraising efforts which supported the new CCTV system, exterior lighting upgrade and purchase of classroom furniture/sports equipment.
  • Enrolments
Offers for Junior Infants for 2019/2020 school year will be issued before mid-October. 
  • Staffing
A big welcome is extended to Aoife Murphy and Teresa Hagan who have joined the teaching staff and Antoinette Cahill and Kayleigh Bolger who have joined the ancillary staff as SNA’s.
 

Halloween Dress Up Day 26th October

14/10/2018

 
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Halloween Dress Up Day on Friday 26th October!
The Parents Association will be providing prizes for the day!

Clothing Collection 18th & 19th October

14/10/2018

 
DO'T FORGET CLOTHING COLLECTION THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY!
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Bag2School will be collecting on Friday 19th October, 2018. Bags can be
returned to the school on:
Thursday 18th October: 1.15pm-1.30pm and 2.15pm-2.30pm and
Friday, 19th October: 8.30am – 9am

PA AGM Update

14/10/2018

 
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Many thanks to all the parents who attended the Annual General Meeting of our Parents Association on Wednesday the 26th of September 2018.  For those of you who were not able to attend this is a short note of what was discussed. 
  • Welcome – The Chairperson welcomed all the parents, teachers and principal to the AGM and expressed her thanks as it was the greatest turnout to date. 
  • Chairperson’s Report – The Chairperson spoke briefly as to why the PA must hold an AGM, what the PA did last year and what they hoped to do this coming year.
  • Financial Report – The Chairperson gave all attendees a financial statement of the PA and briefly spoke about it.  The Chairperson also gave Ms Burke, Principal a cheque for €2,000 which was the remaining money raised from last year’s Easter Fair.
  • Principal/Board of Management Address – Ms Burke very kindly spoke on behalf of the BOM and thanked the PA for all their help last year. 
  • Election of new Parents Association Committee – Last year’s Committee stepped down and a new Committee were elected.  Please see below for new Committee Members and a special welcome and thank you to our 4 new Committee Members this year.
 
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  • Planned Events for Coming Year including Easter Fair – The Chairperson went through all the events which they would be organising this year including, 3 new dates for clothes collections (19th Oct 2018, 25th Jan 2019 and 7th June 2019), a very special visitor on 19thDecember, Easter Fair 14th April 2019, Communion Reception (tbc), Graduation Reception 20th June 2019, 2nd Hand Uniform Sale (tbc).  The Chairperson also asked if there was anything else that parents would like to see in the school.  One parent mentioned a Book Fair.  The Committee agreed to look into it with the hope of trying to arrange for end of Nov/early Dec.
  • Prefabs–The Chairperson explained about the prefabs and that one when ready can be used by parents to hold coffee mornings, classes etc.  These will be organised by the parents of the school for the parents of the school.  It was mentioned that if possible the booking system should be something easy to use, with a visible timetable so parents can see when it’s free and a simple click system to book.  The PA agreed to look into this but stressed that it is a great facility to have and encouraged parents to make use of it or the school may find another use for it themselves. 
  • AOB – A number of its came up for discussion under AOB including:
    * Uniforms – Parents expressed a concern about the quality of the uniforms being supplied by Lynches at present and asked if the PA could look into this again and possibly look at doing another survey of parents to see if there is a bigger interest in changing suppliers this year.  The PA agreed to do this. 
    * New Payments System – A parent asked for it to be noted that she thought the new online payment system that school introduced was a great addition and help.  The PA would like to encourage all parents to use this new system. 
    *Mental Health – A parent asked if there was any support for children going through a bereavement (eg Rainbow).  Ms Burke said the school were looking into getting teachers trained in this.  The PA said they would look into seeing if there are any talks that could be arranged. 
    *PE in the school – A parent expressed concern about the amount of PE that the children in the school took part in and asked if this could be increased.  Ms Burke took note of the request. 
    *PA Lines of Communication – The Chairperson addressed the issue of contacting the PA with issues and/or concerns and the use of their Facebook page, email and phone.  The Chairperson said that the Facebook page was not a forum for dealing with grievances etc and all these matters should be either emailed or phoned/texted to the PA using the following:

    email – stbrigidpa@gmail.com                                  mobile – 086 1967194

    The PA’s Facebook page is there only as a way for the PA to reach/remind parents of things that are coming up in the school and/or of things that might be of interest to parents. 
 
The Chairperson ended the evening by thanking everyone for attending and asking that the next time they attend if they could please try and bring at least one more parent with them and to spread the word that the AGM is worth attending so parents can have their say.  ​

Clothing Collection September 2017

13/10/2017

 
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Thank you for all your donations to our most recent Clothing Collection.  Over €400 was raised.   Thank you too to all the volunteers who helped to collect and load the bags.  Our next collection will take place in January 2018 so please remember us when sorting your winter wardrobe.

Parents Association AGM, Wednesday, 27.09.17 7.30 pm

16/9/2017

 
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St Brigid’s Parents Association Annual General Meeting will take place on
Wednesday, 27th September
 at 7.30 p.m.


The Chair will give an overview of the work by the Parents Association during the previous year.  A new committee will be elected. The floor will then be open for discussion and suggestions for the coming year.

Everyone is a member of the Parents Association so please come along and share your views and ideas.  This is your chance to have your say!

New Committee members are most welcome!

We look forward to seeing you on the night.
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Congratulations to all the 6th Class girls!

22/6/2017

 
Congratulations to the class of 2017 who graduated from St Brigids tonight. We are very proud of you all and hope you enjoyed your evening. Thank you to all our volunteers, parents association, teachers and staff who helped make the evening so enjoyable for the girls and their families!

Second Hand Uniform & New School Book Sale 27th June

6/6/2017

 
The Parents Association will holding their annual Second Hand Uniform sale on Tuesday 27th June at 7.00 p.m.  If you are available to help at the sale or help sort uniforms on the Monday and Tuesday morning 26th & 27th June, please let the PA committee or Sheila know.

If you have any spare uniforms you can drop them into the school anytime.

On the same evening, Book Haven will be in the school selling NEW school books from 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
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Thank You!

24/4/2017

 
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A massive Thank You to everyone for all your support with the Easter Fair!  From donations and setting up, to running stalls and fantastic attendance on the day, the Easter Fair was a huge success and raised over €10,000!  We would also like to say a huge thank you to all our sponsors whose contribution was very much appreciated.

We hope you and your families enjoyed the day!



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