St Brigid's Parents Association would like to welcome back all the girls and staff to school. We hope you had a lovely break over the summer!
We send a special warm welcome to the new Junior Infants, new girls joining other classes and to all the new parents.
We wish you all a great year at school.
The Parents Association will be hosting a "Teas and Tissues" event in the school hall for Junior Infants parents/ guardian who have just dropped their girls to school.  There will tea/ coffee, biscuits and tissues available.  It is a nice opportunity to meet some other parents and relax after a busy morning.




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 Well done to all the girls and staff who took part in the School Marathon Relay today!  You were fantastic!
A massive thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraising event! We really appreciate your support towards our goal of resurfacing the junior yard.
Thank you to School Marathon Relay for running the event and to Lidl for their contribution to our water station.
Donations are still welcome and we will leave our GoFundMe page open for another couple of weeks.  https://gofund.me/34ca705d
Many thanks,
St Brigids Parents Association

The Parents Association Committee would like to welcome all the girls and their families back to school!  We look forward to planning lots of events over the coming year.  We were delighted to be able to host our teas and tissues event on the first day of school and to meet some of the junior infants’ parents.  We hope all the girls are settling well into school.
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In 2019, the Parents Association in consultation with the school, agreed to fundraise sufficient funds to resurface the junior yard. We held an Easter Fair in April 2019 and raised an incredible €15,000.  We had planned to raise further funds for the yard in 2020 but unfortunately the pandemic delayed our plans.
We are delighted to announce that we can now continue our efforts to resurface the yard.  We really hope we can raise sufficient funds that would enable the yard to be resurfaced in Summer 2023!
On 30th September, we will be running a School Marathon Relay (http://www.schoolmarathonrelay.ie/) whereby all the girls in the school will participate in a relay and will cover the distance of a marathon by the end of the day.  We hope it will be a fun day for all the girls!
The girls will be bringing home sponsorship cards soon. Sponsorship can be returned to the school as cash or via our GoFundMe page (https://gofund.me/34ca705d)
We would really appreciate your support with this project!
St Brigid’s Parents’ Association Committee

St Brigid’s GNS Parents Association have arranged a training programme by National Parents Council (NPC) on
Supporting parents to support their children’s mental health and wellbeing.
This programme is free for all parents/ guardians in St. Brigid’s GNS as all costs have been covered by the PA.
Date/Time: Tuesday 24th May @ 7.30pm
Duration: 1 – 1.5 Hours
Location: Via Zoom call (registration link below)
Training Programme details:
This Programme, devised by NPC and St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services, supports parents to encourage and promote positive mental health and wellbeing in their children. The Programme also explores how the building of resilience in children helps them to manage and cope with the day to day stresses of life as they occur.
Parents who attend this session will:

• Explore the factors that influence mental health and wellbeing in their child.
• Learn how to build and nurture resilience within their own child.
• Be given tips on how best to support their child’s positive mental health and wellbeing.

If you are interested in attending this Training Programme, please follow link below
 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StBrigidsGNS-MH-2022
By registering your interest, you are also giving National Parents Council permission to forward you the zoom link to the meeting. 
Registration will be available until 3:30pm on 24th May, the zoom link will go out shortly after that.
We look forward to seeing you!
St. Brigid’s Parents Association Committee
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The Parent's Association organised our first clothes collection of the school year, last Saturday November 13th.  They raised €362. Thanks to the hard-working volunteers from the P.A. who co-ordinated the collection and to all the people who donated the bags of clothes. Well done all!

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
 

• 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.