catholic schools week & Grandparents day 2023
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The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2023 is "Walking Together in Faith and Love." The daily themes are outlined in the poster below.
Grandparents Day takes place on Wednesday January 25th. All the classes will be completing special activities this week to share with their grandparents/special person. |
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Due to the large number of pupils at our school it is no longer possible to invite all the grandparents to visit the school on Grandparents Day. Therefore, this year we hope to start a new special tradition at our school.
Grandparents of the 3rd class pupils are invited to visit our school on Wednesday Jan. 25th for Grandparents Day. We look forward to welcoming them to our school at 1.30pm for a visit to the 3rd class classrooms, as well as a short performance by the 3rd class children and some light refreshments. We hope to make this a special event and new tradition for the grandparents of all the children when they reach 3rd class going forward. |
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JUNIOR INFANT Meetings
The Junior Infant meetings will take place on Tuesday, January 24th and Thursday, January 26th. More details to follow.
SWIMMING 2022-2023
The swimming timetable for first to sixth classes for the year ahead can be found on the Sports/Active Schools page.
CONFIRMATION
The date for the Confirmation is Tuesday, May 9th at 10 a.m.
The date for the Confirmation is Tuesday, May 9th at 10 a.m.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
The date for the First Holy Communion is Saturday May 13th 2023. Children will return to last year’s class groups for the ceremony. Two ceremonies as follows:
- 10.30 a.m. Mr Neville’s 1st class
- 12.30 p.m. Ms Bermingham’s 1st class
athbhliain faoi mhaise Daoibh go Léir!
Welcome Back & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A BRAND NEW CHRISTMAS PODCAST!
The Scoil Bhríde podcast has made a triumphant return. Join your new hosts, Ryan, Erin and Lily, for our Christmas special. Jokes, songs, and facts... it's got it all! Happy Christmas everyone!
Click on the link below to listen!
Click on the link below to listen!
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AT SCOIL BHRÍDE
Take a look at our Christmas preparations in pictures on our gallery below.
THE SEASON OF ADVENT AT SCOIL BHRÍDE
Throughout the Advent Season we are showing kindness to one another at Scoil Bhríde. We have a Deed of the Day for each day and we are enjoying cheering each other up and bringing a smile to the face of our friends and teachers.
Here are the boys and girls from Junior Infants to 2nd Class who won a Homework Pass for their kindness!
The boys and girls from third to sixth classes receiving their homework passes at Senior Assembly.
Credit union art competition winners
Scoil Bhríde were delighted to receive the great news that we were so well represented in the Credit Union Art Competition winners! Comhghairdeas do na buaiteoirí thíos - Daithí, Donnacha, Kanyu, Abbie, Marcel, Ollie and Harry!
Team Hope Christmas SHOEBOX Appeal
A big thank you and well done to the children for their wonderful donations for the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal. The volunteers from Team Hope were amazed by the volume of donations when they arrived to collect them and were extremely grateful. Thanks to the generosity of the boys and girls in Scoil Bhríde there will be lots of delighted children receiving shoeboxes this Christmas. Maith sibh a pháistí! Below are representatives from different classes in the school with the donations from the children in Scoil Bhríde. You can find more information about the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal and some Christmas Shoebox Appeal stories here: https://www.teamhope.ie/christmas-shoebox-appeal/ .
Food dudes!!
Food Dudes is starting in Scoil Bhríde this week! There are three phases to the Food Dudes Healthy Eating Programme, designed to encourage children to eat fruit and vegetables. These include the school element, the home element and the maintenance phase. The programme is based on the three Rs: repeated tastings, rewards and role models.
School element includes:
Home element (Post intervention) includes:
Maintenance phase includes:
School element includes:
- 16-day intervention (Junior Infants - 1st Class)
- 8-day intervention (2nd Class - 6th Class)
- Daily fruit and vegetable deliveries
- Rewards
- Letters from the Food Dude role models
- Episodes featuring the Food Dude role models
- Lunchbox at the end of the Phase
Home element (Post intervention) includes:
- Parents encourage children to bring fruit and vegetables to school in Food Dudes lunchbox
- Teachers record daily progress on classroom wallcharts
- Children receive certificates on reaching/completing phased milestones/goals
Maintenance phase includes:
- Tasting days
- Specially-designed educational materials
sCIATH NA SCOL
The children are so excited to be involved in Sciath Na Scol again this year. Training for the boys and girls taking part in the football is on every Tuesday from 3.00 - 4.00 p.m. in the Community Field. Best of luck to all involved!
Sciath Na Scol Fixtures 2022-2023
Football:
4. Friday, October 14th away to Belgooly - Girls @ 11.30 a.m.; Boys @ 12.30 p.m.
3. Friday, September 30th at home to Rochestown - Boys at 11.30 a.m.; Girls at 12.30 p.m.
2. Friday, September 23rd away to Bunscoil Mhuire, Youghal - Boys & Girls at 12.30p.m.
1. Thursday, September 15th at home to Ballygarvan - Boys at 12 noon; Girls at 1 p.m.
Football:
4. Friday, October 14th away to Belgooly - Girls @ 11.30 a.m.; Boys @ 12.30 p.m.
3. Friday, September 30th at home to Rochestown - Boys at 11.30 a.m.; Girls at 12.30 p.m.
2. Friday, September 23rd away to Bunscoil Mhuire, Youghal - Boys & Girls at 12.30p.m.
1. Thursday, September 15th at home to Ballygarvan - Boys at 12 noon; Girls at 1 p.m.
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Healthy Eating and Tips for Healthy Lunchboxes
Please see the new school Healthy Eating Policy by visiting the Parents' section of the website.
See below also for further information on healthy eating.
See below also for further information on healthy eating.
SCHOOL REOPENING AUTUMN 2022
We are very much looking forward to welcoming all the children back to school and meeting the new Junior Infants children on Wednesday August 31st.
Please see note below on access to school during current roadworks.
Please see note below on access to school during current roadworks.
Access to school during current roadworks
Scoil Bhríde will re-open on Wednesday August 31st for all pupils. The access road by the Garda Station is blocked at the moment. This road will be closed to traffic for the rest of this week. To avoid traffic congestion at the other junction, we are asking parents to park in other areas of the village and walk to the school.
Areas for parking include; on the main street and side streets, at the Community Centre, at the Rathcormac Inn etc. Parents coming from the Garrynacole direction can park in the new community field. The school bus will come into school grounds to drop off children as usual.
At collection time we ask parents to park in the areas above and walk to the school to meet children at home time. The current spell of good weather should make it easier to "park up and walk". Hopefully the roadworks will be finished for the second week and we can return to our normal "drop and go" system.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Areas for parking include; on the main street and side streets, at the Community Centre, at the Rathcormac Inn etc. Parents coming from the Garrynacole direction can park in the new community field. The school bus will come into school grounds to drop off children as usual.
At collection time we ask parents to park in the areas above and walk to the school to meet children at home time. The current spell of good weather should make it easier to "park up and walk". Hopefully the roadworks will be finished for the second week and we can return to our normal "drop and go" system.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Glorious sunshine, teddy bear picnics, delicious cake and disco dancing... It must be the GREEN SCHOOLS PARTY!
We couldn't have wished for better weather to celebrate raising our SIXTH GREEN SCHOOL FLAG - GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - LITTER AND WASTE. The day got off to a fantastic start with Sheila Mulcahy raising our sixth green flag on behalf of the cleaning staff at our school who work tirelessly to keep our environment litter free! Following this the entire school enjoyed a teddy bear picnic, basking in the glorious sunshine. It was an extra special picnic for the children in Junior and Senior Infants who got to share it with their buddies in 5th and 6th classes. There was also delicious cake for all the students to sample which was baked by our S.N.A. Helen McGrath. Following this, the children struck a pose with their friends in the Green Schools photo frame which was kindly designed by Liam Barry. We rounded off this fantastic celebration with a disco with DJ Bertie! We were so impressed by the dance moves, energy, enthusiasm (and screaming 😁) of the students at Scoil Bhríde despite the afternoon heat! It was a whole school community effort to create this very special occasion with everyone contributing and playing their part. The children will have wonderful memories to treasure forever more from what might be their first or last Green School Party.
Huge thanks and congratulations to Ms. Murphy and the Green Schools Committee for planning and organising this amazing celebration! Comhghairdeas libh go léir! 👏👏👏
Huge thanks and congratulations to Ms. Murphy and the Green Schools Committee for planning and organising this amazing celebration! Comhghairdeas libh go léir! 👏👏👏
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Click on the play button to see our 6th Green Flag being raised!
Highlights from the day...
Teddy Bear Picnic with our Buddies!
Disco with DJ Bertie
Junior Disco
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Senior Disco
The Singing / Screaming Competition - Boys v Girls!
Turning down the volume on your device is strongly advised on this one!
Turning down the volume on your device is strongly advised on this one!
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Victory for the girls!
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Victory for the boys!
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The Chill Out Zone!
HARVESTING IN OUR SCHOOL GARDEN
After a long time tending to the crops in our garden, it was time to sample the potatoes, mixed leaf salad, spinach, radishes and spring onions. We learned so much by undertaking this project and our hard work was rewarded with a wonderfully tasty feast! 😁
Thanks so much to Cathal and Emilija for helping the children in Ms. Hogan's and Ms. Hyne's classes with the school garden this year! 👏👏👏
Thanks so much to Cathal and Emilija for helping the children in Ms. Hogan's and Ms. Hyne's classes with the school garden this year! 👏👏👏
Digging up our crops
Preparing our food
Enjoying our food
WE DID IT!
WE GOT OUR SIXTH GREEN FLAG: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - LITTER & WASTE!
WE GOT OUR SIXTH GREEN FLAG: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - LITTER & WASTE!
Following a lot of hard work and making sustainable changes to how we do things at school and home, we were delighted to be awarded our sixth green flag which is 'Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste'. We focused on monitoring litter and waste, the correct separation of waste in our class bins in particular and also on global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals. We completed a school project on Kenya in 4th - 6th classes to raise awareness on life in a developing country. Our energy and water monitors continue to work hard to ensure lights are switched off when leaving the classroom, to ensure taps aren't left running and that any leaks/faulty taps are reported (amongst other duties). We are still encouraging everyone to travel to school in a sustainable way whenever possible and our school garden is beginning to flourish!
We can not wait to celebrate this wonderful achievement and plans are well underway for our big party!!! 🥳
We can not wait to celebrate this wonderful achievement and plans are well underway for our big party!!! 🥳
WELCOME TO OUR NEW SCHOOL WEBSITE!
Fáilte go Scoil Bhríde Ráth Chormaic!
We are delighted to officially launch our new school website.
The children at Scoil Bhríde work very hard throughout the year on their school work and a variety of initiatives. They are proud to show you their wonderful work below. Take a look at the online gallery featuring various aspects of learning from across the children's "School Life". This is just a small snapshot from across the school, please feel free to explore their learning further on the class web pages and under the "School Life" section of the website.
HAPPY BROWSING!
We are delighted to officially launch our new school website.
The children at Scoil Bhríde work very hard throughout the year on their school work and a variety of initiatives. They are proud to show you their wonderful work below. Take a look at the online gallery featuring various aspects of learning from across the children's "School Life". This is just a small snapshot from across the school, please feel free to explore their learning further on the class web pages and under the "School Life" section of the website.
HAPPY BROWSING!