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We now have our idonate up and running. Caheragh National School is a registered charity. If you are in a generous mood and feel like donating to our school then click on the idonate icon
We would like to thank all the parents who attended the Parent Association AGM. Your continued support of the school is very much appreciated.
Our Parent Association of Caheragh National School is as follows:
Chairperson: Bryony Horvath
Deputy Chairpersons: Charlotte Casey
Secretary: Katy Wareing
Deputy Secretary: Sonata Dilbe
Treasurer: Rosie O'Sullivan
Deputy Treasurer: Kevin Bohane
Committee Members: Louise O'Sullivan, Trish Kingston, Eoin Murphy and Damien Daly
We wish them the very best in their term.
The first event planned by the Parent Association this year is the annual Flag Day in Skibbereen. This will take place on Saturday, October 3rd. As is done every year, each family and staff member will be assigned a location and a one-hour timeslot on the rota. If you are not available to cover that slot, you may contact other parents to see if they are willing to switch. If you are unavailable that day to cover any slot, perhaps a grandparent/uncle/aunt/older sibling would be available to cover it for you. Once you have been assigned a slot, it is your responsibility to get it covered. This is the fairest way we have found to do this fundraiser where every family and staff member plays their part to support the school. Further details of this will be handed out nearer to the time.
All funds raised will go towards the purchase of new playground equipment for the school. Please see our idonate link/icon
is at the top of this page if you would rather donate online.
Tin whistle lessons are starting on Wednesday, October 7th with Mr. Tom O'Sullivan. These classes will run for 6 weeks.
Our Re-turn bin has arrived and is located by our main door under the CCTV cameras. If anyone in the community has any unwanted Re-turn marked cans or bottles that you just won't get round to returning yourself, please feel free to pop them in our Re-turn bin and help us raise funds for our school. Thank you as ever for your continued support of our school.
The Parent Association AGM will take place on Thursday, October 1st at 8pm in the school. All parents are welcome to attend. We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the Parent Association Board members for their hard work and the amazing support they have shown to the school over the last year. We would really appreciate if a parent from each of our 55 families could please be present at the AGM, even if you do not wish to be on the board, your voice is still very important.
Mr. Robert Plant is giving a talk on The Lusitania to pupils from third to sixth classes on Monday, November 9th. We look forward to welcoming Mr. Plant to our school.
The 2027 enrolment night for Skibbereen Community School is on October 22nd in the SCS.
Closure for STEM Training:
The school will be closed on October 16th, 2026 and April 22nd, 2027, as the staff will be undertaking assigned curriculum training in the area of STEM.
Closure for Language Awareness Training Day:
We have received a date for one of our whole school training days on Language Awareness (English/Gaeilge/French) as part of the new Primary School Curriculum. This will take place on April 9th, 2027. The school will be closed that day as the staff will be attending the course in the West Cork Education Centre in Dunmanway.
The school is closed for mid-term break from Monday, October 26th - Friday, October 30th inclusive and re-opens on Monday November 2nd.
On Friday, September 4th as we will have coaches from School Fitness Ireland coming to our school to do fun fitness and aerobics classes with each classroom. This company were due to come to the school last June as part of our Active School Week but had to cancel at the last minute so they have rescheduled their sessions for this week.
Another new school year has arrived so welcome back to all our pupils. A very special welcome to our seventeen new Junior Infants: Alice, Alex, Archie, Áva Leigh, Ellen, Indie, Oisín, Poppy, Libby, Sarah, James, Daithí, Pearl, Saoirse, Siún, Hugh and Shauna. We hope you will have eight very happy years here with us in Caheragh NS. We would also like to welcome any other pupils who joined our school this year.
Note and permission slips
Please check your child’s bag daily for any notes or permission slips from the school. These cannot be sent by email as they usually require a parent’s signature.
Absences
As we are mandated persons, we need to keep a record of all student absences and report them to TUSLA at the end of each school year. Due to this, we need to have proof of said absences so if your child is absent from school for any reason, please either send in a note with them when they return or send an email to the school stating that they will be away and include the duration of their absence.
Homework
Please check over your child’s homework daily to ensure they have completed it, especially the learning work. Please also encourage your child to complete their work neatly, using the appropriate pencils/pens as this helps foster and develop good practice for later life. Once you have checked over the homework, please sign their homework journal. This also applies to children attending Curious Minds Afterschool as we are finding that the homework is not always completed in its entirety.
Uniform
We have been noticing that some children are coming to school wearing the incorrect uniform. The school does not own the copyright to the school crest and any use of an iron on crest is in breach of the copyright with the owners of the crest design (Tragumna Knitwear and Designs and Signs Bantry). Furthermore, our school jumper has a mustard stripe around the collar which makes it stand out and showcases our school colours. Plain black jumpers are NOT part of our uniform and were only a short-term, hygiene measure allowed during the pandemic.
The tie must be worn at all times (except on PE days).
Our PE uniform is a plain navy sweatshirt/hoodie and tracksuit pants and must not display any brand/logo.
The majority of our uniform (grey trousers/skirt/pinafore, white polo shirt, white shirt, PE uniform) can be purchased very cheaply in Penneys/Tesco/Aldi/Lidl/Dunnes etc, leaving only the correct school jumper and tie to be purchased in Skibbereen. Grey shorts (Next brand or similar) can be worn on warmer days. No other colour shorts are permitted.
Pupils may wear any shoes they feel comfortable in but we would advise they wear runners as they give them better grip and stability when running in the yard at breaktimes. The shoes can be whatever colour you wish.
Upcoming events and activities
This school year we will continue our work towards maintaining our Green Flag, Active Flag, Health Promoting Flag, STEM award, Cinealtas Award and Amber Flag.
Tin Whistle for 3rd to 6th Classes will continue this year with Tom O’Sullivan so please ensure your child (in these classes) has a ‘D’ tin whistle and a display folder for notes.
In the 2nd/ 3rd Term, pupils from 3rd to 6th will be having 6 weeks of swimming lessons in Dunmanway, details to follow.
We will continue to take part in Maths Week, World Book Day, dressing up for Halloween, designing our own Christmas Cards, hosting our Christmas Concert in Caheragh Church, having a pyjama day organised by the 6th class (to raise money for a worthwhile charity), Cork Primary Sports, Sciath na Scol and many more events that we will keep you informed of throughout the year.
It is shaping up to be another busy year here in Caheragh NS but as always, if you ever need to speak to any of the staff about any issue that may arise, please feel free to make contact with us during school hours and we will be happy to help you as best we can.
We hope you all have a wonderful year!
Anyone wishing to enrol a child in Caheragh N.S. for 2026 please contact the principal, Ms. Mary-T. Minehane at 028-31647