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Another new school year has arrived so welcome back to all our pupils. A very special welcome to our eight new Junior Infants: Sarah, Ellie, Hannah, Míde, Amos, Daniel, Tiarnán and Lily. We hope you will have eight very happy years here with us in Caheragh NS. We would also like to welcome Caragh who joined sixth class and her brother Torben, who joined third class. Welcome to Mia who joined Senior Infants.
Closure for Revised Child Protection Procedures Training Day
The school will be closed on November 17th as the staff will be attending a mandatory training day on the new Revised Child Protection Procedures in Dunmanway.
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.
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 be 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 and achieving our Green Flag, Active Flag, Health Promoting Flag, STEM award, Cinealtas Award and Amber Flag.
Tin Whistle for 2nd 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 2nd 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.
Parent Association
Our Parent Association will be organising their annual Flag Day in Skibbereen on Saturday September 27th. Each family will be given a one hour time slot to cover on that day. Further details of this will be handed out nearer to the time.
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