News
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
Congratulations to the pupils in fourth, fifth and sixth classes who finished Maths Week at the top of the leader board in the Junior Target Boards Maths Challenge 2024. What a huge achievement to compete against hundreds of schools in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and come up with 11,623 sums throughout the week.
Fr. Ben recently called to the school where he enacted a drama of the Last Supper with the Middle Room. The children really enjoyed it.
Maths Week is in full swing this week. It is an initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives. The Senior room are taking part in the Target Board Challenge again this year.
Due to the adverse weather conditions, our Flag day had to be cancelled from 2pm onwards on Saturday, October 5th. Thanks to all the parents and staff who braved the weather on Saturday morning. Any person who wishes to make a donation to the fundraiser may do so using the link above. Click on the idonate icon.
Tin whistle lessons are starting on Monday, October 14th with Mr. Tom O'Sullivan. These classes will run for 6 weeks.
Our new Parent Association of Caheragh National School is as follows:
Chairperson: Sonata Dilbe
Deputy Chairperson: Eoin Murphy
Secretary: Trish Kingston
Deputy Secretary: Agne Pink
Treasurer: Nicola Hourihane
Deputy Treasurer: Christine Murnane
The first event planned by the Parent Association this year is the annual Flag Day in Skibbereen. This will take place on Saturday, October 5th. 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.
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.
On Thursday, September 26th, we had a visit from three volunteers from West Cork Rapid Response, Mrs. Betty Hennessy, Ms. Kate Crowley and Mr. Liam Slattery. It is an entirely voluntary group working in partnership with and supporting the existing HSE National Ambulance Services. It was set up 14 years ago and saved numerous lives since then. The children learned about all the equipment onboard and the importance of fundraising to keep this wonderful service on the road. Also the importance of having the family home Eircode displayed in a prominent place around your home and to memorise it. In an emergency call 999 or 112.
Congratulations to our U10 girls, Vivienne, Gabriele, Isobel, Katie, Eve, Hannah and Anna who played on the winning Tadgh MacCarthaigh team at the recent Eilish Collins U10 Memorial Blitz. Well done girls.
Caheragh N.S. Parent Association AGM
Tuesday 24th September 2024 at 7.30pm in the school. Come to get to know more about being part of your school community. It would be fantastic if each of the 35 families in our school was represented by at least one parent at the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday!
The Parent Association Committee.
Another new school year has arrived so welcome back to all our pupils. A very special welcome to our nine new Junior Infants: Eimear, Hannah, Hannah, Rhiannon, Alice, Cillian, Ruby, Maura and Eoin. We hope you will have eight very happy years here with us in Caheragh NS. We would also like to welcome Charlie who joined sixth class.
Closure for Maths Curriculum Training Day
The school will be closed on October 3rd as the staff will be attending a mandatory training day on the new Primary Maths Curriculum 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.
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.
Our Senior Room will be taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme so keep your eyes peeled for updates on that!
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.
As part of the Say Yes To Languages Programme and in preparation for the new foreign language element to the Primary Curriculum coming on-stream in the next few years, 2nd to 6th classes will be learning French for 1 hour per week with Trish Elwood for 10 weeks starting on Tuesday, 1st of October.
In the 2nd/ 3rd Term, all pupils will be having gymnastics classes with Anais O’Donovan for 6 weeks. These classes will commence on Tuesday, April 1st. Also in this term, 2nd to 6th will be having 6 weeks of swimming lessons in Dunmanway, starting on Wednesday, March 26th.
Eugene Daly will be coming to the school to teach GAA skills to all pupils on Friday, September 20th at 9.30am.
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 October 5th. 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.
School Garden
We are happy to tell you that there has been huge progress in the development of our school garden.
Last April, we applied for a community fund grant to do up our garden. We received confirmation that we would be receiving the grant in June. Patrick Crowley has been doing a wonderful job over the last number of weeks, digging out the old wilderness of a garden, extending it, fencing it, creating 3 raised beds (one for each classroom) and is now beginning to pave the pathways around it so it will be accessible for all. We already have some fruit trees in place and will also have a clover meadow to encourage biodiversity. We cannot wait to show you the finished project when it is complete!
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 2024 please contact the principal, Ms. Mary-T. Minehane at 028-31647