Calendar for 2021-22 final

20-08-2021

Dear Parents/Guardians,
We hope that you and your family are well and that you had an enjoyable summer. Our school re-opens for all classes on Monday 30th August. The same guidelines/restrictions will apply as before the summer break as per recent Dept. guidelines.
Our Junior Infants are invited to come to school on Fri 27th August from 9.30 to 10.30 am
Full uniform is to be worn except on PE days when the tracksuit is to be worn.

Drop-off and Collection
• Drop-off will be the same for all classes: Classrooms will be open from 8.40am

• Collection times: Junior Infants will finish at 12 noon from Mon 30th Aug to Fri 10 Sept
Senior Infants 1.40 pm
1st and 2nd : 2.20pm
3rd and 4th 2.30pm
5th and 6th 2.40pm

There is to be NO congregation outside the school at drop-off and collection times and masks are to be worn at all times by adults.

We are also asked to convey the following information:-

• Please be advised pupils are not to return to or attend school if they are identified by the HSE as a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19 or if they live with someone who has symptoms of the virus.
• Parents and pupils who have travelled outside of Ireland are requested to adhere to all Covid regulations/guidelines.
• Pupils and parents are asked to cooperate with any public health officials and the school for contact tracing purposes and follow any public health advice in the event of a case or outbreak in the school.
• There is a wide range of materials available for parents to re-inforce public health messaging. These include video messages from public health doctors on the safety of schools, posters and digital animations and videos. Available on www.gov.ie

Mise le meas,

Liam Fell-Príomhoide

Good luck to all our sixth class pupils as you finish up in Nagle Rice today. We want to thank you all for your time here, we hope you all a lovely summer and we wish you all every blessing, happiness and success in your new schools. Go n-éirí  libh.

https://www.naglericens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MFFRC-Castlemaine.pdf

Our local MEP Mr Seán Kelly visited our school today to present the school with their BFG to EU plaque. The first class with their teacher Mrs. Patricia O’Connor, both second classes with their teachers Ms. Danielle McCarthy and Mrs. Elaine O’Sullivan along with Mr. Fell and staff enjoyed a wonderful, exciting and informative meeting with Mr Kelly in the wonderful sunshine. Congratulations to all the pupils on their fantastic work during the project as well as their exemplary behaviour and attention they gave today. Many thanks to Oliver O’Sullivan and Foley’s Spar Milltown for providing treats for all the children involved.  A big ‘Go raibh míle maith agat’ to Mr Seán Kelly who was most generous with his time and gave the children a fabulous memory from the day. Well done to all.

Fantastic Friday Treat- The ice-cream Van

‘I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream’. Fantastic start to the bank holiday weekend here at Nagle Rice with a visit from the ice-cream van. There were smiles all round from very happy pupils and staff!! Yummy.

Well done to all our Sixth Class students. Many thanks to all who helped organise their fabulous ‘Class of 21’ hoodies. We wish you all the best in your last few weeks in Nagle Rice.

First and second classes have been taking part in a collaborative programme with UCC over the past few weeks and months. My Big Friendly Guide to the European Union is an innovative teaching and learning programme. It aims at developing awareness, knowledge and debate at primary school level on the European Union and Ireland’s role within it.
It is children and teacher friendly allowing the students to learn about but also question the European Union. Crucially, it fits perfectly into the current Social Personal and Health Education curriculum, particularly when discussing citizenship. Whether children want to stay in the European Union, change its rules or leave it altogether, they need to understand what the E.U. does and does not do. This programme is about empowering them to make informed decisions to improve the world they live in.

Monday in school we celebrated Europe Day (May 9th) with a Europe Day Zoom quiz with other schools in Ireland and Europe taking part. There were classes from Greece, Spain, Poland, Romania and France participating. Working on the ‘Solidarity’ theme. Well done to all the boys and girls who did a great job. Deirdre Clune our MEP spoke to the children afterwards about working in the European Parliament.

On Tuesday the classes completed ‘Collaborative Art work’ On Jean Monnet and Simone Veil. This was under the ‘cooperation’ theme. Jean Monnet as a top advisor to the French government was the main inspiration behind the famous ‘Schuman Declaration’ of 9 May 1950, which led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community and, as such, is considered to be the birth of the European Union.

Simone Veil was a Holocaust survivor and the first female President of the European Parliament. She was a lawyer, politician and feminist, Simone Veil served as France’s Health Minister between 1974 and 1979. In that year she became a Member of the European Parliament and was elected its President, remaining in the role until 1982.This made her the President of the first directly elected Parliament and the first female President.

On Wednesday some fantastic work and effort in creating ‘Europe’ acrostic poems under the ‘creativity’ theme.

Sixth Class Religion

As part of our 6th class Grow in Love programme we study the religion of Islam. One pupil from our class, Adnan bin Yoseuf, practices Islam and kindly shared his experience and knowledge of the Muslim tradition with us. As you can see from the photographs Adnan did a wonderful job.

Please find attached letter to parents from Mr. Fell in relation to ongoing use and development of the ‘Microsoft Teams’ platform in our remote learning with the pupils.

Letter to Parents re. Microsoft Teams