County Winners in Art and Handwriting who attend Nagle-Rice Primary School. Congratulations to Amy, Juliet, Cillian, Jacob, Andrew, Eoin and Dan. We are delighted for you and Well done on your fantastic achievements.

Congratulations to Seán O’Sullivan in First Class on his outstanding achievement in Dublin yesterday. Seán got first place in the Green-Schools Irish water poster competition. He was the Southern regional winner in the Junior Primary category and went on to become the overall National winner in this category also. Comhghairdeas Seán. The theme of the competition was “Groundwater-Our Hidden Treasure”. Sean won a €250 Voucher, a framed copy of his artwork and €500 for his school. Well done Seán.

Today we were honoured to welcome Minister for Education  Ms. Norma Foley and Minister for Sport Mr. Jack Chambers to Nagle Rice School. What a wonderful occasion to relaunch ‘The Daily Mile’ in association with ‘Athletics Ireland’. We were delighted to welcome Mr. Hamish Adams CEO of Athletics Ireland, Mr. Frank Greally, Ambassador for the daily mile and Ms. Valerie O’Brien. We thank Mr. Michael McCarthy Chairperson of our board of management, Fr. Danny Broderick, Ms. Gina Barron from our Parents Association, Councillors Michael O’Shea and John Francis Flynn who all represented our school and community.

We were honoured to be invited to relaunch the Daily Mile in Nagle Rice school. The Daily Mile is a social physical activity, with children running or jogging – at their own pace – in the fresh air with friends. Children can occasionally walk to catch their breath, if necessary, but should aim to run or jog for the full 15 minutes.

We want every child to have the opportunity to do The Daily Mile at primary school, and are now working to build The Daily Mile’s community in our school.

The Minister was welcomed by our wonderful musicians Michael O’Connor and Donnacha Leane. The Minister met with all the pupils and staff on our all weather pitch and we were blessed with the sunshine. We wish to thank both Ministers for their kind words and meaningful interaction with all staff and pupils. Finally we wish to thank and congratulate the pupils of Nagle Rice who were fantastic ambassadors of our school.

Congratulations to both our sixth classes on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.  We hope you all had a wonderful day. Many thanks to Bishop Ray Browne for celebrating the confirmation, to Fr. Kevin Sullivan and Fr. Danny Broderick. Our thanks too to Mr. Fell,  Mr. Flynn and Mr. O’Sullivan for their preparation and support to the classes.

To celebrate Engineer’s week third class designed and created playgrounds from paper. There  were some fantastic creations. Well done

Many thanks to all families for their amazing support of today’s fundraiser for Ukraine. We will send all monies collected to ‘The Red Cross’.  We think and pray for the pupils and families within our school. Nagle-Rice school stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they fight to protect their country and democracy. We pray for the restoration of the safety, peace, and stability of the Ukraine region quickly.

We are delighted to be celebrating World Book Day in Nagle Rice on Thursday 3rd March 2022. Over the last 25 years, World Book Day has become firmly established as Ireland’s biggest annual event promoting the enjoyment of books and reading for children and young people. The main aim is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading. “A child who reads will become an adult who thinks”. Dr Seuss reminds us that “You can find magic wherever you look, Sit back, Relax, All you need is a book!” Happy World Book Day.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

February 8th 2022 is Safer Internet Day, an important day in our school calendar. Celebrated every year across the EU and in other countries around the world, Safer Internet Day (SID) promotes the safe and positive use of digital technology, especially among children and young people.
In Ireland, Safer Internet Day is promoted by PDST Technology in Education and Webwise, with the theme “Together for a Better Internet”. Along with hundreds of other schools from around Ireland, Nagle-Rice Primary School will be celebrating Safer Internet Day.
To mark Safer Internet Day, our school will be hosting poster competitions, presentations on internet Safety, quizzes, puzzles and safety online stories .
This year for Safer Internet Day, parents are being encouraged to get involved in the #TalkListenLearn campaign which promotes having open and ongoing conversations with children and teenagers about using the internet in a safe and positive way. The Webwise Topic Generator is a great way to help families start the conversation. It can be accessed at talklistenlearn.webwise.ie. The Webwise Parents Hub also provides practical advice on key online safety topics, videos from parenting, technology, and education experts, along with Talking Points to start a conversation with your child, and Explainer Guides to popular apps and platforms. Visit www.webwise.ie/parents for more information.

Along with millions of other people around the world, we hope that you will join us in marking Safer Internet Day 2022 and help to create a safer, better internet.

Yours sincerely
Mr. Liam Fell

Link for Parents: https://www.webwise.ie/parents/

As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2022, we acknowledge and celebrate the love our grandparents have for us and the love of doing things together that we enjoy. To all grandparents wherever you are we thank you for all you do.

Our school was delighted to launch Michael Connolly’s book  ‘Stone Bones & Belonging’ this week. This is a book of archaeological research on the Killacloghane Portal Tomb local to our Milltown area.