Free webinar for parents on the (Importance of sleep for national school children)

Dear Parent/Guardian,

 There is a webinar taking place on Wednesday the 3rd of November at 7pm called The importance of sleep for our national school children.  The main speaker is Lucy Wolfe and she will be giving some information and guidance around this topic.  You can register for this free webinar using this link: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/PlanetYouthSleep, or through the www.planetyouth.ie website.

 Parents can also submit questions on the night or in advance by email to events@planetyouth.ie.

Thank You

Important Message from the Dept of Education to Parents!!

Dear Parent/Guardian,

 We have been asked by the Dept of Education and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to assist in sending out a message through school communities to parents.

Please see below its warning about the danger associated with eating edible products, such as jelly sweets, containing cannabis components.

Warning regarding jelly sweets containing cannabis (THC)

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is urging parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant to the dangers of their children getting access to and eating confectionary, particularly jelly sweets, containing significant amounts of the psychoactive cannabis component called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This warning comes amid the ongoing seizures of these illegal food products by the Gardaí and Customs services, and a number of serious medical incidents whereby these THC-containing jelly sweets resulted in teenagers and young children suffering serious adverse health effects requiring hospitalization. These jelly sweets are packaged to look like popular brands of jellies and have been found to contain toxic amounts of THC (up to 50mg/jelly).  Depending on the concentration of THC, eating one of these jellies can  mean an equivalent intake of THC that is 5-10 times higher than that inhaled from a single cannabis cigarette. Also, unlike the almost immediate effects of inhaling THC (smoking or vaping), ingesting THC through these jellies can take up to 30 minutes for any effects to be felt. However, while waiting for those effects, those who have eaten these products may overdose in the mistaken belief that they need to eat more sweets in order to feel the effects. Of particular concern to the FSAI is the inadvertent consumption of these jelly sweets by small children who may somehow gain access to what looks and possibly tastes like ordinary sweets. Unfortunately, given access to a bag of these jellies, children will rarely eat just one and therefore, overdosing is a very likely outcome as witnessed by the hospitalisation of a number of seriously ill young children in the early part of 2021.

 The FSAI has become aware of reports about the availability of THC-containing jelly sweets in schools in Ireland and therefore, parents and guardians are asked to speak with their teenagers alerting them to the dangers if they eat them or if their younger siblings get access to them and subsequently suffer the serious consequences of consuming a toxic substance.

Check out our brilliant video highlights of the sponsored cycle!!

Take a look at our fantastic video of parts of the Senior Room cycle provided by Sean Nolan!!!

Thank you Sean, a great video for our pupils to look back on the day!!

Scoil San Eoin - Sponsored Cycle 22nd Oct 2021

Sponsored Cycle Event - Thurs 22nd Oct 2021

Our annual school Halloween Sponsored Cycle took place on Thurs 21st Oct. We were so fortunate with the weather after a wet start to the week but on the day it turned out to be glorious and we had some fabulous sunshine ensuring that the cycle would be a great day ahead!

Our pupils from our Junior Room brought scooters/bikes and scooted/cycled around the school yard. They also completed a sponsored walk to Cullen Park and were very lucky to fit in some play time in the park area as well.

Our pupils from the Senior Room had the very serious task of cycling 7k to Ballykane. Everyone with this group also got some much rewarded time in the park also after all their hard work. The children well and truly proved that we are a very active school and faced the task of a long cycle head on!

Everyone headed back to the school then for some much needed refreshments and Halloween treat bags!

The day was a fantastic success achieved only by the help and volunteering of our parents who were road marshals, who cycled alongside our pupils, who walked and supervised our smaller pupils and who volunteered afterwards to provide refreshments. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, we couldn’t of done it without you.

Thank you also to our parent reps who helped in organising the event and provided the treat bags for our pupils.

Covid19 has hugely impacted fun events and parental involvement in schools and for this reason it was so lovely to have everyone together outside safely and for the children also to enjoy being active!

We are still awaiting all sponsor cards to be returned to the school but once we have a final figure we will let parents know!

Again thank you to everyone for all your help and a huge well done to all our pupils and teachers for taking part in the event.

October in the Junior Room

All our junior room pupils have had a lovely October in school, working hard on our theme of the month Autumn! We learned all about hedgehogs and squirrels and made some lovely Autumnal art pieces. The children began their tennis coaching with Jamie on Fridays to their great enjoyment and also continued GAA on Tuesdays with Philip. We have surely had an active month especially with our sponsored walk and cycle on Thursday 21st. It is lovely to see all our new pupils enjoying Scoil San Eoin and making lots of friends, everyone deserves a good rest over the midterm as we’ll have lots more work to get stuck into in November. Enjoy the selection of photographs from the past month and have a Happy Halloween!

Team Hope - Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are taking part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal again this year where we encourage each child to fill a shoebox with items from a designated list for Christmas. These shoeboxes are then delivered to underprivileged children all over the world. These children may never have received a present before, or live in difficult situations where basic necessities are hard to come by. With Covid19, Team Hope have missed out on valuable donations from schools in the run up to Christmas for the past 2 years.

The benefits of the children being involved in this programme are getting to ‘‘feel good about doing something nice for others’’ and it can also help to teach your children about the world around them.

The deadline for drop off of the Christmas Shoeboxes for this year will be 08th November 2021. Please ensure that all shoeboxes have been brought to the school by this date.

A leaflet will be going home with the children today to include with your donation in your box. Please pop this in an envelope inside your box. There is also a label on this sheet for the outer top of the box.

Tips from Team Hope on how to fill the shoebox

Also see below some ideas on what you might fill your child’s shoebox with.

Thank You!

Scoil San Eoin - Admission's Process Open!!

Please spread the word to any new parents! Parents can apply for a place for their child from today 18th October for the next school term.

Closing Date for new admissions is 29th April 2022

Hurling - Senior Room

Our senior room pupils are a few weeks in to Hurling coaching with Philip from Wicklow GAA and they are really enjoying it each week.

Annual Admissions Notice - School Year 2022/2023

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Our annual admissions notice in respect of the school year 2022/2023 is now available to view under school information - section Enrolment/new admissions. This notice details all dates in relation to enrolment of new Junior Infant pupils at Scoil San Eoin.

Please spread the word to any new parents that you may know that are planning on enroling their child/ren for next Sept

Thank You

Thank You Everyone!!! Goal Jersey Day funds raised..

Thank you all for taking part in our Goal Jersey Day on Thurs 07th Oct. We raised €68 which will go directly to Goal charity

Well Done Everyone!!!

School For Sale!!

Check out what our senior room have been up to for the month of Sept!!!

Our Senior Room have been very busy during the month of Sept. Take a look at some of the fantastic work completed by our pupils.

Senior Room Sept Update

Goal Jersey Day - Thurs 07th Oct 2021

GOAL Jersey Day takes place on Friday, 8th of October. With our unplanned closure due to ESB disruption we will be running Goal Jersey Day on Thurs 7th of Oct instead.

We ask that all students don their county's, country's or favourite team's colours for the day in support of this worthwhile cause and donate €2

All funds raised will go directly to GOAL Charity.

Thank You

Celebrating Bike Week at Scoil San Eoin

As part of Bike week the children got to take part in Bike Refresher/Beginner Training with Hugh McHugh on Friday 24th Sept. The children got to use their own bikes within the school grounds and they learned valuable lessons regarding using their bike safely to enjoy being active and cycling. The weather was great on the day and everyone had great fun taking part.

Thanks to Hugh McHugh from Cycling Ireland.

New info for Parents re: changes to contract tracing (Issued by the HSE)

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please see below links issued by the HSE to provide information for parents about the changes to contact tracing and testing for children aged between 3 months and 13 years in early learning and care, school aged childcare, education, primary school sports and social settings. You can find it here:

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/13610-information-for-parents-about-the-changes-to-contact-tracing-and-testing-for-children-aged-between-3-months-and-13-years-in-early-learning-and-care-elc-and-school-age-childcare-sac-education-primary-school-sports-and-social-settings/

Further Links and info which parents may find helpful:

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a04fc-advice-for-students-and-their-families/#health-advice-for-parents

NEPS psychologists developed advice and resources for parents, students and school staff about returning to school. Access wellbeing advice and resources during COVID-19.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a04fc-advice-for-students-and-their-families/#frequently-raised-topics

Updated COVID19 Information for Parents

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please see below important information regrading changes made to contract tracing of asymptomatic close contacts in children >3months - 13 years. These guidelines come into effect from today Monday 27th Sept 2021

As per updated contact tracing guidance Contact tracing under 13s.pdf (hpsc.ie), it is now recommended that: 

• Anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19 should self-isolate at home immediately and contact their GP for advice and guidance, and to arrange a Covid-19 test if appropriate. 

• All children should attend for vaccination when eligible. 

• Automatic contact tracing is no longer recommended for children aged > 3months to under 13 years of age who are asymptomatic but were close contacts of cases outside of household settings and vulnerable settings (e.g. Special Educational Needs (SENs), respite/ residential care). 

• Children >3 months to under 13 years of age, who are identified as a close contact in non household settings and who are asymptomatic will no longer be routinely required to restrict movements, unless advised by Public Health Risk Assessment. This applies regardless of the number of confirmed cases identified in the non-household settings. 

• Children > 3 months to under 13 years of age who are identified as household contacts who are not fully vaccinated, or have not had a confirmed infection with Covid-19 in the last 9 months, will still be required to restrict their movements and will have testing arranged for them by the HSE contact management programme (CMP) . 

• Public Health advice remains the same that any child > 3 months to under 13 years of age with symptoms consistent with Covid-19 should immediately self-isolate, should not attend childcare or school or socialize and follow current public health advice.

Does this guidance change apply to children who are household close contacts?

• This guidance does not apply to children living in the same household as a case of Covid-19. Unvaccinated children, with no confirmed previous infection with Covid-19, in these circumstances will still be identified as close contacts and asked to restrict their movements, in line with national guidance. * The definition of a household contact, will now include a child aged under 13 years, who was present over-night, in the house or in close contact in a residential setting, of a case whilst they were infectious i.e., any child who was attending a ‘sleepover’ when someone in the household was infectious with Covid-19, will also be designated a close-contact and required to restrict their movements and be tested.

Reminder of core important information:

Pods: Q. Do ‘pods’ still need to be organised and implemented?

A. Yes. We have asked children to be in pods as per last year and that indoors these pods are kept in place as much as possible. This is to ensure that the number of people (adults and children) who are in close contact with a case of Covid-19 is as limited as possible, and therefore the risks to others (albeit that the risks are low within a class setting) are kept to the lowest number.

Close contact testing: Q. If a child or adult is identified as a close contact within your school – has the period of restricted movements required of a pupil/student or staff member deemed to be a “close contact” who are not vaccinated changed? A. Unvaccinated children and adults who are household contacts , who have not had a recent confirmed infection of Covid-19 (in the previous 9 months) are still required to restrict their movements for 14 days and the HSE will refer them for 2 free Covid-19 tests. Restricted movements can end after ten days with a Not Detected result and providing they have no symptoms.

The guidance remains the same regarding a child who is showing symptoms of COVID19:

• Step 1: Please keep your child at home and contact the school to advise of absence

• Step 2: Please contact your GP who will advise you of what the next steps are

• Step 3: If you are advised by your GP to bring your child for a Covid test please follow the HSE guidelines in this respect

• If you are advised by your GP that your child does not need a Covid test, they should then advise you what the illness is, and whether your child is fit and safe to return to the education setting

If you are unsure of the symptoms of COVID19 please log onto https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/symptoms/symptoms-child/ for further information.

Thank You

Car Boot Sale Fundraiser -Sat 2nd Oct (cancelled until further notice!)

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We have booked a table at the next scheduled Car Boot Sale at Jack Whites Inn on Sat 02nd Oct to raise funds for the school.

Covid restrictions have been in place for the past 2 years and we have missed out greatly on our normal fundraising opportunities and with our funds being used for the new school playground, we now need to focus on getting our fundraising thinking caps on and raising some much needed money for the school.

Please see below a poster seeking donations from parents/grandparents and family for items that we can use to sell at the Car Boot Sale.

All donations/items can be dropped to the school from Monday 20th Sept - Thursday 30th Sept during drop off or collection only. Note if supplying clothing, if possible please bring alone some hangers.

We are also looking for some volunteers to sort through our items on Friday 01st Oct before the Car Boot sale on Sat and to help out on the stall if possible on the Sat. Please contact Cathy Nolan if you available to help on either of the days.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please spread the word to family and friends to come support our stall on the day!

Thank You

Events happening this week @ SSE

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Some info for events happening this week:

Bike Refresher/Beginner Training with Hugh:

Please be advised that the cancelled bike refresher/beginner training for National Bike Week that was scheduled to run on Friday 17th Sept has been rescheduled for this coming Friday 24th Sept. Again If your child has a bicycle and helmet this can be dropped to the school between now and Friday so they can use it on the day. Hugh will have a limited amount of bikes with him for those pupils who don't have their own bike

Non Uniform Day

As this Friday is the last Friday of the month we will be having a non-uniform day for all pupils. Please bring €2. These non uniform days will run on the last Friday of each month as a fundraiser for the school.

Mobile Library

The mobile library will be visiting the school on Friday 24th. If you are a new pupil please ensure your membership form is completed and given to the office

Our New Parent Reps for Term 2021/2022

Please see below the details for our new Parent Reps for the term ahead. As we did not receive a parent rep for each class grouping, Parent Reps this year will be representing the whole school as opposed to a particular class grouping.

Parent Reps for Term 2021/2022

• Cheryl Mulligan (Parent of Eva/Emma Mulligan/Jackson - Junior Infants)

• Audrey Browne (Parent of Ryan Lacey - Senior Infants)

• Kim Crowley (Parent of Corey Hughes - First Class)

• Melanie Byrne (Parent of Benjamin/Samuel Byrne - Second Class)

• Cleo Griffin (Parent of Suzy/Emma Griffin - Third/Sixth Class

We would like to thank the new Parent Reps for putting their name forward and we look forward to working with them for the term ahead!

Our fabulous new playground is open!!

Our fabulous new playground is up and nearly completed (we are waiting on new grass turf to be fitted and a large seat swing to be added before it is fully completed) but the majority of the hard work is done.

The children from both classes have been lucky enough to get to use this fantastic new addition to our schoolyard and we are sure that there will be many happy days ahead for the children of Scoil San Eoin while using the area.

The playground was partially funded by our fundraising account and this would not of been possible without the year on year fundraising completed at the school. This also highlights the importance of the need for support for our fundraising events as this is the final result of what can be achieved through the hard work put in by our parents and the staff of the school.

We hope the children all enjoy this fantastic new area in the school for many years to come! Thank you to everyone who helped with preparing the area for work to be completed.