Back to School

Our school will re-open for the 2024/25 school year on Thursday 29th August.

Please note the following arrangements for drop off and collection:

Morning Drop Off:

School officially begins at 9.20am

The school gate will be open from 9.10am for any that arrive early and all pupils are to go directly to their classrooms. Please note that no parents / guardians can enter the school without a prior appointment, apart from Junior Infant parents on the first morning.

Collection Times:

  • Junior Infants will finish at the earlier time of 12pm until Friday 13th September. Children will walk to the steps with a member of staff, and wait for a parent / guardian to come to the gate to collect them.
  • Senior Infants will finish at 2pm every day & parents / guardians are reminded to please come to the gate to collect your child.
  • From Monday 16th September both Junior and Senior Infants will finish at 2pm.
  • 1st – 6th Class finish at 3pm.

School Uniorm

Our school uniform is now in stock at Rathbawn Embroidery, Tullow, R93 F786. 

If you have already ordered your child's new uniform, your order should be ready for collection from Rathbawn. 

Our new uniform consists of a crested quarter-zip jumper. Pupils can wear generic navy tracksuit bottoms, blue polo t-shirt & runners. In warmer weather, pupils can wear navy shorts (O'Neill's or similar navy sports shorts also allowed).

A Visit from the INTO

 

 

We were delighted to welcome Dorothy McGinley, President of the INTO to our school.

We got to try on her chain of office, it was really heavy!

Green Schools Travel Flag

As part of earning our Green Flag for Travel, the pupils have been learning about the impact car idling can have on air quality. Whilst we are lucky at Rathmore NS to be situated in the countryside, with lots of fresh air around us, the pupils are aware that idling engines do have a negative impact on the air around us. We hope that the car driving people in our school community will try to do their bit for the environment, and switch off car engines whilst in the school car park.

For more information about idling car engines, please click on the link below:

https://greenschoolsireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Green-Schools-No-Idling-Toolkit-for-Schools.pdf