Saed and Sahid Ahmed loved their trip to the cinema today. They loved the School Summer Camp this week.

Well done on winning your football blitz last week Callum Barry. Roddy in particular was very proud of you .

Return dates for Post Primary students 📚✏️ #backtoschool #Teamddletb

Parents/Guardians, Welcome back to everyone - I hope you all had a good summer! We are lucky to have StartBright Balgaddy based very close to our school. Please see the flyer attached to see if they can offer help with school collections. Thanks, Owen - HSCL 083 200 2449

Parents/Guardians, Please find attached the Events & Activities Brochures for September.    Unless ‘All welcome’ is stated, booking is essential. Online booking for events can be reached  here.   All events and activities are free of charge. Thanks, Owen - HSCL

Our staff were out at the school gate at various times this week to support the Forsa Strike Action for pay and pension parity . We hope the matter will be resolved soon as our school needs the help of all it's staff .

Mason and TeeJay showed brilliant example this week. Lots of staff commenting on how well they were applying themselves. The Divine Mercy Way is alive and well . Well done lads!

We were busy today catching up on all our spot prizes winners over the summer. A big thanks to the families that support this. It is an essential help to purchase resources and help with the upkeep of our school

Congratulations to Carmen, Albert Bosnea's Mam, on winning the spot prize this week . Albert was delighted

5th Class and 6th Class Parents/Guardians, There is an open evening in St. Kevin’s Community College between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday 18th September for prospective students seeking to enrol in September 2026 or 2027. Thanks, Owen (HSCL)

A big thank you to Ms S Clarke from room 2 for arranging more athletics training . The Hall was buzzing with excitement this week . We might have our own World Championship Athlete soon in Balgaddy

Our junior gaelic football team came out on the wrong side of a cracking 1st round game in the Cumann na mBunscol leagues. We lost by 3 points but scored 7 goals in this encounter. Mr Lynch and Mr Phillips were very impressed with what they saw . Well done lads

Parents/Guardians, We are very lucky to have Balgaddy Child and Family Centre on our doorstep. Please look at the attachments to see the activities that will be on there over the next few weeks.   Thanks, Owen - HSCL

5th Class and 6th Class Parents/Guardians, A reminder that there is an open evening in St. Kevin’s Community College between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. this evening (Thursday 18th September) for prospective students seeking to enrol in September 2026 or 2027. Thanks, Owen (HSCL)

The boys Gaelic team played another belter today losing out on a scoreline of 4-8 to 4-4. Brogan's warm weather training camp last week really paid off as he kicked 1-2. Jeffrey Saheeb was excellent in goals pulling off some heroic saves. Thanks to Lucan Sarsfields GAA for providing pitches

Just a reminder to all classes about the ‘Attendance Slogan’ campaign. It runs up until October 3rd so lots of time for children to come up with a slogan. Prize is €20 for the winner to buy supplies for their class. There are some sample slogans on display outside the office.

Parents/Guardians, We are very lucky to have Balgaddy Child and Family Centre on our doorstep. Please look at the attachment to find out about the NOISE music programme that will be starting there this Thursday (October 2nd) from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.  Thanks, Owen - HSCL

The boys' team should return from the game at 2:50 today.

5th and 6th Class Parents/Guardians, A reminder that there is an open evening in Coláiste Phádraig CBS between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. this evening (Thursday 2nd October) for prospective male students seeking to enrol in September 2026 or 2027. Thanks, Owen (HSCL)

Flu Vaccines available for Staff and Pupils Wednesday 8th October <br>