Seasonal fun at school today... Greetings from our Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st, & 2nd Classes!

Junior Infants assisted with School Assembly, by presenting some wonderful inventions!

1st Class have had super fun making gorgeous Bug Hotels!

St Patrick's NS was delighted to welcome the National Director, Board members and staff of Music Generation to our school on 9th November. All were delighted to join a lively bodhrán workshop with tutor Robbie Walsh & his class!

St Patrick's NS Choir has won the Kilcoole Feis 2017!! CONGRATULATIONS and CELEBRATIONS to our fabulous Choir, and to Linsey for her inspirational leadership!

Our school blue turned to red as 4th Class led our school initiative to mark SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD DAY, noting that 'we believe in fair play and that we need teamwork, respect, communication and trust among classmates, teammates and our community to achieve our goals'.

Over 30 pupils from St Patrick's NS had a wonderful day with children from across the county at the Wicklow Schools Cross Country competition at Avondale. Well done to to everyone, and special congratulations to all medal winners! Special thanks to Ms Roper, Craig and Aaron.

Congratulations to the November winners of our 300 CLUB draw!! Grainne Butler won the top prize of €200. Other winners were Melanie Smullen (€100) and Eoin Condon (€50). Now we all await December's draw with a bonus €500 grand prize..!

Special congratulations to the December winners of our 300 CLUB draw... The winner of the special bonus prize was... Alan Lewis (€500)!!! Other lucky winners were Wayne Marlowe (€200), Kerry Byrne (€100) and Alex Keating (€50).

Yound Scientist and Technology Exhibition (YSTE) 2018: Ms Ryan led 5th Class on an awe-inspiring excursion to the RDS, where the visited several amazing & inspiring exhibits at this special event. Looking forward to their reports & blog...

Congratulations to January winners of our 300 CLUB draw: €200 - Anjie & Tony Mitchell €100 - Niamh Hatton €50 - Anne Fitzsimmons Happy January to all!

Inspired by Flour Babies by Anne Fine, 5th Class are doing a 2-week childcare experiment by being responsible for a raw egg 24/7. They will have it with them at all times, unless they have arranged a babysitter who they must pay for with money/chores. Let the parenting begin!

SAFER INTERNET DAY: Tuesday 6th February The theme this year is Create, Connect, Share and Respect. Thank you to Garda Alan and Garda Molly, Greystones Community Gardaí, who will address internet safety with our senior classes on Thursday 8th February.

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Parents, to mark Safer Internet Day, we encourage you to check safety settings on your children's social media devices - moblie phones, laptops, etc. There is an interesting article 'Let's talk about tech and parental controls' in the Irish Times (06/02/18).

New ICT grant welcomed! The DES has announced an ICT grant for 2017-18, as part of its Digital Strategy for Schools. We look forward to receiving this funding, and to putting it to the very best use for the development of ICT in our school.

Green Schools news: Our school is currently working towards our Global Citizenship: Litter and Waste flag, which is a development of the previous Litter and Waste theme onto a global scale. It is the 6th theme of the Green Schools programme.

Child Protection Procedures for Primary Schools 2017 - TRAINING Parents are asked to note that the school will be closed on Friday, 2nd March to facilitate whole-staff CPD in the new procedures.

Our Annual Book Sale has been deferred to Tuesday 13th - Friday 16th March. This week, donations of books will be VERY welcome! SUPER-HUGE thanks to those who have donated books already - your support is MUCH appreciated! PTA Library Committee