St Attractas NS

School Closure Monday, Janury 29th - Staff Training Primary Maths Curriculum
2024-01-29
Primary Maths Curriculum: Please note that there will be a full school closure on Monday, 29th January 2024 to allow for onsite staff training and development of this new mathematics curriculum. All primary schools must have a closure throughout this school year and this is the date that has been allocated to us for facilitated training.

Catholic Schools Week 24 - Grandparents Day 24/01/24
2024-01-22 - 2024-01-29
Catholic Schools Week will begin on Sunday, January 21st in our parish and school. An important part of this week is Grandparents Day. To mark this special day ‘Grandparents’ Day’ on Wednesday, January 24th at 10 am we will have a special mass in St. James’ Church. All our grandparents are invited to join us for refreshments in school after mass and to then visit their grandchildren’s classrooms. We look forward to welcoming our Grandparents and acknowledging the very important role they play in our lives.

Return to School January 2024
2024-01-08
We return to school after our Christmas break on Monday, January 8th at the usual school times.

Christmas Holiday
2023-12-22 - 2024-01-07
The school will close for our Christmas Holiday on Friday, December 22nd at 12 noon.

Animal Rumble Grumble
2023-12-19
Junior Infants to Second Class are very excited to bring you Animal Rumble Grumble – The Musical on Tuesday, December 19th @7pm in the CBD Complex. This promises to be a wonderful evening, full of song. dance and cheer. Further details will follow to all our families.

Peace Child - The Musical
2023-12-19
Our 3rd to 6th Classes are very excited to bring you Peace Child – The Musical on Tuesday, December 19th @7pm in the CBD Complex. This promises to be a wonderful evening, full of song. dance and cheer. Further details will follow to all our families.

The Gingerbread Man
2023-12-14
The staff and students of Sonas are very excited to bring you The Gingerbread Man on Thursday, December 14th @10am here in school. This promises to be a wonderful morning, full of song. dance and cheer. Further details will follow to all our families.

Grow in Love - Second Class Parent Meeting
2023-11-28
The second of our Grow in Love Parents Meetings will take place on Tuesday, November 28th at 7.45 pm in the Pastoral Centre. We look forward to seeing you all then!

Parent Teacher Meetings November 16th/17th
2023-11-15 - 2023-11-16
Our Parent Teacher Meetings take place on Wednesday, November 15th and Thursday, November 16th. Thank you to all our families who have confirmed their meeting appointments through the Aladdin App.

Halloween Fancy Dress
2023-10-27
We will have a Halloween Fancy Dress assembly on Friday, October 27th. All students can come to school in their Halloween Costumes.

Mini 7's Quarter Final v Carramore NS
2023-10-25
Our Girls’ team play their Mini 7’s Quarter-Final v Carramore NS on Wednesday 25th at 10.30 am at the Swinford Amenity Park. We wish them well!

Superheroes Day
2023-10-13
To help launch the East Mayo Special Olympics club, we will be supporting their Super Hero Day next Friday 13th October.
On this day we’re asking all children to dress up as their favourite superhero, sports star, book character, or whomever they think is the best superhero! Or maybe they can be creative and showcase their own hidden super power as not all heroes wear capes.
You don’t need to buy a costume but the children can wear one you already have, or they can wear their own clothes and describe what their superpower is. Some of the suggestions from the children themselves today were SUPERfriend, SUPERfunny, SUPERclever, SUPERorganised, SUPERreader, SUPERfast.
Donations are voluntary and if you would like to donate then we would suggest €2 per child on the day.
All monies raised will go towards the work that Special Olympics do to support children with intellectual disability to realise their dreams.

Say Yes to Modern Languages
2023-09-27 - 2023-11-15
Say Yes to Modern Languages begins in our 3rd to 6th classes. This module facilitates us to introduce a Modern Foreign Language ‘French’ to our third to sixth-class pupils.

Mayo Cross Country
2023-09-25
The County Mayo Cross Country competitions will be held on Thursday, September 28th in Belleek, Ballina at 11 am sharp.

Reopening of School 2023/24
2023-08-30 08:00 - 2023-09-01 17:00 (Europe/Dublin)
School reopens for all students at 9.15 am. We look forward to welcoming all our pupils, parents and staff back to St.Attracta’s NS.

Summer Holiday
2023-06-23 - 2023-08-29
School closes at 12 noon for our Summer break. We re-open on Wednesday, August 30th. We hope all our pupils and staff have a well-earned break from school.

End of Year Graduations Thursday 22nd
2023-06-22
We will have our end-of-year graduations on Thursday. June 22nd. Further details of the arrangements for the various classes will follow.

Enrolment 23/24: Second Visit of our new Junior Infant Class
2023-06-09
On Friday, June 8th we are delighted to welcome our incoming Junior Infants 22/23 to school. This follows the student’s visit of Friday, February 10th.
During this visit, the children will have an opportunity to visit their classroom, meet classmates and school staff and become familiar with their surroundings.
A key component of the afternoon will be a Parent’s Information presentation. Here, we hope many of the questions you might have at this time will be answered.
During this presentation, we will …

outline some helpful tips to assist you and your child with their transition to our school.
clarify our Book Rental Scheme.
provide an overview of our school, recent developments and future plans.
introduction to our school management system
school uniform/tracksuit order

Cumann na mBunscol Finals
2023-06-08
Our girls’ and boys’ teams play in the Cumann na mBunscol Finals on Thursday, June at 10.40 and 11.20 respectively at McHale Park. Further details will follow in the coming week.

First Holy Communion - Second Class
2023-05-27
Mr.Rushe’s Second Class will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 27th at 12 noon. We hope the students and their families enjoy this very special day.

Confirmation - 5th/6th/Sonas
2023-05-13
The Students of 5th/6th and Sonas will make their Confirmation on Saturday, May 13th. We hope each of the students and their families enjoy this very special day!

Primary Language Curriculum Staff Development Day Closure
2023-04-28
School will be closed on Friday, April 28th to allow for a Staff Development Day for the Primary Language Curriculum.
We re-open again at the usual time on Tuesday, May 2nd.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2023
2023-03-13 - 2023-03-17
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl ón 13ú Márta go dtí an 16ú Márta. Táimid ag súil go mór leis.

Enrolment 23/24
2023-01-12 - 2023-03-03
Our Enrolment Application Form for the new school year 22/23 is now available from the homepage of our website www.stattractasns.ie
We would be very grateful if you could download this form and send it back by email (scanned copy) to office@stattractasns.ie or by post to our school.
We would also appreciate it if you could fill in a short pre-enrolment form through the following link https://www.aladdin.ie/i/5142428197584896
Thank you to all who have done so to date.
Should you have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact by email at office@stattractasns.ie or by telephone at (094)9254905.

The Story of Christmas - Save the Date
2022-12-19
Save the Date! On Monday, December 19th at 7 pm in St. James’ Church we will have our Christmas Choral Service – The Story of Christmas through song. Preparations are advanced in school and we are very much looking forward to this special evening. We hope you can join us!

Internet Safety Presentation Students / Parents
2022-11-29
On Tuesday, November 29th we welcome Ger Brick to deliver Internet Safety Presentations to our pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th Class. The themes and activities included can be found below:
Workshop Themes
Activities
Communicating Respectfully Online.
Popular Apps Discussion
Cyberbullying Rules
Cyberbullying & Online Safety Videos
Consequences & the Law
Group Work / Individual Exercises
Keeping Safe Online
Role play / Q&A / Discussion
Your Personal Information / Privacy
Post Training Material
Online Safety Guidelines
Following the children’s presentation, a parent information evening will be held online at 7.30 pm.

3rd to 6th Class Community Art Project Exhibition - Maypole Mining Disaster
2022-11-22 18:00 - 2022-11-23 20:00
Students from 3rd – 6th class have recently taken part in a community participation art project. This has been made possible by the support of the Charlestown Community Development group and funding secured by the Mayo County Council Arts Office.
This project is to commemorate the 75 lives lost in the 1908 Maypole Mining disaster in Wigan, UK. A number of those lives lost came from Co. Mayo, some of which hailed from the Charlestown area. We are very lucky to have been invited to take part in this project and to have worked with and been guided by the very talented and helpful lantern sculpture artist Tom Meskell.
The children’s work will be exhibited and open to our school community from 6-8 pm on Tuesday / Wednesday, November 22nd/23rd. It was a wonderful experience for the children and we are very proud of their hard work and effort.
There is an open invitation to all, to visit the exhibition and admire this wonderful project and the children’s work. We would love to see you there.

Mini 7's Semi Finals @ Connacht GAA COE (Dome)
2022-11-17
Our Girls Mini 7’s Semi Final takes place at the Connacht GAA COE (Dome) at 11.30 am. Further details will follow.

Connacht Cross Country
2022-10-22
Good luck to our Junior Boys Cross Country team who take part in the Connacht Cross Country Finals at Moyne Community College Longford at 11 am.

Maths Week 22
2022-10-17 - 2022-10-21
We celebrate Maths Week in school with many exciting events planned for all classes.
