General Practices, Procedures and School Information.
Board of Management
Scoil Phádraig, Ballyhale is governed by an eight-person Board of Management; Fr Dermot Ryan, Chairperson, Tomás O’Dowd, Janet Ging, Paschal O’Farrell, Mary Kelly, Richard Kenneally, Kathleen Hession and Sarah Rice.
The four-year term of the present Board will end by November 2023.
Child Protection Information
The Board of Management of Scoil Phádraig has adopted and implements fully and without modification the Department Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017 as part of the overall Child Safety Statement and this is also posted on the school website and is available upon request.
School authorities are obliged to inform the National Education Welfare Board of cumulative absences of pupils in excess of 20 days.
Emergency closures
In the event of an emergency closure of the school, staff, parents and pupils are informed at the earliest opportunity. This may take the form of announcing the closure via text message through the Aladdin service. We request that we have up to date mobile contact numbers. On occasion, closures are announced on local radio.
First Communion/Confirmation
Communion is for pupils in Second Class each year. It is normally held in May of each year.
Confirmation is held every second year for Fifth and Sixth Class. The date is set by the Bishop of Ossory.
School Uniforms are usually worn for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Healthy Eating Guidelines
We seek to help all those involved in our school community, children, staff and parents, in developing a positive and responsible attitude to eating and to appreciate the contribution that good food makes to health.
A healthy lunch box is encouraged.
Suggestions include:
•Bread, rolls, scones, pitta bread, tortillas, pancakes, crackers, crispbread, wheaten or soda bread, cereal bars.
•Fruit or veg such as apples, oranges, banana’s, grapes, raisins, celery or carrot sticks, tubs of fruit in juice.
•Ham, chicken, turkey, cheese, tuna, jam.
•Yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, cheese slices, strings, rice cakes, pasta/rice salad in tubs.
•Fizzy drinks are not allowed. Milk and water are recommended. Please note that glass bottles or cans are not permitted; and that ‘winders‘, ‘smartie bars‘, chewing gum, crisps, chocolate, peanuts etc are not permitted.
We request that you seek to impress upon your child upon the importance of Litter Awareness and the importance of litter reducing strategies. To this end, lunch boxes or reusable plastic sandwich bags should be used. Furthermore, we will encourage each child to take home his/ her own litter daily.
Homework Policy
Homework is generally given from Monday to Thursday nights only. Homework is uploaded on Aladdin Connect for parents to see.
Parent’s Association
Parental interest and involvement, through the Parent’s Association, is encouraged. There is an active Parent’s Association in the school.
Parent Teacher contact/meetings
Parent- Teacher meetings are held in the school each year. End of Year reports and test results, if applicable, are posted to parents’ in June of each year.
Parking
Please note that the school car park is reserved for staff and and the bus bay is for bus parking only. Pupils should at all times be escorted to and from the school gates by a parent/guardian. We request that you adhere to road markings and exercise caution in relation to speed, pedestrian crossings etc.
School Times
•The official school opening time is 9.20 a.m.
•Children may come in form 9.05a.m. Morning supervision takes place from 9.05a.m.
•Classes for Junior and Senior Infants end at 2.00 p.m.
•Classes for other pupils end at 3.00 p.m.
•No responsibility can be accepted for pupils outside of designated school times.
Board of Management
Scoil Phádraig, Ballyhale is governed by an eight-person Board of Management; Fr Dermot Ryan, Chairperson, Tomás O’Dowd, Janet Ging, Paschal O’Farrell, Mary Kelly, Richard Kenneally, Kathleen Hession and Sarah Rice.
The four-year term of the present Board will end by November 2023.
Child Protection Information
The Board of Management of Scoil Phádraig has adopted and implements fully and without modification the Department Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017 as part of the overall Child Safety Statement and this is also posted on the school website and is available upon request.
School authorities are obliged to inform the National Education Welfare Board of cumulative absences of pupils in excess of 20 days.
Emergency closures
In the event of an emergency closure of the school, staff, parents and pupils are informed at the earliest opportunity. This may take the form of announcing the closure via text message through the Aladdin service. We request that we have up to date mobile contact numbers. On occasion, closures are announced on local radio.
First Communion/Confirmation
Communion is for pupils in Second Class each year. It is normally held in May of each year.
Confirmation is held every second year for Fifth and Sixth Class. The date is set by the Bishop of Ossory.
School Uniforms are usually worn for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Healthy Eating Guidelines
We seek to help all those involved in our school community, children, staff and parents, in developing a positive and responsible attitude to eating and to appreciate the contribution that good food makes to health.
A healthy lunch box is encouraged.
Suggestions include:
•Bread, rolls, scones, pitta bread, tortillas, pancakes, crackers, crispbread, wheaten or soda bread, cereal bars.
•Fruit or veg such as apples, oranges, banana’s, grapes, raisins, celery or carrot sticks, tubs of fruit in juice.
•Ham, chicken, turkey, cheese, tuna, jam.
•Yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, cheese slices, strings, rice cakes, pasta/rice salad in tubs.
•Fizzy drinks are not allowed. Milk and water are recommended. Please note that glass bottles or cans are not permitted; and that ‘winders‘, ‘smartie bars‘, chewing gum, crisps, chocolate, peanuts etc are not permitted.
We request that you seek to impress upon your child upon the importance of Litter Awareness and the importance of litter reducing strategies. To this end, lunch boxes or reusable plastic sandwich bags should be used. Furthermore, we will encourage each child to take home his/ her own litter daily.
Homework Policy
Homework is generally given from Monday to Thursday nights only. Homework is uploaded on Aladdin Connect for parents to see.
Parent’s Association
Parental interest and involvement, through the Parent’s Association, is encouraged. There is an active Parent’s Association in the school.
Parent Teacher contact/meetings
Parent- Teacher meetings are held in the school each year. End of Year reports and test results, if applicable, are posted to parents’ in June of each year.
Parking
Please note that the school car park is reserved for staff and and the bus bay is for bus parking only. Pupils should at all times be escorted to and from the school gates by a parent/guardian. We request that you adhere to road markings and exercise caution in relation to speed, pedestrian crossings etc.
School Times
•The official school opening time is 9.20 a.m.
•Children may come in form 9.05a.m. Morning supervision takes place from 9.05a.m.
•Classes for Junior and Senior Infants end at 2.00 p.m.
•Classes for other pupils end at 3.00 p.m.
•No responsibility can be accepted for pupils outside of designated school times.