We had a fantastic response to the Team Hope Ireland Christmas Shoebox Appeal, with 144 shoe boxes donated.
December 2023
We set up a ‘Wow Wall’ in each campus to display our extra-curricular achievements. We are going to keep this updated throughout the year. We had a small first meeting on each campus to chat about some of our plans and ideas.
Ms. Phelan’s 2nd Class participated in the ArtEd schools programme over the last 6 weeks. They made some magnificent mosaics with the artist Kiri Tulloch. They also made some dreamy dream catchers to catch all their worries and bad dreams. We choose the theme of 'Wellbeing' to coincide with our Amber Flag.
Mr. Lowth’s 3rd Class paid a visit to Mooncoin Residential Care Centre to spread some Christmas cheer and sing Christmas carols for the residents.
JANUARY 2024
We had our first joint meeting in the Senior Campus. We completed our ‘Amber Flag Audit’. When the committee started discussing what our school was already doing, we were pleased that we were already doing lots of things. We highlighted things we were already doing well, what we could improve upon and what we could introduce.
We really enjoyed meeting as a committee to share ideas on how to enhance our school’s wellbeing. We also had a look at our school calendar to pick a week for our ‘Wellbeing Week’.
The goals we have decided to focus on this year are:
1.
To hold a Wellbeing Week to promote positive
mental health and wellbeing in our community.
2.
To hold a fundraiser to support Pieta’s work
and increase awareness of Pieta’s services.
3.
To promote physical activity as an important
part of positive mental health.
4. To promote friendship and kindness in our
community.
FEBRUARY 2024
We had a mini meeting on each campus and another joint meeting in the Senior Campus. At this meeting we finalised the date for our Wellbeing Week (4th – 7th March 2024). The children came up with lots of suggestions and together we discussed whether they would be suitable and if we could organise everything in time. We also decided on our Pieta House Fundraiser, on the last day of Wellbeing Week we are going to have a ‘Crazy Hair Day’.
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April 2024
3rd Class have been doing some lovely mindful colouring which they are going to put up around the school to remind us to mind our wellbeing.
We had a joint committee meeting in the Senior Campus to review how our first ‘Wellbeing Week’ went. The children were all very positive about the week and really enjoyed it. They loved having a part in the organisation of it all and in particular really enjoyed the ‘Crazy Hair Day’. We were delighted to have raised an incredible €621.50 for Pieta House. We would like to sincerely thank everyone for their donations.