Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Confirmation 2020
Confirmation 2020
Confirmation on Saturday the 8th August.
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to.
• First Group: St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL ScoilCholmcille children @ 12 noon
• Second Group: St Daigh’s N S Girls @ 3pm
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to.
• First Group: St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL ScoilCholmcille children @ 12 noon
• Second Group: St Daigh’s N S Girls @ 3pm
• Social distancing of 2 metres will apply as per the governments guidelines.
• A household can sit together, but a large number of family and friends will not be possible. 4 per family (Confirmation child, sponsor and parents).
• Church pews will be allocated to each family.
• Group photos are not allowed however family photos are permitted.
Please note: These plans may change in line with Government Policies closer to the date.
Confirmation Practices in Church:
THURSDAY 6th August
THURSDAY 6th August
Group 1 @ 6pm,
Group 2 @ 7pm
• Confessions: Fr Martin has provided an opportunity to hear your confession if you so wish. Fr Martin will be available in the church from 5pm on Thursday 6th August to hear Group 1 confessions.
He will hear Group 2 confessions immediately after Group 2 practice @ 8pm.
Children are advised to wear a face covering.
Group 2 @ 7pm
• Confessions: Fr Martin has provided an opportunity to hear your confession if you so wish. Fr Martin will be available in the church from 5pm on Thursday 6th August to hear Group 1 confessions.
He will hear Group 2 confessions immediately after Group 2 practice @ 8pm.
Children are advised to wear a face covering.
Tuesday 14th July 2020
Confirmation 2020
Confirmation 2020
Hi all
A few more important pieces of information in respect of your Confirmation on the 8th August 2020. As you are already aware:
A few more important pieces of information in respect of your Confirmation on the 8th August 2020. As you are already aware:
Confirmation on Saturday 8th August 2020.
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to.
First Group: St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL Scoil Cholmcille children @12 noon
Second Group: St Daigh’s N S Girls @3pm
Confirmation Practices in Church:
THURSDAY 6th August
Group 1 @ 6pm
Group 2 @ 7pm
Confessions: Fr Martin has provided an opportunity to hear your confession if you so wish. Fr Martin will be available in the church from 5pm on Thursday 6th August to hear Group 1 confessions.
He will hear Group 2 confessions immediately after Group 2 practice @ 8pm
“A Confession Format” has been typed up which can be found at the end of the Confirmation Infodocument which is available on the school website. You can use this if you wish. It will help to jog your memory! We encourage all Confirmation candidates to go to Confession.
Mr McEntee from Scoil Cholmcille, Blackstaff has kindly provided us with a document containing lots of Confirmation Information (click on the link below). Please take time to read it. At the end of the document you will see the Confession Format.
We hope you are getting on well with the Lessons we uploaded to the website. Please email a sample of the work to Sandra on Friday.
***Reminder: If you have not already done so, please send Sandra the following as soon as possible sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com***
· Sponsor’s name
· Confirmation Name
· Your wishes re: photo/video
Regards
Take care
Sandra, Rachel & Niamh
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to.
First Group: St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL Scoil Cholmcille children @12 noon
Second Group: St Daigh’s N S Girls @3pm
Confirmation Practices in Church:
THURSDAY 6th August
Group 1 @ 6pm
Group 2 @ 7pm
Confessions: Fr Martin has provided an opportunity to hear your confession if you so wish. Fr Martin will be available in the church from 5pm on Thursday 6th August to hear Group 1 confessions.
He will hear Group 2 confessions immediately after Group 2 practice @ 8pm
“A Confession Format” has been typed up which can be found at the end of the Confirmation Infodocument which is available on the school website. You can use this if you wish. It will help to jog your memory! We encourage all Confirmation candidates to go to Confession.
Mr McEntee from Scoil Cholmcille, Blackstaff has kindly provided us with a document containing lots of Confirmation Information (click on the link below). Please take time to read it. At the end of the document you will see the Confession Format.
We hope you are getting on well with the Lessons we uploaded to the website. Please email a sample of the work to Sandra on Friday.
***Reminder: If you have not already done so, please send Sandra the following as soon as possible sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com***
· Sponsor’s name
· Confirmation Name
· Your wishes re: photo/video
Regards
Take care
Sandra, Rachel & Niamh
| **IMPORTANT** - Confirmation Information |
Tuesday 7th July 2020
Confirmation Arrangements
Hi all
A few important pieces of information in respect of your Confirmation on the 8th August 2020.
Confirmation on Saturday 8th August 2020
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to:
A few important pieces of information in respect of your Confirmation on the 8th August 2020.
Confirmation on Saturday 8th August 2020
The groups have been organised to ensure recommended social distancing requirements are adhered to:
First Group/Group 1:
St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL Scoil Cholmcille children @12 Noon
Second Group/Group 2:
St Daigh’s N S Girls @ 3pm
St Daigh’s N S Boys and ALL Scoil Cholmcille children @12 Noon
Second Group/Group 2:
St Daigh’s N S Girls @ 3pm
Confirmation Practices in Church
Thursday 6th August
Group 1 @ 6pm
Group 2 @ 7pm
We will not be using the robes and cinctures this year. There will be no choir, but we will have a soloist.
Please email Sandra, with your sponsor’s name and your chosen confirmation name as soon as possible.
sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com
There will be no servers or gift bearers.
We will distribute readings prior to the ceremony to be practised.
We have been in contact with photographer Lou Metzger and videographer Kevin Metzger who are provisionally booked for the day.
We need to know how many of you require a family photo or a photo with Fr Martin. It is unlikely that there will be a group photo. Please let Sandra know by email what your wishes are in respect of the photos/video.
The church currently has reduced capacity due to social distancing. At the moment the maximum number of people is 50 however we hope and expect that this number will be increased.
N. B. We need to do some work to prepare for Confirmation. We have uploaded 3 chapters from “Grow In Love” to the website which outline what you need to know in respect of the The Holy Spirit, the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, The Fruits of The Holy Spirit and the Liturgy of Confirmation (what actually happens during the Mass for Confirmation). You may be questioned on these at Confirmation.
**We suggest that:
On the week beginning 13th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 1 The Power of the Holy Spirit
On the week beginning 20th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 2. The Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
On the week beginning 27th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 3. The Liturgy of Confirmation.
After each chapter and by Friday of each week please email us with a sample of work based on the chapter. This could be in the form of art/picture of the gifts/fruits etc.
In class I use the mnemonic to remember the gifts “why r u constantly kidding round with Aaron”
(wisdom, right judgement, understanding, courage, knowledge, reverence, wonder & awe)
At the practice on the 6th August we will go through the booklet and practice the prayers.
For now, to recap, please send Sandra the following as soon as possible
· Sponsor’s name
· Confirmation Name
· Your wishes re: photo/video
· Your work on the lessons in “Grow In Love” on Fridays when completed
Regards
Take care
Sandra, Rachel & Niamh
Please email Sandra, with your sponsor’s name and your chosen confirmation name as soon as possible.
sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com
There will be no servers or gift bearers.
We will distribute readings prior to the ceremony to be practised.
We have been in contact with photographer Lou Metzger and videographer Kevin Metzger who are provisionally booked for the day.
We need to know how many of you require a family photo or a photo with Fr Martin. It is unlikely that there will be a group photo. Please let Sandra know by email what your wishes are in respect of the photos/video.
The church currently has reduced capacity due to social distancing. At the moment the maximum number of people is 50 however we hope and expect that this number will be increased.
N. B. We need to do some work to prepare for Confirmation. We have uploaded 3 chapters from “Grow In Love” to the website which outline what you need to know in respect of the The Holy Spirit, the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, The Fruits of The Holy Spirit and the Liturgy of Confirmation (what actually happens during the Mass for Confirmation). You may be questioned on these at Confirmation.
**We suggest that:
On the week beginning 13th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 1 The Power of the Holy Spirit
On the week beginning 20th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 2. The Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
On the week beginning 27th July, read Theme 10: Confirmation (The Holy Spirit) Lesson 3. The Liturgy of Confirmation.
After each chapter and by Friday of each week please email us with a sample of work based on the chapter. This could be in the form of art/picture of the gifts/fruits etc.
In class I use the mnemonic to remember the gifts “why r u constantly kidding round with Aaron”
(wisdom, right judgement, understanding, courage, knowledge, reverence, wonder & awe)
At the practice on the 6th August we will go through the booklet and practice the prayers.
For now, to recap, please send Sandra the following as soon as possible
· Sponsor’s name
· Confirmation Name
· Your wishes re: photo/video
· Your work on the lessons in “Grow In Love” on Fridays when completed
Regards
Take care
Sandra, Rachel & Niamh
Wednesday 13th May 2020
ZOOM Meeting Confirmation Day 15th May 2020
Hi all Confirmation and Sixth Class Students,
Clodagh McArdle and St Daigh’s Parents Association are organising a special ZOOM meeting to mark what would have been your Confirmation Day.
This meeting will take place at 7pm on Friday 15th May. It will be a lovely opportunity for everyone to meet up and chat.
We are asking any Sixth Class student interested in participating to send their contact number and e mail address to Clodagh and she in turn will set up the meeting.
Clodagh’s e mail address is clodaghmarieb@yahoo.com
Details of the ZOOM Meeting can also be found on the St Daigh’s N S Parents Association FaceBook page
**Also, please check St Daigh’s website on Friday for a special message from your teachers!**
Saturday 18th April 2020
St. Daighs NS News Update
We hope this message finds you all well!
Work for each class will be available on the school website on Monday morning. Work will be set weekly. We ask you, on Fridays going forward, to send your child’s teacher samples of work completed during the week. We expect ALL children to contribute to this if possible.
We have created designated email addresses for each individual teacher and would ask you to send the samples of work to this specific email address. You will find a list of these addresses below.
RTE Home School Hub: Please engage with this programme and try out some of the activities suggested. Again, the teachers would love to see photos/drawings/pictures etc of these activities so please email some.
Try out Cúla4 na nÓg ar TG4 @ 3pm weekdays
We would love to see photos, pictures etc of any activities/chores you did during the Easter break e.g. one of our pupils was observed painting the wooden fence around his house, another pupil helped to remove wallpaper in his house! Well done all!
We are aware that some of you are working from home or have a number of siblings depending on the same computer or have poor quality broadband access as do some of our staff. All we expect is that you do your best in your own situation whatever that may be. More importantly, keep up the good work with physical distancing, hand hygiene etc.
Stay healthy!
We hope this message finds you all well!
Work for each class will be available on the school website on Monday morning. Work will be set weekly. We ask you, on Fridays going forward, to send your child’s teacher samples of work completed during the week. We expect ALL children to contribute to this if possible.
We have created designated email addresses for each individual teacher and would ask you to send the samples of work to this specific email address. You will find a list of these addresses below.
RTE Home School Hub: Please engage with this programme and try out some of the activities suggested. Again, the teachers would love to see photos/drawings/pictures etc of these activities so please email some.
Try out Cúla4 na nÓg ar TG4 @ 3pm weekdays
We would love to see photos, pictures etc of any activities/chores you did during the Easter break e.g. one of our pupils was observed painting the wooden fence around his house, another pupil helped to remove wallpaper in his house! Well done all!
We are aware that some of you are working from home or have a number of siblings depending on the same computer or have poor quality broadband access as do some of our staff. All we expect is that you do your best in your own situation whatever that may be. More importantly, keep up the good work with physical distancing, hand hygiene etc.
Stay healthy!
ENROLMENT September 2020
If you have a child who will be starting school this September please download an enrolment form from the St Daigh’s website, fill in and return to the school as soon as possible.
The Enrolment form can be found under the website TAB More/Parents/Enrolment.
Please familiarise yourself with the Code of Behaviour which can be found adjacent to the Enrolment form document. If you have a relation or know any family in the area who intend to enrol their child would you kindly bring this information to their attention. Thank you.
The Enrolment form can be found under the website TAB More/Parents/Enrolment.
Please familiarise yourself with the Code of Behaviour which can be found adjacent to the Enrolment form document. If you have a relation or know any family in the area who intend to enrol their child would you kindly bring this information to their attention. Thank you.
Staff Emails
denisemcmahon@stdaighs.com
cianahughes@stdaighs.com
jeanmagee@stdaighs.com
amyobrien@stdaighs.com
natashamcgeeney@stdaighs.com
karenmaguire@stdaighs.com
seodhnaflanagan@stdaighs.com
niamhmonahan@stdaighs.com
sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com
tomasmacgiollachomain@stdaighs.com
grainnemadden@stdaighs.com
ruthduffy@stdaighs.com
trudieconlan@stdaighs.com
daviddonegan@stdaighs.com
N B Could you kindly email your child’s teacher with an up to date PARENT e mail address?
cianahughes@stdaighs.com
jeanmagee@stdaighs.com
amyobrien@stdaighs.com
natashamcgeeney@stdaighs.com
karenmaguire@stdaighs.com
seodhnaflanagan@stdaighs.com
niamhmonahan@stdaighs.com
sandracumiskey@stdaighs.com
tomasmacgiollachomain@stdaighs.com
grainnemadden@stdaighs.com
ruthduffy@stdaighs.com
trudieconlan@stdaighs.com
daviddonegan@stdaighs.com
N B Could you kindly email your child’s teacher with an up to date PARENT e mail address?
Thursday 2nd April 2020
Good morning parents/guardians
We hope that you are all healthy and well.
A few updates for you to consider
*Class Work: Please complete all school work which has been assigned by your child’s class teacher.
*Continue to watch RTE Home School Hub @ 11am and @ 4.10pm on RTE 2 daily and engage with the activities suggested by the presenting teachers. RTE 2 Home School Hub continues next week also
*Keep busy, reading, gardening cooking, farming etc….
*If you can, please send some samples of your child’s work to the following e-mail address: sixthclassstdaighs@gmail.com The work doesn’t have to be work assigned by the class teacher, it could be a photo of a picture which was drawn by your child, a photo of your child’s cooking, gardening, a map of your sitting room, tidying rooms in the house or anything that you would like to share on the website
*Reminder that school meals can be provided to vulnerable pupils during the Covid-19 crisis. If you require this service, please e-mail stdaigs@hotmail.com in confidence with your name and mobile phone number.
*You are welcome to contact the SET teachers and if you need to contact them you can e-mail them on the following addresses:-
Grainne Madden: gmaddenset@gmail.com
Ruth Duffy: rduffyset@gmail.com
Trudie Conlan: tconlanset@gmail.com
David Donegan: ddoneganset@gmail.com
*If you have changed your mobile phone number OR if you are not receiving updates via School Messaging Service,TextaParent, please e-mail stdaigs@hotmail.com with your details
*New classwork will be posted on the website after the Easter vacation on Monday 20th April 2020
*Master Your Maths and English In Practice (New Wave English) answers for Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes will be uploaded to the website which can be used to correct the relevant work. Easter Eggs for those who get 100% in their tests!! (But you may have to wait!!)
*Please visit the school website regularly as we will continue to update it. We are only able to send short messages on the TextaParent messaging service. There are lots of activities available to do on the website. At the same time, please don’t be overwhelmed by the amount of resources available. Keep things simple!
* Please continue to encourage your children to practise the advice given to us by the HSE and government: staying at home, physical distancing, hand washing, sneezing/coughing into a tissue/elbow etc.
Cáisc Shona Daoibh go Léir
Staff of St Daigh’s N S
We hope that you are all healthy and well.
A few updates for you to consider
*Class Work: Please complete all school work which has been assigned by your child’s class teacher.
*Continue to watch RTE Home School Hub @ 11am and @ 4.10pm on RTE 2 daily and engage with the activities suggested by the presenting teachers. RTE 2 Home School Hub continues next week also
*Keep busy, reading, gardening cooking, farming etc….
*If you can, please send some samples of your child’s work to the following e-mail address: sixthclassstdaighs@gmail.com The work doesn’t have to be work assigned by the class teacher, it could be a photo of a picture which was drawn by your child, a photo of your child’s cooking, gardening, a map of your sitting room, tidying rooms in the house or anything that you would like to share on the website
*Reminder that school meals can be provided to vulnerable pupils during the Covid-19 crisis. If you require this service, please e-mail stdaigs@hotmail.com in confidence with your name and mobile phone number.
*You are welcome to contact the SET teachers and if you need to contact them you can e-mail them on the following addresses:-
Grainne Madden: gmaddenset@gmail.com
Ruth Duffy: rduffyset@gmail.com
Trudie Conlan: tconlanset@gmail.com
David Donegan: ddoneganset@gmail.com
*If you have changed your mobile phone number OR if you are not receiving updates via School Messaging Service,TextaParent, please e-mail stdaigs@hotmail.com with your details
*New classwork will be posted on the website after the Easter vacation on Monday 20th April 2020
*Master Your Maths and English In Practice (New Wave English) answers for Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes will be uploaded to the website which can be used to correct the relevant work. Easter Eggs for those who get 100% in their tests!! (But you may have to wait!!)
*Please visit the school website regularly as we will continue to update it. We are only able to send short messages on the TextaParent messaging service. There are lots of activities available to do on the website. At the same time, please don’t be overwhelmed by the amount of resources available. Keep things simple!
* Please continue to encourage your children to practise the advice given to us by the HSE and government: staying at home, physical distancing, hand washing, sneezing/coughing into a tissue/elbow etc.
Cáisc Shona Daoibh go Léir
Staff of St Daigh’s N S
Monday 23rd March 2020
Dear parents/guardians
We hope this letter finds you well.
As has been well documented we are living in unprecedented times.
The main priority at this time is to stay well and practise the advice given to us by the HSE and government: social distancing, hand washing, sneezing/coughing into a tissue/elbow etc.
St Daigh’s N S is very aware of the anxiety of parents/guardian in respect of your child’s education.
We have been and will continue to communicate class workvia the St Daigh’s N S website. Please visit the website for the latest uploaded plan of work.
We ask you to try to get some work covered every day, Monday to Friday. In this way the various skills covered in school will be practised and kept up to speed.
During this coming week we will open the school to give you an opportunity to collect your child’s books and accessories. We have drawn up a timetable for parents/guardians to visit the school to collect the books. It is important that you adhere to your allotted time period. Staggering the collection times will help support the practice of social distancing and reduce the risk of infection.
It is important to say that we understand if you choose not to collect the books.
When arriving at the school, please go directly to your child’s/children’s room(s), pick up the books and leave promptly. Please do not bring other persons with you. Please refrain from touching surfaces.
All of the outside doors will be open so enter through the door nearest your child’s room. Some of the children’s books are packed into bags while other are in the box which you can take home with you.
(NB The school will not open for collection of books in the event of the Government imposing a total lock down on or before Wednesday.)
Collection Timetable Wednesday 25th March
6th Class + siblings (8am-10am)
5th Class+ siblings (10am -12pm )
4th Class + siblings (12pm -2pm)
3rd Class + siblings (2pm -3pm)
2nd Class + 1st Class + siblings (3pm - 5pm)
Senior Infants + Junior Infants + siblings (5pm -8pm)
Le Gach dea-ghuí
Staff of St Daighs N S
| Advice for parents talking to young children about Covid-19 Coronavirus |
St Daigh’s N S 11th March 2020
********************VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION**********************
*St Daigh’s N S Child Safeguarding Statement and St Daigh’s N S Child Safeguarding Risk Assessment were reviewed and ratified on the 9th March 2020 and are available to view on stdaighs.com.
Please take time to read these important documents. Your feedback is welcome.
*St Daigh’s N S has launched a new website and it is full of information, photos, school policies etc.
The address of this website is stdaighs.com We invite you to visit the website.
*This Friday, as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge, we are celebrating Lá Glas sa Scoil. Children are asked to wear something green to school. Donations are welcome and will be given to the Daffodil Day organisation.
*Covid 19 Virus: St Daigh’s N S is monitoring the situation and will notify you of any information which is received from the HSE and Department of Education and Skills with regard to school closures as soon as we get it. We ask all parents/guardians to ensure that hand washing is prioritised and carried out thoroughly by your children. Make sure to keep a clean towel in your child’s bag and include a small bottle of hand sanitiser if you have one. We have a limited supply of hand sanitiser in school. In the event of your child showing any symptoms of illness it would be prudent to keep your child at home.
| ** IMPORTANT** Confirmation Information |
The Power of the Holy Spirit
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The Sacrament of Confirmation
