Supervision:
Children are supervised from 8.50am in the school yard. If it is raining, pupils may go directly inside to Classroom 4 where supervision will be provided. Assembly is at 9am. Each teacher has a designated time for supervision of the morning and lunch breaks, the SNA is also in the school yard during these periods.

Collection of Children:
For your child's safety, it is essential that you inform the school if you intend to collect him/her before the official closing time or if you have made alternative arrangements for the collection of your child/children. Please ensure that you complete the form detailing the people who have permission to collect your child.

Absenteeism:
Under the Education Welfare Act, all schools are obliged to notify the Education Welfare Board if a pupil has been absent for a total of twenty days or more in any school year. It is important therefore that the school is made aware of the reason (i.e. sickness) for any absences either by phone or in writing.

Lunches:
The school has a Healthy Eating Policy. This encourages the children to eat healthy food and has proven to be very successful, both for parents and children. Pupils are requested to bring a healthy lunch and school milk is available on request for a minimal charge each term. We have a number of pupils within the school with nut allergies, some of them of a very serious nature. Please refrain from giving your child nuts, peanut butter, Nutella or any product containing nuts as part of their lunch.
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Homework:
The class teacher organises the daily homework, which the pupils record in the homework journals/notebooks. Friday is generally a homework free day.

Literacy Lift-Off (LLO): 
We have the Literacy Lift-Off programme in operation throughout the entire school. This is a whole-class intensive intervention focusing on reading and other aspects of the English curriculum. It provides pupils with lots of opportunities to read books at their own level of competency and gradually lift the complexity of what they can do in both reading and writing. If you would like to see a sample class in action please click on the link below:
http://www.pdst.ie/node/292

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