20th March 2019

Dear Parents.

A sample of water from the school was tested by the Department of Education. We have been informed today that the sample contained Legionella bacteria. We have been advised to close the school until we receive Health and Safety clearance. We always act in the best interest and safety of our pupils and staff. Please watch for further updates on our website http://www.stlukesns.ie/noticeboard.php?pid=7.

Thank you

Vivienne Bourke

Principal St. Luke's NS

We have been informed of 2 cases of "Hand, foot & Mouth" in the school. Please see link for further information.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/infectcont/sth/info/hand-foot-and-mouth-patient-info.pdf 

Pupils from Ms. Jordan’s class are taking part in a ‘Walk 4 Water’ event on March 21st. Children are helping raise money to provide clean water for children in Chambu Primary School in Malawi

Dear Parents,

Please read link below to be aware of a social media nasty.

Parents are being urged to supervise their children’s online activity due a cyberbullying game called the "Momo challenge".

Gardaí say that the challenge is appearing on social media platforms and targets children and/or vulnerable people.

It is understood that "Momo" makes contact through social media, and allegedly asks the person to perform dangerous tasks, including self-harm.

Please be advised that the image on the report is not pleasant but we need to keep informed 

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0225/1032708-momo-challenge/ 

https://www.webwise.ie/parents/guide-social-networking-advice-for-parents/

Dear Parents,

A quick reminder ! We encourage the choldren to bring a small hand towel to school in their schoolbag so that the children can dry their hands after washing.The towel should be kept in a plastic bag and should be replaced with a clean one regularly. 

A hand towel in a plastic bag can be purchased from the school shop for €1.

 Dear Parents,

Please take time to read the advice for all in this digital era of communication.Please see link below.

https://www.webwise.ie/category/parents/advice/

LE CHEILE, Tyrrelstown won an Under-16 C Boys Subway Schools Cup final thriller at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght as Mount St Michael battled right down to the wire.

Under-16C Boys Basketball Schools Final
Le Cheile, Tyrrelstown 50
Mount Saint Michael 47

The teachers will be teaching lessons with the following themes next week to support Catholic Schools Week 2019.

Monday: Living Tradition

Tuesday: Welcoming Diversity

Wednesday: Grandparents Day

Thursday: In Service of our Community

Friday: Supporting Faith

Homework Club is running in the school from 2:40pm – 3:40pm, Monday – Thursday. If you wish your child to attend please return a signed permission slip to the school with the following;

One child attending Homework Club - €10 per week

Two siblings attending Homework Club - €18 per week

Three siblings attending Homework Club - €25 per week

Many thanks,

                        The Homework Club Teachers

Please note there is NO Homework Club this Monday the 21^st of January as there is a staff meeting

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are excited to announce that St. Lukes NS will now be running a Speech and Drama club for children.

Speech and drama club will consist of:

• Creating and participating in dramas
• Singing
• Poetry
• Mime
• Communication
• Confidence building

This will take place every Thursday and Friday for one hour after school, from 2.40 until 3.40. The cost of this will be €3 per child, per day. Places are limited and will be given on a first come, first served basis.

If you would like your child to attend Speech and Drama Club, please fill out the permission slip below and return with €3 fee.

Ms. Jordan

I give permission for_____________________ to attend Speech and Drama Club after school on Thursdays/Fridays from 2.40-3.40 and have enclosed €3 for the first class.

Signed: _________________________________________________

Dear Parents,

Welcome back ! Happy New Year ! 

For safety, we will begin to update our pupil profiles with photographs of the children. We will start with the Junior Infants and work our way through to the senior end of the school.

Saint Luke's National School will close for the Christmas holidays at 1150 (Junior & Senior Infants) and at 1200 for the rest of the school. The school will reopen on Monday 7/1/2019 at 0900. We wish you a peaceful and joyful festive season. Thank you to all in our community who supported the school in a difficult term.

The children do not have to wear their uniforms Thursday or Friday .

Dear Parents/Guardians

Today we were visited at St. Luke's NS by Minister for Education - Joe Mc Hugh TD , representatives of the Department of An Taoiseach, the DES, our Patron, our BOM and KSN Project Management.  

We thank the Minister and Taoiseach for their continued support. We are delighted that all of our pupils will be back in St. Luke's by Monday 17th December.

Please see this link to the latest press release from the DES . (PressRelease)

We wish to once again thank Dr. Aine Moran and everyone at Le Cheile for looking after us over the past few weeks. They have been wonderful neighbours in our time of need. Thank you also to our Patron, our BOM, our Parents, staff, pupils and the wonderful Tyrrelstown Community.  

Santa will visit on 20th December. We are so excited!

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

Warm regards 

Vivienne Bourke 

Principal St Luke's NS 

W polskich domach wieczerza wigilijna rozpoczyna się od wspólnej modlitwy,
błogosławieństwa potraw oraz dzielenia się opłatkiem, który symbolizuje wspólnotę,
przyjaźń, miłość i zachęca nas do przebaczenia i pojednania.
Serdecznie zapraszamy na błogosławienie opłatka wigilijnego oraz śpiewanie kolęd w
naszej Parafii w sobotę, 8 grudnia o godzinie 16.00. Opłatki można nabyć przed
błogosławieństwem na miejscu. Błogosławieństwo poprowadzi Ksiądz Wikary Vadzim Us
SChr (Kościół Św. Audeona) i Proboszcz Parafii Ks. Eoin Thynne.

In Polish homes Christmas Eve supper begins with a communal prayer, blessing of dishes
and sharing a wafer that symbolizes community, friendship, love and invites us to
forgiveness and reconciliation.

We cordially invite you to bless Christmas wafer and sing Christmas carols in St Luke’s
Church Mulhuddart on Saturday, December 8 th at 4:00 PM. Wafers can be purchased
before the blessing on the day. The blessing will be led by priest Wikary Vadzim Us SChr
and our Parish Priest Monsignor Eoin Thynne.

Dear Parents/Guardians

Yesterday our 1st and 2nd classes were able to return to our classrooms on the 1st and 2nd floors, as the temporary remediation work has been completed there.

Tomorrow, Friday 30th November, we will welcome our 3rd classes back from Le Chéile.

It is wonderful to have the pupils back here again as we really missed them. With the Winter weather coming in, it is better for the pupils to be able to stay here in the mornings and not to have to walk across to Le Chéile.

We hope to have the 4th, 5th and 6th classes back in the building soon before Christmas.

We wish to extend our gratitude once again to Dr. Moran and staff at Le Chéile for offering us shelter in our time of need. They have been so kind to pupils and staff there during our stay.

We would like to state that even though Le Chéile is closed for secondary pupils this Monday it will still be open for St. Luke's pupils as normal.

We thank you for your continued support at this time.

Warm regards

Vivienne Bourke

Principal St. Luke's NS

Please see link below  to photos of our senior children taking part in Cycling Safety classes. 

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmrs8gLm

Dear Parents,

We are delighted to announce that the Irish Army Number 1 Brass Band will entertain the children in Saint Luke's NS on Thursday 29/11/2018. It will put a big smile on everyone's face. 

5th and 6th classes will be going to a Christmas Pantomime on Thursday morning also.

Dear Parents/Guardians

Yesterday, 21st November, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, the Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, and Fine Gael Dáil candidate Emer Currie, made a low-key visit to St Luke's National School. They met with the Board of Management and some of the pupils and staff of St. Luke's NS.

They walked around the building, visiting the classrooms, and they saw the yard with the scaffolding and temporary exclusion zone. They also visited all of the 1st class children in the school hall. They spoke to the children, the staff and the Board of Management. They have assured us that they are working as hard as they can to resolve the building issues.

The builders will work 12 hour shifts, each weekday 3pm-3am, and at the weekends, on the remedial work on the remaining classrooms. They hope that they will be completed in the coming weeks. A full structural assessment of the St. Luke's building structures will be carried out as part of the remediation works. They will not work onsite whilst the children are present.

A transition process will then take place, in bringing children, who are currently off-site at neighbouring schools, back to the Tyrrelstown schools, as well as getting the classrooms ready for children. 

Due to the fact, that we have had to cancel the Christmas concerts this year, the Department of Education have kindly given some money towards taking all of the children to a pantomime or Christmas movie in the coming weeks.

On November 29th the army brass band will put on a concert for all of the children in the school hall. Santa will still visit the children too on December 20th and he is really looking forward to meeting all of the children!

We wish to thank our Patron, our Board of Management, our staff, Le Cheile secondary school and most importantly - you the parents and our wonderful pupils for sticking with us through this difficult time. As I have said before, Tyrrelstown is a wonderful community and you have once again proven that by your support and strength in these challenging times.

We will keep you up to date on the noticeboard in the coming weeks.

Many thanks

Vivienne Bourke

Dear Parents

Homework Club will be back next Monday 19th November. It will be running for 4 weeks, Monday - Thursday 2.40 p.m. - 3.40 p.m. If your child is new to the Homework club you must first leave a Permission Slip with Ms Flanagan.

Thank you