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School Closure – Severe Weather Alert
| Rathmore NationaI School will be CLOSED on Mon 16 OCT in response to advice from Dept Education and Met Eireann – severe weather alert – Storm Ophelia.
See Department of Education & Skills Website for further information. In response to the imminent Storm Ophelia, the Department of Education and Skills is now publicly informing all schools, colleges and other education institutions that they are to remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16 October. This decision has been made following discussions with members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning and in light of the advice from Met Éireann on this unprecedented storm. All schools and colleges will be closed tomorrow.
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Dates for the diary
U11 Girls Semi Final
Our U11 girls will play in a semi-final against Scoil Bhride Naas tomorrow 12th October in Naas GAA. We wish the girls all the best
Cross Country
Cumann na mBunscoil Cross Country will take place in Valleymount on Wednesday 18th October with 48 Rathmore pupils taking part.
Wood Turning
John Doran from the Irish Woodturners Guild will come to the school on Thursday 16th November to demonstrate his skills to the pupils from Junior Infants to 3rd class. Cost €1 per pupil.
Christmas Fair
This year our Christmas Fair will take place on Thursday 14th December. Please make note of this date on your holiday calendar.
No School
There will be no school on Monday 8th January 2018 due to a staff In Service Day.
Walk to School – 18th October
On Wednesday 18th October, there is a planned walk to school for parents and children for Scoil Chéile Chríost National School. It should be a great opportunity for parents and children to participate in a fun, novel and energetic (!) activity together. It is part of Walk on Wednesday. Children who travel to school on the bus play their part on a daily basis in reducing the number of cars on the road and to retaining the Green Flag. If they wish to walk to school their parents can choose to walk with them.
The walk will start from two different locations; Rathview housing estate and Eadestown Church car park. School buses will run as normal and those children will be dropped directly to the school. We are working with the Gardaí in Naas from a traffic management perspective, for the duration of the walk. However, it is important to remember that the road will remain open during the time of the walk.
Walkers will depart from each location at 08:30 (sharp) as there are school activities planned that morning. We would ask each parent to make sure that they themselves and the child walking with them have Hi-Viz jackets and that these are worn for the duration of the walk.
This is a great opportunity for children to walk to school with their parents in a safe and community focused way, and to appreciate the beautiful countryside we are blessed with ! We would ask parents parking at each start point to respect the property of others and ensure access to property is maintained and safety not compromised. The graveyard car park is also an option, but please factor in the extra walk time from there to the starting point.
This is a walk along a public, open road and must therefore be treated with due care and respect. We would ask all parents intending to walk with their children to ensure that they have discussed the dangers of walking on these roads and how important it is to listen to the adults on the walk. We would ask motorists to be mindful that there are a large number of children walking on the roadway and not to attempt to overtake or intermingle with the walkers for the 20 minutes that we anticipate the walk to last.
BOM Reps: Conor Flynn and Breda Carroll.