The 14th annual Maths Week Ireland takes place from 12th -20th October 2019 and it has grown to attract participation from as many as 300,000 people annually across the island of Ireland. Maths Week is the biggest festival of its kind in the world. It celebrates a positive image of Maths For All.

In 2018, over 350,000 students and their teachers participated in Maths Week activities. It has evolved into a partnership of more than 50 organisations all united with the shared vision of making Maths accessible to people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

We are looking forward to a very busy and fun-filled Maths Week in Rathmore N.S. with a host of activities planned such as Maths Trails, Maths Puzzles, Maths Raps and Slogans, Boardgames, a Maths Table Quiz with Dingbat round, Estimation activities, Coding, Beebots and integrating Maths with other curricular subjects. A ‘Bebras Challenge’ to develop skills in computational thinking will also take place for 5th and 6th classes later in November. Special thanks to the members of the Maths Week Team made up of Caitríona Lancaster, Claire Power, Carole Mooney and Margaret Maher for organising a very busy Maths Week for all in our school.

We are always delighted when parents volunteer to help with various in-school and extra-curricular activities, under the supervision of class teachers/support teachers/principal.

This can range from helping out in classrooms to:

• swimming supervision
• school tour supervision
• class outings
• library volunteer
• garden volunteer
• helping out on sports day
• lifts to matches/cross country etc.

Under Child Protection Guidelines it is a requirement that all parents helping out in-school are Garda-Vetted. The process is confidential and once the initial application is submitted by the school, the process is online for the applicant. (This must be completed within a specific timeframe).

Once submitted by the school, parents will then receive an email with an online application form to complete. Please note that this ONLINE vetting form is only issued to the applicant – the school does not have access to these forms.  Please note that if you do not reply to the link supplied, it will then become invalid and you will have to start the process all over again.

If you are interested in providing help in the school, please download the new GARDA VETTING FORM here, complete this form, and return it to the school principal or secretary with the required form(s) of ID. (A minimum of 100 points of ID are required – see Download ID Requirements Here).

If you have any difficulty downloading these forms, they are available to collect in the school foyer.

If you are available, we would really appreciate if parents/guardians would consider getting involved as partners in their child’s education.

Yours sincerely,

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Lucy Travers
Principal

Junior Infants 1 ……………… Ms. Erika Roche

Junior Infants 2 ……………… Ms. Eleanor Roe

Senior Infants 1 (Ms. Roche) …… Mr. Cian Bolton

Senior Infants 2 (Ms. Kelly) …… Ms. Niamh Brady

1st Class 1 (Ms. Murphy) ………. Ms. Carole Mooney

1st Class 2 (Mr. Bolton) ………. Ms. Amy Gleeson

2nd Class 1 (Ms. Lancaster) ……. Ms. Caitriona Lancaster

2nd Class 2 (Ms. Mooney) ………. Mr. Shane Ryan

3rd Class ……………………. Ms. Kate Shaw

4th Class ……………………. Mr. Conor Cronin

5th Class ……………………. Ms. Aoife Malone

6th Class ……………………. Mr. Matthew Collier

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SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

Principal ……………………. Ms. Lucy Travers

Deputy Principal …………….. Ms. Caitriona Lancaster

Dear Parents,

The 6th Class Graduation Mass will take place on Thursday 27th June at 11.30 am in the school. Refreshments will be served in Garden Room afterwards.  All parents welcome.

Rathmore N.S. will be holding their summer camp again this year from:
Monday 1st to Friday 5th July 2019. There is a €20 deposit required per child.

€75.00 – 1st sibling €65.00 –  2nd  sibling

€50.00 – 3rd sibling €40.00 – 4th sibling

Daily rate available @ €15.00 per day

To put your child’s name on the list forward your child’s name and deposit to the office. All forms to be returned to Mr. Walsh or Martina.   Thank you.