Loreto Primary School,

Harbour Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
Tel: 01 - 2802128. Fax: 01-2304711.

The School Day.
The school day begins at 9 a.m. and children should be in school when the bell rings at 8.58 a.m.  Children will be admitted to the school yard from 8.50 a.m. onwards.  No responsibility can be taken by the school for any children arriving before this time.  On wet days the school gate is opened at 8.40 a.m.  Children may wait in the shelter until the bell rings at 8.50 a.m.

School Hours.

Junior and Senior Infants:     9 a.m. – 1.40 p.m.
All other classes:                    9 a.m. – 2.40 p.m.
Breaks during the day:          10.40 a.m. – 10.50 a.m. and 12.30 – 1.00 p.m.

Parents are asked to ensure that children are collected when their class ends at 1.40 p.m. and 2.40 p.m.

A list of school closures for the year is sent to all parents in September.  Please keep this notice in a safe place.  There is a staff meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.  You will be notified in September about school closure times for staff meetings and about inservice days for teachers as soon as dates are arranged.

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Attendance and Punctuality.

All children should attend school and be in time for school every day.  If children have to miss school due to illness or any other reason, absence notes are required.  A telephone call is not necessary.  If a child has to leave school during school hours a note from parents is required.  The child should be collected from the classroom and will not be allowed to leave unaccompanied.

Should a child become ill or suffer an accident during the school day, the parent or guardian will be notified by phone.  We would appeal to parents not to send children to school if they have a persistent cough, a rash, throat infection or are generally unwell in the morning.  Invariably, a pupil with any of the above complaints will need to be sent home during the school day, thus putting added pressure on an already busy classroom and school office.  Also, infections spread very quickly in a crowded classroom.

Please ensure that your child’s teacher has contact telephone numbers to be used in emergency situations and update these when necessary.

Under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 the Principal of the school must inform an educational welfare officer in writing when a student accumulates twenty or more absences during the school year. [Section 21 (4)].

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Uniform.

Uniform is available from Corrs, Dun Laoghaire.

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The School Curriculum.

The revised Primary School Curriculum has been introduced into schools on a phased basis over the last number of years.  The subject areas are as follows:-

          Religion
          Language: Gaeilge and English
          Mathematics
          Social, Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE): History, Geography
            and Science
          Arts Education: Visual Arts, Music and Drama
          Physical Education
          Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE)

Inservice training for the above subjects has been completed and all the above subjects now form part of the Primary School Curriculum.  All subjects are taught by the class teachers.  An explanatory DVD produced by the NCCA is enclosed in the pack.  Though we expect to have some inservice days in the future for school development planning, their number and frequency will be reduced.

Extra curricular activities – Speech and Drama, Sports and Irish Dancing are organised by the Parents’ Association.

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