Parents/Guardians – given the single vehicular entrance to the school, parents are requested not to drive into the school grounds in the morning to drop off students unless it is absolutely essential to do so. Cars exiting the school in the morning are causing significant traffic delays on the main Castlebar road. We would greatly appreciate your co-operation with this.

School Management

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new respiratory illness. It has not previously been seen in humans.

Symptoms: It can take up to 14 days for the symptoms of coronavirus to appear.

These symptoms may include:

• a cough
• shortness of breath
• breathing difficulties
• fever (high temperature)

We are following the advice of the HSE and Public Health:

If any students have travelled to the affected regions in the last 14 days and have the following symptoms – cough, shortness of breath, or fever then you should self-isolate and phone your GP. Anyone who has travelled from the affected regions and has no symptoms should visit www.hse.ie/eng/ for advice. 

If you are not presenting with any symptoms, then go about your normal daily life as usual. The most important action that we can take to protect ourselves from Covid-19 is regular hand washing and good respiratory hygiene which essentially means covering your cough and sneeze. We are putting up some posters in the bathrooms and in the public areas of the school in relation to respiratory hygiene and hand washing and strongly advise all students and staff to follow these practices.

https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/information-for-schools-preschools-and-third-level-institutions-on-the-coronavirus.html

Further information can be obtained on: 

https://www.hpsc.ie/ 

https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/

The Parents Council AGM will be held on 10th December at 7pm at Sacred Heart School. All parents are invited to attend. Once again many thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you on the 10th. The Parents Council.