Category: 2.- News

The hills of Drimoleague were alive with the sound of music on Thursday 11th May with the voices of close to 300 pupils from primary schools in West Cork performing as part of the

National Children’s Choir, West Cork, here in Drimoleague.  This is the fourth time that the Drimoleague community hosted this celebration of song in the local church, the last time being in 2019.

Children from eight West Cork primary schools performed a selection of songs from classical to popular including Take a Chance, Cantar, With or Without You, Oh Shenandoah, Cúnnla, Mary Had a Little Blues, Laudate Dominum to name but a few. The children were accompanied by a twenty-four piece orchestra, led and organised by Carol Daly, principal of the Cork School of Music and were conducted by Anne Crowley, teacher at St. Patrick’s N.S. in Skibbereen.

Drimoleague N.S were accompanied by Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa Castletownbere, Lisheen N.S., Goleen, N.S, St. Patrick’s Boys’ N.S Skibbereen, St. Joseph’s Girls’ N.S. Skibbereen, Unionhall N.S. and Our Lady of Mercy N.S. Bantry. We are very proud to have hosted this fantastic event and owe a huge amount of gratitude to the parents and the wider community who helped us in the organisation of the concert.

We are running the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal once again this year. You can participate in two ways: Creating a box online with a donation of €20 euro, or create a real one by wrapping a shoebox and including simple items (new or second hand). A leaflet with labels and ideas for gifts was sent home. An online donation of €4 must be made to cover the cost of delivery.

This is a great way of giving to those less well off than us and we encourage you to get involved. See here for more info.

Shoeboxes must be brought into school by Friday November 5th.

Wishing all our pupils and their families a safe and enjoyable Halloween. We will reopen on November 1st.

We are delighted to have completed the refurbishment of our multi-purpose room as our IT Hub, complete with a suite of new laptops and ActivPanel. Digital learning has now become a central feature in our school.

The re-opening of schools following the closure in March presents us all with a challenge in what is likely to be a new reality that will continue for some time yet. We are fully committed to ensuring that all children in our care are supported on their return, both from an academic and well-being perspective.

The school has adopted the Department of Education Response Plan which you will find in the tab above. This specifies the measures that each school will take in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the school community. As well as this, we have developed a Logistics Plan which detail the measures that we as as school are taking to ensure the safety of everyone. Parents have been provided with a synopsis of our logistics plan and an idea of what the school day will look like on returning.

It must be remembered that our first and foremost priority is the education of the children in our care. While every possible measure will be taken to ensure the health and safety of pupils, their families, the staff and wider school community, we will endeavor to restore a sense of normality in our school day and to maintain a high standard of teaching and learning that will prepare our pupils for the challenges of the future.

Le meas,

Mr. Collins and Staff