Together Again!
Dear Dads, Mams, Pupils and Staff,
Everyone at our school is delighted to be back together again. Since Monday last, all the children and staff are back in the building.
We are taking the time to go over all the important messages about staying safe:
- Keeping our distance – we are using our robot or superhero arms to help us.
- Sneezing/coughing into our elbows
- Sanitizing/washing our hands regularly.
Mams and Dads, you can help too.
- Please stay in your car at drop off/pick up times.
- Wear a face covering.
- If you need to speak with a teacher, please call the school office on 051 -832984.
Let’s continue to keep each other safe until the Easter break.
Yours sincerely,
C. O’Reilly – Principal
Important Note
Covid-19 Guidelines were updated by the Department of Education before schools re-opened. From now on, if any of the girls have to stay at home from school for any reason, they must provide a Return to School From when they come back. The form can be downloaded from the Latest News tab on www.goodcounselgns.ie. Just scroll down the page to find the form. You do not need to print the page. It is a Word document so all you need to do is to download it to your device, fill it in and send it by email to your child’s teacher.
We very much appreciate your support with this measure. It is all about keeping everyone safe and keeping the school open.
St. Patrick’s Day
Wasn’t it a beautiful day yesterday? We hope that you were able to enjoy the sunshine and that you could join in some of the great online activities. Waterford has gone ‘green’, and it is looking amazing!
Not to be outdone, the girls and the staff in Good Counsel were proud to wear their national colours to school on Tuesday. Mr. Dooley’s Second Class led a special virtual Assembly to mark St. Patrick’s Day, we had Irish songs and music playing at breaktime and Senior Infants even had their very own socially distanced parade!
Surprizes!
There were some surprizes for Fifth and Sixth Classes this week. After Easter, Fifth Class will move to a classroom upstairs and Sixth Class will move into the new classroom extension for their final term in Primary school. We are glad that they will have the opportunity to enjoy the space before they leave us.
Third Class also had a surprize in their classroom. A beautiful new smartboard has been installed and they are enjoying all the wonderful features of the new technology. A huge ‘Thank You’ to Mrs. Ryan who looks after our ICTs for her hard work in organising the new board. We hope to replace all our existing projectors with smartboards over time.
Easter Holidays
School will close for the Easter holidays on Friday 26th March. We will contact you next week with pick up times for the girls.
Text-a-Parent
Please make sure that you contact details are up to date. The Text-a-parent App gives you access to the school calendar so if you haven’t already downloaded it, you might do so in the next week or so to help you to keep up to date. https://app.textaparent.ie/get/app It is free and is available for both Android and Apple devices.
