Múinteoir Kathryn has announced that she will be retiring next month (October 2023). Kathryn has given the school great service as a class teacher and recently as a special education teacher and special education coordinator. She is currently the vice-principal and has been a member of the school staff and management from the time the school was based in Star of the Sea House, Pond Road, to our time in prefabs and on to the current modern building on our

The official (digital version of the) calendar for the 2023-2024 school year is now available from the School Calendars page of the school website.

A full school calendar will be provided shortly (here) and we can confirm that the school will reopen for the 2023-2024 school year on Thursday, 31 August 2023. We hope that everyone is enjoying their summer break with family and friends in the meantime.

A number of the school policies were recently updated and are now available on the Policies & Forms page. The updated policies include: Admissions Policy Anti-Bullying Policy Attendance Strategy Child Safety Statement Code of Discipline If you have any queries about any of the items listed, please contact the school directly.

As outlined in the latest school newsletter (March 2022), the school year has been reduced by one day to accommodate the one-off public holiday on Friday, 18 March 2022. Schools which were already closed for that day must reduce their school year by one day and we have done this by closing one day earlier in June 2022. As a result, the last day of term will now be the Wednesday, 22 June 2022. The school calendar has been amended

Due to the declaration of a Status Red weather warning in Waterford (and 8 other counties), related to the incoming high-impact, multi-hazard Storm Eunice, Gaelscoil Philib Barún will remain closed on Friday, 18 February 2022.