Gaelscoil Philib Barún

General Articles

Retirement of Múinteoir Kathryn

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

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Welcoming our Class of 2023-2024

We are very much looking forward to meeting all classes and teachers again for the new 2023-2024 school year and we can confirm that Gaelscoil Philib Barún will reopen on Thursday, 31 August 2023, as follows: We can also confirm that there will be a full day on the first day back, with the exception of Junior Infants who will have a shortened day for the first two weeks, finishing at 12pm (midday). The school office will be open from

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Updated School Policies

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.

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Back to School and Class Teachers 2022

The following is a list of teachers and classes for the 2022-2023 school year, which will starting on Wednesday, 31 August 2022. Class Teachers Junior Infants: Múinteoir Ailín Ní Ghréacháin Senior Infants: Múinteoir Kelsey Ní Mhurchú First Class: Múinteoir Cathy Second Class: Múinteoir Eibhlín /Múinteoir Orna Third Class: Múinteoir Méadhbh Fourth Class: Múinteoir Orla Fifth Class: Múinteoir Dara Sixth Class: Múinteoir Ben Our Special Education Teachers will be Múinteoir Kathryn and Caitlín. Start and Finishing Times Our staggered start and

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School Year Changes

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

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Application for Enrolment 2022

As stated in our Annual Admission Notice, applications for enrolment in Junior Infants for the School Year 2022-2023 will be accepted during the month of February 2022. Please complete in the 2022 Application for Enrolment form here and return to the school (either by post to this address or by email to eolas@pilibbarun.com). Applications should be received no later than Monday, 28 February 2022.

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Virtual Classroom Updates

The school has decided to minimise as much as is possible the amount of books and copybooks that have to be brought home from school during the 2021-2022 school year. To this end, we will continue to use Padlet, Seesaw and Edmodo to help with homework. Therein, parents can submit work on behalf of their children and can make contact with each teacher if required also. Full details on the virtual classroom page for each class can be found on

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