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Minister Foley has published a Guide for Parents and Parents Associations who wish to engage with their school community regarding internet safety and access to smartphones for primary school children. The guide is available here for download from the Department of Education website.
It was with great sadness we learned of the passing of Paddy Gilligan, the uncle of Mr. Gilligan, our principal. Paddy was a very good friend of Lumcloon National School and was its unpaid caretaker for many years. He watched the school being built from his house across the road and was always ready to…
The following are the days we will be closing during the coming school year. We may have to add to this as the implementation of the new Primary Maths Curriculum may require us to attend in-service during the year. See our school calendar. Autumn Mid-TermClose Friday October 30thReopen Monday November 6th Christmas BreakClose Friday, December…
Join us in McIntyre’s Pub, Shannon Harbour on August 18th at 9.30 pm where Deirdre will sing Abba songs to raise awareness of Leslie’s upcoming charity cycle from “Banagher to Bantry and Back”. Please support Leslie as he gets ready for his Charity Cycle from Banagher to Bantry and Back on August 25th and 26th….
A curriculum sets out what children should learn and and how they can learn it in school. The curriculum that that is used in our our primary and special schools is 24 years old and is now changing. Here are some examples of what the new curriculum will do: The new primary curriculum will include…
It’s hard to believe that this is our last newsletter of the year. We will be closing for the Summer Holidays on June 21st at 12.00 pm. Bus Éireann have confirmed that their busses will run at this time. Our end of year mass will take place on Monday, June 19th at 1.15 pm in…
TO: All Principals, for sharing with parents, guardians and staffFROM: Dr Paul Kavanagh, HSE Tobacco Free IrelandRE: Vaping among children and young peopleDATE: 29/05/2023 Vaping is an emerging risk to the health of children and young people. The purpose of this communication from the HSE is to better inform and support parents and guardians to…
It was with great sadness we learned of the death of Mrs. Teena Guinan, a past principal of Lumcloon National School. She started teaching in Lumcloon in 1966 and retired in 1997. She taught our current principal, Mr. Gilligan and will be sadly missed by her family and good friend and colleague, Eileen Kerin, another…
We are heading into the last couple of months of this school year and as usual a lot has happened and will be happening in our final term. Confirmation took place on March 21st in Cloghan and the boys and girls did a great job. Many thanks to Fr. Pat, Ms. Keenan, Ms. Grant, Sinéad,…
A lot has been happening in school since Christmas. We had a great day out in January at the Peace Proms in Limerick. Our senior pupils attended a Badminton Blitz in Mucklagh and had a great day. Mainstream classes had swimming lessons in Clara Pool and some of our swimmers are making great progress. Most…
