Blog Posts - Curragh PPSa Droichead School

RSE Programme-second year

2/18/2022

RSE Programme-Third year

2/18/2022

safeR INTERNET week

2/7/2022

Safer Internet Week 2022
This week in Curragh Post-Primary school we are encouraging our students to think about their online activity as we celebrate Safer Internet Week. Schools across the globe will mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 8th, but here in CPPS we felt one days conversation was not enough to discuss all of the topics related to this never so more important topic. Across the week students will engage in lessons about online privacy, saying no to cyber-bullying, being more mindful of what they share and encouraging them to leave a positive digital footprint. One of the weeks highlights will be a visit from the Community Garda to talk to junior cycle classes about sharing of information and cyberbullying. We will have lots of whole school activities including a poster competition. Parents/Guardians can stay involved in what is going on by checking in on their child's dedicated wellbeing area of Teams and following the weeks activities on Twitter. There is lots of support for parents available too. One of the themes of this year's campaign is to #TalkListenLearn where parents/guardians are encouraged to have open conversations with their child/children about internet usage. A toolkit is available here TalkListenLearn Campaign - (webwise.ie) and conversation staters are available here Questions – #TalkListenLearn (webwise.ie). A family internet agreement support sheet is available here Family Agreement.pdf We hope the week is enjoyed by all and highlights the importance of being safe online.

Mock Exams 2022

2/3/2022

Virtual PTM -MS Teams

1/27/2022

1st Year PTM

1/27/2022

Covid-19 update

1/17/2022

Curragh Post-Primary School

Principal: Ms. N. Doyle Tel: 045 441809
          Deputy Principal: Ms. S. Gorman                                       email: curraghpps@kwetb.ie

  Covid -19 Update
17th January 2022
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian (s),
Students and staff had a very successful first week back after the Christmas Break and we would like to thank you for your support so far this new calendar year.
We would like to remind you of the changes to HSE isolation guidelines for ‘close contacts’ which can be found here: https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/contact-tracing/. Please familiarise yourselves with these in order to keep our entire school community safe.
CPPS remains committed to providing a face-to face education and care for our young people. The decision of the DES and government to leave schools open reflects schools' hard work, dedication and commitment to the health, safety, wellbeing and education of the country's young people.
While students have been set up on MS Teams, and teachers will endeavour to post work on this platform, teachers are in school teaching face-to-face lessons full time. As a result, we cannot expect staff to be posting extensive work, and interacting with students who are not in school, on a daily basis.
As such, we have advised staff to up-load a brief synopsis of the day's/week's work if and when they have the time to do so. Students who are isolating as a result of Covid-19 should check MS Teams and check in with their teachers via MS Teams where appropriate.

We appreciate your support and thank you in advance for your understanding.

Sara Gorman Rebecca Jones
Acting Principal Acting Deputy Principal

Healthy Eating Week 2022

1/17/2022

Healthy Eating Week 2022

Today marks the start of Heathy Eating Week in Curragh Post-Primary School. At this time of year, we are often bombarded with information on the topic from all types of media. January is a good time to make some changes to improve our health and starting with food choices is always a good place. It is important however, that when we seek information, we do so from reliable sources, as a lot of misinformation is shared online through social media and websites. This is something we will discuss with students across the week.
Across the week lots of lessons have been planned here in the school to improve everyone's knowledge on the topic. There are lots of whole school initiatives planned too including:
Water only School' - we ask students to increase their intake of water, and this will be the drink of choice for the week. Water will be the only drink allowed on students desks this week
Whole School Walk - a whole school walk is planned to coincide with the beginning of CPPS's 4-week Operation Transformation. There is still time to sign up and so we encourage you to speak to your child about getting involved
Competition - a competition to design a heathy eating promotion Poster or Hat will be held with prizes for the best creations We will also be sharing healthy recipes, giving out free fruit on Friday, recording food diaries and promising to make 1 small change.

Parents can stay up to date and involved in the week by following our Twitter account and checking in on your child's dedicated Wellbeing Area of Teams.
Healthy food choices, quite often start at home. To support you in making good day-to-day food choices for you and your family, we recommend visiting https://www.safefood.net/ where there is lots of information about Healthy Eating Guidelines, Recipe Ideas, Budget Cookery and much more.

Online Meeting for Parents Jan 11th @6.30pm

1/7/2022

2nd & 5th Yr PTM

1/7/2022