Routine
1. School begins at 9.20 am. The Board of Management accepts no responsibility for children on the premises before this time.
2. Children should line up to enter the classrooms in the mornings and after breaks.
3. There is a short break from 11am to 11.15 am. Lunch break is from 1pm. to 1:25 pm.
The school has a healthy eating policy. Healthy snacks and sugar-free drinks only please.
5. Pupils who bring bicycles to school are asked to alight at the gates of the school and not to cycle in the school grounds. Bicycles can be parked in the courtyard.
6. Junior Infants are allowed home at 12.00 pm for the first two full weeks of September.
7. The Board of Management does not accept responsibility for the children’s property. Parents should encourage children to be responsible for their clothing. Children should have their names on their coats, tracksuit tops, jumpers and other personal property such as schoolbooks, copies, lunch boxes, etc. as many items are left around the school during the year with no way of knowing who owns them.
8. Birthday invitations may only be handed out in school if all the boys or girls or class are being invited. For smaller group parties please contact families out of school time to avoid undue upset.
Please label all children’s clothing
2. Children should line up to enter the classrooms in the mornings and after breaks.
3. There is a short break from 11am to 11.15 am. Lunch break is from 1pm. to 1:25 pm.
The school has a healthy eating policy. Healthy snacks and sugar-free drinks only please.
- Remember Kilcloon School is a NUT FREE School
5. Pupils who bring bicycles to school are asked to alight at the gates of the school and not to cycle in the school grounds. Bicycles can be parked in the courtyard.
6. Junior Infants are allowed home at 12.00 pm for the first two full weeks of September.
7. The Board of Management does not accept responsibility for the children’s property. Parents should encourage children to be responsible for their clothing. Children should have their names on their coats, tracksuit tops, jumpers and other personal property such as schoolbooks, copies, lunch boxes, etc. as many items are left around the school during the year with no way of knowing who owns them.
8. Birthday invitations may only be handed out in school if all the boys or girls or class are being invited. For smaller group parties please contact families out of school time to avoid undue upset.
Please label all children’s clothing
School Uniform
The school uniform or the school tracksuit must be worn to school.
The Uniform is as follows:
Our current supplier of the school Uniform is Uniform Warehouse, Maynooth, 01 6289 758.
The Uniform is as follows:
- School tracksuit with crested top and light blue polo shirt. Navy tracksuit bottom (not branded)
- Optional - navy trousers or skirt, light blue shirt/polo shirt, navy jumper. Navy uniform shorts are allowed, not football shorts.
- Branded tracksuit bottoms or tops are not allowed.
Our current supplier of the school Uniform is Uniform Warehouse, Maynooth, 01 6289 758.
Illness & Absences
Each child, to whom the School Attendance Act applies (that is, those between the ages of 6 and 15) is obliged by law to attend school every day on which the school is in operation unless there is a reasonable excuse for not attending. Absences of 20 days or more must be reported to the National Educational Welfare Board even if those absences are accounted for by letter. For further info call 1890 363666 or log on to www.newb.ie
In the event of a pupil being absent through illness or for any other reason, the class teacher should be informed through Aladdin. If it is anticipated that the absence will be of a lengthy duration, the class teacher should be informed through Aladdin as soon as possible.
When it is necessary for a pupil to leave school early, a message must be sent to the class teacher through Aladdin or call the office. Parents/ Guardians are asked to call the Secretary’s office to collect the child. Any person collecting a child on behalf of the parent/guardian - this information should be relayed through Aladdin by the parents/guardians.
In the event of a pupil being absent through illness or for any other reason, the class teacher should be informed through Aladdin. If it is anticipated that the absence will be of a lengthy duration, the class teacher should be informed through Aladdin as soon as possible.
When it is necessary for a pupil to leave school early, a message must be sent to the class teacher through Aladdin or call the office. Parents/ Guardians are asked to call the Secretary’s office to collect the child. Any person collecting a child on behalf of the parent/guardian - this information should be relayed through Aladdin by the parents/guardians.
Health & Safety
Children who are ill should not be sent to school in case the illness is contagious.
Accident Procedures
- Parents are asked that teachers be made aware of any physical disability or allergies that their child might have.
- Please check your child's hair regularly for outbreaks of head lice. If there is an outbreak of head lice in a class, all parents of pupils in that class are informed by note, and asked to take immediate action to treat infestation.
- Requests to remain indoors at break times should only be made in exceptional circumstances. These requests must be made in writing to the class teacher.
- In the interests of safety, parents' cars are not allowed into the school grounds during school hours.
- At assembly and dismissal times, parents and other visitors to school are asked to take extreme care dropping off children. Please do not park at the teachers’ car park on the roadside as there is limited parking space for school staff
- There is a “Set down” area available to parents in the morning. Please remember this is a drop off zone and not a parking area.
- Please do not park in the space reserved for wheelchairs.
- Parents are encouraged to park in the Church car park and to use the footpath to walk the short distance to the school. This also shows your support for our Green schools policy and our objective to achieve our 5th Green Flag - Biodiversity
Accident Procedures
- Accidents occur despite supervision. Minor accidents are treated at school. Slight cuts and grazes are normally treated by cleaning with cold water and applying a plaster to the wound. When a dressing has been put on a wound, parents are requested to inspect the wound when the child comes home from school.
- In the event of an accident/child becoming ill, every possible effort will be made to contact the pupil's parents or the persons delegated to take responsibility for the pupil.
- The school should be notified immediately of changes of address etc. Mobile phone numbers should also be made known to the school. Should you wish to make us aware of any changes to your contact details please email Jackie as soon as possible at [email protected]
Ancillary Services
School Transport:
Children who live over two miles (3.2 km) from the school are entitled to transport, provided they are attending the school closest to their homes. Further details are available from the school at 01 6285816 or from C.I. E School Transport at 7032474. There is a charge for this service
Children who live over two miles (3.2 km) from the school are entitled to transport, provided they are attending the school closest to their homes. Further details are available from the school at 01 6285816 or from C.I. E School Transport at 7032474. There is a charge for this service
