Booklists for Junior Infants- 6th Class are now available to view online 

Our school calendar for 2020/2021 is also available to view online 

We were delighted to welcome back this wonderful group of girls to give them the send off from Presentation N.S. they truly deserve. It was a privilege watching these girls blossom from timid Junior Infants to confident and independent young ladies. 

Thank you to all who contributed to making this Graduation a special and memorable occasion for the girls, particularly as their final year with us came to such a sudden and abrupt ending in March. 

We wish them every happiness and success as they start the next exciting chapter in their lives at Millstreet Community School. 

Your child's report card is now available to view through the 'Aladdin Connect' app. If you are experiencing diffculties logging in, please email principal@millpresns.com ​

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Our school is delighted to announce that we will shortly roll out the Aladdin Schools Connect to parents/guardians of children in our classes. The school uses the Aladdin Schools software service www.aladdin.ie for administrative purposes and Connect will give you secure access to messages from the school and to details of your child’s attendance, test results, reports cards etc via secure login from your internet browser or Aladdin Connect App.

Aladdin Connect is a fantastic way to enhance a school's communication with parents. It enables parents to stay connected and informed about their child's education by: 

*Ensuring that the school has their most up to date contact information
*Allowing schools to gather permission(s) from parents
*Allowing parents to quickly and efficiently select preferred slots for parent teacher meetings 
*Keeping parents apprised of their child's attendance
*Keeping parents up to date on school and classroom news via noticeboard messages 
*Allowing parents to view what items their child had for homework today
*Keeping parents up to date on what library book their child is currently reading and if it is due/overdue to be returned
*Allowing parents view their child's approved report card
*Giving parents the option to opt in to share contact information with their child's classmates’ parents via the Parent Privacy option for the class list. 
*Allowing parents to view their child's latest standardised test results

Along with strengthening our home/school partnership, we also envisage Aladdin Connect helping the school by:
*Helping to improve attendance by allowing parents to keep track of any school days their child may have currently missed, along with late arrival and early leaving information.
*Helping to reduce the amount of class/school notes being sent home 
*Helping the school/ teachers communicate with parents when the need arises
*Reducing costs by eliminating the need to send school report cards by post
*Reducing costs by reducing the number of text messages that need to be sent.

You can rest reassured that Aladdin Schools uses state-of-the-art security to safeguard information entered by the school and data is stored and processed in strict compliance with Irish and European data protection laws.

On Friday 12th you will receive a text/email message containing your registration link. There will be one link per parent which will allow the parent to access information for all their children in the school from one user account. Please do not forward this text/email or share this link as this is a unique registration code for each parent for your child/children in this school.

During registration you will choose a password that will be used in conjunction with your email address to securely access the Aladdin Connect going forward. If you choose you may share your own contact details with other parents of children in the same class as your children, but please be reassured that this information will not be shared unless you choose to share it. Once you are registered you will be sent an email with links to download the Aladdin Connect App for your mobile device. The main advantage of using the App is to receive immediate alerts for app messages sent by your school. Downloading the App is highly recommended to enhance both the parent and school's Connect experience.

In preparation for this please let the school know if your email address or phone number has changed recently by emailing  principal@millpresns.com


Please note: If there are any personal concerns, or legal provisions in place regarding giving access to Connect to any parent/guardian of your child please contact the school in confidence to discuss or restrict access as required.

We hope that you enjoy using Aladdin Connect. Your class teacher, the secretary or myself will welcome any feedback or questions you may have.

Yours sincerely,
Siobhan Buckley
Principal

principal@millpresns.com

Presentation N.S. will be using Edmodo to keep everyone updated! Each class teacher will use it to share important notes, assignments and more. It’s free and it takes under a minute to sign up! Learn how to get started below: 


Instructions for Parents

1.Visit edmodo.com using your smartphone or computer.

2.Click or tap  "Get Started as a STUDENT."

3.Follow the instructions to create an account.

4. The class teacher will send the login code details for the class to the email address/ Aladdin Text


Thank you for your co-operation. 

Dear Families, 

We appreciate that this is a difficult time for our pupils and their families and we are working to provide educational support in a different way than the norm.

With this in mind, we have sourced this comprehensive list of ideas and activities you might consider checking out to support your child during the coming weeks. 

Please remember that we will get through this together!

Stay safe and healthy!

Staff of Presentation N.S. 

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Here we share just a small selection of photographs of some of our pupils dressed up as various characters from their favourite books. We had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day 2020!

We wish to thank Grace for all her help during her time as librarian in Millstreet.  We will really miss you!  Best of luck in your new post.

March 5th: 
Your child is invited to bring one of their favourite story books to school.

March 6th:
Your child is invited to come to school dressed up as a book character of their choice 

Phase 1 of the 'Food Dudes' programme commenced today for Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class.  

Our senior choir will travel to Fr. Matthew Hall in Cork City tomorrow to compete in the Feis Maitiú singing competition.  The girls have been putting in so much work over the past few weeks rehearsing their two songs and we hope their hard efforts will pay off tomorrow. 
Good luck girls!

Here we share recordings of the two songs the choir will perform tomorrow: 

The boys and girls of Junior Infants ( R4) were thrilled to be invited by members of the Millstreet Town Park Committee to be the first children to play in the newly renovated playground.

We thank the committee for their trojan efforts over the past few months to ensure our town has a state of the art playground and we also thank the people of Millstreet for getting involved and supporting the many fundraising events.  We are delighted that the €900 we raised for our 'Christmas Jumper Day' here in our school helped make this dream playground a reality. 

Well done to all members of Millstreet Town Park Committee! 

'Sam and Sue Learn About Cyber-Saefty' really helped the boys and girls in R4 to discuss the dangers of the internet. 

We are very proud that the author of this fantastic book is from Millstreet. Well done Ann!  

Some great advice sourced from NATIONAL ONLINE SAFETY: 

We extend a big 'thank you' to all the families and grandparents who helped us celebrate Grandparents' Day on January 29th.  

Here we share just a small selection of photos taken in the GAA Hall. 

Best of Luck to Lily ( 5th Class) in the upcoming County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee Competition.

We will celebrate Grandparent's Day ( in conjunction with Catholic Schools' Week) on Wednesday, January 29th. Mass will be at 10am in the Church, followed by refreshments afterwards in the GAA Hall. Grandparents are also invited to visit their grandchildren's classrooms. 

We look forward to celebrating Grandparents' Day on Wednesday. 

We are now accepting enrolments for September 2020. Enrolment forms can be downloaded from the link below or can also be collected from our school office. Please return completed enrolment forms to our school office or by post.  If you have any concerns or questions, please don't hesitate in contacting us on 029 70957. 

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Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class will begin a 6 week gymnastics course on Thursday ( January 23rd) . The cost is €12 and can be given to your child's teacher next Tuesday ( Jan. 21st). 

Thank you. 

On December 18th, Presentation N.S. marked the very special occasion of the retirement of our much loved Principal, Mrs. Joan O' Mahony. After 38 years of dedicated service to Presentation N.S, we wish Joan every good health and happiness as she starts her well deserved retirement. 
Here we feature just one of the songs our school choir performed during the mass. We will share further recordings and photographs of the celebrations for Mrs. O' Mahony in the coming days. 

Every end is a new beginning, not only for Mrs. O' Mahony, but also for Mrs. Buckley.  We extend a very warm welcome to our new Principal, Mrs. Siobhán Buckley. We hope Mrs. Buckely will be very happy in her new role here at Presentation N.S. 

Our school will be closed on January 16th (Thursday) as all our teachers will be attending a Primary Language Curriculum Seminar. 

School re-opens on January 6th (Monday).

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and we wish you all a healthy and happy 2020!