Naas & Clane Youth Project

Stepping Stones School Transition programme

The Stepping stones was set up to support young people moving from primary school to secondary school.

In the programme we look at relationships,bullying,homework, lockers and anything else that may be affecting young people currently transferring into secondary school.

This can be a very challenging time for these young people. We aim to make this transition a little easier through this programme and continue this support through the first year of secondary school.

This programme will be rolled out in Naas & Clane youth projects.

Spaces are limited and go quickly. So if interested please get in touch.

If you feel your son/daughter might benefit from engaging in this programme, then please get in contact with either Aimee or Myself Tina, and we can chat you through the programme.

Tina & Aimee

087-0507053 or 083-174777

The letters for work experience are published on the school website - see article with links on the home page or direct link: http://www.scoilmhuireclane.ie/blog/posts/73 . Work experience for provides valuable experience of the work environment, helps gain practical experience, assists career choices and builds industry skills. The school community is deeply appreciative of the opportunities provided.

See also the attached presentation: 2024-25​ Transition Year ​Work Experience​

 Regards Ms O Reilly

Scoil Mhuire Friday News highlights all the positive events and achievements of students that have taken place during the week. Extra-curricular results, events, individual student achievements, trips, Teaching and Learning activities........

https://my.classlink.ie/fridaynews

Please see upcoming free talks from Kildare Library Service from our ‘Let’s talk about Parenting’ programme, which may be of interest to yourselves or your service users. The first one takes place this evening in the new Naas Library.

‘Dealing with Challenging Behaviour’ with Joanna Fortune

Naas Library & Cultural Centre

Wednesday 8th May 7pm

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/letstalkaboutparenting/1133813

‘The transition from Primary to Secondary School’ with Dr Mary O’Kane

Online via MS Teams

Thursday 16th May 7pm

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/letstalkaboutparenting/1113751

‘Family Wellbeing through the Teenage Years’ with Michael Ryan

Online via MS Teams

Tuesday 21st May 7pm

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/letstalkaboutparenting/1127712

Scoil Mhuire Friday News highlights all the positive events and achievements of students that have taken place during the week. Extra-curricular results, events, individual student achievements, trips, Teaching and Learning activities........

https://my.classlink.ie/fridaynews

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

Next  week, from May 6th to May 10th, is Active School Week. This week will be filled with different activities and challenges that will promote physical activity and healthy living.

Throughout the week, students will be encouraged to participate in various challenges and activities. In addition, students are allowed to wear their school PE uniform all week to promote participation.

We hope that this week will be a fun and engaging way for students to get active and learn about the importance of physical activity. 

We will be finishing off the week with our annual Sports Day on Friday. 

The activities for each day are attached below. 

We look forward to seeing everyone participate and have a great time!

The student summer reports have now been published and can be accessed using the VSWare App or website (scoilmhuireclane.app.vsware.ie).

If you have any issues accessing your students report, please contact the school office (045 868 121) between 9.30am and 12pm, Mon – Fri.

Have a good summer.

Good afternoon,

Please find below, a link to Fiona Forman's recent booklet 'Supporting Your Child's Emotional Wellbeing'. This contains information and strategies to help children identify and regulate their emotions. Further information can be found at www.fionaformanwellbeing.com. 

Supporting-Your-Childs-Emotional-Well-Being-17.04.24.pdf (otb.ie) 

Kind regards,

Ceola Stanley 

Dear Parents &Guardians,

The CAO Change of Mind facility opens on Tuesday next May 7th. on www.cao.ie and remains open until July 1st - so even after the exams there is a week when a student can amend their choices.

This means your child can add, remove or change the order of courses on their CAO lists. Now that they have their mock results and are close to the exams, they will have a better idea of their possible points and may have also changed their minds about some courses they added to their lists in January. Indeed some students may not yet have any courses added to their lists. (Restricted courses cannot be added to lists at this time)

This is the time to sit with your son/daughter and discuss again what they hope to study in college and to help them to prioritise their course choices in order of preference, ie - the course they really want goes in place number 1, the course they want if they did not get their first choice in place number 2 and so on down to number 10. Do not try to guess points - work on preference of courses. Do this for both lists - the Level 8 Honours degree list and the Level 6/7 list.

The Guidance Counsellors are available for any student who is confused or needs help with finalising their lists - just call in and we will help.

Please see the attached pdf from the CAO explaining the process of offers etc.

Thank you, Guidance Team.