Scoil Mhuire Tullamore

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As the school year draws to a close, I would like to thank you for your continued engagement and support throughout this term. I am sure all of you are looking forward to a break at this stage. From a public health perspective, it is good news that our efforts in helping to contain the spread of Covid 19 are having a huge impact. We hope this trend continues in the right direction.

I would like to draw your attention to the following items.

School reports:

You will receive your child’s school report on Thursday 18^th next. If you have any queries regarding their report, you may contact your child’s teacher directly on Seesaw, or the office via phone/email.  (057  9321222 / info@scoilmhuiretullamore.ie)

School uniforms:

We sought parental feedback in February regarding our school uniform. Following on from your feedback, our school uniform will be amended, as follows.

• School tie will be discontinued for all pupils.
• Girls will have the option of wearing either trousers or school skirt.
• We are introducing a green crested sweatshirt for junior and senior infants from the start of the coming school year, commencing autumn 2020. We will be introducing this sweatshirt in 1^st-6^th classes for the following school year, commencing autumn 2021.  (1^st-6^th classes will retain the existing school jumper for coming school year.)

Therefore, our school uniform, for the school year 2020/21 will consist of:

-Navy trousers.

-Tartan school skirt (Girls will have the option of wearing either trousers or skirt).

-Red polo t-shirt.

-Green crested round neck sweatshirt for junior and senior infants.

-Existing crested jumper for 1^st – 6^th classes.

Navy trousers and red polo t-shirts will be available from Dunnes Stores, Tesco and usual outlets.

School skirt and jumper will be available from Daru Uniforms and G+T Drapery.

Return to school date:

The new school term will commence on Thursday August 27^th . We are awaiting guidance from the Department of Education & Skills as to how teaching and learning might be adapted in the new school year. We will of course keep you updated on any arrangements in this regard.

I will be in touch with you all again soon. In the meantime, take care of yourselves.

Le gach dea- ghuí,

Brendan Naughton,

Principal