St. Brendan's Boys Primary School

VEX ROBOTIC programme 2025

@VEXRoboticsIE our boys had an amazing time at the @offalycoco VEX robotics event in February – Well done to Jack / Harry / Ewan and Sam and massive thanks to Ms Makim and Mr Cunningham for all their hard work supporting the team. The boys did great in what was a difficult robot to design and programme this year. This programme offers so many skills and experiences to the boys and we look forward to many more VEX battles in Offaly. There will be another local round in coming weeks which the boys will look forward to.

Wellbeing and the Catholic School

The Council for Catechetics, assisting the Council for Education of the Irish Episcopal Conference,
has published a new document for primary and post-primary Catholic Schools entitled, “Wellbeing
and the Catholic School.” Drawing inspiration from both Christian teachings and governmental
strategies, the document highlights how Catholic schools create environments that foster
resilience, hope, and moral integrity, ensuring students thrive, not just academically, but as whole
individuals. This resource offers practical insights for school leaders, teachers, and parents to
embed a Catholic vision of wellbeing into policies, curriculum, and daily practices. You are
requested to bring this document to the attention of members of the BOM, staff, and parents in
your school community please.

The document is available online at:

https://catholiceducation.ie/wellbeing-resources/

Dear Parents / Guardians,
We have had to change the date of our staff inservice for Bi Cinealta – ( Anti Bullying )
The date was to be on Wednesday 5th March.
NEW DATE is Wednesday 2nd April. School will close at 12.20 ( infants) and 12.30pm that day.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused in regard to collection arrangements.
Kind regards,
Niall Crofton

Delighted and honoured to have the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation President Carmel Browne visit our school today ! Carmel came and met the boys from 5th / 2nd and junior infant classes – the boys had a great chat with her about education and the new math curriculum which Carmel is passionate about – for her visit we held our teacher appreciation day and our BOM kindly provided the coffee van with coffee and bun for all school staff to brighten a Monday.

HSCL Newsletter Jan-Mar 2025

12370c Christmas newsletter 2024

Great fun was had by all who attended our Christmas craft morning. We made Christmas trees from old books and made fabulous Santa’s to bring home. Many thanks to all the parents that came to St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr and also to Fiona from LOETB . Fiona would love to come back and do some Valentines and Easter crafts so keep an eye out for more details in January. Thanks to Paula Carey our HSCL teacher for her support ❤️

Our wonderful parents association held their annual Christmas draw in the hall on Tuesday – Santa picked out the first ticket which was €150 cash prize ( won by a lovely Ukrainian family in our school 💙💛) – Congratulations to all our prize winners and a massive thank you to all the local businesses for their continued support and generosity towards our school Parents Association St. Brendan’s Boys School, Birr

Thank you to the Mammies who came to our cookery class and worked so hard during the past few weeks. We all learned so much and especially loved the tasty desserts we made. A big thank you to Valerie in LOETB for all her expertise and fun! Happy Christmas to all from our HSCL Paula Carey