Author: Ita Connolly

Preparations for the Christmas play are underway! This year our play is called Away with the Manger. The children are practicing their lines and learning their songs. They sound wonderful already! Information about costumes will be sent home early next week. Many of the costumes used last year can be reused this year. If you have a costume that someone else could use, please feel free to send it i...

The phone line has been repaired and is back in action. Thank you for your patience.

The boil water notice for the school is still in place. It will hopefully be lifted shortly. All recommended works have been carried out and we are awaiting confirmation from the HSE. In the meantime, please ensure that your child has their own water with them to drink during the day.

There appears to be quite a bad head cold/flu going around at the moment, particularly in Ms Connolly's room. If you are unwell, please stay at home in order to get better as soon as possible and to prevent the spread to others. Please remind your child to carry a tissue and to wash their hands in order to prevent the spread of flu, colds and bugs. Please remember to bring in a note for teacher...

Apologies to anyone who has tried to contact the school by phone this week. The electrical storm on Monday appears to have damaged our line. It is in the process of being repaired. In the meantime the best way to contact the school is by email on info@davidstownps.ie    

Dear Parents, If you are preparing for Christmas, and are moving things out of the house, please know that the Aistear room (Integrated Learning Through Play) would be delighted to receive certain items.  We explore different themes throughout the year, for example, we have just finished the Post Office.  Many resources are required to implement Aistear correctly. We would like to collect a var...

Our school Book Fair begins today. The Book Fair will be open to parents and children to buy books from 1.30 until 2.45 today, Thursday and Friday. The school benefits from the Book Fair in that we receive 50% commission of the total amount sold at the fair to buy books to replenish and refresh the books in our class libraries. There is of course no obligation to buy and the Book Fair is comple...

Christmas is always a very busy time of year in the school calendar. We have lots of work to do along with celebrating the Nativity and all that goes with Christmas celebrations. Our school Christmas Mass will take place in St. David's Church on Wednesday, the 19th of December at 9.30. The school Nativity play will take place in the local Community Centre at 7pm on the 19th of December. On t...

Conjunctivitis (Pink eye) Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the outer lining of the eye and eyelid, and causes a sore or itchy red eye with a watery or sticky discharge. It may be caused by germs such as bacteria or viruses, or it may be due to an allergy (as in hay fever). Treatment depends on the cause but is often by eye drops or ointment. Conjunctivitis caused by bacteria and viruses ma...

A water sample was taken yesterday and the school received notice this morning, that the water from the school well is currently not suitable for drinking purposes. We are taking action to remedy this situation as advised by the Water Section in Wexford Co. Council. The water will then be tested again. I will inform you as to when the notice is lifted. The water is safe to use for washing ha...