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St. Flannan's N.S. Rathcabbin.

Enrolment 2017/18

We are now enrolling new pupils for the academic year 2017/18 in St. Flannan’s N.S. Rathcabbin.

We are sending packs to those who have siblings in the school and those who may be intending to enrol their children next year. Please see the enrolment pack attached for your consideration, including the enrolment form and information booklet. All policies are available to view at the school on request. 

We will be posting information for anyone interested in enrolement in the local papers in the coming weeks and will also post details of an Open Day in the Spring where past, present and possible future pupils and parents will be invited to join us in celebrating our work and efforts of the past year.

 If you wish to enrol your child in St. Flannan’s please inform us as soon as you can and return the form attached. If you are aware of any other parents possibly wishing to enrol children with us please pass our contact details on to them or inform us and we can contact them. 

We look forward to meeting all our new pupils and their parents in the coming months and thank all our current parents for their continued support. 

News

Congratulations to our quiz teams on winning both the u11 and u13 levels of the Credit Union Chapter Quiz in the County Arms , Birr. The children worked very hard, preparing in school and at home, and were delighted to be successful. Both teams move on to the regional competition where the top two teams qualify for the grand final in the RDS, Dublin. Well done to our u13's Tom Perry, Donnacha O'Meara, Conor Moylan and Niamh Ryan, and our u11's Liam Donoghue, Nicholas Perry,  Paul Cahalan and Robert Duffy. Thank you and well done to parents for their work with them and support.
 
The school debating team of Donnacha, Conor and Fergus lost by the narrowest of margins to a very good team from The Rock NS, Mountmellick, in the regional debating competition recently. The children greatly enjoyed researching and competing on the given topics each round and learned a lot from the experience.
 
David McEvoy recently gave a two hour training course on 1st response/safety and CPR to our children from 3rd to 6th class. The children learned fantastic life skills and received certificates recognising their achievement from David.
 
Ger Brick visited the school from internetsafety.com and held a workshop on internet safety and cyberbullying. The children were given strategies and tips on how to use the internet and social media safely and respectfully. Later that evening there was also an information evening/workshop free for parents. This was well attended and parents have given very positive feedback on it.
 
The school has begun working towards our 5th green flag and the theme is biodiversity. The children will be working on our vegetable garden, poly-tunnel and chicken coop. We will also be developing new habitats and environments over the year.
 
The children are currently enjoying swimming lessons every Tuesday in Birr Leisure Centre, aswell as hurling training every Monday. We look forward to matches and more activities in the Spring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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St. Flannan's National School

Rathcabbin 

Contact us:

Phone: 0579139008

email: principal@rathcabbinns.ie

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Welcome to the website of Rathcabbin National School.
We are a Catholic School ,our patron being the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Killaloe. St. Flannan’s NS, Rathcabbin is a 4 teacher mainstream school in the rural village of Rathcabbin. The school is a well- recognised place of learning and development for children and deeply embedded in the community for many years. The school is of catholic Patronage and has a Catholic ethos, however the ethos of the school reaches far beyond the catholic members of the community as our basic attitude of inclusion, respect and devotion to the development of all gifts and skills mean all families are valued equally.

 Situated in the Parish of Lorrha-Dorrha , the most northerly parish in Co. Tipperary. The village of Rathcabbin is approximately half way between the towns of Portumna, Co Galway to the west and Birr, Co. Offaly to the east. We are a rural school surrounded by rich, fertile countryside.

Our School Today...

We are a four teacher rural school and have completed WSE with the inspectorate in 2012. This report praised many aspects of the school and can be viewed on the Department’s site. (www.education.ie) 

The school has long been an established source of a full and balanced education to the children of the area but is also seeing many changes and great progress in recent years. Our numbers have been increasing in recent years and with new children enrolling.

We have added a new classroom and are continuously working on refurbishment projects so that our school is being enjoyed by all. We aim to further develop our school in the coming term and beyond thanks to great support from our parents and local community.

 Along with a strong dedication to teaching the full curriculum the children here have many opportunities to experience other activities like hurling, football, soccer,golf tennis, athletics, hip hop, debating, quiz team, swimming (currently running every Tuesday), Irish Dancing (every Friday), music, singing and drama where we stage our concert night.

The school is equipped with interactive whiteboards in each room and a suite of tablets and laptops that the children use in supervised structured class lessons. We are developing our ICT education and developing pupils’ computer skills from processing to design (scratch, web design) with older classes and plan to develop this throughout the school.  Classes 3rd to 6th are currently doing this having completed lessons in internet safety and cyberbullying awareness. 

 Chidren are currently attending German lessons at our school every Tuesday after class from 3pm-4pm with a native german speaker residing in the parish. Children also will have a choice in taking part in other activities as blocks are arranged.

 

In 2010 one of our past pupils Patrick Bonnar Maher brought the senior and under 21 All Ireland hurling trophies back to our school as a star member of both panels.

Thankfully Tipp reached the top again in 2016 and we were very proud to see Bonnar win a 2nd Senior All Ireland Hurling medal. We had a very special day when Bonner visited with the Liam McCarthy Cup along with his fellow clubmen involved with the victorious panel-Brian Hogan and selector John Madden.

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Mission Statement

Rathcabbin National School seeks to provide a pleasant and happy learning environment, based on respect for all, in which the many varied aspects of our children's personality will be nurtured and fully developed.

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2016

Bonnar in school with All-Ireland  Cups.

 

 

2010

Bonnar back to school with All Ireland Cups

Date stone on the original Gurteen Boys and Girls National Schools.

School History

The present school was opened in 1946 and was an amalgamation of Gurteen Boys and Gurteen Girls National Schools dating from 1833.

Today the boys and girls in the school play together in our large playground and in class participate in a wide variety of activities - as mentioned above with drama, visual arts, music, environmental care and these combined with the curricular core areas ensure a holistic education for all the pupils.