ll be covered in SPHE for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Years in December & January. Nurse Margaret Crean will speak to 1st Years on Wednesday & Thursday this week. Other Junior Cycle years groups will be scheduled for Nurse Crean's talk at a later date, but RSE will continue in the meantime via SPHE classes. Senior Cycle RSE will take place later in the school year. If you do not wish your son/daughter to participate in the RSE modules of SPHE please email the school office at office@presmilltown.ie. If you require further information you can find our SPHE Policy (including RSE) on our website www.presmilltown.ie The SPHE Syllabus including RSE modules is available from https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Junior-cycle/Junior-Cycle-Subjects/Repository/Social,-Personal-and-Health-Education/ If you wish to speak with your son/daughter’s SPHE teacher in relation to these modules, please contact the a school office to arrange a call-back. Thank you. .........

TheMathsTutor.ie. The Maths Tutor website provides useful Maths videos and revision tools for students from Junior Cycle through to Leaving Certificate. The normal cost of individual subscription to the website is over €200 per school year. If purchased through the school students from 1st to 6th Year can avail of a subscription for just €30 (from now until 30th June 2022). However, we need to secure a minimum of 100 students availing of this offer in order to qualify for the discount. Please go to our school app shop and make payment of €30 by 12pm on Friday 3rd December if you wish to avail of this offer. If we do not manage to secure 100 sign-ups via the shop by Friday 3rd December, we will refund any payments made. https://www.themathstutor.ie .........

hawk in the Dunloe Cup final today. Pres Milltown are the current holders of the Dunloe Cup title and we know that this year's squad will give everything they have once they hit the field in Dr. Croke's, Killarney this afternoon. Good luck lads. Go néirí libh. .........

their fundraising efforts for Focus Ireland and to complement their Presentation Week celebrations and Bulb Planting initiative. Students do not have to wear school uniform tomorrow, but are required to dress appropriately for school. In return they are asked to donate €2 to this worthy cause. Thank you for your support..........

ssible to hold our regular Parent-Teacher meetings. As was the case last year, subject teachers will either phone parents or complete a separate, more detailed Parent-Teacher Feedback Report for each student, in addition to the regular school report. Parent-Teacher Feedback Reports/phone calls will be completed for 3rd & 6th Year students by the end of December and for 1st, 2nd, TY & 5th Year parents by early/mid-February. As always, if you feel there are specific areas/concerns you wish to discuss with one of your son/daughter’s subject teachers, please do not hesitate to email/phone the school office to request a call back from that teacher - office@presmilltown.ie - 066-97-95455 Thank you as always for your support and cooperation. .........

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- - Children First Awareness Week is taking place from 1st to 7th November 2021. Children First promotes the protection of children from abuse and neglect, by setting out what individuals and organisations need to do to keep children safe, and how to deal with concerns about a child’s safety or welfare. Society has a duty of care towards children, and everyone should be alert to the possibility that children they are in contact with may be abused or at risk of abuse or neglect. If you are concerned about a child or young person, you should contact Tusla social work department. Organisations classed as providers of relevant services under the Children First Act 2015 are required to complete a risk assessment and must have a Child Safeguarding Statement in place. More information on keeping children safe in our communities is available at gov.ie/children first - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N.B. The Child Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment for Presentation Secondary School, Milltown is available from www.presmilltown.ie.........

D-19. Click "View Pdf" below. Those who have been identified to be close contacts of the confirmed case have now been contacted and advised accordingly. If your son/daughter has not been identified as a close contact at this time, they do not need a test for COVID-19, They can continue to attend school, and no further actions are required at this time. https://d50adfe6df36c7bceba2-914c455a73d068384f0e16181ce1b7cf.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/pdf/3122_20211104180126.pdf.........

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tion on when to keep your child home from school and what to do if they display COVID-19 symptoms. https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a04fc-advice-for-students-and-their-families/#health-advice-for-parents.........

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3 must be received in the school office by 4pm today. Please note that any forms received after 4pm today will be deemed late applications and cannot be considered until after the initial enrolment process and criteria outlined in our Admission Policy have been applied. Receipts have been issued for all application forms received to date. Please contact the school office immediately if you have submitted an application form but have not received a receipt. .........

3 must be received in the school office by 4pm tomorrow, 2nd November. Please note that any forms received after this time will be deemed late applications and cannot be considered until after the initial enrolment process and criteria outlined in our Admission Policy have been applied. Receipts have been issued for all application forms received to date. Please contact the school office if you have submitted an application form but have not received a receipt. .........

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D-19 symptoms. Please do not send your son/daughter to school if they are displaying any symptoms. Symptoms of COVID-19 can include some or all of the following. - fever (temperature of 38 degrees or higher), - cough, - shortness of breath, - any loss or change to the senses of smell or taste, - headache, - sore throat, - a runny nose. If your son/daughter develops any of these symptoms they must self-isolate and contact their GP for advice regarding a COVID-19 test.  Our school-based COVID-19 measures remain the same as before the mid-term break. We ask you to discuss these again with your son/daughter. We also ask that you discuss the importance of responsible social behaviour outside of school as well as during school time, in order to reduce the liklihood of COVID-19 impacting on students' education. Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school community safe and well. .........

day in aid of Palliative Care at UHK. We raised €1014 for this worthy local cause. Thank you. Wishing you and your families a restful and enjoyable mid-term break..........

D-19. Those who have been identified to be close contacts of the confirmed cases have now been contacted and advised accordingly. If you have not been identified as a close contact at this time, you do not need a test for COVID-19, you can continue to attend school, and no further actions are required at this time. https://d50adfe6df36c7bceba2-914c455a73d068384f0e16181ce1b7cf.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/pdf/5568_20211022135643.pdf.........

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g cert educational options, Adults returning to education, or parents and guidance counsellors in the Republic of Ireland. When: Better Options 2021 will take place online via Zoom from 10.30-4pm on Saturday, November 27th with breaks throughout the day. More information: Attendees will learn about college support services, making the most of your time in college and access routes open to those with disabilities and specific learning difficulties, including how to make an application to DARE- Disability Access Route to Education. There will be information on Further Education and Training, as well as Higher Education and Apprenticeships. Attendees will be able to ask questions. There will also be a free one to one Information Service for registrants on the day to be able to ask questions about their specific circumstances..........

tion and schools to assist in sending out a message through school communities to parents. (1) Please see below its warning about the danger associated with eating edible products, such as jelly sweets, containing cannabis components. (2) Secondly, in conjunction with the network of drug and alcohol taskforces throughout the country, the attached information leaflet provides information on the range of supports that drug and alcohol taskforces can provide to parents, students and schools to prevent and tackle drug and alcohol use and to strengthen communications between local parents, schools, communities and drug and alcohol task forces - Click "View PDF" below for the drug and alcohol taskforces leaflet ---- Warning regarding jelly sweets containing cannabis (THC) ----- The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is urging parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant to the dangers of their children getting access to and eating confectionary, particularly jelly sweets, containing significant amounts of the psychoactive cannabis component called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This warning comes amid the ongoing seizures of these illegal food products by the Gardaí and Customs services, and a number of serious medical incidents whereby these THC-containing jelly sweets resulted in teenagers and young children suffering serious adverse health effects requiring hospitalisation. These jelly sweets are packaged to look like popular brands of jellies and have been found to contain toxic amounts of THC (up to 50mg/jelly). Depending on the concentration of THC, eating one of these jellies can mean an equivalent intake of THC that is 5-10 times higher than that inhaled from a single cannabis cigarette. Also, unlike the almost immediate effects of inhaling THC (smoking or vaping), ingesting THC through these jellies can take up to 30 minutes for any effects to be felt. However, while waiting for those effects, those who have eaten these products may overdose in the mistaken belief that they need to eat more sweets in order to feel the effects. Of particular concern to the FSAI is the inadvertent consumption of these jelly sweets by small children who may somehow gain access to what looks and possibly tastes like ordinary sweets. Unfortunately, given access to a bag of these jellies, children will rarely eat just one and therefore, overdosing is a very likely outcome as witnessed by the hospitalisation of a number of seriously ill young children in the early part of 2021. The FSAI has become aware of reports about the availability of THC-containing jelly sweets in schools in Ireland and therefore, parents and guardians are asked to speak with their teenagers alerting them to the dangers if they eat them or if their younger siblings get access to them and subsequently suffer the serious consequences of consuming a toxic substance. October 2021 https://d50adfe6df36c7bceba2-914c455a73d068384f0e16181ce1b7cf.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/pdf/5278_20211021143712.pdf.........

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is Friday, 22nd October. Students are asked to dress appropriately with the Halloween theme in mind and to donate €2 to Palliative Care. Thank you..........

details of the payment portal. Also consent forms must be returned to the school if they have not been already..........

ned for this evening are cancelled and will be rescheduled later in the term. Apologies for any inconvenience..........

our (1) Child Safeguarding Statement/Risk Assessment and (2) Policy to Counter Bullying Behaviour. Click "View PDF" below. Parental feedback is always valued and can be provided by emailing office@presmilltown.ie Thank you. https://d50adfe6df36c7bceba2-914c455a73d068384f0e16181ce1b7cf.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/pdf/5904_20211007145328.pdf https://d50adfe6df36c7bceba2-914c455a73d068384f0e16181ce1b7cf.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/pdf/3559_20211007145345.pdf.........

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s students to our Open Evening. Ongoing COVID restrictions mean that we cannot hold such an event again this year. Instead we invite you to watch our short video which we hope will give you an insight into life at Pres Milltown. https://fb.watch/8uxVYLlmS8/ Enrolment application packs have been delivered to all primary schools in our catchment area. Packs are also available from the school office for all other applicants. .........

us route from the Killarney area is no longer operating the service. We have been asked to make parents aware that O’Callaghan's Coaches are currently taking names to determine if a private bus service from Killarney to Milltown is feasible for them. Parents of students who live en route from Killarney to Milltown who are interested in availing of a private bus service should contact O'Callaghan's on 064-6631095 as soon as possible. They will then decide if there are sufficient numbers to make a direct route viable. .........

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ll host a cyber safety webinar for the parents/guardians of all Pres Milltown students on Monday 11th October at 7pm. Registration details to follow. Dr Griffin will also be speaking to our 5th Year students on Monday 11th October and our 2nd Year students on Tuesday 12th October during the school day. https://www.mgmstraining.ie/who-we-are .........