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Upcoming events at Holy Cross Primary School
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Important update COVID19
Tue 17 Mar 2020Important information
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to our entire school community. This St. Patrick’s day is considerably different to any we have known before.
The government announcement yesterday was far from adequate, requesting we apply ‘social distancing’ for a host of reasons, but outlining that schools remain open.
While we remain hopeful of a cohesive approach by next week, we have to take some action to safeguard our staff and pupils. We are not immune and therefore need to follow the guidance too.
With that in mind, after much consultation, we are moving the remaining staff training day from May to tomorrow. This means it will be staff only in school to prepare for an inevitable closure. Additionally, we are moving our two remaining optional closures from May, to cover Thursday and Friday of this week. Updates will be made to the school calendar in due course.
As mentioned, we hope there will be an appropriate directive on closures by next Monday. Like many schools, after this week, we are out of options in terms of additional days.
These are worrying and incredibly uncertain times. Your support with these matters, as always, is greatly appreciated.
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Covid 19
Mon 16 Mar 2020Update re Covid-19
We at Holy Cross have the health and well-being of our pupils and staff at the core of all we do. The current situation in relation to Covid-19 is worrying and uncertain.
We are not in a position to close our school until we have been advised to do so, however we do recognise that with the growing number of cases of the virus, parents are concerned about their children and the risk they pose to vulnerable family members, should they remain in school.
Please be reassured that we are putting measures in place within school to limit the spread of infection and are following the PHA guidance. Having said that, we fully understand that for some the risk is too great and that you may wish to keep your child off school.
We ask that parents follow the guidance- if your child is displaying any symptoms such as a dry cough or temperature they should remain at home.
As a staff we will be preparing for a closure, that will surely come, as we want to ensure that pupils will have access to resources to aid their learning from home.
As this is an incredibly fluid situation it is advised that you monitor the website/Fb page and messages.
Stay safe and follow the advice.
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Ladies Football Cheque Presentation
Mon 03 Feb 2020The G4MO Ladies Team representatives, Mrs Bernie Haughian & Manager Mr Brian Cunningham presented Principal, Mrs Charlene Sloan with a cheque for £8,200 which was raised on Sunday 29th December at a Sponsorship Football match & 80's Disco. This money has been used to purchase much needed ICT resources.
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Tractor run fundraiser
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First Holy Communion
Sat 25 May 2019Congratulations to our primary 4 children who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 25 May 2019. We thank their teacher Miss Cunningham for the beautiful service that she prepared.👰🤵 -
NI Water Bus visit on Wednesday 20th March
Thu 21 Mar 2019The boys and girls from Primary 4 to Primary 7 in Holy Cross PS, Atticall had a visit from the NI Water Bus on Wednesday 20th March. They learned all about how our water is supplied and the ways we can help to ensure water is not wasted. Holy Cross Primary School has pledged to become a ‘refill’ school and were supplied with drinking bottles to reuse to help us reduce our plastic waste. It was a very educational and fun visit.
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Asda Green Tokens
Tue 18 Dec 2018💚Asda Green Tokens💚
We came second in the Asda Green Token collection and were awarded £250 from Asda. Stephanie from Asda came to school to present us with our cheque. Thank you to Asda for your kind donation. The money will go towards our sensory garden.😁
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Mental Health Awareness at Holy Cross
Fri 09 Nov 2018Staff Mental Health session a great success!
As part of our 'Let's talk about it' campaign, the staff participated in a mental health workshop on Tuesday evening. This session was taken by Alan from Action mental health and involved preparing the staff for the programme 'Healthy me' which will be run with the P5-7 pupils this year as well as focusing in on the importance of looking after our own mental health and how we can look out for others.
It was very well received. We look forward to the parent and community session which will be offered in the new year!
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Press release following recent visit from ETI
Tue 10 Jul 2018Students and staff are celebrating after the results of their recent eti follow up inspection, in which the school received a very favourable report.
Inspectors from ETI have praised teaching, leadership and pupil achievement at Holy Cross Primary School. Findings include;
The outcomes for learners are good; the children express their views confidently and articulately.
The quality of provision is good. There is a shared understanding of effective learning and teaching to take account of the children’s interests, needs and abilities. Almost all the lessons observed were good or better, with a majority being very good.The quality and effectiveness of leadership, management and action to promote improvement are now good. The acting principal has developed a strategic, distributive approach to leadership which supports capacity building and succession planning within an embedded culture of self-evaluation within in the school.
The children reported to the inspectors that they feel safe and secure in the school and know what to do if they have any concerns about their well-being.
The report states the overall effectiveness of the school as;Holy Cross Primary School demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners.
Patrick Quinn, chairman of the governors, said: "We are obviously very pleased with the report which reflects the excellent work that is on-going at Holy Cross.
"Mrs Sloan and all the staff and pupils can take great pride in this inspection. We would also thank parents and the wider community for the important role they continue to play in making the school the success it is today.
"The challenge now is to build on this, but as the report notes we are very well placed to go from strength to strength".mj -
Follow Up Inspection Report ETI
Mon 25 Jun 2018Our recent eti follow up inspection report is now available to read on the eti website.
