ENROLMENT FOR JUNIOR INFANTS SEPTEMBER 2024 WILL TAKE PLACE FROM MONDAY JANUARY 8TH 2024

PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ OUR ADMISSIONS & ENROLMENT POLICY BEFORE APPLYING.   

  pdf Annual Admissions Notice 2024 2025 (244 KB)

Please fill in & submit Application Form for Enrolment September 2024 Junior Infants

New Special Class Enrolment: Please download, fill in and return to office Application form for Special Class (ASD) 2024

Download the schools' Admissions & Enrolment policy here:      pdf Admissions and Enrolment Policy 2024 (284 KB)

 ST. BRIGID’S GNS

ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE

in respect of admissions to the 2024/25 school year

Admissions to the 2024/25 school year

Application and Decision Dates for admission to Junior Infants 2024/25

The following dates are applicable for admission to Junior Infants:

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn

Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

Special Class Application and Decision Dates for admission to St. Brigid’s GNS ASD Class for 2024/25

The following dates are applicable for admission to the school’s Special Class which caters for children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder):

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn

Number of places being made available in 2024/25

GAA Fixtures 2024- Fingal League

 Week of 18th March:

St. Brigid's vs. Our Lady Immaculate (Away)

Week of 8th April:

St. Brigid's vs. Our Lady of Consolation (Home)

Week of 15th April:

St. Brigid's vs. St. Francis SNS (Away)

Week of 22nd April:

Any unfulfilled fixtures will be played this week

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GAA training has resumed in St Brigid’s under the direction of Mikey Corcoran. Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1^st & 2^nd classes are enjoying their training sessions on Tuesdays!

Cup Fixtures 2024

Preliminary round

Thursday February 29th:

St. Brigid's vs. St. Raphaelas NS (Away) - 1-0 win

Round 1

Date TBC 

St. Brigid's vs. Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada  (home)

Primary 5s Competition

Wednesday 28th February- Progressed as far as semi-finals

League Fixtures

Monday 11th March

St. Brigid's vs Scoil Áine 2.45pm (away)

Date TBC

St. Brigid's vs St Vincent de Paul GNS TBC (home)

Date TBC

St. Brigid's vs Belgrove SGNS (home)

SSE School Self-Evaluation

Overview: What is SSE?

School self-evaluation empowers our school community in St Brigid’s Girls’ NS to identify and affirm good practice, and to identify and take action on areas that merit improvement. School self-evaluation is primarily about schools taking ownership of their own development and improvement. School self-evaluation was formally introduced into the Irish school system in 2012 as a collaborative, reflective process of internal school review, focused on school improvement.

School self-evaluation is a collaborative, inclusive, reflective process of internal school review.

During school self-evaluation the principal and teachers, under the direction of the board of management and the patron and in consultation with parents and students, engage in reflective enquiry on the work of the school.

It is an evidence-based approach which involves gathering information from a range of sources and making judgements with a view to bringing about improvements in students’ learning.

Self-evaluation requires a school to address the following key questions with regards to an aspect or aspects of its work:

• How well are we doing?
• How do we know?
• How can we find out more?
• What are our strengths?
• What are our areas for improvement?
• How can we improve?

The Six-Stage approach:

The first three steps of the framework outline the investigation phase of the process. This stage can be used for scoping out and developing the improvement plan and preparing for its implementation.

The school self-evaluation process begins with the identification of an area for focus and inquiry through teachers’ own understanding and knowledge of their school context. This is followed by the gathering of evidence with regard to the area chosen. The evidence is then analysed and judgments are made regarding the school’s current strengths and areas for improvement.

The next step ensures that schools retain a record of the evaluation and describe the actions for improvement. This takes place during, or at the end of, the investigation phase. The resulting school self-evaluation report and improvement plan is shared with the school community.

The improvement plan is then put into action and is monitored and evaluated over the course of its three-year implementation until practice becomes embedded. The cycle can then begin again, focusing on either a new area which has been identified, or returning to the same area to seek further, deeper improvement.

Current Focuses St Brigid’s GNS 2023:

Wellbeing

•   pdf Data from Wellbeing Survey- Parents (1.05 MB)
• pdf Wellbeing Improvement Plan (91 KB)

Homework

• pdf Data Parents Homework Survey 2023 (319 KB)
• pdf Homework Improvement Plan (93 KB)
• Data from Parents re-survey December 2023: Senior Classes / Junior Classes

Digital Strategy

• Data SELFIE School Report 21 22

Literacy- Transfer of Skills 

• pdf Transfer of Skills (968 KB)