Dear Parents & Carers 

We have spent this week learning about St. Brigid and St. Blaise and how their religious lives have shaped our culture and traditions. In their honour we prayed for those who are poor, lonely and in need of God's care. We thank Fr. Alphonsus for celebrating a beautiful mass on the feast of St. Blaise and were delighted to have our throats blessed on that morning. 

There was great excitement this week as our fish tank had a much-needed upgrade AND some new fish!!! We are so grateful to Mr Loughran (dad of Katie in Mrs Cribbin's P4 class) for giving up his time and for sharing his expertise. We have fabulous parents and feel very honoured when they spend time with us in school.  https://www.stclaresabbeyps.com/news/st-clares-abbey-fish-tank-upgrade-/  

Our annual Board of Governors report 2024/25 is now available to view on our website. Please use the link below to access it: https://www.stclaresabbeyps.com/about-us/board-of-governors-a/  

Our school has been a 'sea of red' today! Well done to our school Council for organising another great fundraiser! We will report the amount raised when we return from mid-term. Green Day is next. It will be held on Friday 13^th March- we can't wait.

Our Pupil Leadership Team (for the second half of the school year) were formally announced at assembly today. We wish them luck in their roles. They have big shoes to fill - our first cohort have been outstanding!   We wish our P7 quiz teams good luck tonight as they 'battle it out' in the Canal Court at the Credit Union Quiz. We know they will be fabulous!  

Finally, I thank you all most sincerely for your support during this half term. Please enjoy the break next week. We look forward to the children returning on 16^th February, refreshed and ready to embrace the 2^nd half of Term 2. 

In continued gratitude,

Mrs Donnelly 

At the time of amalgamation it was agreed that funerals of staff of the former schools would not be attended by pupils from the newly amalgamated school. This was to avoid anyone being overlooked due to current staff being unaware of former connections with the schools.

That seemed like an appropriate arrangement at the time. However, having personally attended recent funerals of deceased former staff, I have become uneasy with this arrangement. Therefore, it will be modified as indicated below.

The family of a deceased member of staff of Abbey PS or St Clare’s PS, who retired from either school may request a school representation at their loved one’s requiem mass. If the mass is taking place during school hours and in a local church, we will try our very best to facilitate the request.  Requests may be made via telephone 02830262175.

We cherish the contribution that former staff made to both schools, from which we grew.

Thank You