Dear Parents/Guardians,

Great excitement with Day 2 of Happiness week:

Good morning, Our student choir will be performing in Christchurch Cathedral today at 1.30pm.  All welcome. 

The winners of our Mount Carmel Xmas Badminton Tournament are Nandin from Roisin class and Courtney from Aoife class. Congratulations!

Dear Parents & Guardians,

We have been running an Attendance Drive for the month of November for the class with the best overall attendance for the month of November. Huge thank you to Ms Judge our Attendance & Punctuality Coordinator. The prize winners have just been announced this afternoon. I am delighted to say that Class Maeve in 5th year are the overall winners!

Congratulations to the students of this class, their tutor Mr Howard and their Yearhead Ms McGowan for encouraging excellent attendance in school. 

Many thanks,

Deirdre Fitzgerald

Today marks the start of Happiness Week in our School! We have lots of activities planned to get our students into the festive spirit. Day 1 Schedule: Deck your Door Competition Riddle of the Day Find Jingles the Elf Hot Chocolate Class for 1st year students

The school is having a  Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for Laura Lynn, on Mon Dec 18th. If stu dents don’t have a Christmas jumper, no worries... they can just wear something red/green or simply decorate an old jumper with something festive like tinsel instead. You can wear your school tracksuit either and add a Santa hat, colourful hijab or red nails! Think festive! 

If anyone would like to make a donation online, the link is: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/MountCarmel . 

Many thanks

Dear Parents/Guardian,

Please see important from the HSE below and in the attached.

All children aged 2-17 can get the free flu vaccine.

The nasal flu vaccine is available until the middle of February 2024 for children aged 2-17. Participating GP practices and Pharmacies are giving the vaccine for free. It is given as a spray up the nose, there is no need for an injection. It is a safe, easy and pain free way to help protect children against flu this winter.

Flu can be serious in children

Children are twice as likely to get the flu then adults. While most children who get the flu will have mild symptoms, some children can get complications such as pneumonia or bronchitis and may need to go to hospital. Children, especially younger children, are also more likely than adults to get severe complications of flu. Flu can cause serious illness in children, and children with chronic health conditions are most at risk of severe complications of flu.

Symptoms of flu in children include

·          High temperature

·          Muscle pains

·          Headache

·          Extreme tiredness (fatigue)

Children also carry the flu virus in their system longer than adults do. They can spread the flu virus easily to other children, in day-care centres and schools, and to older and vulnerable people around them. Supporting the flu campaign this year The flu vaccine is the best protection we have against flu. We would appreciate it if you could help to promote flu facts and the vaccine with parents.

You may also find the following resources helpful:

·       HSE flu website: [www.hse.ie/flu]www.hse.ie/flu. It also contains further information about the flu vaccines available this year (including the injectable flu vaccines for adults) and all those who are recommended the flu vaccine

·       Information leaflet for parents (in English and translations available on the flu website): https://bit.ly/47EbLmy

·       Poster on the Children’s Flu vaccine (in English and Irish translation available on the flu website): https://bit.ly/3uEhM3S

As always, we thank you for your support for the flu vaccination programme.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Aparna Keegan

Consultant in Public Health Medicine (Chair of the HSE National Flu Steering Group)

National Immunisation Office MRCN 430289