Guidance for Children on their Data Protection Rights
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has produced three short guides for children on data protection and their rights under the GDPR. These guides are aimed mainly at children aged 13 and over, as this is the age at which children can begin signing up for many forms of social media on their own. The protection […]
Planet Youth Guidelines for Parents Booklet
For the past number of years, St Patrick’s College has worked with an organisation called Planet Youth. Planet Youth researches and offers help with health and life outcomes and has an excellent website which offers advice for students and parents. This website also shows the results of research carried out in schools in Mayo, Galway […]
Webwise Parent’s Hub
The Webwise Parents Hub provides free support for parents and guardians to help ensure their child has a safe, positive, experience online. Webwise provides important information and advice on various online safety topics. Webwise also provides information about popular apps that your child might be using. You can access the Webwise parent’s hub by clicking […]
Planet Youth Visit and Survey
The school was delighted to welcome Neil Wilson and Garda Sean from Planet Youth to talk with our Transition Year students today. The Planet Youth survey is a survey of the lives of young people in the west of Ireland. Transition Year students will shortly be bring home information about the survey to parents and […]
St Patrick’s College VS Ware App Information
Dear Parents, Our school will be using our VS Ware school app next year. It is a very easy way for you to get messages from the school. You can also use the app to explain absences and see school reports. The App is available to download from the App store and Play Store and […]
Connacht Champions – Well Done Girls!
Congratulations to our U 19 Girls soccer team who won the Connacht Final today after a hard fought victory over a very spirited and talented Foxford side. Strong performances all round from the team ably led by captain Ciara Mc Hale. Well done girls -we are so proud of you! A big thanks to the […]
Music Room Appeal
MUSICAL Over the past year the school has been working hard to develop a new music room and performance space for the budding musicians in our school. A new classroom has been developed upstairs in the sports hall and is now ready to go. We are making an appeal to the wider school community for […]
Mayo Youth Garda Awards
The Mayo Youth Garda Awards are now in their second year. It is a wonderful event which recognises the sometimes hidden work that some of our students do in the community on a voluntary and personal basis. The final date for completed nominations is Monday 16th December next at 6 pm. Nomination forms can be […]
Connacht U 19 Soccer Final
The very best of luck to the St Patrick’s College Girls U 19 Soccer team who play St Joseph’s Foxford on Thursday 12th December. The game is on in Milebush, Castlebar and kick off is at 11 am. Feel free to come over and support the girls if you have time to spare.
Storm Atiyah Information
Status Orange – Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick MET Eireann has issued the following wind warning for the Mayo area. The school will continue to monitor the situation and provide the community with information during the day/evening. Storm Atiyah (Ah-tee-ya) will track between Iceland and Ireland on […]