Dear Parents, 
On Thursday, 12 March, the government announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ireland.  Effective immediately until 29 March, all primary schools in Ireland will be closed.
This important and timely decision, in light of a growing public health crisis, is welcome.  You will have received an email from the school with suggestions of work from class teachers and we would also like to draw your attention to our twitter page @stjosephsbrobe.  This can also be seen this page of our website on the right hand side below.
​Stay safe and please follow all guidelines from the professionals.  We look forward to seeing everyone on our return.

Wishing all the fifth and sixth class pupils the very best of luck tomorrow.  They will be confirmed in St. Mary's Church by the Archbishop.  We hope you all have a lovely day.
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Read all about what's going on in our classrooms on our class blogs page: www.stjosephsballinrobe.net/class-blogs.html

 Brilliant work done by all for SID 2020.  We had poster competitions, singing, dancing, powerpoints,  discussions and lots more.  We learned all about cyber safety from our community guard and we all know how to keep ourselves safe online. 
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 Please be advised that the school will close on February 20th and 21st for mid term break

​Look at all the superstar athletes who competed in the Mayo Indoor Athletic competition in Athlone last Sunday, February 9th.
Lots of children won medals in relays, sprints, hurdles, long jump, high jump and shot putt!
Such a talented bunch!

We are extremely fortunate to be able to play a wide range of sports!  Tag Rugby is one of our favourites.

We are preparing for SID 2020 by organising a range of activities.  We thoroughly enjoyed the informative talk given by community garda John Monaghan today.  Read more about keeping children safe online here: www.webwise.ie/parents/