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Welcome to our School!

Welcome to the website of Ardfield National School. We hope this site will be of great benefit to our parents, guardians and friends.

We are a rural, co-educational school located in Ardfield, five minutes from the heart of Clonakilty and five minutes from the sea at Red Strand Beach. Our new five room school extension is completed and opened its doors for the first time in September 2013. Our school is a hive of active learning and creativity where each child is truly treated as an individual and is central to the learning process. 

All of our school policies and curricular plans are all available to view in our Downloads section. These policies and plans are reviewed regularly by staff and the Board of Management. Your suggestions and comments about these policies are always welcome. 

We hope that, through our Website, we will give a glimpse of our busy and varied life here at Ardfield National School. We would like you to browse our Website to get a taste of Scoil an Áird. The pages detail lots of our work and life here.

A new Montessori School - Bright Beginnings opened on the grounds of Ardfield National School in September 2013. There are places available for 2 1/2 - 6 year olds. Places can be booked by contacting Carmel O'Donovan of Brittas, Ardfield on 086-2638104. For more information please see the Montessori's own page on this web-site.

Please note: The school facilitates parents and children by making rooms available for activities outside of school hours conducted by private individuals who are Independent Contractors. These activities are not part of the school curriculum and are not regulated by the school which only provides facilities to enable these independent contractors and parents to make arrangements between themselves. Parents discharge any fees payable directly to the independent contractor who is responsible for all aspects of the service provided. Contractors have their own insurance. While the school makes every effort to facilitate all parties, neither the Board of Management of the school nor the trustees of the Parish can accept any liability whatsoever for any matter arising in connection with such activities or in neglect or in default of any such independent contractor whatsoever.

Mission Statement

Scoil an Áird is a co-educational, Catholic, primary school which strives to provide a well-ordered, caring, happy and secure environment where the intellectual, spiritual, physical, moral and cultural needs of the pupils are identified and addressed.

While Scoil an Áird is a school with a Catholic ethos, it also has due recognition for all other religions.

Scoil an Áird will strive to promote, both individually and collectively, the professional and personal development of teachers through staff development programmes.

Scoil an Áird will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school contacts and through their involvement in the Scoil an Áird Parents Association.

Scoil an Áird will endeavour to enhance the self-esteem of everyone in the school community, to instil in the pupils respect for people and property and to encourage in them the idea of being responsible.

Scoil an Áird will always be aware of, and endeavour to respond to, the special needs of the physically and mentally challenged pupils.

Scoil an Áird will promote gender equity amongst the teachers and pupils.

Beidh béim faoi leith ar an nGaeilge sa scoil.

Our school Mottos is –

BTBICB

(Be the Best I can Be)

Staffing Organisation

Ardfield National School is a mixed, rural school with an enrolment of 77 children. We have four mainstream class teachers and both a learning support and resource teacher. Our current staffing arrangement is listed below.

Principal: Ms. Órla Whelton

Jnr/Snr Infants : Ms. Jenny Reid

1st/2nd : Ms. AnnMarie O'Sullivan

3rd/4th: Ms AnnMarie O Keeffe

5th, 6th : Ms. Orla Whelton

Support Teachers : Ms. Elaine McGoldrick

SNA: Ms. Liz Lovell and Ms. Viola O'Donovan

Secretary: Carmel O'Donovan

Board of Management: Chairperson David O'Brien, Principal Orla Whelton, Jenny Reid ,Keela Ledwige Hodgins, Denis White, Carey Pettit-Mee, and Michael Feen.

School Hours

School Open to Receive Pupils: 9.00am

Classes Begin: 9.20am

Roll Call:10.00am

Break: 10.55-11.10am

Lunch: 12.30-1.00pm (Healthy Lunch Policy in Operation)

Dismissal of Infants: 2.00pm

General Dismissal: 3.00pm

School Uniform

Mon/Tues/Thurs: School Uniform - Crested navy sweater or cardigan, white polo shirt, grey trousers, skirt or pinafore, white socks. Suitable footwear.

Weds/Fri: School Tracksuit - yellow polo shirt, green crested tracksuit, Footwear suitable for sport.

All available for purchase In Tara's Childrenswear, Clonakilty. Tara's is now selling the uniform on her website and offering a click and collect service.www.taraschildrenswear.com