Wellbeing
The health and wellbeing of everyone in Sligo Grammar School has become central to school life. The Department of Education and Science acknowledges the importance of wellbeing in our lives and has introduced Wellbeing as a core part of the curriculum. In Sligo Grammar School we endeavour to focus on good physical and mental health throughout the school year. As part of this we celebrate the diversity, talents and abilities of our students by holding special events such as “Diversity Week”, Seachtain na Gaeilge, talent shows and concerts. We also highlight health and wellbeing issues through our dedicated focus weeks such as Mental Health week and whole-school activities such as the annual whole-school walk to Doorley park. Our students are also very involved in promoting a healthy lifestyle and good mental health. Fund-raisers and Awareness Activities are part and parcel of their education, often through subjects such as SPHE and LCVP.
2021 2022
Wellbeing is a relatively new subject at Junior level and for the past number of years, Sligo Grammar School has been very active in promoting Wellbeing and good mental health. Dedicated “feel-good” weeks have been a regular part of the school year. These have included week-long celebrations of Creativity, Culture, Diversity and Positive Mental Health. Fancy Dress days , whole-school walks and fundraisers have also featured in recent years.
At the end of the year different class groups were taken on a day trip to mark the end of Covid restrictions and a chance at last to just enjoy one another’s company.
TAYTO PARK!
Ist YEAR DAY OUT
Diversity Day is a great favourite and 2021 saw a great Diversity Day for all
DIVERSITY DAY 2022
On April 1st Sligo Grammar School held a special day-long event to celebrate the wonderful diversity within our school. The day saw activities and events designed to highlight and enjoy the diverse cultures within SGS. There were special “international” table quizzes held for the First and Second year students, organised and overseen by Mr Tiearney, ably helped by the TY students. The day was nominated a non-uniform day with whole school encouraged to dress in blue and yellow in support of the people of Ukraine. Every member of the school community contributed €2 to the Red Cross to help in its work in Ukraine. The main event was an International Cultural Exposition in the school gym. Stalls were set up by the different cultural groups within the school, highlighting the food, music, dance, costume, language and culture of their nations. We had 42 countries represented from all continents. Every class had a time slot to visit the exhibition and sample the food on offer. Mr O’Donnell and the Music Dept made sure that there was musical entertainment to accompany the festivities. The day was a great success, not least because it brought with it a sense of getting back to normal after two years of restrictions. Thanks to Ms McGuinness, Mia Sawai Brandon and Anushka Pathak for organising the day and thanks also to all the many helpers they had on the day itself.
Dressing up is always fun and SGS has many different dress-up days during the year.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
FANCY DRESS FUNDRAISER:
JERSEY DAY
2020 – 2021
Jack Donaghy is a third year student and he has been researching a CSPE project on drugs and drug awareness.
Hi my name Jack and I am from 3C. My class and I have decided to do our CSPE project on “Drugs and Drug Awareness” knowing, as we do, how drugs affect individuals and families. We also acknowledge the safety the Gardaì try to bring to Ireland in the fight against drugs and the work they do in educating us about the dangers of drugs. Read my report HERE
MANAGING COVID 19 IN SGS
Jack Donaghy is a third year student and he has been researching a CSPE project on drugs and drug awareness.
Summer 2020 was a busy time in SGS as our caretakers pulled out all the stops to get the school ready for the return to classes. Both the boarding and day schools have had to be re-organised, with a lot of changes made in order to adhere to Public Health Covid 19 guidelines. A huge thank you goes to the caretakers, management and office staff for the work they did right throughout the summer while students and teaching staff were on their school holidays. As well as lots of new hand sanitisers situated all round the school, there are temperature gauges at the main entrances, two isolation rooms, and a new matron’s surgery in the school block. A one-way system has been laid out around the school and the classrooms have been cleared of all extra furniture with single desks replacing the double desks so that a one-metre distance can be maintained between students. Years 1 to 4 are now in base classrooms in order to restrict movement and maintain as much social distancing as feasibly possible. In order to enable this the Library and Khansama have been converted into classrooms for the year. Some photos of the school can be seen HERE.
View our Covid19 policies HERE