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Published: 02 December 2024

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Published: 02 December 2024

Winter health advice from the HSE

As winter is here, most children will end up picking up common viral infectious illnesses such
as colds. You can find tips on dealing with these situations below and on how to reduce the
risk of infection.

1. Vaccination
Making sure your child is up to date on all recommended vaccinations helps to:
- stop your child getting the infection they are vaccinated against, and
- make them less likely to be unwell if they do get an infection.
Kid’s nasal flu vaccine
Children are twice as likely as adults to catch the flu. That's why all children aged 2 to 17 can
get their free nasal spray flu vaccine. It is a safe and effective way to protect them and the
rest of your family too. Go to hse.ie/flu for information on how to get the children’s flu
vaccine.
Children who are immunocompromised are also able to get a COVID-19 autumn booster.
Routine childhood vaccinations
Routine childhood vaccinations protect against many significant viral and bacterial infections.
Contact your GP if your child missed out on any of the routine childhood vaccines which take
place in 5 visits from age 2 months to 13 months. Find out more about childhood
vaccinations here.
Measles
Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are needed for the best
protection – the first is usually given at 12 months of age and the second when your child is
at junior infants stage. Catch-up vaccines are available from participating GPs if your child is
older than junior infants and has not received two doses of MMR vaccine.

2. Remind kids of the basics
- Cover coughs and sneezes
- Keep hands clean
Remind your child how to wash their hands (see video) and cover coughs and sneezes (see
picture). These simple practices may have been forgotten but they make a huge difference
in helping to stop the spread of infection. This helps protect more vulnerable people at home,
including newborn babies, those who are pregnant or immunocompromised.
Pack some tissues in your child’s school bag and make sure they know to throw used ones
in the bin.
There are posters available for schools on washing hands and covering coughs and
sneezes.

Read more: Winter Health Advice

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Published: 09 September 2024

The HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast has returned with a ‘Back to School’ theme, focussing on providing support to parents as young people return to school. 

Our recent episodes include ‘Back to School’, ‘Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids’, and ‘Screen Time for Young People’. These episodes provide useful tips and advice for parents and caregivers of young people on a variety of topics that families face and are available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and on the HSE Health and Wellbeing YouTube Channel.

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Published: 19 June 2024

Congratulations to our 6th class who graduated yesterday. We wish them all the very best for the future. Here is their graduation video which has some nice memories of their time in Our Lady of Lourdes.

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Published: 28 May 2024

Our Lady of Lourdes has achieved an SFI Curious Minds Award Gold Award. Our school has been engaging in STEM in the following areas:

1. Science
2. Technology
3. Engineering
4. Maths
5. STEM Showcase

Here is some feedback from the Judges on our Log of Evidence:

Congratulations to all in Our Lady Of Lourdes N S on achieving your SFI Curious Minds Gold award. Your log was clearly laid out and reveals a high level of engagement by classes in STEM. Well done on the school’s participation with the VEX robots, Young Engineers and Lego Learn It projects. What a wonderful opportunity for learners to link up with a local third level university and learn from those studying at that level. So interesting to learn how to extract DNA from a banana. The Climate change posters were excellent. So important that learners can understand and help mitigate against climate change. Best of luck to 5th class in the ESB Science Blast competition. They have had a very busy year. Well done.