As you may know Minister for Education Norma Foley TD commenced the Primary Schoolbooks Scheme in September 2023 which provides schoolbooks, including workbooks and copybooks, for all children and young people in primary and special schools. This scheme will eliminate the cost to parents/guardians of providing these resources each year. For the 2024/25 school year funding is being provided directly to primary schools and special schools by the Department to implement the scheme and schools have responsibility for providing school books, workbooks and copybooks to all children and young people at the start of the school year. All school books will remain the property of the school so that they can be reused in future years. School books will be provided on loan to children and young people for the duration of the school year and must be returned to school at the end of the school year. Parents/Guardians are requested to remind their children and young people to take care of their schoolbooks and keep them in good condition during the year. It is not permitted to write on school books. For the 2025/26 school year parents/guardians will be required to purchase stationery items for their children. Please find attached on the booklist a list of items which you are required to purchase before the start of the school year.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Coleman
Principal
Booklists for September 2026
With the introduction of the free books scheme, parents are not required to buy any books or copies for the return to school. Parents are only asked to purchase the listed stationery for each class. There will be a fee of €100 for each pupil to cover all other expenses.
Uniforms:
The school uniform for children in Junior Infants up to 2nd class is a red sweatshirt with the school logo printed on it, a white polo shirt and either navy trousers or a skirt or pinafore.
The children in 3rd – 6th class wear our red v-neck Scoil Mhuire jumper with, again with a white polo shirt and either navy trousers or skirt.
Children should wear black or navy school shoes. All shoes should have Velcro fastenings in the Infant classes and for any child who cannot yet tie their own laces.
For all classes, the PE tracksuit is navy with a white polo shirt. The children must wear either the tracksuit top with the Scoil Mhuire logo or a plain navy top, with plain navy tracksuit bottoms and runners.
The sweatshirt, jumper and tracksuit top are available from The Schoolwear House – available online, www.schoolwearhouse.ie and in their shops at
- Unit D7 Ballymount Cross Industrial Estate, Ballymount, Dublin 24..
. The navy trousers, skirt, pinafore and tracksuit bottoms may be purchased from these shops or any other shop that sells uniforms (Dunnes, Marks & Spencer, Aldi, Tesco etc)
PLEASE PUT NAMETAGS ON ALL BELONGINGS – especially the jumpers. They all look the same and if your child loses one, we can usually only find it if the name is clearly marked on it.
Junior Sweatshirt
PE tracksuit top
Senior Jumper
Primary School Shankill, Dublin 18