See below for some great news from Pieta about the Amber Flag Awards 2020, and a message from Ms. Walsh. Well done to all involved.
We, at Pieta, are delighted to inform you that your school has been awarded with the Amber Flag! 
We would like to thank the Amber Flag Committee for their commitment and dedication to promoting Positive Mental Health in your school this year. As you know in order to receive a Pieta Amber Flag you have to set and achieve goals throughout the year and our team found your application to be an outstanding initiative promoting positive mental health. We are truly overwhelmed with the amazing initiatives being run in schools this year. You are all a credit to your school.
We know how difficult the last few months have been and we are so thankful that you were able to achieve your goals either in person or “virtually”. We understand it’s been a trying time for the Amber Flag Committee but we hope that you can look back on your achievements throughout the year and be grateful of the time you spent together and the goals you’ve accomplished! Don’t underestimate the positive impact that your work has had this year. We, here at Pieta, certainly don’t.
Attached are certificates for the Amber Flag Committee that you can edit the names and forward them to everyone, if you wish. There is also a certificate for your school that we hope you will display to show your great achievements. We are hoping to send the physical flags once we get back from working remotely, hopefully this will be in September so thank you for your understanding.
Again, well done to all of you. Pieta’s Amber Flag Team hope that you are proud of all your accomplishments this year, especially in spite of the current situation. We certainly are!
Kindest regards,
The Pieta Amber Flag Team
A message from Ms Walsh
Well done to all of our Amber Flag Agents for their hard work this year in helping to promote positive mental health in our school.
Some of the fantastic activities they came up with included:
Regularly updating our amber flag notice board with upcoming events and inspiring quotes
Confidence building activities which all agents brought back to their classroom teachers
A Christmas Wellness Challenge where the team set specific challenges for children to complete every day of the week including reflect on something positive from 2019, get out in to nature and hug our loved ones
A selection of well-being activities for well-being week including meditation, mindfulness, yoga and fun boot camp
A ‘This is Me’ display on our notice board celebrating our individuality
Instead of regular homework that week they suggested pupils carry out random acts of kindness
Our annual Pieta House fundraising event which was a pyjama and slipper day
Only recently a decicion was made to create a ‘caught being kind’ wall where people were going to be invited to write up times when someone was kind to them or if they saw random acts of kindness being carried out; and lots of other wonderful ideas for the final term which, unfortunately, we never got to complete.
A big thank you to all of our agents for their positivity and for being wonderful role models.
Abbey Scott in 6th class from Ms L O’ Neill’s class
Alannah Brennan in 6th class from Mr. Donal Ryan’s class
Aoife Foran in 6th class from Mr. O’ Grady’s class
Ruby Fitzpatrick in 6th class from Mr. O’ Neill’s class
Cian Corrigan in 5th class from Ms. N O’ Neill’s class
Mikey O’ Meara in 5th class from Mr. Downe’s class
Tara Preston in 5th class from Ms. O’ Reilly’s class
Alex Cleary in 4th class from ms. Woods’ class
Alex Pepper in 4th class from Ms. O’ Leary’s class
Daniel Slater in 4th class from Ms. Monaghan’s class
Cillian Richardson in 3rd class from Ms. Heffernan’s class
Isabelle O’ Meara in 3rd class from Mr. Henry’s class
Lauren Cole in 3rd class from Ms. O’ Connor’s class
Max Richardson in 3rd class from Ms. Kelly’s class
