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17/11/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 17th November 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/11/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM AGM Minutes 22nd November 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     10/11/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 10th November 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     27/10/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 27th October 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     26/10/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management Meeting 26th October 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     23/10/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM School Holidays 2011/2011 View Details View Attachment   School Holidays 2011/2011     20/10/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 20th October 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     13/10/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 13th October 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     06/10/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 6th October 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     29/09/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 29th September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     26/09/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Information and Communications Technology (ICT) View Details No Attachment   Information and Communications Technology (ICT)… Now that your children return has returned to school you will notice each class has new interactive laptops in place thanks to Dept. of Education ICT grant and a €2000 donation from Bons Secour. These new workstations will enhance your child’s learning environment. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Eugene Grant, our main ICT support member for all his voluntary work over the last 4 years. Eugene has now left us as his daughter has started secondary school. If interested in sharing you IT skills with this busy team please email ithelpdesk@get.ie. ICT Team: Adrian, John & David     26/09/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM BOM Situations Vacant 2011 ~ 2015 View Details No Attachment   BOM Situations Vacant (6 voluntary places starting December 2011): Our school patron Educate Together have started the process of appointing a new BOM to take over the management of your school once our term runs out next November. So I am making this call to all parents/guardians/grandparents and members of the school community; Do you feel that you could give up maybe 8/10 hours each month? Have the energy / expertise / skill set to help guide the next BOM be that as Chairperson, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Parent Rep, E.T. Rep, or Community Rep. Maybe also head one of our important sub committees ranging from Political Lobbying, New School Building to Information Technology. Should you have any queries, please contact our ET Volunteer Officer, Sarah Williams, on 01 429 2500 or volunteer@educatetogether.ie, also look for information regarding the role of the BOM on our website www.get.ie     22/09/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 22nd September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     21/09/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management Meeting 21st September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     15/09/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 15th September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     08/09/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 8th September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     01/09/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 1st September 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 1st Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 2nd Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 4th Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 6th Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ Senior Infants View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 5th Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/08/2011 By: Attracta Principal Booklists for 2011/12 ~ 3rd Class View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     30/06/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Board of Management BOM update… View Details No Attachment   Board of Management BOM update… As we come to the end of another school year it’s always a good time to recognise the great contributions of many within our school community. We value all of this support. Of particular note:- The committed staff who work with our children day in day out. People who generously bring their own personality and passion to our children in an effort to further whet their appetite for learning within and beyond the curriculum, within and beyond the school day. The parents, especially those who volunteer to assist our children in a variety of ways from raising funds at the Autumn Fair, to encouraging their creativeness at Art Day, to accompanying them on school walks/tours, by maintaining our computer hardware & software, carrying out repairs in school and developing the garden to further improve their environment. Thanks also to our very active PTA for the significant time they quietly invest on all our behalf’s. The children for their friendships and kindnesses to each other that contribute to the great atmosphere in school. You are great ambassadors for us all and it is not surprising that there are such long waiting lists of children who would love to join our school! Our neighbours for their continued support at the Autumn Fair, for holding keys and for other financial donations (i.e. Bons Secour). We are very grateful for your support. We wish our 6th class every success in the next stage of your lives. We celebrate your successful end of primary education. We hope you remember your friends at GET and that you keep in touch with us through future events in our school life. Perhaps some of you would consider setting up a Past Pupils Committee to maintain this contact and support each other in the years ahead? We look forward to watching our school grow as we welcome our new Junior Infants in September. As our school develops it is important to remember why we chose Glasnevin Educate Together for our children and the importance of a ‘partnership approach’ in bringing our children through their primary education. We’re more dependent than ever on parents support and have been extremely fortunate with the level of support we’ve received to date. However, please don’t assume someone else will do what is required. Perhaps they already have over the past few years and now it’s your turn! So, whether you volunteer out of a sense of interest, duty or guilt please don’t leave it up to someone else. We’d love to hear from you. It’s ultimately in the interest of your children. BOM Situations Vacant (6 voluntary places starting December 2011): Our school patron Educate Together have started the process of appointing a new BOM to take over the management of your school once our term runs out next November. So I am making this call to all parents/guardians/grandparents and members of the school community; Do you feel that you could give up maybe 8/10 hours each month? Have the energy / expertise / skill set to help guide the next BOM be that as Chairperson, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Parent Rep, E.T. Rep, or Community Rep. Maybe also head one of our important sub committees ranging from Political Lobbying, New School Building to Information Technology. Should you have any queries, please contact our ET Volunteer Officer, Sarah Williams, on 01 429 2500 or volunteer@educatetogether.ie. YOUR SCHOOL NEEDS YOU! David Kennedy Ralph Chairperson GETNS On behalf of your school Board of Management     23/06/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter; 23rd June 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/06/2011 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 16th June 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/06/2011 By: Aíne 2nd Class 2nd Class Play ~ Wednesday 22nd of June View Details No Attachment   All parents of 2nd class pupils are invited to come see our play 'Alas in Blunderland' next Wednesday 22nd of June at 1.30p.m in our classroom. We look forward to sharing our drama with you all.     16/06/2011 By: Sorcha Junior Infants JUNIOR INFANTS INFORMATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2011 View Details View Attachment   JUNIOR INFANTS INFORMATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2011 Children will need a small schoolbag (with just enough room for a copy and a lunch box) and a lunch box. (No wheels on bag please). Please have all required copies and Junior Grip pencils (triangular shape) for the first day of school. CHILDREN IN JUNIOR INFANTS WILL GO HOME AT 12 NOON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16th They will finish school everyday at 1.30pm. starting on Monday 19th September Please label all of the following with your child's name on the cover. 4 x Blank Practice Copy Book (Copybook with blank pages) 3 x Project Copy Book (Top blank, bottom extra wide ruled) (i.e. ASXP15) 3 x Junior Sum Copy 20mm squares 2 x Large Scrapbook (bigger than A4 size please) 2 x A4 plastic (envelope type) folders 1 long sleeved full body waterproof apron/bib (sleeves very important) for painting and water play. For school: Pencil case, triangular pencil (labelled with child's name) At home: Access to colours (crayons or colouring pencils), triangular pencil     15/06/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management Meeting 15th June 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     09/06/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 9th June 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   26/05/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 26th May 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   25/05/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management Meeting 25th May 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     19/05/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 19th May 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   12/05/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 12th May 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   05/05/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 5th May 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   14/04/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 14th April 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   13/04/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management Meeting 13th April 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     07/04/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 7th April 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   31/03/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 31st Mar 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   15/03/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of BOM meeting 15th March 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     10/03/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 10th Mar 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   03/03/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 3rd Mar 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   17/02/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 17th Feb 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   10/02/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 10th Feb 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   04/02/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Urgent ~ Election Time 1 ~ Please print and display this Poster for Politicians calling during election time View Details View Attachment   Please Print Attachment ~ 1. Put the poster (on colour paper if possible) in a prominent position on a front window / front door where it will be immediately noticeable to any canvassers coming to their door, whether they’re at home or not 2. Bring up the issue of the school accommodation to any canvasser who calls and make it clear that this is an extremely important issue for them and will help inform their voting choices     04/02/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Urgent ~ Election Time 2 ~ Please print and give this Letter to your local Politicians during election time View Details View Attachment   Please Print Attachment ~ 1. Make a number of copies of the letter and have them on hand for when canvassers call 2. Bring up the issue of the school accommodation to any canvasser who calls and make it clear that this is an extremely important issue for them and will help inform their voting choices 3. Give a copy of the letter to all canvassers to take away with them     27/01/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 27th Jan 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   19/01/2011 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of BOM meeting 19th January 2011 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     13/01/2011 By: Principal  Thursday Newsletter 13th Jan 2011 View Details View Attachment Edit Please view Attachment   16/12/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 16th Dec 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     13/12/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of BOM Minutes 13th December View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     09/12/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 9th Dec 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/11/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 25th Nov 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     18/11/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 18th Nov 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/11/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of AGM 16th November 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/11/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11th Nov 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     08/11/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management meeting November 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     04/11/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 4th Nov 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     21/10/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 21st Oct 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     20/10/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management meeting October 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     07/10/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 7th Oct 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     30/09/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 30th Sept 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/09/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM School Hoildays 2010-11 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     23/09/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 23rd Sept 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     20/09/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management meeting September 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/09/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 16th Sept 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     09/09/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 9th Sept 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     21/06/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management meeting June 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     10/06/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 10th June 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/05/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 25th May 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     07/05/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Interactive White Boards, & After School Club View Details No Attachment   Good News from your Board of Management (BoM) Interactive White Boards, & After School Club We received an IT related grant earlier in the year to assist with the purchase of White Boards for each classroom. As of next week all classrooms will have their own Interactive White Board, a great achievement for our school. A big thank you to all who helped over the last two years, to raise the extra funds needed to make this happen. Based on this information it was decided at the BoM meeting in March to change the roll of our existing computer lab into a resource room and increase the number of PC’s in each classroom to 4 along with the new Interactive White Board. This new resource room is now equipped with an Interactive White Board, 5 pc’s and a colour printer. It will be available from 9.10 am to 1.30 pm each day for both the children from the ALC and small groups from each class to do project work. The After School Club will have sole use of this room from 1.30 to 2.30 pm each day. This club is a valuable resource for all parents with children in both Junior and Senior Infants. The BoM are delighted to once again to be able to give the space needed for this club to be run on our school grounds.     06/05/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 6th May 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     29/04/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 29th April 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     22/04/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 22th April 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     16/04/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Minutes of Board of Management meeting March 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/03/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 25th Mar 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     24/03/2010 By: Attracta Principal Multicultural Day View Details No Attachment   4th class are working on a project on France for the upcoming Multicultural day on the 16th of April. If parents have any maps, photographs, information etc. that they feel would help 4th class with their project we would be grateful if you could drop them in to us. We are really looking forward to what should be a great project and brilliant day!     18/03/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 18th March 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/03/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11th March 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     04/03/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 4th March 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/02/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 25th February 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     07/02/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM Offer of Junior Infants school places for September 2010 View Details No Attachment   I will start making offers of school places for children starting in Junior Infants September 2010 shortly. This process will last until the end of April. Regards, David Chairperson BOM     04/02/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 4th February 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     01/02/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM €2000 Collected for Haiti!. View Details No Attachment   €2000 Collected for Haiti. The Student Council with some help from teachers John, Clare, the PTA and getting parents to bake, orginised a cake bake for Haiti. This is the first event that the SC have ran and it was a run away success. Well done to all involved. David Chairperson BOM     29/01/2010 By: David Chairperson BoM The Student Council have organised a cake sale for Haiti. View Details No Attachment   The Student Council in the school have got agreement to have a cake sale event this week for Haiti. This cake sale will take place in the school at 1.30pm on Friday 29th January in Clare’s room (senior infants). Any parent who would like to bake / donate cakes for this very worthy cause may leave the cakes in the temporary spare room (black door of main building just inside the small entrance gate) on Friday morning. Parents are very welcome to attend the cake sale as are all pupils in the school. All proceeds will be sent to CONCERN for the relief of earthquake victims.     28/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Junior Infants update View Details No Attachment   All the boys and girls in Junior Infants love coming to school everyday. In the morning we have activity time when we get to try out different role play areas, sand play, maths games, art activities, small world and time on the computer. We love all the subjects we are learning and experiencing, we get to read and write stories, explore objects, sing and dance and do experiments. Very shortly we will post up some photos of what we've made and some poems we've written, we hope you will like them.     28/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 28th Janurary 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     22/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Haiti Disaster View Details No Attachment   The pupils of the school have asked that we fund raise for the victims of the searthquake in Haiti. We are asking fo 1 Euro from parents who wish to contribute to this very needy cause. It is totally voluntary. All proceeds will be forwarded to Concern Regards Attracta     22/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Drama Group Workshop and show View Details No Attachment   All the children in 1st 2nd and 3rd classes participated in Cups and Crowns Drama group's workshops and show on Thursday in the new upstairs classroom. For further details of this group please see www.cupsandcrowns.ie. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were a wonderfully appreciative audience.     21/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 21st Janurary 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     14/01/2010 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 14th Janurary 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     17/12/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 17th December 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     10/12/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 10th December 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     03/12/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 3rd December 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     26/11/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 26th November 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     17/11/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 17th November 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     12/11/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 12th November 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     22/10/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 15th October 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     15/10/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 15th October 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     08/10/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 8th October 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     01/10/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 1st October 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     01/10/2009 By: David Chairperson BoM Extra Curricular 1st term 2009/2010 View Details No Attachment   Extra curricular classes in French are starting on Wednesday 14th October and our teacher is from Alliance Française. These classes will be running for 12 weeks at a cost of €75 for the first child and a reduced price for the 2nd child. Class times are: 1.40pm – 2.25pm Junior and Senior Infants 2.40pm – 3.25pm 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes. 3.30pm – 4.25pm 4th, 5th and 6th classes. Parental supervision is a requirement for all extra curricular activities and you will be expected to be available for two of these classes. Please complete the permission slip below. Pupils who are interested in being part of a school choir (from 3rd through to 6th class) please complete the permission slip below. Classes are on Mondays 2.45pm – 3.45pm and start on Monday 5th October. Chess classes will recommence next week on Tuesday 6th October and Thursday 8th October with John at 2.30pm – 3.30pm. Classes on Tuesdays are for beginners and on Thursdays for more advanced players. Again, please complete the permission slip below. I would be interested in my child attending French Classes on Wednesdays: Child’s Name: _____________________________ Class: _____________________________ Class Time: _____________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature: _____________________________ Contact Details: _____________________________ Email Address: _____________________________ Date _____________________________ Payment €75 euro attached ____ I would be interested in my child attending Choir Classes on Mondays: Child’s Name: _____________________________ Class: _____________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature: _____________________________ Contact Details: _____________________________ Email Address: _____________________________ Date _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ I would be interested in my child attending Chess Classes: Child’s Name: _____________________________ Class: _____________________________ Tuesdays (beginners) or ____ Wednesdays (more advanced) ____ Parent/Guardian Signature: _____________________________ Contact Details: _____________________________ Email Address: _____________________________ Date _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________     24/09/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 24th September 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     17/09/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 17th September 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     10/09/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 10th September 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     03/09/2009 By: David Chairpersion BOM School Holidays 2009 ~ 2010 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     03/09/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 3rd September 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     25/06/2009 By: David Chairperson BoM News from the Board View Details No Attachment   News from the Board Policy Information The following polices are available on our website @ www.get.ie under management/policies • Updated Pre Enrolment & Enrolment policy ~ 1. When is the school full?: sets an upper limit for our school pupil numbers 2. Provision for children who are adopted: when places are been offered. • Updated Positive Behaviour policy – 1. Sanctions, extra point no.9. ‘Letter of Apology’ 2. Suspension, for clarity we now list the 3 different levels of seriousness with the Procedure, Offence and Consequence for each one. • New policy: Critical Incidence Policy, defines how the school should deal with any critical incidence on occurrence. Some news on our search for a new location: We have put made a submission to the DoES (Department of Education & Science) for the old Printworks site to include one of the two proposed national schools for the Phibsboro area and stating our case for our school to be considered for this. During the last election a number of parents in the area answered the call and asked the local candidates about our school and lack of space etc. As a result of this we got a positive response on the possible use of the old Fisheries Board buildings. Our New Schools committee is now following this up. Unfortunately, the possibility of land being made available at the Mount Temple site has not come to fruition and this avenue is now closed. Classroom News Due to the small size of our current sixth classroom (which has 13 pupils), we have had to apply for an extra portacabin to house next years 6th class which will rise to approx. 27 pupils. The 4th class portacabin will be replaced by a two-storey unit. We are hoping to carry out some alterations in the main building this autumn to increase the size of the current 3rd and 5th classrooms in order to facilitate our growing class size numbers which will be on average 27 pupils from September 2009. Recent meeting with the Student Council Last week I met with the 12 members of the Student Council and it was a very positive and up-beat meeting. It was great to meet with such enthusiastic students who represent the voices from Junior Infants right through to 6th class and ALC. One of the main ideas that came out the meeting was to set up sports teams to compete with other schools such as Basketball and Tag Rugby. So hopefully in the Autumn, you’ll hear more on this theme. On behalf of the Board we would like to thank the students, their teachers, parents and guardians for all your hard work and support throughout the school year. Enjoy the summer break and we’ll see you all on Monday August 31st. David Kennedy Ralph Chairperson BOM     18/06/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 18th June 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/06/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11thJune 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     28/05/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 28th May 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     21/05/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 21st May 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     15/05/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 14th May 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     07/05/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 7th May 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     30/04/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 30th April 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     23/04/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 23rd April 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     19/03/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 19th March 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     12/03/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 12th March 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     05/03/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 5th March 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     26/02/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 26th February 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     19/02/2009 By: David Chairpersion BOM Minutes of Board of Management meeting 10th December 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     18/02/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 18th February 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     12/02/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 12th February 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/02/2009 By: Attracta Principal Annual School Walk 2009 View Details No Attachment   A school walk will be held on Wednesday 11th February. Children will receive sponsorship cards. This annual Fund Raising Event is required to supplement the D.E.S. grants which are insufficient to run the school. I’m sure you and your families will be as generous as possible.     05/02/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 5th February 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     29/01/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 29th January 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     22/01/2009 By: Attracta Principal Extra Curricular Activities 2009 View Details No Attachment   The extra curricular activities organised so far in the school are: Monday 1.45 – 2.30 Mini Tennis Coaching JI & SI Tennis Ireland Indoor Centre, DCU Albert College 1st class to 6th class can be arranged on demand Contact Tara on 085 1179067 for full details Tuesday 2.30 – 3.30 Tin Whistle Wednesday 1.40 – 2.20 French JI & SI 2.40 – 3.25 French 1st, 2nd & 3rd 3.30 – 4.15 French 4th, 5th & 6th 2.30 – 3.30 Chess (advanced) Thursday 2.30 – 3.30 Catholic Religion 5th & 6th 2.30 – 3.30 Chess (beginners) Friday 2.30 – 3.30 Catholic Religion 1st & 2nd We are seeking a qualified teacher to teach Arts & Crafts to children after school.     22/01/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 22nd January 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     22/01/2009 By: Attracta Principal Dublin City Council Art Competition winners 2009 View Details No Attachment   We are delighted to announce that 2 pupils in 1st class, Robert and Lola are prizewinners in Dublin City Council Art Competition at Ballymun Pool. They will be awarded with their prizes today. Robert won a bike and Lola won an underwater game. Well done both of you!     21/01/2009 By: Aideen Chairperson PTA Parent Teacher Association Minutes 5th January 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     19/01/2009 By: David Chairperson BoM The Future of Our School... is in Your hands View Details No Attachment   Following on from the Board of Management’s AGM on the 18th November, we are now channeling our energies into campaigning for a new school as we have now run out of space on our current site which is inadequate for our needs. As a school, we want to expand to become a dual stream school, i.e. 2 classes of each year but these plans will have to be put on hold until a proper site and school are provided for by the Dept. of Education & Science DoES. In September 2007, the DoES gave us an undertaking that they would source a 3 acre site for our school. A site was identified on Glasnevin Hill but was deemed unsuitable by The Office of Public Works when a survey was carried out earlier this year. We have in the last few weeks received a letter from the DoES stating that in the current economic climate, they are now unable to indicate as to when they will be able to purchase a site for our school. To try and move this issue on, we have launched a letter writing campaign to lobby our local public representatives. A sample letter can be downloaded from our website at http://www.get.ie/home.asp . To be affective, we need all 161 families in the school to get their family and friends to download this letter and send it to our local public representatives. A list of local representatives is attached with the sample letter. Our Principal Attracta, Educate Together Rep. Geraldine and I from the Board along with Gerry McKevett from Educate Together, met with local FF Representative, Minister of State & Government Chief Whip Pat Carey TD on Friday 21st November last in The Department of An Taoiseach. At this meeting we were able to explain the current situation with our school and also the fact that we still do not hold permanent recognition. We also presented a petition to the Minister, which was signed by the parent body of the school. We also met with Rosín Shorthall from The Labour Party who gave a positive contribution on the day. We are putting together a committee to keep up the momentum. So if you feel you have some spare time and are willing to lend a hand in the future of your school please drop your name into Karen in the school office or to myself at bom@get.ie. I will keep you updated when we have more information.     15/01/2009 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 15th January 2009 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/12/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11th December 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     04/12/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 4th December 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     03/12/2008 By: Carl Chairperson PTA Parent Teacher Association Minutes 5th November 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     02/12/2008 By: Aideen Chairperson PTA Parent Teacher Association Minutes 2nd December 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     27/11/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 27th November 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     20/11/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 20th November 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     20/11/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM Document to send to local TDs ~ Permanent Recognition and Site Acquisition for Glasnevin Educate Together National School ~ Please open attachement print off and send one to each of your local TDs View Details View Attachment   Please open attachement print off and send one to each of your local TDs. ~ Permanent Recognition and Site Acquisition for Glasnevin Educate Together National School     13/11/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 13th November 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     06/11/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 6th November 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     21/10/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 21st October 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/10/2008 By: Attracta Principal Mathematics Week View Details No Attachment   Mathematics Week is from 11th – 18th October 2008. Details are on www.mathsweek.ie. We will be focusing on maths in a fun way for the week in the school.     09/10/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 9th October 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     02/10/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 2nd October 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     28/09/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM Commercial Free School View Details No Attachment   The school was awarded a Framed Certificate by the President of the I.N.T.O on Friday night for being a Commercial Free School. We are one of 13 schools who have been so acknowledged. This is a great achievement considering the fact that there are 2000 primary schools in the country.     25/09/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM 2nd level Educate Together Schools View Details No Attachment   We had a very successful day of agitation for 2nd level Educate Together Schools to be set up by the government. We collected 192 signatures (well done everyone). They were forwarded to Educate Together. Joe Costello T.D (The Labour Party) attended and met all the children. He has agreed to pursue the issue of permanent location for our school. Minister Pat Carey’s personal assistant John Sheridan also attended on the day.     25/09/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 25th September 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     18/09/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 18th September 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     11/09/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11th September 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     04/09/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 4th September 2008 View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     01/09/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM HOLIDAYS 2008 / 2009 GLASNEVIN EDUCATE TOGETHER NATIONAL SCHOOL View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     27/06/2008 By: Attracta Principal GETNS School Garden News View Details No Attachment   GETNS School Garden News:We’re almost at the end of another year of school and are starting to plan garden projects for next September…..but more of that later. The gardening year got off to a lovely start before Christmas when every child in the school planted a spring bulb and we had a wonderful show of daffodils and tulips when March came around. Since then the children have planted strawberries, potatoes and broad beans outside. Fifth and sixth class also grew tomato plants and some herbs in their classroom. This year Fifth and Sixth class also experimented with some biological slug control, using round worms that specifically target slugs. Beer traps were set up to entice survivors out, so that they could be counted. There was a measurable drop in the slug population during the six weeks that the worms are able to survive, but those pesky slugs were soon multiplying again. Back to the drawing board! We’re very lucky to have some plants that attract beneficial insects growing wild around the garden. Red valerian, which butterflies love, is in flower at the moment and looking beautiful. Our bog garden seems to be thriving. The tormentil (yellow flower) and bog cotton are at their best right now. We are looking forward to flowers on the bog myrtle (tiny shrub) and cross-leaved heath (a kind of heather, with flowers like little purple bells). It’s also wonderful to see that the sundew (a native, carnivorous plant) has just come back after the long winter and is presumably gobbling up insects. There are tiny, so far unidentified (watch this space) creatures living in the pond. The garden is developing into a beautiful habitat for some of our native wildlife. So far, still no takers for the nesting boxes though, but we live in hope. We hope to attract even more insects into the garden next year by building a kind of “insect hotel” – a cosy, multi-roomed container where they can hide and survive the harsh conditions over winter. The PTA has very kindly allocated some money for the further development of the garden and we hope to buy a small cold frame, among other things. This will hopefully allow us to start planting vegetables earlier and increase the possibility of a pre-July vegetable harvest and flower show. Frances & David Gardening Subcommittee     27/06/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM As we come to the end of another school year… View Details No Attachment   As we come to the end of another school year, it is a good time to reflect briefly on what has been achieved over the past 6 years at Glasnevin Education Together National School. When our school opened in 2002 it had 2 teachers with 22 pupils in 2 classes: Attracta taught Junior Infants to 1st class and John taught 2nd to 6th class. When we open for the 2008/9 school year on 1st of September next we will have 210 children, 14 full-time teachers, 1 temporary teacher and 4 Special Needs Assistants. These children will for the first time be spread over a fully single stream, 9 classes Junior Infants to 6th class + Assisted Learning Class. Our growth in numbers is a good reflection on the type of school we have which is democratically run, with parents actively involved in its daily life while always positively affirming the professional role of our teachers. It is now more important then ever to keep this parent/teacher interaction strong as the school grows. To date, this interaction has helped in achieving a strong school community making events like; Arts Day, Science week, the Autumn Fair and our first ever Multi-Cultural show, 'The Dragon that Ate Our School' possible. So the message from your Board of Management to the whole school community is: Don’t wait to be asked to get involved, your involvement is needed and expected. The future of our school depends on you.     27/06/2008 By: GET PTA 2007-8 GET Community "Summer" Newsletter View Details View Attachment   Please view Attachment     20/06/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 20th June 2008 View Details No Attachment   20.06.08 Dear Parents and Guardians, Our Sports Day is organised for Monday 23rd June in Na Fianna Grounds. There will be a different format this year. Several stations with different activities will be set up. Two teachers or a teacher and SNA will be in charge of each station. After 20 minutes of each activity, children will change and rotate to a different activity. The Sports Day will be from 10.00am to 1.00pm. All are welcome. Let’s hope the day is fine. If it’s a bad day, we’ll put it off for another day that week. Children may not be collected at Na Fianna. We will return to the school in time for 1.30pm. Children will be picked up as normal at the school. The reason for this is safety. The holidays organised so far for 2008 / 2009 are as follows: • School opens on Monday 1st September 2008 • Mid Term Break: 27th October to 31st October 2008 (inclusive) • Christmas: 24th December 2008 to 6th January 2009 (inclusive) • 2, 3, 4 or 5 days off in February 2009 during the week of 16th to 20th February 2009 (to be decided) • Easter: April 6th to 17th 2009 (inclusive) • Bank Holiday: 4th May 2009 • Bank Holiday: 1st June 2009 There will a further closure of 1 day (to be decided) for School Development Planning. Le gach dea-ghuí __________________________________ Attracta Uí Eideáin Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     19/06/2008 By: Attracta Principal Art Day 2008 View Details No Attachment   Art Day 2008 ~ Please check back for more details in early May     12/06/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 12th June 2008 View Details No Attachment   12.06.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí, School end of year reports will be posted home by all teachers on 24th June 2008. Please send in a stamped addressed envelope for your child’s school report. If it is necessary for you to take your child out of the school during the school day (dental, doctor, sickness etc), please sign the release book in Margaret’s office or the release book in my office. When your child returns (if it is the same day), please also sign the time of return. This is for Child Protection purposes. In order to ensure the safety of younger siblings, at the 1.30 or 2.30pm pick up times, please discourage your child from getting up on the school railings on the way out. At 2.30pm, for classes 1st through to 6th class, the teacher will lead the class out to the senior yard. We respectfully request that parents wait in that yard for their children (that is behind the white wooden gate). This is to ensure the safety of children at pick up times. 1st class will exit through the black door onto that yard. Please do not engage the teacher in conversation after 9.10am. The teacher is responsible for the safety, supervision and education of all the children in the class. The Department of Education and Science have laid down strict guidelines with regard to the amount of time allotted to each of the 12 subjects on the Revised Primary Curriculum. Teachers are accountable for the amount of time they spend on each subject. Interruptions after 9.10am cannot be tolerated, as children’s attention is disrupted and this interferes with the whole flow of the lesson. If you wish to have a discussion at length with the teacher, please make an appointment with him or her. Thank you for your co-operation with this. We are all looking forward to Art Day on Thursday 19th June 2008 and hope that the weather will be fine for us all. Thank you to the parents who have agreed to supply the various food stuffs on the day. There is an Umbrella Action Day against Climate Change organised for Martello Tower, Sandymount Strand on Sunday June 15th 2008at 3.00pm. Poster is displayed on the school noticeboard. Children have access to the ‘club’ in the yard every day. This is an area where play equipment is used by them supervised by a Special Needs Assistants. Two different children from each class are chosen on a rota basis by each teacher. Entry to the club is via a ‘GET Club Voucher’. This is proving very popular with the children, we are glad to report. The Parent Teacher Association are preparing the Summer Newsletter. If you have any photos of the Multi-Cultural show and the UK school visit, please e-mail them to getpta@yahoo.ie NTL are doing works in the pedestrian access between Boithrin Mobhi and Church Avenue. They have asked that parents be aware of the dangers involved. I’ve spoken to all the children on this matter. NTL have also requested that parents not park on Church Avenue tomorrow and all next week. Le gach dea-ghuí __________________________________ Attracta Uí Eideáin Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     05/06/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 5th June 2008 View Details No Attachment   05.06.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Congratulations to all the boys and girls who took part in the Field Events in Santry on Wednesday 4th June. We won 4 medals. Charlie won a gold medal in the shot putt event, while Megan won silver for the same event. Fianait won a silver medal in both the under 11 hurdles and under 12 long jump. Hard luck story of the day was Tess who slipped at the start of the hurdles final and missed out on a bronze medal by centimetres after a great battle to recover. Honourable mention goes to Kieran who came 4th in the long jump, Paula 6th in Long distance, Fianait 5th in Long distance and Isaac who came 5th in the Hurdles. Artur pulled up with a stitch. We collected our Discover Primary Science Award in Croke Park on Wednesday also. Emma, Matt, David and Peter had a great celebratory day at the venue. In order to have a plant stall at the Autumn Fair, we have to prepare early. So while you are gardening, could you plant cutting, divide your plants and/or bulbs, collect seeds, grow plants from seeds etc. Alternatively would you have some spare pots (big or small) or compost to donate. Please contact Isabelle at 087 2186001. Labels are essential, pictures are welcome. The Green School Committee have now focused on a ‘Switch Off Campaign’ in the school. They are reminding us to conserve electricity. We are also dwelling on saving on our water consumption. Children in Junior and Senior Infants will be going on their school trip to Newgrange Farm on Thursday 12th June. Lets hope the weather is good for them all. We look forward to the Track Events in Santry on Wednesday 18th June. Don’t forget Art Day 19th June. We are delighted to announce that the school will receive a €500 grant from Dublin City Council for this annual event. All are welcome for the whole day. Please see letter overleaf. Our summer Newsletter is being prepared at present. If parents would like to include something, please e-mail Fiona and Marie-Georges at fiona@revolutionaries.ie or mgt@nostranslation.com Le gach dea-ghuí __________________________________ Attracta Uí Eideáin Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     29/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 29th May 2008 View Details No Attachment   29.05.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí We are delighted to inform you that our school has received a Special Merit Award for Active School Week. The framed award is on display in ALC. As well as this the school received €100 to purchase PE equipment. Congratulations to all the boys and girls, teachers and staff who put in such tremendous efforts during this week. You, as parents also contributed to this with the letters of commendation you sent in to us. Well done. On Wednesday 4th June, Roisin and myself and pupils David, Ben, Tess and Matt will be attending Croke Park for the Awards Ceremony for Discover Primary Science Award, which we received again this year. Well done boys and girls. School reopens as usual on Tuesday 3rd June. We are closing early on Wednesday 4th June at 1.15pm for a Staff Meeting. Congratulations to Ali in 4th class who received The Rainbow Swimming Award (25 metres). Well done Ali. Children who have been selected to take part in Santry Field events will go to Santry Stadium from the school on Wednesday 4th June. Good luck boys and girls. We had a very informative talk for parents from Mary Crosby of the National Parents Council on Internet Safety for children on Monday 26th May. Booklets have been distributed on this important topic to the pupils in 5th and 6th classes. The parents who are on the PTA Committee have also been provided with copies of these booklets. The staff and parents who were at this meeting, which was funded by Department of Education and Science, found it very useful. Parent of pupils in 3rd through to 6th classes, please return the form, signed by your child and yourself, which is at the back of the school, ICT Acceptable Use Policy, which was sent to you last week. On Monday 9th June children in 6th class will attend a talk on Relationship and Sexuality Education by Accord. This talk will take place in Glasnevin National School as usual. Pupils come to school as normal and will go down to Glasnevin National school at 9.30am to 1.30pm. Le gach dea-ghuí __________________________________ Attracta Uí Eideáin Príomh Oide ______________________________________________________________________________ Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     22/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 22nd May 2008 View Details No Attachment   22.05.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Congratulations to Roberta, Anna Maria and Matthew who are taking part in the next stage of the young Engineers K’Nex Challengeon Monday 26th May in D.C.U. Remember the Parents meeting on Internet Acceptable Use Policy on Monday night, 26th May, in the Computer room at 8.00pm. Booklets will also be available on the topic. There will be a Whole School Assembly for short reflection on the recent natural disasters in Burma and China on Monday 26th May in the yard (weather permitting) at 1.15pm. All parents are very welcome to attend. Congratulations to Daria in Senior Infants, who received a Certificate of Commendation fro the Texaco Art Competition. We had a great night on Friday night at our first ever Multi Cultural Show. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. We have our visiting children and teachers and Principal (Steve Ashton) in the school for the next 3 days. They are from Newport Junior School and will be visiting historical and cultural sites in the city. We extend a very warm welcome to them all. The meeting of new Junior Infant parents took place on Monday 19th May. It was a very successful and informative night for all. The Annual General Meeting of Educate Together is on in Adamstown Castle school on Saturday 24th May. If any parent would like to attend, please let us know. We will have 4 French teachers visiting 4 classes on Tuesday May 27th. They will visit Aine, Adrian, Sorcha and Róisn’s classes for the day. This is an initiative from Director of Studies in DCU. Please find enclosed 2 policies (Commercialism and Internet Acceptable Use Policy) for your perusal and comments. Commercialism Policy. Attached you will find our schools current Commercialism policy. This policy has been in place since February 2004 and is now up for review. If you have any views on or would like changes to be made to this policy, please send your submissions to: bom @ get . ie or Chairperson BOM Glasnevin Educate Together NS Church Ave, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Closing date for your submissions is the 6th June ICT Acceptable Use Policy. You will find attached our schools ICT Acceptable Use Policy, this policy has been compiled by our ICT Policy Task Group (ICT team and the ICT Post holder). Please read, sign and return the Parents and Guardians Permission Form to the: Principal, Glasnevin Educate Together NS through the class teacher. We would like to thank the following parents: Brian, Dave, David, Dermot, Deirdre, Eugene, Paul and Philip for work they carried out last weekend: Removal of internal gate, moving double white gate, cleaning of floor mats and installing new work/computer benches in JI class. Le gach dea-ghuí __________________________________ Attracta Uí Eideáin Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     16/05/2008 By: Grainne PTA School Play 2008 ~ The Dragon that Ate Our School View Details View Attachment   'The Dragon that Ate Our School' is a performance of dance, theatre and music from around the world, celebrating all the different cultures in our school. The show will take place in Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun on Friday May 16th at 7.30 pm. Please check back over the next few weeks for more details… Grainne McQuillan     15/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 15th May 2008 View Details No Attachment   15.05.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Thank you all very much for your generous contributions to our Envelope Day. So far 98 envelopes have been returned and the amount received is €8,330. If you haven’t as yet returned your envelope please do so. Our Multi-Cultural show is on Friday 16th May and children need to be in the hall at 7pm. Parents of Junior and Senior Infants will need to sit with their children as the children will want to know where to return to after their item. Pupils in 1st and 2nd class will need to go on stage straight away when they arrive. Pupils in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes will be allocated seats at the front of the audience to watch the first half (not sitting with their parents). We would ask for your co-operation in this as it will facilitate the easy flow of pupils on and off the stage at their various times. We have approximately 20 tickets left. If you haven’t as yet purchased your tickets, please let us know if you require one on the night. Please be aware that if you have any difficulties regarding the finance involved, please let Attracta know on a confidential basis. This Saturday 17th May we are carrying out some small jobs around the school and need your help. The jobs hoped to get completed are: Removal of internal black gate and railing, move white wooden double gates, install new benches in JI class, power hose mats and some other small jobs if time allows. We will be at the school from 11am to 3pm so please try and drop in during this time if free. We have an array of children’s clothing in a lost property area in the Boys toilets (main building). Please look through these if you have mislaid some items. We will be disposing of this clothing in 2 weeks time. There were 2 occasions very recently where younger siblings of pupils had very near accidents playing on the ramp. Please be aware that very young children need your close supervision while you are waiting in the yard. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     15/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Wonderful news !!! We have just heard that Our School has received the AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SCIENCE for the second year running. View Details No Attachment   Wonderful news !!! We have just heard that Our School has received the AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SCIENCE for the second year running.     08/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 8th May 2008 View Details No Attachment   08.05.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí We are preparing avidly for our Multi Cultural show on Friday 16th May 2008. We are sure that all the pupils in the school will participate in this event. We would need to know in advance if any child is not available to take part on the night. This is because of the preparation involved with young children regarding where people have to stand on the stage, who they are behind etc. So please let us know if your child will not take part in the show on 16th May 08 at 7.30pm. Anyone wishing to have an advertisement placed in the Show Programme is reminded that Friday is the closing date for receipt of copy, artwork and payments. Please see attached form for tickets for the show. Thank you all for your envelopes returned and please return same if you haven’t already. Children who come to school on scooters are to put the scooters behind Senior Infants portacabin and close the gate each day. Pupils are to walk with scooters while on school property. Bicycles are to be parked and locked over at an area beside the Red Hut as and from tomorrow. This area is out of bounds for playground time. This will ensure the safety of children and indeed the security of the bicycles also. Enjoy the fine weather. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide Principal: Attracta Hayden Deputy Principal: John Tuohy     01/05/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM Places available for 5th & 6th class in September 2008 View Details No Attachment   With the completion of our 8th and final main-stream classroom, it is our intention to split 5th and 6th class from September 2008. As a result these two class sizes will be small, so we are in a position to accommodate some extra students in each class. If you wish to make enquiries for either class, email the school - school@get.ie or call Margaret in the office on +353 1 8844563.     01/05/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 1st May 2008 View Details View Attachment   01.05.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Happy May Day to all!! The school is closed on Friday 2nd May and Monday and Tuesday 5th and 6th May. School reopens on Wednesday 7th May. Early closing is at 1.15pm on Wednesday 7th May for a staff meeting. The National Parents Council. (Training and Development) have arranged a talk on Internet Safety for parents on Monday 26th May. at 8pm in the school. This talk is funded by Department of Education and Science. The facilitator is Mary Crosby (01 4975940). This is an extremely important issue for parents nowadays and I would urge at least one parent from each family to attend. Congratulations to Joy from 4th class, who has been chosen as a mascot for Serbia, in the game between Ireland and Serbia on Saturday 24th May 2008. Our up and coming Multi Cultural. show will take place in Trinity Comprehensive school in Ballymun on Friday May 16th at 7.30pm. Please see attached letter. for more details. Thank you to all the parents who have returned the envelope for Envelope Day. . To those of you who didn’t get around to it yet, please send in the envelope (or a similar one) into the school with or without a donation. The treasurer will inform you of the total amount received from you, the parents, as soon as possible. 1st and 2nd. classes are attending a show called ‘The Snail and the Whale’, in the Helix on Wednesday 7th May. There has been an error on their part in the cost of this. The children were asked to bring in €12. The correct charge is €11. If you have already paid €12, your child will bring home €1 change. If you haven’t already paid, please send in €11. . Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     24/04/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 24th April 2008 View Details No Attachment   23.04.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí The school is closed on Thursday 24th April at 12 noon. The Department of Education and Science have requested that the whole staff attend a seminar in the school at that time. Congratulations to Finn. in Senior Infants who won a merit for his category in the Texaco Art Competition. . Congratulations also to Muireann. (3rd), Róisín. (4th), Sibeál. (4th) and Leonie. (JI) who prizes and medals for Girls Brigade.. Trials are currently taking place for Santry Sports. for all classes from 2nd to 6th class. Tag Rugby. coaching will take place every Monday morning for the next 6 weeks. for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes. We are delighted to be able to continue this initiative from Active School Week. Meetings have taken place between teachers and parents on our up and coming Multi Cultural show. on Friday 16th May. Congratulations to Seán who was the winner of ‘Child’s Play’ on 98FM. Parents are reminded that we have a Healthy Lunch Policy. in the school. Consequently, please do not give your children fizzy drinks and bars etc. A sandwich and fruit juice or water is suitable. On Fridays you may give your child a treat for lunch. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     17/04/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 17th April 2008 View Details No Attachment   17.04.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí We are delighted to have won the Schools Quiz organised by the National Parents Council last Saturday. 36 teams participated and it is a great honour for our school to have achieved such a high standard on our first outing. Well done to John and Clare who prepared the teams very well. Thank you also to all the parents who attended the event. Well done to the boys and girls in 4th, 5th and 6th classes!! Our Active School Week went very well and our application for an Award (hopefully!) has gone into the Department together with parents’ comments. We were delighted so many of you took the time and trouble to send us in letters on the week. We are in the process of setting up a 6 weeks course in Rugby for some of the senior classes. Pupils in 6th class will receive a seminar on R.S.E in conjunction with Glasnevin National School on Monday 9th June. Art Day is definitely arranged now for Thursday 19th June. Graduation Ceremony for 6th class pupils (16 this year, our biggest number yet!) is on Tuesday 24th June. Each family will have received a pink letter and envelope yesterday regarding an Envelope Day we are holding on next Thursday 24th April. This is for much needed funds for the school. Please return the envelope (with or without donation) to your child’s teacher before Wednesday 30th April. Our School Walk raised €4,141. Thank you very much for your continued support. We were very surprised and delighted today to find that the Cumann na mBunscoil Athletics Poster for Schools includes very happy pictures of our pupils who competed in Santry last year, Emma, Catherine, Charlie and Tess. It is on display in the ALC window. A secondary school is proposed by Dublin City Council in the Phibsboro Local Area Plan (Mountjoy site). A group was formed (of parents from Dublin 7, North Dublin National School Project and Glasnevin Educate Together) to make a submission that this school be an Educate Together Secondary school. Educate Together will also be making a submission, but it is important that local parents get involved. If you would like to support this plan you should e-mail your comments to planning@dublincity.ie before the deadline for public submissions which is April 22nd. The planning is at a very early stage and we will keep you informed of any progress. If anyone would like to get involved in a group to help the process, please call Aisling Doyle on 085 1471105. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     11/04/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 11th April 2008 View Details No Attachment   10.04.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí The school is closed early at 12 noon on Thursday 24th April for a seminar for Teachers and Special Needs Assistants. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. The Department of Education and Science have arranged this seminar for the whole staff.. Our Active School WeekCoaching in Volleyball will take place in all classes on Friday 11th April. We have also set up a yard time Jogging club We are applying for an Active School Award. We will send in photos of the activities as well as the children’s response to the week (writing, poetry, drawing etc). We also need feedback from parents on how well the week is going, so give us your support. We are extremely grateful to all parents who help the school out in various ways (e.g. delivering Irish Times to school every day, washing and drying towels, delivering equipment donated to us, very kindly). It’s impossible to thank everybody by name but a Big Thank You All Very Much. The After-School Club is starting next Monday 14th April. If any parents are interested in this facility Congratulations to EllaTexaco Art Competition Julia in 3rd class is invited to visit the President Mary McAleese today in Aras an Uachtarán. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     07/04/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 7th APRIL 2008 View Details No Attachment   MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 7TH. APRIL 2008 Attendance – Sean Coughlan, David Kennedy Ralph, Attracta Hayden, Susan Corrigan, Geraldine Cunniffe, Ray Lawless and David Kennedy Ralph Apologies: Angelique McGillicuddy. Minutes of the 10th. March Meeting read and approved Principal’s Report 1. Pupils reported to NEWB in April for being absent for more than 20 days. 2. Had obtained 5 Cannon Hygiene Dispensers. 3. Had asked 3 Companies for quotes for the installation of storage heaters in Portacabins. 4. Active School week was on from the 7th. to the 11th. April during which there would be coaching for rugby, basketball and soccer. 5. The Buzzer on the gate was to be replaced so as to ring in Principal’s Office. 6. Three Policies needed to be formulated: Aquatics, Child Protection and Critical Incidents 7. The 16th. May going to be Multi-Cultural Day 8. PE Equipment had been bought with money donated. 9. The PTA was to report back on Positive Behaviour Policy. 10. Some parents had been organised through Roisin to deliver A4 papers, TV’s etc. to school. We also received 2 new Dell printers through Roisin. 11. The gutter on the roof of the shed needs to be replaced and the black gates between the yards were to be removed. 12. Senior Infants were having Hearing Tests on the 4th. April and Senior Infants and Fifth and Sixth Class were having eye tests on the 11th. April. 13. Special Education Support Service were organising a 3 hour seminar for teachers and SNA’s on Thursday the 24th. April which would mean school closing at 12 noon. 14. Second Class making first confession on the 15th. April 2008 and there was a practise for the Confirmation Class on the on the 7th. April. 15. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Class were going on a Tour to DIT for Science on 4th. April. 16. During the Sibling hour children were to sit down and not run around. 17. Two staff meetings left – 7th. May and the 8th. June. Chairperson’s Report 18. Sibling Club now opened up to non siblings as numbers are small. Agreeded to be called ‘After School Club’. 2 parents every day supervising 10 children max. 19. School had received a Projector and 2 Dell computers from DIT through Susan ALC. Photocopying – We are carrying out a review of the best option for the school. Treasurer’s Report 20. Meeting between Chairperson, Treasurer and Principal to be arranged to try and prepare a budget and forecast for rest of year. 21. Had received €4,141.00 from walk. Parents Reps. 22. Sean had attended an Educate Together General Meeting and went to the workshop on enrolment policy. An ET AGM coming up where there was a Motion calling for a change to that Policy. Majority seemed to favour a sibling policy. Teacher’s Report. 23. Positive Behaviour Policy needed to be reviewed. 24. Teachers involved in organising Multi-Cultural night. Next Meeting – 12th. May     03/04/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 3rd April 2008 View Details No Attachment   03.04.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Welcome back to all our children and parents for the last term of this year. Our Active School Week is next week, Monday 7th to Friday 11th April, so be prepared for lots of activity in the school grounds. Children please wear runners and suitable P.E. gear for the week. We are applying for an Active School Award, so we will be asking parents to give their views on how this week went, in due course. Coaching in Rugby takes place for all classes all day Monday. Basketball coaching for all is on Tuesday. Bohemians Soccer Club coaches are visiting us for football on Thursday. More parents are needed to volunteer for towel washing rota. If you are interested in providing this support, please give your name to Margaret. Hearing tests are taking place for Senior Infants on Friday 4th April 2008. Vision tests are taking place for Senior Infants and 6th class on Friday 11th April 2008. There will be an information evening for parents on Internet Safety organised by National Parents Council for a Monday or Wednesday night soon (date to be confirmed). One of our teachers, Katherine Buckley, is voluntarily giving up most of her summer holidays to provide education for children in Uganda. She has to fund raise for this very worthwhile cause (please see letter). There is a Table Quiz arranged for Thursday 10th April in Doheny and Nesbitts, Baggot Street from 7.30pm. So please come along for a night out and enjoy the craic! More details on www.mycharity.ie/events/eileenkatherinedeirdre Swimming has recommenced for 5th and 6th classes and ALC every Thursday. A multi-cultural show is planned for Friday night 16th May in Trinity Comprehensive Hall in Ballymun, so keep that date free as well. The door is opened each day at 1.20pm in order to admit parents who are collecting infants. It is closed again at 1.40pm. We would respectfully request that parents vacate the yard at 1.40pm as our very limited space for P.E. is very precious. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     14/03/2008 By: Attracta Principal GETNS School Garden News View Details No Attachment   GETNS School Garden News: Spring has finally sprung in our school garden! Last term, every child in the school planted a spring bulb and they are coming into flower at the moment. As we come to the end of this term though, things are starting to get really busy in the garden. The children plan to sow a range of seeds in the raised beds including flowers to attract butterflies and beneficial insects and a range of vegetables. This year they’re going to grow some old favourites like carrots, peas, broad beans, tomatoes, kohl rabi, salad leaves and Swiss chard, which all grew very successfully last year. They’re also going to try some new crops including coriander, basil, dill, chervil and strawberries. Our bog garden has now knitted itself together nicely and is producing some wonderful plants. We hope to identify all the wild plants it contains, with the help of the children, as part of an ongoing project. We will be installing a pump in April and releasing some small colourful fish too. Of course, we’re not the only ones who enjoy wonderful fresh produce – slugs and snails are also very enthusiastic consumers, so the children will be trying out some organic methods of slug control – traditional beer traps and a newer approach, which uses nematodes (these worms will specifically attack slugs, leaving other creatures, such as birds, unharmed). On the subject of birds, we haven’t had any new residents in our nest boxes, but we are continuing to leave food for them, so maybe in the future they’ll consider us when they’re house-hunting. Fingers crossed! The space at the rear of 3rd and 4th classrooms could do with some cheering up so we will be looking at extending the garden into this space with some bamboo and grass plants along the walkway before Summer time. We also hope to get a small cold frame in the next month or so which would be a great help in raising plants from seed. So watch out for the gardening dates in your Thursday Newsletter Frances & David Gardening Subcommittee     13/03/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 13th March, 2008 ~ No newsletter this week due to end of term school Newsletter. View Details No Attachment       13/03/2008 By: GET PTA 2007-8 GET Community "Spring" Newsletter View Details View Attachment       12/03/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM First 100 days of the new Board of Management (BoM) View Details No Attachment   With the first 100 days of the new Board of Management (BoM) now complete it is a good time to update you all about one of the aims of the Board. This is to improve the general communication amongst the school community. To put it simply; ‘Relay as much information about the school, to the whole school community’. Currently, school news is posted two ways; 1. Advertising on the four notice boards in the small yard - these four boards are Educate Together, BoM, PTA and General News, and 2. Notices sent home in children’s school bags. The percentage of parents who view school news on the boards is quite small compared to the parent body as a whole. One reason for this is that parents of older children tend to drop off their children outside the school thus not coming into the school yard. The school bag works well but not everybody sees these notices. We are now beginning to post this information in a third way; The school website - www.get.ie Using a website is the modern way to communicate and can be accessed by a large number of parents and help increase the overall reach of school news. Currently on the website is the Thursday Newsletter, BoM minutes and upcoming events/news items. The BoM have agreed to update one of the Middle Management, Post of Responsibility rolls to include updating this website on a weekly basic. This should help keep the content current and fresh. The school website also contains pictures of past events, School Newsletters, contact and information links to relevant sites. In conjunction with updating the website we are looking at ways of using SMS messaging to direct parents to new information once posted on the website. This could also be used to relay timely information about school alerts such as closing days etc. You will be asked if you wish to be included in this trial over the coming months. David Kennedy Ralph, Chairperson Board of Management     10/03/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 10th MARCH 2008 View Details No Attachment   MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 10TH. MARCH 2008 ATTENDANCE: David Kennedy Ralph, Attracta Hayden, Angelique McGillicuddy, Geraldine Cunniffe, Sean Coughlan, Susan Corrigan and Paul Smith and Ray Lawless The Minutes of the previous meeting of the 18th. February 2008 were read and approved. Matters Arising 1. More parents were needed to wash the towels. Principal’s Report 2. The in school management was John, Adrian, Roisin, Clare and Sorcha. 3. The Junior Infant and First Class teacher granted training for Science and as a result would be absent from the 7th. to the 10th. April and the 28th. to the 30th. May and substitutes would be required for these days. 4. The meeting was informed that the school had opted out of an application for funds to AIB because of the space consideration. 5. A Child Protection Policy needed to be formulated and also a Policy around Critical Incidents. 6. Curriculum Development meetings taking place after school and in the mornings. 7. A Multicultural evening planned for the 16th. May. 8. During ‘Active School’ week, which is scheduled from the 7th. to the 11th. April, handball lessons, basketball coaching and a talk on anti-racism in sport planned. 9. The PTA Newsletter was a great production. Hoped though that there would be more children’s work in next edition. 10. A number of events were in the planning – Junior Infants social event, 6th. class graduation and a disco for when the children from Newport came. 11. The lean to shed in need of re roofing. Also painting needed to be done and graffiti needed to be removed. A ‘wish list’ being prepared. 12. A review of Positive Behaviour Policy to be undertaken in conjunction with teachers, SNA’s, BOM, PTA and Student Council. 13. Four Psychological Assessments taking place in school over the 13th. and 14th. March. School had been assigned its own Psychologist, Sorcha O’Toole who was having a meeting with Principal and SEN Teachers. 14. ‘Stay Safe’ Training for staff had taken place at staff meeting on 2nd. March 15. Senior Infants having Hearing Tests on 4th. April and on the 8th. April. 16. Principals and Deputy Principals Forum in Drumcondra Education Centre on 8th. April. Treasurer’s Report. 17. The Treasurer’s Report was adopted. Ray informed the meeting that he in process of preparing an analysis for the school year 2007/2008. 18. The sum of €720.20 raised to date from Sponsorship Walk. 19. A meeting to be arranged between David, Attracta and Ray to prepare a budget and forecast for the remainder of school year. 20. The next big fundraiser was Envelope Day. Parents Representative Report 21. Angelique asked about the blackboards supplied to the school for the yards by PTA. Attracta said that because of the nature of what was being written on the blackboards and the demand to use them during breaks it was decided that the teachers would take the children out to them during school time. Children not allowed use them during yardtime anymore. 22. Angelique also said that the PTA would like that Computer Games not be brought in for ‘show and tell’. 23. Pavee, Islamic Foundation and Chinese Group contacted about performances during multi-cultural evening which was being organised by PTA. Teacher’s Report 24. Susan said heating in the pre-fabs – storage heaters worked very well. Three Electricians asked to quote to install storage heaters in school. 25. The computers in the Computer Room needed fixing. Chairperson’s Report. 25. David informed the meeting of the ET General Meeting on the 5th. April. 26. ET seeking nominations for Board of Directors of ET and nominations had to be in by 18th. April. 27. Asked members of BOM to sign a Declaration of Acceptance. 28. Advised meeting that he had some communication with Chair of PTA on whether the minutes of PTA meetings would be published or not. 29. Discussion on Anti- Commercialism Policy and it agreed that this policy would be circulated to all member of Board. Next Meeting – 7th. April.     06/03/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 6th March 2008 View Details No Attachment   06.03.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Today is World Book Day. Children in some classes have dressed up as characters in their favourite books. The acclaimed author June Considine is visiting 4th class today. We would like to thank the following parents for sourcing, loading and unloading of the schools new Piano: Peader, Jacinta, Colm and the two Davids. The biggest thanks is reserved for Pat who provided the transportation. We have in the school a Sibling Club. This facility is provided for parents who have children finishing at 1.30pm and siblings who finish at 2.30pm. Parents arrange for the supervision of the children from 1.30 to 2.30pm. If any parents are interested in this facility please contact Jacinta on 087 2994027. The whole school staff (Teachers and Special Needs Assistants) attended a Child Abuse Prevention Programme on Wednesday March 5th which was in place of our staff meeting. The Stay Safe Programme is being taught in the school and you will receive worksheets on this which the parents have to sign from time to time. We will have an Active School Week from Monday April 7th to Friday April 11th. We hope to achieve an award for our efforts. Handball tuition will be carried out in the school tomorrow by Níamh Egan of Irish Handball Council. The Bohemian Soccer Club are giving a talk to the children in 4th, 5th and 6th class on Anti Racism and the benefits of playing soccer on Wednesday 12th March. We hope to invite 2 of the soccer players to speak to the pupils. Parents are preparing an Easter Newsletter so if any groups in the school have items they wish to be included please e-mail them to mgt@notranslation.com or fiona@revolutionaries.ie Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     28/02/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 28th February 2008 View Details No Attachment   28.02.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí We had a great day for our School Walk and it was lovely to see so many parents there as well. Now we need you to send in the Walk Sponsorship Money, if you have not already done so. Every pupil received a small Easter Egg on the day and a large Easter Presentation Basket was raffled. Ian Moore was the lucky boy from 6th class to win this much coveted prize. Junior Infants' parents are reminded that our trip to Albert College Playground is on this coming Sunday at noon. We really hope that everyone will come along. If the weather isn't great just get out those boots and brollies and come along for an hour! If you have any questions please ask Jan or Deirdre from the PTA. Looking forward to seeing you all. There will be a fun filled family oriented day (Bohs Blitz) on Saturday 1st March in Dalymount Park at 2pm. For more details see Noticeboard or contact Dave Russell at 086 3649140. Parents are reminded that the children’s bus fare for swimming is now 60 cents each way. Pupils going swimming need €1.20 for bus fare each Thursday. Parents are anxious to hold a Multi Cultural Show during May. This will be a fundraising event. If any parent would like to assist this group with ideas on multi-culturalism or in any way, please contact Maria, Grainne or Aideen. We will hold a week of Irish (Seachtain na Gaeilge) from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th March. Please help out as much as you can by using the cúpla focail. We had a very interesting and informative training session for the Board of Management on Stay Safe. Thank you to all the parents who attended parents’ hour on this talk as well. The teaching staff will receive further training on this very important aspect of your children’s education. The Staff Meeting on Wednesday 5th March is completely devoted to training in Stay Safe. Thursday 6th March is World Book Day. Two Authors (June Considine and Dermot Bolger) are visiting 4th, 5th and 6th classes on Thursday 6th March and Friday 7th March respectively. The school will be closed at 1.15pm for all classes on Wednesday 5th March for a staff meeting. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     25/02/2008 By: Attracta Principal Stay Safe Program meeting for all Parents and Guardians View Details No Attachment   07.02.08 Dear Parents and Guardians, It is the policy of this school to teach the Stay Safe programme to selected classes each year. The aim of the Stay Safe programme is to teach children personal safety skills so they can look after themselves in situations which could be upsetting or dangerous. It deals initially with common situations which most children will experience at some stage or other, e.g. getting lost or bullied. The programme also teaches children the safety skills necessary to protect themselves from physical or sexual abuse. Essentially the programme teaches children to tell a trusted adult about any problems they may have. The Stay Safe programme is a joint initiative between Departments of Health and Education and has been endorsed by all the partners in Education. Co-operation between parents and teachers is essential to the success of this programme. It is important that parents are aware of the content of the Stay Safe lessons and are able to discuss the lessons with their children. To make this possible, a meeting has been arranged at which the programme will be explained in detail. The meeting will take place on Monday 25th February at 8pm to 9pm. We look forward to seeing you. Yours sincerely Attracta Hayden     21/02/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 21-02-2008 View Details No Attachment   21.02.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí We have now started a ‘club’ at yard times. Every day, 8 different pupils will avail of the equipment (basketball, hoola hoops, rings stilts etc) in the club, which is behind the Principal’s office. Educate Together are holding a General Members Meeting on ‘1st March 2008, at The Clarion Hotel. Notices are on the notice board regarding this meeting. The minutes of the ‘Parent Teacher Association Committee are also on the notice board. Attracta and David met with Carl and Angelique from the P.T.A. on 13th February. We have now agreed that the towels will be changed daily in the school. The parents have very kindly agreed on a rota to wash and dry the towels. This is very helpful to the school. ‘Next Monday night 25th February, at 8.00pm there will be a very important talk by Barbara O’Neill for ‘parents on the Stay Safe Programme. This will finish at 9pm. She will give a talk to ‘Board members from 7pm to 8pm also. There is again an outbreak of ‘headlice in the school and we want parents to be aware of this. Two authors will visit the school to enthuse the children about writing and reading. June Considine visits on Thursday 6th March and ‘Dermot Bolger is here on Friday 7th March. We are very privileged to have access to such well renowned authors. The children in Senior Infants were presented with ‘Mighty Mouth Certificates last week. They now know all about how sugary foods damage their teeth. We also found out that most breakfast cereal bars have very high sugar content and are not suitable for children’s lunches. Dublin Institute of Technology have an Open Day for ‘Music on Saturday 8th March at D.I.T. Rathmines Road from 11am to 3pm. Please see notice board. ‘The National Parents Council are organising a quiz for 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils on Saturday 12th April in St. Brigids G.A.A. club, Russell Park, Navan Road, Dublin 15. We will enter 2 teams of 4 children in each. So let the ‘Masterminds get ready!! Children in 4th, 5th and 6th classes will attend the ‘ ‘Fascination of Light’ Exhibition in Kevin Street Dublin Institute of Technology on Friday 4th April 2008. ‘Parents please note that if you wish to ‘speak to the teacher at length, please make an appointment rather than trying to conduct a conversation in the classroom, when the teacher cannot give you his or her undivided attention. An appointment may be made for you and the teacher will be free to chat to you in a relaxed manner. ‘The school walk is on Wednesday 27th February at 11.00am. All parents are very welcome to walk with us to Botanic Gardens. There will be a raffle for a large Easter Egg and Bunny afterwards. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     18/02/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 18th FEBRUARY 2008 View Details No Attachment   MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 18TH. FEBRUARY 2008 ATTENDANCE: David Kennedy Ralph, Attracta Hayden, Angelique McGillicuddy, Geraldine Cunniffe, Sean Coughlan, Susan Corrigan and Paul Smith. Apologies: Ray Lawless The Minutes of the previous meeting of the 21st. January 2008 were read and approved. Matters Arising: 1. Sibling Club. There were a number of points that the Club wished to discuss arising from the letter to them. Awaiting feedback 2. Gate As there was good feedback from the use of the bottom gate only it was agreed that this would be the only gate opened at drop off and pick up time. 3. Positions of Responsibility. Two positions of responsibility filled from amongst the teaching staff after Interviews. Clare responsible for Curriculum Development and Sorcha responsible for ‘Learn Together’. 4. Yard Space Portacabin had reduced the space in the yard where the younger children play. Space for the children to play in an issue. Agreed that we would approach the Bons Secours and ask them if they could give us use of any ground and also look at removing the internal gates. Principal’s Report 5. The buzzer on the door needs replacing. 6. There was a proposed visit planned for Junior Infants and Third Class to Imaginarily, which is a new science museum. 7. First class going swimming each week. 8. The school had received a letter from Senator Shane Ross re parliamentary question he had asked about the school and permanent recognition. 9. A meeting had been held with PTA on the 13th. February. 10. The Sibling Club was to move to Adrian’s old classroom. 11. Furniture ordered for new office and portacabin – DES would pay 90 per cent of cost. 12. Wish list – floor mats, PE Equipment, shelving, computers, DVD players, towels, maps, mini white boards, paint over graffiti, bodies to paint teachers toilets, musical instruments interactive whiteboard. 13. Fire drill to be held this term – need updating on fire extinguisher use. 14. Two authors to visit school – June Considine and Dermot Bolger Treasurer’s Report 15. Previous Treasurer preparing a set of accounts for 2007. 16. PTA was repaid the €3,500 that it had loaned to school. Parents Rep. Angelique gave this Report. 17. Term Newsletter being prepared. 18. Proposed by PTA that Art Day would be 18/19th. June; Autumn Fair would be Sunday the 19th. October and Science week would be the first week in November. Also suggested that a multi-cultural show be organised for beginning of May and that a picnic be arranged for some time in August so that the new Junior Infant Parents and other parents could meet. 19. Another proposal from PTA is that weekly newsletter be e-mailed. Board agreed that newsletter would continue to be placed on web and parents directed to it but not agreeable to e-mailing it directly to parents. 20. The Board discussed the proposal from the Student Council that children take their lunch waste home. Board not agreeable to this. 21. Parents agreeable to take home towels and wash them – school needs 12 towels on a daily basis which amounts to 60 towels a week ET Rep Report 22. Geraldine said that a number of people from the school had attended the open/discussion day organised by Educate Together about starting a secondary school. Seemed to be a consensus that secondary school/s needed but structure of same not defined yet by ET. Teacher’s Report 23. Susan said that the heaters in the pre-fabs very unsatisfactory. Agreed that we would apply to Department to provide storage heaters for school. Next meeting due to be held on the 10th March 2008     14/02/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 14th February, 2008 ~ No newsletter due to school hoildays View Details No Attachment       07/02/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter 7th February 2008 View Details View Attachment   Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí Happy Chinese New Year (Kung Hey Fat Choi)to everybody. Junior and Senior Infants are holding a Dragon Parade at 1.15pm and all their parents are invited in to join in the festivities. The pupils in (3rd class visited Ballymun Library yesterday for a talk on how to save energy. A very enjoyable time was had by all. The School Walk cards will be given out next week. We are planning to invite 2 authors in to the school next month to give readings of their work to the pupils and enthuse them about reading and writing. More details will follow on this. Our next Irish Speaking Day (Lá Gaeilge) will be on Wednesday 13th February. We will all make every effort to use our native language as much as possible. There will be a Seachtain na Gaeilge in March also where a week will be devoted to making an effort at speaking Irish. We welcome your participation in this programme in the school. Phrases we are using are: 1. An bhfuil cead agam? Tá cead agat. Do I have permission? You have permission. 2. Cén lá atá ann inniú? Inniú an Luan. What day is it today? Today is Monday. Céard ba mhaith leat? Ba mhaith liom….. What would you like? I would like….. 4. Ceard a bhfuair tú? Fuair mé What did you get? I got 5. Tóg go bog é. Take it easy. 6. Ná bí ag rith. Don't be running. 7. Dól mé cupán tae. Dith mé mo dhinnéar I drank a cup of tea. I ate my dinner. 8. Oscail an doras. Dún an doras. Open the door. Close the door. 9. Cén sort lá é? Tá sé fuair/fliuch/té/ grianmhar What kind of day is it? It is cold/wet/warm/sunny. 10. An feídir leat? Is féidir liom. Can you? I can. 11. Cé acu is fear leat ___ nó ___? Is fear liom. Which would you prefer ___ or ___? I prefer. There will be a meeting of parents to explain the Stay Safe Programme in the school on Monday 25th February from 8pm to 9pm. You are all encouraged to attend. The school will be closes for Mid Term Break on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th February 2008. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     05/02/2008 By: Sorcha Junior Infants Lyons and Dragons Parade View Details View Attachment   Lyons and Dragons Parade     31/01/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter ~ 31st January 2008 View Details No Attachment   31.01.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí, We are all delighted with the eventual arrival of our new classroom and Principal's office. It will be another week or so before the rooms are ready. So far, we have received very positive comments about the free flow of people that is allowed by only opening the door nearer to the Ballymun Road. The pupils from 4th class took part in a lesson on the environment (Crann) Tree Activities in the Botanic Gardens on Tuesday 29th January. This was facilitated by Dale Threadwell of RTE (The Den) fame. A paired reading programme has commenced between Senior Infants and 4th class. This is very beneficial to the emerging readers as well as the older children who build on their confidence. The Principal of Newport School in the UK (Steve Ashton) is visiting the school next week in order to discuss arrangements regarding the visit of their pupils which is proposed to be Wednesday 21st May to Friday 23rd May. A school walk is planned for Wednesday 27th February 2008. Walk Cards will be given to the pupils beforehand. This is a worthy fundraiser for the school. There is no need to ring the school when your child is absent. This is unnecessary and is wasting your time and the staff's time. However, when your child returns after an absence, you must by law, provide a note for the teacher giving the dates of absences and the reasons. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     24/01/2008 By: Attracta Principal Thursday Newsletter ~ 24th January 2008 View Details No Attachment   24.01.08 Dear Parents and Guardians/ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí From next Monday, 28th January, in the interest of safety, we are doing a trial of using only one gate for entry and exit to the school. The gate is the secondary gate (nearer to the Ballymun Road). There is no buzzer on the gate. We would be grateful for your feedback on this experiment after a few weeks maybe. The details of the newly formed P.T.A. Committee are as follows: Name Role Class represented E-mail Carl Coffey Chair & Treasurer getpta@yahoo.ie Jan Power Secretary Junior Infants getpta@yahoo.ie Deirdre Flannery Second Treasurer Róisín Conlon Teachers’ Representative Angelique McGillycuddy Parents’ Representative on Board of Management Sean Coughlan Parents’ Representative on Board of Management Fiona Duke Newsletter Senior Infants getpta@yahoo.ie Grainne McQuillan Events and P.R. Assisted Learning Class (ALC) 5th and 6th class Susan Duffy Children’s Liaison 4th class Marie Georges Bena Newsletter 1st class Aideen Kilmartin Events and P.R. 2nd class Maria Breslin Liaison Attracta / Events 3rd class If you need to contact the Parent Teacher Association, please do so and they will advise you all of any forthcoming activities or events planned for the near future. P.T.O. We have now arranged that the children may go with their teachers to na Fianna G.A.A. hall for P.E, as well as the grounds, which we have been using for years. The children benefited from the input of a P.E. Teacher, John Murphy, on Wednesday 23rd January. He’s seconded from his school to visit schools who request his assistance and guidance. He provided sample lessons for the classes and will be visiting us again. We have requested sustained support from Department of Education and Science for our P.E. curriculum. A Relationship and Sexuality Education Information Evening is arranged for Tuesday 12th February 2008 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Drumcondra Education Centre. If you wish to attend, please ring Drumcondra Education Centre, on 01 8576422. Numbers will be limited to 40 people per session. There is no charge for this. A second level Educate Together Meeting will be held on Saturday 26th January 10.30am to 3.30pm at the Mont Clare Hotel. Le gach dea-ghuí Attracta Uí Eideáin Seán O’Tuathaigh Príomh Oide Leas Príomh Oide     22/01/2008 By: Sorcha Junior Infants Today the Junior Infants children will begin reading their Sunny Street stories at home. View Details No Attachment   Dear Parents, Today the children will begin reading their Sunny Street stories at home. As the other letter explains there is text for a grown up to read and text for the child to read. I have inserted comment sheets into the books. There is no need to read the whole story in one go, it should be read as an adult would read a novel, as much as the child is interested in for one night, then book marked for the next reading session. Please write the page numbers covered in the “title” section of the comment card, a short comment on how your child got on and your signature. Whether your child wants to read a page or the whole book the idea is that the activity will be fun. Don’t worry if your child can’t remember a word, say it for them, point out the initial sound and they will remember with practice. Here are some ideas for discussion after reading: 1. Reacting to the story: Ask questions about what happened – why do you think Lucy is Late? How did she get ready? Is this a real monster? How do you know? Etc 2. Reflecting on the story: How would Molly feel if everyone was late? Which was your favourite page? Why? Why is “Boo” written in large letters? Etc 3. Retelling the story Tell the story in sequence. Tell the story from Lucy’s perspective, e.g. “My name is Lucy….” 4. Personalisation Discuss the children’s own birthday parties Were you ever late for a party? Why? Did you ever dress up? Etc Best of luck, Sorcha     21/01/2008 By: David Chairperson BoM MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 21st JANUARY 2008 View Details No Attachment   MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 21st JANUARY 2008 ATTENDANCE: David Kennedy Ralph, Attracta Hayden, Angelique McGillicuddy, Geraldine Cunniffe, Sean Coughlan, Ray Lawless and Susan Corrigan. Apologies: Paul Smith. The minutes of the previous meeting of the 17th December 2007 were read and approved. 1. The Chair advised the meeting that it was necessary to fill three positions on the Board – a Recording Secretary, a Safety Officer and a person responsible for Cleaning & Maintenance. Geraldine agreed to be the Recording Secretary, Ray agreed to be Safety Officer and Attracta to be responsible for Cleaning & Maintenance. 2. Issue of the Sibling Club was raised and Sean said that discussions were ongoing to drafting a Sibling Club Policy. 3. IT lab projector’s bulb had gone and the school had got a short time loan of a projector as it was too expensive to replace bulb (cost €200). 4. Agreed to create webpage for PTA to post details and update. 5. The Chair also brought up the issue of the bottom gate for access to the school at dropping off and collecting times of children – said that there was a lot of congestion around the gate with the intercom and was proposing that only the top gate nearer to Ballymum Road be opened at these times. Agreed that we would give this a trial run. 6. The school had reported to the National Educational Welfare Board today on children who were absent for more then 20 days. 7. Carl Coffey was now the new Chairperson of PTA. 8. The new Portacabin’s are due to arrive on the 26th January. 9. First and Fifth Class getting religious instruction for Communion and Confirmation respectively. This is taking place outside of school day. 10. Attracta invited to meet the President on the 24th January for a ‘multicultural’ day. 11. Contacted by a company who would give the children a diary free of charge in return for local businesses advertising in it. Agreed to look at this. 12. Na Fianna had agreed that the school could use their hall for indoor PE and ball games. 13. Ray circulated the Treasurer’s report, which was adopted. The balances in the accounts were as follows: BOM - €3,800.85, ~ School - €2,191.88 ~ SENS - €1,851.07 14. Angelique informed the meeting the PTA had come with suggestions in relation to use of yard and its facilities – suggested changing break times, parents helping to supervise in yard, introducing soft ball, skipping games, black walled area for chalking etc. ~ Board agreed that there was more then adequate supervision in yard. 15. Sean informed the meeting that he had telephoned Paul Rowe in relation to the Proposal by Educate Together to start a Secondary school and whether the site in Ballymum was being looked at and would there also be a primary school include on the site. Paul Rowe said that Ballymum was one of the sites being looked at but no decision was yet made, more then likely there would be a primary school on the same site. 16. Geraldine informed the meeting that the OPW was having an assessment as to suitability carried out on the garage site across the road. The fisheries Board site was still not transferred to the OPW but there was some suggestion that this site was to be used for social and affordable housing. It was agreed that a meeting with Bertie Aheren in relation to the fisheries site would be useful. Next meeting due to be held on the 18th February 2008     17/12/2007 By: David Chairperson BoM MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 17TH DECEMBER 2007 View Details No Attachment   MINUTES OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON THE 17TH DECEMBER 2007 ATTENDANCE: David Kennedy Ralph, Attracta Hayden, Angelique McGillicuddy, Geraldine Cunniffe, Sean Coughlan, Ray Lawless and Paul Smith. Apologies: Susan Corrigan. The minutes of the previous meeting of the 1st October 2007 were read and approved. 1. The board asked to sanction two new post of responsibility for teachers within the school. The board agreed to this. The board was asked by the holder of one of the existing posts of responsibility to have the remit of the position reduced to exclude responsibility for curricular issues so the post can concentrate on ICT and updating of school website. 2. Katherine Buckley has been appointed the new full time resource teacher. 3. Fourth class has been on two visits outside the school to Mindscape in the Helix and to the Royal College of Surgeons. 4. 14th December was a school planning day and the focus was on English. 5. Each classroom was celebrating Christmas in its own way - not enough space to have celebration for the whole school together. 6. There was a new PTA formed in early December. 7. There is to be a fire drill in each term. 8. UCD, through a parent, is giving the school 20 computers. 9. It was agreed that Geraldine would continue to make representations to OPW re allocation of a site in the area. Next meeting due to be held on the 21st January 2008     01/12/2007 By: David Chairperson BoM New Board of Management (BOM) takes over the management of this school View Details No Attachment   The new BOM takes over the management of this school, on behalf of our patron Educate Together, from today 1st December 2007 for a four year term lasting until 30th November 2011. For a list of the BOM members look under the management link above. I will be posting BOM news on this site on a regular basic, so please check back for updates. All that’s left at this stage is to thank on behalf of the school community the outgoing BOM for there hard work over the last four years.     24/10/2007 By: Attracta Principal Visit from Edel Giblin of Primary Curriculum Support Programme. View Details No Attachment   We had a visit from Edel Giblin of Primary Curriculum Support Programme on Tuesday 23rd October. She taught sample lessons in the composing aspect of Music in Junior Infants, First Class and 3rd Class. These lessons were enjoyed by all. We will be provided with sustained support from Edel throughout the year in music as well as Drama     24/10/2007 By: Attracta Principal Our Maths Week was a great success. View Details No Attachment   Children from some classes went on a Maths Trail in St. Patrick's Training College in Drumcondra. Other more senior pupils went to a Dr. Maths seminar in Dublin City University. Pupils have been given problems to solve. They have been asked to engage their HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS for short)to solve these problems.The answers will be given on Friday 26th October just before the Mid Term Break. 5 problems were posed. HAVE A GO AT SOLVING THEM! 1. What number if added to 3 gives the same result as when it is multiplied by 3? 2. A man had a plank of wood. It weighs 2 kg. He saws it into 2 pieces each weighing the same. What is the weight of each piece? 3. 1, 2, 6, 10, These 4 numbers have a property in common that no other whole number has. What is it? 4. What is the connection between man cross and cat? 5. There is a family of boys and girls. Each boy has the same number of sisters as brothers. Each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are in the family?     24/10/2007 By: Attracta Principal We had a very successful Anti Bullying Week from 1st October to 5th October. View Details No Attachment   Children were made aware of types of bullying that occurs in schools at an assembly. Their co operation was requested by the staff. It was explained to them that they themselves will know of incidents of a bullying nature happening. Calling names, isolating people, hitting, kicking, taunting, leaving people out of games, were all mentioned as behaviour which we need information on from pupils. This is a TELLING SCHOOL. that is totally different to telling tales to get people into trouble.The children in this school are very aware that they are able to help the teachers and staff to deal with bullying behaviour by giving information that is true and correct. They realise that they are helping the victims of bullying in this way as well as the perpetrators of the behaviour who also need help and support.     24/10/2007 By: Attracta Principal Arrangements are at an advanced stage for our proposed trip to Liverpool and Newport on 7th 8th and 9th November. View Details No Attachment   15 pupils from 5th and 6th class will be travelling to the United Kingdom to visit our sister school in Newport. The principal there, Steve Ashton and two of the teachers there have already visited our school and met with the parents of the pupils concerned.This is funded by Léargas and is part of an East West initiative to further links between our two countries since the Belfast Agreement in 1998     18/05/2007 By: Attracta Principal Wonderful news !!! We have just heard that Our School has received the AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING SCIENCE. View Details No Attachment   There will be an award ceremony in Croke Park on 6th June. WELL DONE TO ALL THE PUPILS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS who ensured that our application for such a prestigious award was successful. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.     18/05/2007 By: Attracta Principal KNex Challenge in Dublin City University. Art day date. Educational tour to Causey Experience date. Sports day date. Cumann na mBunscoil Santry Sports date. 6th class pupils will be receiving a full day workshop on Relationship and Sexuality Eduxcation. View Details No Attachment   Congratulations to Brian and Conor in 5th class who achieved 3rd place in Dublin City University in KNex Challenge. WELL DONE BOYS!!! Their challenge was to design and build a fire engine within certain dimensions and having very exact properties. They competed against 84 other pupils from North Dublin schools. Photographs of the event and the models are on display on the noticeboard. The school is closed on Friday 25th May for In Service Planning in Drama. The school is also closed on Tuesday 5th June for In Service Planning in the curricular areas of Irish, Social and Personal and Health Education and Science. Children will be taking part in Cumann na mBunscoil Santry Sports on Wednesday 6th June for Field Events and on Thursday 14th June for Track Events. Meanwhile the boys and girls are preparing every fine day in Na Fianna grounds. We wish them luck in their efforts. 6th class pupils will be receiving a full day workshop on Relationship and Sexuality Eduxcation in conjunction with Glasnevin National School (Accord) on Monday 11th June. The whole school is going on an educational tour to Causey Experience on 15th June. Parents have told us that the Art Day which is always such a great success every year is due to be held on Thursday 21st June. We hope to have our Sports Day on Friday 22nd June weather permitting. The school closes on Friday 29th June at 12 noonfor the Summer Holidays !!!     18/05/2007 By: Attracta Principal Erection of the Green Flagpole yesterday. View Details No Attachment   Work has commenced on the erection of the Green Flagpole yesterday. This work should be completed shortly. We plan to plant some flowers and shrubs around the base of the flagpole and maybe also put in some seats for the senior children.     16/05/2007 By: Attracta Principal Congratulations to everybody in the school community, WE HAVE NOW BEEN AWARDED THE GREEN FLAG!!! View Details No Attachment   Congratulations to everybody in the school community, WE HAVE NOW BEEN AWARDED THE GREEN FLAG!!! Work is due to commence on the erection of the flagpole this week.     01/04/2006 By: Attracta Principal Major investment in Information Technology. Extra-curricular activities for the children. Inclusion programme for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Paired Reading. Dental Health. Visitors to the school. Seachtain na Gaeilge. Active School Awards. Healthy Lunch Policy. Students Council. Stay Safe and R.S.E. Thursday Letter. Green Flag. KNEX Challenge. Kidsmart Computer. Support Group for Lone Parents . View Details No Attachment   We have made a major investment in Information Technology with the upgrading of classroom facilities and the establishment of a dedicated computer laboratory . This was facilitated by a very active group of parents with IT skills who volunteered their time and expertise to assist us. Parents and staff have organised several extra-curricular activities for the children including music, arts and crafts, knitting, chess,French and Basketball. We have an inclusion programme for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. This enables the pupils to be integrated into mainstream classes. Children from mainstream classes also attend classes in the A.L.C. for reverse integration. 1-- Paired Reading Clare (5th and 6th) and Tracy's (1st) classes now come together regularly for paired reading. The older children listen to the younger ones reading and sometimes vice versa. This has been very successful so far. Thanks to all involved. 2-- Dental Health After a series of lessons about looking after our teeth, the Senior Infant class had a visit from a local dental hygienist. This is part of an initiative intended to prove the necessity for such intervention, early on in a child's development. The school was also given some additional resources aimed at educating all classes on dental care. 3-- Visitors Visitors to the school include An Garda Siochàna (safety), a member of Dog Trust (pet care) and the Science Bus from D.C.U. An Taisce, Dublin City Council (Green Flag Initiative)Fire Brigade (Instuctional Tour). 4-- Seachtain na Gaeilge We run a very successful Seachtain na Gaeilge and Tree Week every year. 5-- Active School Awards (Teacher Education Section of D.E.S. and Sports Council) We have received this award, which is granted to schools that provide an active school day for their pupils for a week. This is designed to raise awareness of the value and importance of Physical Education in Primary schools. Healthy Lunch Policy We have received certification From The Health Service Executive that our School Lunch Policy is in accordance with The Department of Health and Children's "Food and Nutrition Fuidelines for Primary Schools" we are very grateful to the parents and children who are so supportive of this policy. 6-- Students Council We have set up a Students' Council. The senior pupils who are members of the Council are LOUIE (Junior and Senior Infants), ENYA(1st,2nd and ALC),CATHERINE(3rd),RAY(4th),CONOR(5th),CIAN and SADHBH(6th), CHARLIE and JAMIE(Record Keeper/Secretary).Thes pupils wear badges to denote their status in the school. They also visit the class they represent each week to discuss any issues which may arise from the pupils in the various classes. Topics which arise from the pupils in this way are then brought to our Staff Meetings by the 5th and 6th class teacher, Clare. The parent who has been very helpful in the set up of the council is Cheryl. Thank you to you all. 7-- Stay Safe and R.S.E. All classes have now completed the Stay Safe Programme and most classes are in the process of Relationship and Sexuality Education. 8-- Thursday Letter News of the school activities are relayed to parents each Thursday . Green Flag Our 3rd and 4th class teacher has been very busy this year and last year in her efforts to obtain this award for the school. we have installed 4 bins in every classroom for plastic, fruit, paper and general waste. The pupils have conducted research on how well we are taking care of our environment by disposing of waste properly. We have a Compst Bin in our garden area. Pupils monitor our waste production on a class by class basis. We have held a Whole School Assembly in the yard to celebrate our success in all we have achieved to date in this initiative. We had a wonderful morning showcasing our achievements.Parents were present and pupils composed raps, songs, poems, mimes and jingles. Artwork was displayed. We were very fortunate to have had three musicians present on the day who sang a number of songs for us all KNEX Challenge Pupils from 4th and 5th classes took part in this Scientifically Challenging problem solving exercise. Two boys got through to the next stage Brian and Conor. Well Done Boys. 9-- Kidsmart Computer We were successful in being awarded a Kidsmart Computer from I.B.M. This is installed in Niamh's class and it is a joy to watch the children learning at this learning station. 10-- Support Group for Lone Parents Parents Alone Support Service Ltd is a local support network for lone parents. If interested please contact Bernie any weekday morning at 8641964. A notice regarding this group is on the notice board.     01/11/2005 By: Attracta Principal We have moved into the main building on the site. We have children enrolled here from several countries as well as Ireland. Physical Education. Probation Service Community Workers. We facilitated 3 Student Teachers. World Refugee Day. Santry Sports Cuman Na Mbunscoil. First prize in the 6 years and under category in this years, Texaco Children's Art Competition. THE NEW JUNIOR INFANTS MEETING WITH THEIR NEW TEACHER. Upcoming school trips. School photographs. Drafting policy on anti bullying. Curricular policy on Physical Education. Annual Art Day. Sports Day. Sixth Class pupils will be attending a seminar in Relationship and Sexuality Education. View Details No Attachment   We have moved into the main building on the site. There are three classrooms at ground level, which are now fully occupied by First Class and the multi class grouping of 4th, 5th and 6th class. The Resource and Language Support Teacher share one of these rooms. We have plans to have a networked computer room in the lower ground floor of this building. We have children enrolled here from several countries as well as Ireland. There are pupils here from the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, India, Slovakia, Slovenia, Germany, Russia, the Philippines and Estonia. As well as using the playground for Physical Education, we also have the use of Na Fianna grounds. This is a wonderful resource to have and we are using it to the full, as the weather has been very favourable since we returned after the summer holidays. We are deeply indebted to the Probation Service Community Workers who have brightened up the school grounds considerably during the summer holidays. This work will be ongoing and we hope to engage them to erect partitions in one of the rooms in the main building later in the year. They have also transformed our little garden at the side of the 2nd and 3rd class classroom. During the month of September 2005 we facilitated 3 Student Teachers to complete their training in three different Teacher Training Colleges, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Marino College, Griffith Avenue and Church Of Ireland College, Rathmines. Their teaching was inspected by the authorities in these colleges, who were very appreciative of our school providing this facility to their students. World Refugee Day - Mon 20th June To celebrate 'World Refugee Day', we had a visitor from SPIRASI (Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative). Her name was Jenny Polden and she works with Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Jenny spoke with Senior Infants, First and Second class together and then Third to Sixth classes. The children had prepared some questions for Jenny, for example, "What is it like to be a refugee?", "Why do refugees have to leave some people behind?" and "Why are refugees threatened in their own countries?" First, Jenny answered the children's questions and then she showed them some posters, for example one of Einstein, who was a refugee. The talk was interesting and informative and the children responded very well. Jenny was very impressed with some of the children's comments. Adam form Second class said, "We should are for refugees because they are sad because they have lost their homes." Thank you very much Jenny and to all the children! Congratulations to Chris Walshe in the long jump and Martin Dvoracek in the high jump who won medals at Santry Sports Cuman Na Mbunscoil today. Congratulations to Ella O'Reilly O'Grady aged 5 who won first prize in the 6 years and under category in this years, Texaco Children's Art Competition. This is a huge achievement as there were over 30, 000 applicants. Well done Ella!!! If you'd like to see Ella's 'work of art', it will be exhibited in Dublin Castle, from the 6th June, for two weeks, along with one hundred other entries to the competition. THE NEW JUNIOR INFANTS MEETING WITH THEIR NEW TEACHER TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY 16TH JUNE AT 1.45 P.M. UNTIL 2.15 P.M. WE WILL BE WRITING TO ALL NEW PARENTS ABOUT THIS AND SENDING THEM NAME TAGS FOR THE DAY. School trips have been arranged by our Senior Infant teacher Róisin. These will take place on Tuesday, 14th June 2005. The Junior Infants and Senior Infants and the Assisted Learning Class are going to visit the Zoo. The 1st class pupils through to the sixth class pupils are visiting Fort Lucan. Any parents who would like to accompany us on these trips are more than welcome. Please see your child's teacher regarding the details. Photographs will be taken of the pupils in the school on Thursday 16th June 2005. The photographer will send you home the photographs and there is no compulsion on any parent to buy these. If you do not wish your child to be photographed please let the teacher know in advance of this date. A sub committee of teachers and parents are meeting in the school on Friday 17th June 2005 to plan our policy on anti bullying. The draft policy will be sent to all parents for review in due course. The school will be closed on Monday 6th June and Tuesday 7th June. It is also closed on Friday 24th June 2005 as the staff will be present to plan our curricular policy on Physical Education. We have our Annual Art Day on Tuesday 21st June 2005. All parents and children are invited to participate in the fun and activities on the day. This ususally proves to be a very rewarding and exciting event .So do come along and join in the fun. Remember to wear old clothes on that day. The Senior class will receive a visit from the Junior Liaison Officer of An Garda Síochána on Wednesday 22nd June 2005. The Garda will speak to the children about safety on bicycles and safety during the summer holidays as well as explaining the role of the guards in community life. Our Sports Day is on Thursday 23rd June 2005. We will all assemble in Albert College Park as ususal at 10.30 am and there will be sack races egg and spoon races as well as other novelty events organised by John and Joe. So bring along any old pillow cases and old neck ties for the three legged races.The long awaited holidays are on Thursday 30th June 2005. The school will close at 12 noon for the Summer Holidays. School reopens on Thursday 1sr September. We look forward to meeting all the new Junior Infants who will be enrolling as well as puils to all other classes On Thursday 2nd June 2005 and Thursday 9th June 24 athletes from1st through to 6th class will represent the school in Cumann Na mBunscoil Santry Sports. The events start at 10.00 a. m and finish at 1.30 p. m. We welcome all parents and other interested parties to come along and support these pupils who have been training for the events which include, running, sprinting, relay races, shot putt, hurdles, long jump, high jump and long run. Sixth Class pupils will be attending a seminar in Relationship and Sexuality Education in conjunction with Glasnevin National School on Wednesday 8th June 2005. This will be from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm and will take place in the school. We will be moving very shortly to the main building on the site. We have plans to have a computer room in this building as well as classrooms.     01/01/2005 By: Attracta Principal WELCOME TO ALL ~ We want to extend a very warm welcome to all our new staff members. COMPUTERS ~ RADIO PROGRAMME ~ PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION ~ GLASNEVIN NATIONAL SCHOOL ~ SCHOOL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT View Details No Attachment   WELCOME TO ALL We want to extend a very warm welcome to all our new staff members. Joe Fogarty is now our 1st, 2nd and 3rd class teacher, we know Joe well as he worked as our part time resource teacher last year. Susan Corrigan is our new teacher in the Assisted Learning Class. Róisín Conlon is our new senior infant teacher. Mary Power is our new Special Needs Assistant in the ALC.Valerie Doyle is our new Special Needs Assistant working in the mainstream school. Ann Joyce is the part time Resource teacher and without her the staff would not be fed ! She is great for bringing in the tarts and buns etc. We hope that they all enjoy working in GETNS and we know that we have a very committed and dedicated team here in the school who give of their best for the children and for that we are very grateful. COMPUTERS We now have 2 computers in every classroom which can be networked and all except two rooms have a printer. We do need the assistance of any parent who could help with setting up a computer we have in the Resource Room. RADIO PROGRAMME We were very proud to hear five pupils from the school read from their favourite books and discuss the authors, illustrators, characterisations, plots and settings. Some of them read poetry and commented on it and others read and discussed their own creative writing. They represented the school very well. A big Thank You to Sarah, Adam, Enya, Tess and Cian and Joe Fogarty, our teacher who organised the whole event which featured on Near FM recently. PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION We are delighted to have our PTA in full flight this year. The Chairperson Cheryl Marling is the person to contact should you wish to join the PTA. GLASNEVIN NATIONAL SCHOOL This school still occupies the top floor of the main building. Their own new building appears very near completion now so we hope to be in a position to move into the main building in September 2005. We will let you know of all developments in this area. SCHOOL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT Attracta had a meeting with DES School Planning facilitator Mary O Leary on 27th September, 2004. Our planning is at a very optimum level considering the pressures on a developing school with a teaching principal. We are obliged to close the school for 6 days for this planning and curricular development. We have already closed for 3 days for Music, PE and school based planning. As soon as we know the dates of the further 3 days we have to close we will let you know.