Thursday Newsletter 1st October

Dear Parents and Guardians/A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí,

As secretary on our Board of Management, I am sharing this message from our Board. 

From the end of September, teachers' and SNAs’ unions are taking industrial action as part of a national pay dispute. This means some staff won't be doing certain tasks outside their normal hours, for example after school staff training. Core teaching and learning in school stay the same.  On Wed 14 October 2026, schools nationwide are likely to close for the day as part of a planned strike. We'll confirm exactly what this means for our school as soon as we have full details and let you know well ahead of the 14th. In our school, these industrial action measures mean… 

• formal meetings with parents and staff meetings outside of school hours are on pause. Contact will continue during the school day/voluntarily outside of school hours as needed.
• development of collaborative whole school plans will be on pause.
• development of new policies paused.



We will be back in touch with further updates as they become available to us.

Board of Management

With the above in mind please make an effort to reduce non urgent communications to the school e.g. reminders to children about attending ECAs/afterschool activities, dropping water bottles for children.

How can parents support schools

Please support this important campaign by taking a few minutes to click on this link to send a message to your TD. The email is ready to go for you, you just need to click send.

Last chance to influence the Budget. Ask for a reduction to class sizes. OECD has reported that Ireland is worst at funding education in developed world. Email your TD today via this link.

Child Safeguarding Statement & Risk Assessment

Thanks for your support in the review of the Child’s Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment. I will share more information with you tomorrow.

Nasal Flu Vaccine

We are delighted to be partnering with Rooney's Pharmacy Vital to offer all our eligible pupils the annual nasal flu vaccine. This vaccine is available free of charge for children aged 2 to 17 years. The clinic is being organised to make it easy for pupils to get their flu vaccine with minimal disruption to the school day. The vaccines will be administered on Thursday 15th October in school however, you must register your child's details and give consent by completing the form through this link:-



https://app.epharmacy.io/pharmacies/d3754717-5efc-45c4-9ca5-b3d37731dbb4/book/?group=glasnevin-educate-together-national-school

Booking closes at 3pm on Wednesday 14th October.

If you do not wish your child to receive the vaccine, you do not need to do anything.

If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact Rooney’s Pharmacy at [email protected] or telephone 01-8342619

This is a completely optional opportunity for families.

Junior Assembly - Value of the month Respect

Realtín’s 2nd Class had great fun leading our assembly on Respect! Through drama, song, and colourful artwork, the children shared their ideas about kindness, friendship and including others. We’re very proud of them, enjoy the photos and video! Realtín

Green School Committee

We had our first Green Schools Committee meeting today. We brainstormed ways to care for and grow more plants and trees on our school grounds. We will meet again in two weeks to plant native Irish Bluebells to help feed our pollinators come springtime.

And More!

ALC Blue have been enjoying some horse riding sessions at Child Vision over the past few Thursdays. We have loved riding the horses, as well as feeding and brushing them at the end of each class. David

Third class are learning about seed dispersal this autumn. Seeds can be dispersed by wind, animals or wind. Also we found a VERY BIG spider on yard. She maybe about to have spiderling babies! Kathy

 Reminders:-

• Road Safety Week – 5^th October to 9^th October 2026. Thanks to parent volunteers who will be reminding everyone of our road safety policy each morning. Please respectfully attend to their reminders. Children will be engaging with the poster competition, highlighting hazards that they may come across on their way to school and road safety rules.
• There is no parking for parents in the staff car park, this is reserved for staff and transport for children in our ALC Class.
• School Calendar for Academic Year 2026-2027. School closure for Staff Training on:-
• 14/10/2026 (strike day)
• 18/11/2026
• 21/01/2027
• 25/05/2027

Frása na Seachtaine: 

“Cén aois thú? Tá mé ______mbliana d’aois./Tá mé aon bhliain d’éag d’aois.”

“What age are you? I am        years old./ I am 1 year old.”

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Róisín Conlon

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