Thursday Newsletter 14/11/2024

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Parent Teacher Meetings

Parent Teacher meetings will be held In Person on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th November and on Zoom on Thursday 21st November 2024. Your teacher will send you a zoom link for your meeting on the day of the meeting. Please book you meeting on the Aladdin App is you haven’t done so already.

Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the School Library from 1:30pm to 3:30pm from Monday 18th November to Thursday 21st November. For every €1 spent at the Book Fair, 60c will go towards books for the school library. Maybe take this opportunity to buy some presents for birthdays/Christmas. Revolut or cash will be accepted on the day. Watch out for some posters about the fair around the school.

Annual Parent’s Talk

The PTA are delighted to invite all parents and staff in the school to a talk on ‘Sports and Wellbeing for Children‘ with former Olympian and Author David Gillick, http://davidgillick.com/portfolio/life-history/.

Date and Venue: Wednesday 20th November, PE Hall.

Time: David’s talk will begin at 7.15pm. There will be tea and coffee served from 7pm, a nice chance to catch up with other parents.

And More!

Both Siobhan and Ava’s 2nd classes visited the Rediscovery Centre for a workshop all about energy on Wednesday the 6th of November. During our time there got to learn all about the Rediscovery Centre, what they do there as well as learning about energy. We had lots of fun learning about different forms of energy as well as exploring and discovering how electrical circuits work!

Conor made a display in the library, with two handmade comic books

On Tuesday morning, Niamh’s SI and David’s 5th partnered up for some relaxing reading time in the library.

Reminder:

• If your child is feeling unwell, please keep them at home until they are feeling better.
• When dropping or collecting your child early/late to/from school please ensure you close the pedestrian gate securely on your way in and out of the school.

Frása na Seachtaine:

“Cén rang ina bhfuil tú? Táim i rang a .” – “What class are you in? I am in class.”

Le meas

Róisín Conlon

Príomh Oide

HSE Primary Care Occupational Therapists talk on How to help your child with everyday activities, independence in washing, dressing, handwriting and organisation skills. Monday 18th November 9.30am face to face session in Finglas West Family Resource Centre

If you are interested in attending

Finglas West Family Resource Centre
,Barnardos Off Barry Avenue

Finglas West Dublin 11

D11HNF4

Please register your interest with Better Finglas on https://linktr.ee/BetterFinglas

Webinar: Supporting your Child to Learn to Read at Home

“The teaching of reading has changed over the last 15 -20 years. While our generation learned to read using a whole word approach or Letterland, our children are now learning to read through phonics and this can pose a problem for parents who are not familiar with this concept.



Experienced teachers Fiona Jennings and Elaine Fitzgerald aim to empower parents with practical strategies and resources to give their child the best possible opportunity to learn to read and spell. During the hour long session we will look at topics like oral language, preparing your child for phonics and finally a deep dive into implementing the phonics approach at home through play, ICT and everyday activities. Attendees will receive a list of the resources discussed.” Webinar details and registration link for parents and guardians: https://forms.gle/9oJvEnrMn8SqoZyq6