Thursday Newsletter 16/03/2023

Reminders:

School closure at 12pm on Friday, 14th March 2025 for staff training.
School closure on May 7th for Maths training.
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:

“Slán go fóill! Slán!” ” – “Bye for now! Bye!”

Le meas

Róisín Conlon

Príomh Oide

And More!

Daniel’s JI having great fun exploring different ways to problem solve with the new maths curriculum 😊

Both 2nd classes have begun literacy power hour twice a week and are enjoying reading, writing and word work stations.

We are kind to ourselves and others, in school and beyond. Accepting each person as they are, we celebrate uniqueness and difference. We include and encourage everyone, working together to give all an equal chance and a voice.

Each of us is responsible for keeping our school a safe, fun and friendly place to learn, where we can all thrive. Glasnevin ETNS values building positive relationships, being Active, Creative and Ethical, (and we try to carry the Educate Together ethos into our daily lives).

We welcome your thoughts and any feedback between now and Tuesday, if possible, to the school email ([email protected]).

We are delighted with what we have achieved in the area that has been set up for the outdoor classroom, and a massive Thank You to the parents who have already given up their time, helping us at the very start to get the ball rolling.

Also a massive Thank You to Mick for his hard work, buiding the shed, and making our very own besoke GETNS mud kitchen, and for preparing the logs for the classroom.

Its been a long process, longer than we anticipated, getting to where we are now.

And where are we? I can hear you ask, well, we are near the finish line, infact we just need a bit more help to get us there.

We are hoping to get the classroom up and running in the next two weeks, not fully finished but ready for each class to start reaping the benefits of having a natural open space for the children to explore and use.

We are however in need of some helping hands and are asking for any help that you can give: an hour of your time, to help us move this project on and get it completed. If you can spare an hour and don’t mind raking, trimming, carrying, moving items we would LOVE to hear from you.

Please email myslef : [email protected] or [email protected]

Have a lovely long week and we look forword to hearing from you,

“Forest School is an inspirational process, that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees.”

Forest School Association, UK, 2013

5^th class children attended an in class talk on Internet Safety presented by Ger Bricks yesterday and this was followed by a talk to all the parents in the school last night on Zoom. Although only a small number of parent’s attended the talk, their feedback was extremely positive as was the feedback from the 5^th class teachers. We will arrange to broadcast a recording of this talk to you in the next couple of weeks.

Congratulations to the children in 6^th Class who made their Confirmation yesterday – Jack, Tariku, Robert, Tensaye, Charlie, Matthew, Noah, Conor, Eoin, Eva, Ailbhe, Penny, SallyRose and Alessia