Our School building
Our school is located just off Fortunestown Lane in Citywest. Our Eircode is D24 CF1P.
Here is a brief timeline of the history of our school building:
Here is a brief timeline of the history of our school building:
- September 2012: Citywest ETNS opens its doors in the Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board building opposite the Luas tracks in Citywest.
- 18th December 2014: it was announced that Citywest Educate Together NS is on the building list for 2015.
- 15th June 2016: Caitriona, together with management representatives, visited the Department of Education (DES) offices in Tullamore and met with DES Senior Planners. We were very fortunate to have been placed on the Rapid Build Scheme.
- November 2018: We received the news that building work had commenced on our new school building.
- February 2019: We were informed that we should be able to move into our new building in September/October 2019.
- 17th December 2019: We received the keys to our permanent building. This was a very momentous day in the history of the school.
- 6th January 2020: First day of school in our new building. It was certainly worth the wait!
Inside our school building, we have:
Outside, we have
- 16 large mainstream classrooms, all of which have ample space, en-suite toilets, wet areas with sinks, intercom system, state-of-the-art heating system, large purpose-built storage, coat area, drinking water taps and interactive whiteboard.
- a suite of rooms for our classes for children with autism, including a multi-sensory room, central activities space, kitchen and safe rooms
- PE Hall
- courtyard
- reception hall
- sheltered foyer
- library/ICT Suite
- staff room
- support teaching rooms
- numerous offices
Outside, we have
- a running track
- an outdoor classroom
- 2 basketball courts
- soft-play area for the classes for children with autism
- school garden with raised beds
- lots of grass areas, soon to be planted
VIDEOS FROM MAY/JUNE 2020
From 18th May, when teachers were allowed into the school building for the first time in two months, up to 16th June, Caitriona uploaded daily videos* from the school here.
We hope that this helps the children in their connection with our school building and that this will make returning to the building easier, whenever that happens.
We hope that this helps the children in their connection with our school building and that this will make returning to the building easier, whenever that happens.
Virtual School Tour
Welcome to our campus and look around the outside!
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Find your way around inside the building...
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General areas in our school
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Classrooms
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Our old school building
Citywest ETNS was originally located on a beautiful 15-acre Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board site in Citywest, opposite the LUAS terminal at Saggart. This campus was our home for seven and a half years, before we got our fabulous new school building, shown above. We had lots of wonderful times here, as we saw the school grow from 27 pupils, to almost 400! We had so much space, spread across three floors initially, before we expanded into our very own wing of the building. We were very lucky to have such a wonderful building as our temporary home and it is very fitting that we can still see our old school from some of the classrooms in our new school!