Friday 28th June 10.45am

All welcome to our Teddy Bears' Picnic on Friday at 10.45am. Bring your own food, blanket and of course a teddy. 

School closes for the summer at 11.30am on Friday. 

We would like to inform you that Senior Infants will be completing the sensitive themes of the Relationships, Sexuality Education programme on Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th June 2013 between 8.30am and 10am.

These themes are a part of the National Curriculum and covered as part of Social, Personal and Health Education. The following link provides information on where parents and guardians can gain more information:  http://www.ecdrumcondra.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229%3Arse-prim&catid=35%3Agraphic-design&Itemid=79

Each class has their own specific themes to be covered. In Senior Infants we will be looking at ‘My Body’. If you do not wish your child to be present during these lessons you have the choice to take them out of school at that time, but it is then your responsibility to ensure it is covered at home.

Kind regards,

Ross

11.06.13 - Whole School - Scarlet Fever

For more information look at this previous post on our website Scarlet Fever Information.

There has also been a case of Slapped Cheek Syndrome in our school and your child may have been exposed. You can visit the HSE website for more informaion.

If you have any concerns, or think your child may have been affected, please contact your doctor.

Educate Together head office is looking for expression of interest in second level Educate Together Schools including in the Tallaght area. 

If you might be interested in your child attending a second level Educate Together school follow here is what you can do now:

1. What you can do right now to help with this campaign
- Parents and Guardians can complete an 'Expression of Interest' form http://www.educatetogether.ie/Secondlevel2015
- Spread the word (Social Media, email, whatever works!!) and circulate the link above to friends, family, neighbours, associates etc... as far and as wide as possible, encouraging parents / guardians to complete expression of interest forms. 
- "Like" the Educate Together Facebook page and "like and share" the posts linking to the second-level campaigns

2. What you can do to support the national office with specific awareness raising in these local areas
- Have a look at the attached Volunteer Role Description 
http://www.educatetogether.ie/sites/default/files/second-level_new_school_area_volunteerleinster.pdf
- If you have some time and can get more involved locally in Celbridge, Ballinteer or Tallaght-Kingswood, contact our Volunteer Officer, Sarah Williams on volunteer@educatetogether.ie

Monday 5th June 2013

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s),

On various dates over the coming weeks we have our new families visiting the school with their children to prepare them for starting in our school in September.

In order to make these visits run as smoothly as possible we are reminding all parents / guardians that their children need to be collected from school at 1.10pm sharp.

This allows us to ensure your child gets to their designated collector and makes sure we are then free to give our full attention to new families at the time of their scheduled visit.

We appreciate your help in making this important transition for the new children as relaxed, efficient and comfortable as possible.

Mise le meas,

Ross Ó Corráin

Acting Principal

This letter went home on Friday.

Friday 31st May 2013

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian (s),

We are looking to set up a fundraising committee in the school. If you are interested in joining the committee can you please let me know by Friday the 7th of June 2013.

We hope you all enjoy the long weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone again on Wednesday 5th June when the school re-opens.

Mise le meas,

Ross