Our after-school classes are returning on a phased basis from the 1st November. We are initially starting with 5 classes - one per day. All classes will take place in the school hall.

​The schedule is as follows: 
- Mondays: Capoeira
- Tuesdays: Hip Hop and Jazz Dance 
- Wednesdays: Irish Dance
- Thursdays: Yoga
- Fridays: Speech and Drama

Please follow this link for more details. You can sign up for classes here. 

Citywest ETNS is seeking to recruit a caretaker/cleaner to join our team.

https://www.educationposts.ie/post/view/160173

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Last week, we were thrilled to return to school for a new year. We had a staff day on Monday the 30th August, before we welcomed our pupils back on Tuesday the 31st. It was wonderful to hear the campus full of energy and fun again - we are excited for the year ahead! 

Here is some key information for the return to school:

• You can see the calendar for the 2021/22 school year here. 
• You can see the staff list for the upcoming year here.
• The Covid Response Plan for this year was ratified by the Board of Management on the 26th August and can be found here.

We were thrilled to run Summer Provision this year for our two autism classes. It has been a great two weeks, with lots of fun - check out the happy faces!

Friday 25th June was an exciting day here at school, as we bid farewell to the Class of 2021.

​6th Class had a busy day including a pizza party, a Guard of Honour by the whole staff and student body, individual graduation ceremonies on campus, followed by a Zoom graduation that gave us a trip down memory lane as well as an opportunity to look forward.

It was a proud and emotional day for all of us.

Here are some of the pictures we took.

There was much excitement around our school this week as we hosted our first ever at-home school tour days! This year, we were unable to travel anywhere to go on a school tour... so instead, we brought the tours to us! 6th class had their tour at the end of May, so this week, it was the turn of the rest of the school - have a look!

On Wednesday 2nd June, our younger classes had their very own animal-themed tour day. We welcomed Wooly Farm to our campus and each class took their turn to visit the animals. It was just fabulous!
They also did lots of other fun activities during their tour day - barn dances, animal art, picnics and lots more!

On the 3rd and 4th June, our 2nd - 5th class pupils enjoyed their school tour days. They had a fun day, with access to lots of inflatables - bouncy castles, obstacle course and penalty shoot-out, as well as crazy golf and lots of games. They also took part in a drumming workshop. 

Our autism classes also had their school tour days on the 3rd and 4th June. They had their very own bouncy castle in their soft-play yard, which was a big hit! They also enjoyed lots of water play, as it was such a lovely sunny two days.  

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We were thrilled to hear such happy, excited children around our school this week. Next up, we have our Sports Days throughout the month of June - stay tuned for updates!

The Department of Education has given us a grant to fund the cost of a major art project for our school. It can be any form of art - visual arts, graphic arts, decorative arts, performance arts, literature or music, etc.
Below is the link if you want to have a look at some examples other schools have chosen.
https://www.education.ie/en/School-Design/Per-Cent-for-Art/

We have recently set up our Arts Committee to oversee this project, the aim being to come up with a brief/theme/vision to present to artists who will design a piece of bespoke art for our school.

We would like input from the whole school community to come up with this vision. We have 2 questions for you to consider. The children have a separate way to give their input. This form is for the adults in our community - parents, guardians and staff. Please complete the form by 10th June so that the Arts Committee can put all the submissions together and move on to the next stage of the project. We look forward to reading your thoughts!

We were thrilled to learn that one of our 4th class pupils was the overall winner in a recent competition, run by South Dublin County Council. The competition set the task of creating an environmental poster, along with a slogan. 

We are so proud to have our school represented and to see that one of our pupils earned the accolade of being the overall winner. You can see the winning posters here. 

There is lots of work going on behind-the-scenes at Citywest ETNS this term. We are very excited to see some of our work come to fruition!

• We are establishing an Arts Committee in our school; a group of children and adults from our community who will work together on our Percentage for Art project. As we are now in our new school building, we can begin to make plans for this project and for the creation of a bespoke and long-lasting piece of art for our school. 
• We are currently working on plans for Active Week and Sports Day for June. 
• Our staff continue to meet monthly to work together, to share ideas and to plan for the weeks and months (and years!) ahead. You can read about our staff meetings here. 
• The school calendar for the academic year 2021/22 has been officially ratified and published. 
• Our Board of Management recently ratified the following policies: Code of Behaviour, Protected Disclosure, Substance Use.
• We conducted an overhaul of our weekly assembly, asking our pupils for their thoughts and opinions on what they feel is working well and what changes they might like to see happen.

 
​There is lots of work ongoing at the moment - check back to see some of our plans come to life over the next while!