Now that we are finally free to have visitors to our school again, we are looking to trial an initiative to inject some extra fun into Maths time!

We are seeking volunteers from our community to help out for a block of six weeks, leading Maths games at stations in classes from Junior Infants up to Fourth Class. At these weekly Maths Games sessions, children will move from table to table, playing age-appropriate games that are tailored to help them improve their mathematical skills. Each parent will lead the playing of one simple game, while the children rotate from game to game.

Maths Games will take place 9.00-9.45 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Parents are invited to pop to the staff room after dropping their children to school to have a cuppa and a chat while the kids settle into their morning routine. Parents will then bring the games and resources to the classroom and let the games commence!

Ideally, we would love to find volunteers that could do BOTH Tuesday and Thursday mornings, but if you can only do one, please do fill in the form and we'll be back in touch.

All volunteers will be Garda Vetted by our patron, Educate Together and a brief training session will be provided in advance for all volunteers.

We are hoping to schedule the games as follows:
November-December: 1st/2nd Classes
January-February: 3rd/4th Classes
March-April: Junior Infants/ Senior Infants.

Please leave your details on this form if you think you can help.

We have been settling back into school life over the past week. For the first time in the history of our school, we did not have any building work going on over the summer holidays, or Covid response plans to plan and implement. It has been a lovely, calm and settled return to school! 

We are thrilled to see our new staff and children settling in and enjoying becoming part of the Citywest ETNS community; we are very much looking forward to a great year!

It is also brilliant to see our after-school programme return this year - we now have 13 classes on offer throughout the week. You can see the schedule and more information here. 

On Tuesday, the Class of '22 officially graduated from our school. The fourth graduating class ever from our school were the first children to get to have their graduation ceremony inside our lovely new school building. There was lots of excitement in the days leading up to it, and on the night, they did themselves proud with a fabulous performance before they received their graduation certificates.

As part of the evening, there was a video montage of messages from staff members who have worked with the class of '22 over the years. We really enjoyed the messages from staff members who we haven't seen in years!

This week, we are preparing for the Grand Opening of our school campus - a joint event with our neighbouring school, Citywest and Saggart CNS. This event also marks the ten year anniversary of both schools, which is a pretty important milestone!

In preparation for the celebrations, we wanted to take a look back over the last ten years of Citywest ETNS and reflect on the history of our school. Take a trip down memory lane with us!

We are getting close to the Grand Opening of our campus and we are very excited! The Grand Opening event takes place next Friday, 27th May. This day will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the opening of both Citywest ETNS and Citywest and Saggart CNS. It also gives us the  opportunity to formally open our school campus, which we moved in to in January 2020. 

The day will be comprised of:
Formal Ceremony
We are delighted that the formal part of the ceremony will be live streamed. This will mean that all of the children will watch from their classrooms and parents can watch from home too. The link will be sent to parents in advance of the day.

Community Celebration

• Funfair rides
• Inflatable funfair games 
• Face painting 
• Walk around both schools 
• GAA sessions with coach 
• Giant games
• Family Picnics 
• Ice creams and coffee/tea for sale
• Candy floss for sale 
• Travelling library 
• Dance sessions 
• Intercultural food fair 

There will be lots for everyone to do and see. There will be queuing systems in place for all of the attractions, so please be patient. Families can come and go during the time, so if you cannot be here from 1pm, you are welcome to join the occasion later in the afternoon. 

It is shaping up to be a great day of celebration for our schools and community. 
We're looking forward to celebrating with you!

Throughout the 2021/22 school year, we have been gradually re-starting our after-school programme. For Term 3, we are delighted to welcome back some familiar providers, who we have not seen since March 2020 - Olé School of Languages and Anyone4Science. We are also delighted to see Chess class commence with Sarah O'T and Yoga start back with Sarah C. 

Details of each class can be found here!

Last week, we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge (SnaG) in our school. This is a fantastic week, where we celebrate our Irish language and culture. 

The week kicked off with Yóga Óga in the hall for our senior classes - Yoga through Irish! It was great fun and a  great chance to participate in an activity fully through Irish. 

On Wednesday, our junior classes participated in some Irish Dancing with Lisa Kelly, who runs our after-school class. This was lots of fun and a great success. Thanks, Lisa!

Classes participated in lots of other activities throughout the week, all with an emphasis on speaking as much Gaeilge as possible. Seachtain den scoth a bhí ann! 

Following two rounds of offers, all places in Junior Infants 22/23 have now been filled. In total, 101 offers were made and 50 places have now been filled. This leaves 82 names on our waiting list, as follows:

• Category 2 (non-siblings born between 1/6/17 and 31/12/17) 49 children
• Category 3 (non-siblings born between 1/1/18 and 31/3/18) 10 children
• Category 4 (siblings born between 1/4/18 and 30/6/18) 4 children
• Category 5 (non-siblings born between 1/4/18 and 30/6/18) 12 children
• Late applications (all applications received from 1/2/22) 7 children

Should those who have already accepted places let us know that they won't be accepting them after all, we will proceed through this list, in order, to fill those places. We are very sorry to disappoint so many families.

We understand that Rathcoole ETNS has places available for Junior Infants 22/23, as well as for Senior Infants and 1st class.

Category 2 (non-siblings, 4 by 31/12/21) = 49 children

Category 3 (non-siblings, 4 by 31/3/22) = 10 children

Category 4 (siblings, 4 by 30/6/22) = 4 children

Category 5 (all others who were pre-enrolled by 31/1/22) = 12 children

Category 6 (late applications) = 1 child

Category 2 (non-siblings, 4 by 31/12/21) = 49 children

Category 3 (non-siblings, 4 by 31/3/22) = 10 children

Category 4 (siblings, 4 by 30/6/22) = 4 children

Category 5 (all others who were pre-enrolled by 31/1/22) = 12 children

Category 6 (late applications) = 1 child

Every Thursday afternoon, we are delighted to see lots of children from across the school participate in Gaelic football training. The children have been learning new skills every week - kick pass, hand pass, catching, soloing and lots more. We can't wait to play our first match against another local school and see all of our skills come together!