We are proud to announce that our school will be hosting a fundraising event for LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice. LauraLynn is a hospice for children with life-limiting conditions and provides residential care for children and young adults with disabilities. You can find more information about their great work here: https://www.lauralynn.ie/about

What do you need to do before the event?
We would like everyone in our community to get behind LauraLynn and raise as much awareness and donations as we can for this wonderful cause. To do that, we are asking all of the students, parents and staff of our school to spread the word in our community and encourage people to make sponsorship donations on our dedicated GoFundMe page. People can donate as little or as much as they want, every little bit helps! Scan the QR code below to visit the fundraising page or click on the link here. Feel free to share the link on your social media pages. All of the money raised will go directly to LauraLynn. School staff will not be handling any money.​

From March 4th-7th, Citywest ETNS proudly presented cool, creative and collaborative pieces of art to the community.

Our work was displayed proudly in our P.E hall to create our very own art gallery. Families and friends were invited to view and appraise the work of our pupils and to celebrate their artistic achievements.

Over the last couple of weeks, our pupils explored a variety of different artists and artistic techniques. From Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock to pointillism and Paul Klee,  our pupils developed many skills and celebrated their interests and talents. 

Thank you to those who attended and celebrated our learning with us. If you missed it, check out some snapshots below.

Check back in soon for information about our next community event!

This year, our school is engaging in a self-evaluation process that focuses on Wellbeing. Earlier in the year, we surveyed various stakeholders to figure out whether there were any areas we could improve on. See the results of our research below.

Based on the findings of our research we set ourselves targets to focus on in the coming year. They are laid out in our School Improvement Plan, below.

Last term was a busy and exciting time for our school. Our pupils were tasked with choosing a name for their class, relating to the nature of Ireland.

After weeks of deliberations, the class names were announced and our pupils got to work. Our pupils engaged in a wide variety of learning activities related to their class name. From construction and clay to fact files and poetry, an abundance of learning and teaching took place. 

Our Class Names Showcase took place in December. We welcomed parents and guardians into our corridors and classrooms; our pupils did the rest.

Our class names are displayed clearly (and colourfully!) around our school. Check out some photographs below!

We are looking forward to celebrating more learning with our community this term. Stay tuned for updates!

Our pupils in 1st and 2nd class have had a busy first term of learning.

Since September, the children have explored a wide variety of topics, from materials, clay and colour wheels to salmon, snails and sand play. 

Check out some of their work on display around our school. 

This year, the Student Council has led the student body in having their say in relation to the types of fun days and events that we have in the school. In previous years, we have had various types of themed days and events - themed around a number of activities and curricular areas, such as Maths Week, STEM Week, World Book Day, Seachtain na Gaeilge, Friendship Week, etc.

When the Student Council asked the children at the senior end of the school (3rd-6th classes) for ideas, they gathered dozens of fun, wonderful, creative ideas. They then shortlisted those ideas and took them to the children at the junior end of the school (Junior Infants - 2nd classes), and had those children vote for their favourite ideas from within that list.

This democratic process made it clear that children across the school love Movie Days and Pyjama Days. Since these do not need to be centrally organised, the Student Council decided to simply communicate that to class teachers, and ask them to organise one of each of these days this year, at their own discretion.

There was also overwhelming support for three additional themed days. These events have now been shared with the staff, who will get working in the background to bring the ideas to fruition. We think you'll agree that they certainly sound exciting! We have also listed the provisional dates for these events:

Art Day - 27 February
Rainbow Colour Run - 17 April
Water Fight - 17 May

These themed days will join the annual staple events of Sports Day(s), 6th Class Graduation, and 2022/23's new addition: Citywest Summer Games - all of which take place in June.
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Keep your eye on our calendar page for any updates to activities in the school!

To help us introduce ourselves, we would like to try a new initiative by providing care boxes for the residents. If you and your family would be interested in putting together a care box for one of the residents, please let us know by completing this form.

We will be collecting the boxes on 12th and 13th December, and one of our classes will deliver them to the nursing home later that week.