NEWSLETTER 26.06.2024 - Canal Way Educate Together National School, Dublin 8

MESSAGE FROM DERMOT

Wishing you all a great summer ahead. The following is an attempt at thanking everyone who supported our school this year, making it another wonderful year.

Thanks to our children for bringing happiness and fun to our school. My highlight this year, was when a child told me I could go to Turkey, to get some hair. If only it was that simple!
Thanks to our teachers, support staff, and ancillary staff. You make our school a wonderful place to be.
Thanks to all of our parents, who have supported us this year. You play a huge part in our school, just as in every Educate Together School, and we look forward to working closer next year.
Thanks to the Parents Association Committee for all of your endless work. You have another item below to say thanks, but his is one is from me ! You have raised money for outdoor furniture and built in furniture, and arranged great activities to nurture our community spirit. You have organised hoodies, extracurricular activities, coffee mornings, fed the nation at our summer BBQ, book fairs, quizzes, and been totally sound throughout.
Thanks to our management team, who have pushed us onto a new level this year. GRMMA
Thanks to our Board of Management who have formed this year. Thanks for your support.
Thanks to our patron body who have supported us and continue to support us as we embed the future of our school.

Happy Pride weekend, and stay safe this summer – looking forward to seeing you all in September, for round 12!

THANK-YOU PARENTS

A huge thank you to all parents who supported fundraising in our school this year and a huge thank you to the PAC for spearheading all fundraising events. You may have noticed some lovely benches on display in our yard over the past few weeks. These were bought using fundraising from the Summer BBQ and the Sponsored Walk. The new benches were purchased for our Senior Yard following feedback from the children and will be moved up there in September. Over the summer storage for the hall will be installed to make our hall a safer place- this is again solely funded by PAC fundraising. We also just spent the last of our money raised from the bookfair on some books to update our classroom libraries! We really appreciate the effort of all members of our community who got involved with the different events this year to enhance our school building and resources further.

SCHOOL CLOSURE

School closes at 12 noon on Friday.

Re-opens at 08.30 on September 29th.

2024 _ 2025 School Calendar Canal Way ETNS

CLASS ALLOCATION

We will be in touch with you in the coming month to inform you of your child’s class teacher. We will be recruiting some new teachers and we will keep you updated as work through this. Thanks for your patience.

SAY HELLO / WAVE GOODBYE

Siobhan, Luke and Amy will be returning from their adventures next year and we are really looking forward to seeing them again and working together.

Seán will be leaving us to pursue new and exciting adventures. We wish you all the best, Seán.

Orla M will also be leaving us to head off on new adventures abroad. Safe travelling Orla and good luck with everything.

Thank-you Seán and Orla, for everything you brought to Canal Way ETNS.

GARDEN THANKS

A big thank you to all of the staff, pupils and parents for all their hard work in caring for our school garden this year. Thank you to Kayden, Colin and Nicola for tending to the wormery. Our wriggly friends are very grateful. Thank you to John and all his helpers for always being busy at work and making the garden look its best. Thank you Pat for making sure our garden is clean and safe to play in. Finally a big thank you to Joe Blair, Jasmine’s dad, for all his help and support in caring for the garden this year, your advice is invaluable! We look forward to returning to our garden in the autumn and enjoying the fruits of our labour, pun fully intended!

GRADUATION FEATURE FILM AND ACTIVE DISCO VIDEOS ONLINE.

There was lots of excitement in the hall last Wednesday at the premiere of the 6th class movie ‘The Portal”. The story follows sixth class who are having a perfectly normal day in the perfect world of Canal Way ETNS. This all changes when somebody makes the dreaded mistake of thinking about leaving Canal Way! This opens a portal into the strange world of secondary school. The students have to make a decision about whether to stay in the safe world of primary school or take the risk and go to secondary school.. what will they do?

Huge thanks to Jenny and Catherine who filmed and edited the movie for us. We couldn’t have done it without them. To watch The Portal, go to our GALLERY PAGE / VIDEOS

You will also find a video of the Canal Way Disco online also – hilarious antics!

CONGRATULATIONS

Many of you likely noticed a familiar face in the recent election canvassing. We would like to congratulate Fiona on being elected as a Local Councillor in Kimmage-Rathmines: South East Area Committee. Comhghairdeas !

WILD POSTCARD ART COMPETITION

Nature-themed artwork competition for children and teens. It highlights Dublin 8’s biodiversity and winning entries will be made into postcards. Deadline: July 31st.

CALL OUT FOR BUILDING EXPERTISE

The CWETNS Board of Management is seeking a parent with expertise in building or facilities management to help manage our building and our organisation. If you’re interested in working with us, please send your details to [email protected], and we will get back to you. We would greatly appreciate your consideration if you have the necessary expertise, and we look forward to collaborating to enhance our environment.

DANCE ACADEMY

Join us for a fun packed week of dance, arts & crafts. Learn a variety of dance styles such as Hip Hop, Contemporary and Jazz. Meet new friends and most of all have fun! At our dance camps, we also work towards our end of camp performance!

Book via our website www.catchdanceacademy.com or call 0896036308 for more info