NEWSLETTER 21.12.2017

Dear Parents –
Ethos – Winter Assemblies 
Thank you to all of our classes and teachers for their fantastic performances and to all families who came along to enjoy. Photos to follow.
 
Focus Ireland Coffee Morning 
A  total of € 540 was raised. Thank you Hazel and her team of volunteers from Doireann’s class for organising this and to all parents who helped out and supported over the two mornings.
School Closures
School closes tomorrow (Friday 22nd) at 12:00 and re-opens on January 8th at 08:30.
February 7th – School Closed for Staff Professional Development.
Next school closure will be February 15th & 16th for Mid Term.
Parent Survey – HSE 
The HSE wants to hear the views of parents of young children and expectant parents to help shape the development of new resources, including a new website. These resources will support families during pregnancy and children’s early years. To have your say, please complete a short survey using this link. We would really appreciate if you could take the time to complete this, for a very good friend of Canalway ETNS.
PARENT’S ASSOCIATION
Winter Fair
Thanks to all who attended the Winter Fair, to all the volunteers who helped out, and to our generous sponsors who contributed raffle prizes and goodies for the cafe. It was a great success. Our next fundraising event will be a Comedy Night at the end of January.
Campaign For a New Second-Level School
ETH-X are a start-up campaign for a co-educational, multi denominational, non-feeing paying secondary school in Dublin South West City with Educate Together patronage. We are establishing a mailing list of people interested in this as a preference for their childrens education, so as to be ready to mobilise if a second level school is to be established at Harold’s Cross in Dublin 6W and formal expression of interest are called for at short notice. This form is not a formal expression of interest or an official pre-enrolment form. Join the campaign at:
Wishing you and yours a peaceful and restful break – see you in 2018! 
Dermot & Staff