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Newsletter 28.11.2013

Dear Parents & Guardians, Welcome to this weeks newsletter – ETHOS: The students have really enjoyed November and learning about Human Rights. We shall be looking at Hanukkah and Thanksgiving at assembly on this Friday. We have all been working hard sharing during November. The children’s enthusiasm is really noticeable here – well done. Next months core value is Freedom. We will have an open […]

NEWSLETTER 21.11.2013

Welcome to this weeks newsletter. ETHOS: Core value this month is SHARING. We are also learning about Human Rights/ Junior Infants are learning about their right a name,  home, and to play. Senior, First & Second have been studying The UN Convention on the Rights of The Child. they have done fantastic work on this and made a great display […]

Newsletter 14.11.2013

Welcome to this week’s newsletter. ETHOS: The children are learning about sharing this month. We really enjoyed the Diwali studies, and shall be learning about festivals of light in the coming month. We have attached artistic responses to the story of Rama and Sita – senior infants, first and second. The children are also looking […]

NEWSLETTER 08.11.2013

Dear Parents / Guardians …. Welcome to this week’s newsletter. ETHOS: Our core value this month is sharing. The children will be learning about human rights this month. Thank-you again to all the donations for the homeless shelter. The volunteers in the Mendicity Centre have sent on their thanks. They were delighted with their surprise […]

NEWSLETTER 24.10.2013

Dear Parents / Guardians …. welcome to this weeks newsletter. ETHOS: All are invited to our harvest themed assembly tomorrow. Please bring non perishable foods as a donation for the homeless shelter. The children have been learning about Halloween. Diwali will be celebrated on November 2nd, and the children will be finding out lots about this festival of […]

Newsletter 17.10.2013

 Dear Parents / Guardians , ETHOS:The children were learning about festivals & Eid this week. The older classes were reading Aesop’s Fables. We would like to welcome parents to our assembly on next Friday, 25th October at 08.40am. It should last about 15-20minutes. We will be tight for space so don’t wear bulky jackets! This is […]

Newsletter 10.10.2013

ETHOS: Our school song this month is Stevie Wonder’s ‘Sir Duke’ and the children are enjoying this. Please feel free to practice at home … make it a family thing! Eid Ul Adha is being celebrated in Ireland on Tuesday 15th. Best wishes to those in our community who will be celebrating this. The children […]

Newsletter 03.10.2013

Dear Parents / Guardians, ETHOS: The whole school did some rainbow meditation this week, and explored colours during this quiet time. The classes have started learning about our core value for October – respect. Senior Infants, First and Second have been planting today. The plant containers are recycled and are very impressive. Well done! OUT […]

Newsletter 26.09.2013

Dear Parents / Guardians, ETHOS: The whole school spent some time meditating today. We listened to music and spent some time self reflecting. The children really enjoyed this. Here are some pictures of that mellow event. Next week is ‘Anti-bullying Week’ in Portobello ETNS. Our core value for October is ‘Respect’. OFFICE HOURS: The office […]

NEWSLETTER 19.09.2013

Dear Parents / Guardians, ETHOS: Our children have been busy in the older classes with Green-schools. They have sourced the most competitive bin company and have organised this themselves. Well done. We are expecting delivery of our bins in the coming days. STAFFING: We would like to welcome Eavan to our school community. Eavan is […]