Nuacht 11/06/2018
Dates for your diary
11.06.2018 Junior Infant Class Tour
12.06.2018 3rd Class & Senior Infant Class Tour
13.06.2018 2nd Class & 1st Class Tour
Jill’s class blitz in St Brigid’s GAA Club
14.06.2018 4th Class & 5th Class Tour
2nd Class Day of Celebration @ 7pm in the hall
15.06.2018 6th Class Tour
Junior Infant assembly @ 9:30am in the hall
20.06.2018 Bookhaven – school book sale in the prefab
21.06.2018 6th Class Graduation
22.06.2018 CETNS orchestra concert @ 10am in the school hall
Dear Parents/Guardians,
We hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine we have had for the past few weeks and seizes the opportunity to be outside in the fresh air. Just to let you know the school reports will be posted out this week to the addresses provided to us. If anyone has changed address recently or you’re not sure please contact the school office. As ever, should you have a concern about your child please contact the school office secretary@cetns.ie to make an appointment to talk to his/her teacher.
School calendar 2018/2019 is online see School Calendar | Castleknock Educate Together
Re Registration Forms
Forms are being sent out to all families, it is important to return the forms to the school office by Friday 15th June fully completed.
Class photos have been ordered and will be given to each child in the 3rd week in June.
School Tours Week
All classes in the school will be going on tour this week so please ensure sun cream, hats, appropriate clothing & footwear etc. so the experience is as enjoyable as possible for all children. Thank you in advance to those adults coming along to help too. See above dates of tours under dates for your diary.
School Sports Days
We hope to have our school sports days in the week of 18th-22nd June weather permitting. We will post on the website closer to that week confirmation. If you haven’t already signed up for the app please do so to ensure you don’t miss any notifications.
Green Team of Action
The Green Team were very busy on Wednesday and Thursday this week. We started with COWOW - Cycle or Walk on Wednesday and it was great to see so many boys and girls cycling and walking to school.
We planted flower and vegetable seeds, painted flower bed, painted loads of ladybird stones and some fairy doors too (thanks Romey), beautiful butterflies were put on the prefab (thanks Paula). We started to paint our giant cable reels, cleaned up around the school grounds, weeded all over and especially around the outdoor classroom, made a fairy garden and a dinosaur patch. The Green Team and some extra helpers played a storm and we are very proud of our hard work. Thanks also to the teachers, Paula, Jen, David, John and all their helpers who helped out, as well as all the artists who painted. Our work is not finished yet as we still have to put up our fairy doors and make another dinosaur patch. We hope many of our pupils will enjoy these new areas of interest in our school.
Elaine
Thanks also to Samantha Mooney & the Mormon Church group who came in on a glorious Saturday to help continue the good work in our school grounds. Many children and adults helped weed the remaining beds in front of the poly-tunnel and outdoor classroom, took down broken climber frames and cut back dead climbing plants in front of the prefab and some seeds/plants were planted in boxes also. A special thank you to Rosemary & Abby who painted the giant cable reels. Have a look in the yard to see how talented they areJ. Thanks again Samantha for organising this event, it’s greatly appreciated by all & lovely to see so many families working alongside each other to improve our school grounds.
Scientific Sue
On Thursday 24th of May we went to our hall where a lady called Scientific Sue showed us loads of experiments. The first experiment was a taste experiment where she made hot chocolate but used spices and she got a volunteer to taste it. She added chilli, rosewater and orange. The taster said she enjoyed it.
The second experiment was on acids and using weak and strong acids and alkalines to make a neutral liquid change colour. Then she talked a bit about the ejector seat and the man who invented it and then she filled a big plastic bottle with gas and blew up the gas and it went on fire for a few seconds but it was safe and everybody was blown away.
The final experiment was when we made our own rocket. We made it out of a bottle, with pressure we pumped air into it. After about 6 or 7 pumps it rocketed the bottle across the hall and almost hit the window. Everyone loved the show and we all learned something new!
By Ilya and Yasmin in Liz's 6th class
STEM
Our June STEM project will link in with World Oceans Day which is on the 8th of June. Care of Marine Environment is also the current theme of our work towards our 8th Green School Flag. Design and make any marine related creation. We are looking forward to seeing your imaginative ideas. STEM | Castleknock Educate Together
Thanks, Paula & Elaine
Orchestra concert in Rush
On Thursday 17th May the school orchestra got to play in a concert in Rush. Everybody was excited, because we were performing on stage. We were the opening orchestra. We played a piece called Polish Carol. We also played Beethoven’s Ode To Joy and two South American pieces called Cha Cha Cha and Tango. We all enjoyed performing on stage and we give a special thanks to Romey for encouraging us to play instruments and another thanks to Romey for organising everything for us.
Thanks again, Matteo & CETNS Orchestra
On the 18th May 2018, CETNS orchestra went to St. Catherine's School in Rush to play in a choral Festival. When we arrived there, there was a workshop going on. We learned different songs. When the workshop finished everyone filed out to go to separate classrooms to practise , tune and prepare. We had a few snacks and chatted for a while.
Suddenly it was showtime! We brought our instruments and placed ourselves on the stage. We played Ode to Joy, Polish Carol, Tango and Cha Cha Cha. When we finished playing we took a bow and went off the stage. We had a party and Karen had to take a panoramic picture to get us all in. It was really fun and an experience I will never forget.
Nicole, Siobhan's Class
Invitation to Orchestra Concert
The CETNS orchestra will do a short performance on Friday 22nd June at 10am. There will also be a choral performance from third classes and a few solos as well. Parents are welcome to attend but in order to accommodate numbers safely in the hall please email secretary@cetns.ie to book a place or let Siobhán (in office) know by Wednesday 20th June.
Romey
CETNS Athletics @ Santry Stadium
The Santry Track Day took place on Monday 28th May. Forty children went and were a credit to the school. They all tried their very best on a very hot day and their behaviour was excellent. Competition out in Santry was of a very high standard. Clara and Mei-Mei got through to their respective individual finals. Four of the eight relay teams got into their respective finals. Our U-12 Boys' team consisting of James Cremin, Daniel Fuad, Mubarak Isamotu, Nadir Ghanem and Harry Maxwell finished 4th in their final and won a medal. We also had two 5th place finishes and a 6th place finish.
6th Class Graduation & 5th Class Helpers
A request was sent home in schoolbags today asking for help from 5th class parents for the 6th class graduation night. It is customary for 5th class parents to assist on the night as we hope 5th class parents will assist you when your child is graduating.
Day of Celebration & 1st Class Helpers
As above, the 2nd class children will have their Day of Celebration and 2nd class parents are seeking help from 1st class parents to assist on the night.
PTA
A huge thank you to everyone who helped organise a fun filled day at the school Summer Fair yesterday, the weather certainly helped the event proceed seamlessly better than expected. It was a great fun day for all. We pass our thanks on to Tonya, PTA Chairperson & her team of volunteers.
Proposed Winter Fair
The Board of Management and the PTA at CETNS are happy to announce a Winter Fair this year to take place on the 25th November. We hope this will be a true celebration of winter with traditional stalls selling winter goodies, hot winter drinks, warming winter sausages as well as carol singers, marsh mellow roasting and even a visit from Santa Claus.
To make it a unique experience we would like to get the students and parents involved in creating the fair. We would like each class to create a winter costume for class members which they will wear on the day. In keeping with the school ethos we will have a recycling theme so that costumes will all be made from recycled materials with a prize for the best costumes made.
To feed their entrepreneural spirit we will encourage 4th, 5th and 6th classes to come up with a mini business project idea to produce something to sell on the day. The project will involve the planning/documenting and realisation of the business idea. The idea that is judged most successful will win a school prize and could be entered for regional and national competitions. On top of that, will have all the usual favourite fair ideas like book stalls, winter art displays, bake sales, Christmas present raffles and much more.
At the moment we have three committee members Leisha MacDonald, Billy Quane and myself. We are looking for two or three others who could manage projects for the fair. Further ideas for the fair are most welcome too. We will also need parents and teachers to get involved in the costume making, recycling theme, art display as well as the mini business projects. If you feel you would enjoy getting involved please contact me at ianbrangan@gmail.com Ian Brangan
CETNS Summer Camps 2018
The CETNS Summer Camps are back again this year. Please email JP at cetnssummercamp@gmail.com to enrol your child or for further information.
Camp 1: Monday 2nd – Friday 6th July 2018
Camp 2: Monday 9th – Friday 13th July 2018
Beir bua,
Aedín