4th March 2015
Dear
Parents,
Despite the
weather, spring is now well and truly upon us and our busy little school
continues to motor along! Here is the news for March.
·
Our current Green Flag theme is Global
Citizenship, Litter and Waste. This term we have been really working hard on this theme,
in 2 ways. Firstly we are looking at being kind to the natural world and
supporting biodiversity (plants, animals, planting in our developing garden and
recycling etc.) Secondly we have been working on the global citizenship theme
with a view to being kind to and understanding the interconnected human-world
(with visiting speakers from varying cultural backgrounds, speakers from Fingal
County Council talking about its work in our local community and Trocaire
talking about people using natural resources to help communities around the
world.) At the senior end of the school the issues involved and discussed can
be quite complex and in some cases contested.
At all times our work on this theme has the aim of fostering and promoting
in our pupils attitudes of tolerance, respect and understanding of our
interconnected natural world and also our human world, at school, local,
national and international levels. With this in mind, parents are asked to
support their children’s learning and to discuss positively such curricular themes.
·
Walk to school: another aspect of our Green Flag
work is walking to school each morning from the Coolquay Lodge for these 2
weeks. (Following this we will revert to walking on Fridays.) So,
for these 2 weeks teachers will be at the Lodge by 8.45am with high-viz jackets
and leave for Kilcoskan NS daily at 8.50am.
We’re hoping to have a “scoot to school” day next week too, although
with the road being busy we may have to change this to a “scoot at school” day,
where pupils can bring in their scooters if they have them. The appointed day
will be communicated next week.
·
On Friday 27th March we
will be holding a Texas Hold’em Poker night in the Coolquay Lodge, from 8pm. Tickets are now
available for €50 from reception – we hope to sell 50 tickets for the big
night. If we sell all our tickets this card evening could have a top prize of up
to €1250 – so, the more tickets bought the merrier as they say! Anybody who
thinks they could sell a few tickets is asked to contact us at the school.
·
Batteries: we continue to collect all sorts of
batteries at the school, from the smallest watch batteries up to big car
batteries. Our target is 1 tonne of batteries for which we’ll get €1000 to be
spent on our school garden. Thanks to
the many parents who have dropped in batteries...more more more please!!!
·
School Self Evaluation: Please complete the maths school
self evaluation survey that went home with pupils on Monday and return it to
the school by Friday 6th March – this is an extension to the
original deadline of Wednesday 4th March. This should only take 5
minutes to complete.
·
Parents Association matters: our KNS PA newsletter is attached to
this school newsletter. The Parents Association are hosting a parental workshop
hosted by Barnardos next Wednesday March 11th at 7.30pm in the
school. See attached for more information.
·
World Book Day is this Thursday 5th
March and all pupils have received book vouchers. This year we’ll have our Book
Day Fancy Dress in term 3.
School
closures:
St.Patrick’s
weekend: School is closed on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th
March.
Easter
holidays: School closes at 12pm on Friday 27th March and reopens on
Monday 13th April 2015 at 9am for a full day.
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