Kilcoskan NS Parents’
Newsletter – February 2018 12th
February 2018
Dear Parents,
This month’s KNS news items are listed below.
On the reverse of this letter, we are pleased to provide this term’s KNS Extracurricular
After-School Activities schedule too.
Best wishes,
Mr. Ciarán Caulfield, Priomhoide
Mr. Ciarán Caulfield, Priomhoide
·
Extra-Curricular Activities (open to
pupils from 1st – 6th class, see overleaf): If your child is interested in any
of the activities, please complete and return the slip to reception by
Wednesday 14th February. All activities will start from next week,
for 6 weeks (except after school Gaelic football open to 3rd – 6th
class, which runs to the summer and which has already started.)
·
Pancake Tuesday Tomorrow 13th
February: All pupils
will be able to buy a pancake and toppings for €2 during our class pancake
parties. Thanks to the KNS Parents Association for helping with this. Money
raised will go to the National Children’s Hospital. Ashes will be distributed on
Ash Wednesday.
·
In KNS we are selling Shamrock: This year in KNS we are pleased to
be selling Paddy McShamrock’s “Living Irish Shamrock”. The “Living Shamrock”
will be delivered in little golden vases which can be attached to your coat
etc. Each clump of shamrock costs €4 and €2 goes to KNS. Shamrock order cards
were issued to all on Friday. It is of course parents’ decision if they want
their child to sell the shamrock and for those who do, we ask that the order
cards and monies are returned to the school by Friday 2nd March at
the absolute latest. Children will bring the shamrock home for distribution once
delivered to KNS on March 13th / 14th.
·
KNS Garden and Environmental news: Since Christmas, we have replanted
11 native silver birch trees along the southern perimeter of the yard. We are
also now proud to have in the garden area a “Forest in a Box”. This is an
initiative of the Swords Woodland Association with whom we are working. The forest-box
contains about 20 small acorns, resting and hopefully germinating within a bed
of leaf mould – replicating the floor of an ancient Irish oak forest. Also in
our KNS garden we have had installed a 3 phase composting system which we’ll
get up and going soon. Finally, soon we will also be setting up a school
wormery!
·
KNS Class Multicultural themes: Thanks to those parents who are
volunteering in our classes this week and next to speak on their national
cultural practices (Polish and Lithuanian). One of our pupils has also bravely
volunteered to speak in classes about her family’s Belarussian culture. In
April we will host a speaker from Pavee Point to talk about the Traveller
Community culture too.
·
Code of Behaviour Review: As part of the KNS Code of
Behaviour review, parent feedback is now invited. Such feedback must be
submitted to the school in writing, marked for the attention of the Board of
Management, by Friday March 2nd. Feedback submitted anonymously will not be
accepted.
·
Anti Bullying: Our Parents Association will host a
speaker in Kilcoskan NS on the theme of anti-bullying - on Monday 19th
February 2018 at 7.30pm. All are welcome.
·
Early School Closures this term: School will close at 1.40pm for all
pupils on Wednesday March 14th and at 12pm for all on Friday March
16th. These early closures are to facilitate whole-staff training in
a number of new Department of Education procedures, including updated Child
Protection legislation. These closures are in line with Department of Education
policy. Note that school will also close at 12pm on Friday 23rd
March for the Easter Holidays. School will reopen for all on Monday April 9th
for the first day of term 3.
Kilcoskan NS Extra Curricular Activities for Term 2: (Click the timetable to enlarge)
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