Newsletter

February 2012

Carlow Educate Together NS Unit 5, Shamrock Business Park Graiguecullen, Carlow Town Tel: 059-9179453 Mob: 087-3128166 Email: simon@carloweducatetogether.ie Web: www.carloweducatetogehter.ie

Spring Begins
Dear parents, I hope you all had a lovely mid-term break and that you got loads of cards on Valentines Day! Its been a busy start to this half term and I hope I can fill you in on whats been going on for the last month. If you have a Facebook account be sure to like our page and youll get all the news from our web site straight to your wall. Parent Teacher Meetings are coming up next week so I just wanted to outline how they work for anyone new to the school. You have been given a 10 minute slot with your class teacher. In this meeting, the teacher will tell you a summary of how your child(ren) is/are getting on. If you want to discuss anything at all, feel free to do so. However, we ask if it is likely to need more than the 10 minutes that you arrange a separate meeting at a time that suits both you and the teacher. Please dont be offended if the teacher has to stop a meeting but, as you can understand, there are lots of parents to see and only a limited time to do it in. Weve a number of policies that will be reviewed this month by our parents council Behaviour and Absences are on this months list. Please get in touch with the Parents

Dates for your diaries:

February 27th 29th Parent Teacher Meetings February 29th Parent Council Meeting March 5th 9th Friendship Week March 14th 18th Visit from German and UK schools March 19th School Closed Bank Holiday

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February News

Friendship Week
Dont forget Friendship Week begins on 5th March. Clare has been busy organising fantastic events throughout the week and wed love for Story Sacks Project. Children and Parents work with Helen from the Story Sacks project in Samantha and Clares Class. parents to come along. Starting off on Friday, 24th February, we have an art workshop for parents and children.

Good luck to Ollie, Ali, Ruaidhr, Asha, Tyreece, Evelin and Zoe who will be representing out school in a science competition in the Dolmen Hotel on Friday, 24 February with their Wind Turbine Project.
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We also need a photograph of children for a display for the week. Please send in a photograph if you havent already. Keep a look out at our

What Scares You? Some of the boys and girls from 3rd to 6th class have been discussing their fears. We created a survey to find out about what scares people. We asked Michaels class the question What are you most afraid of? See the results on our web site, http://www.carloweducatetogether.ie

electronic noticeboard in the foyer of the school or on the noticeboard blog (cetnsnews.blogspot.com) for more information over the coming week.

GAA Coaching
We are delighted to announce the start of GAA coaching in our school. Led by Erin and Teresa, two teachers in our school, children have the opportunity to learn GAA skills from two highly experienced GAA players. Both Erin and Teresa have won major awards at county level and we are very lucky to have them on our staff. To sign up, drop in in the morning or call to the office.

Welcome to Ireland!
Pictured are our three student teachers from Spain who arrived this week. They will be working with the children in our school for the next two months. Patricia, Irene and Christina youre very welcome! On 14th March we will be welcoming teachers from the UK and Germany to the school as part of our Comenius programme and we hope you will come

Shared Reading 5th/6th class with Senior Infants

Today Adrian was sick so Conor, Jason, Alana, Kiaza, Josh and Daniel spent the day in 5th and 6th class. They worked really well and their behaviour was excellent. It was a treat for us all to have them with us for the day. The children from 5th and 6th were very welcoming and helped our visitors during the day. Here are some lovely pictures of 5th and 6th class helping our friends with reading activities.

Current Policies Online

Absence and Punctuality Administration of medicines Anti Bullying Assessment Behaviour Child Protection Complaints Procedure Data Protection Policy Equality of Access and Participation

The Student Council Meet

Enrolment Policy Exceptional Closures Policy First Aid Garda Vetting Health and Safety Statement Homework Integration Policy Internet AUP Mobile Phone Policy Parking Special Education Needs Substance Use Swine Flu Work Placement Policy

Board of Management 201215 Chair: Eleanor Peters Treasurer: Sinad Tynan Secretary: Simon Lewis Teacher Rep: Michael Ryan Parent Reps: Debbie Gibney / Samus OLeary Community Reps: Mary White / Thomas Farrell Child Protection Officers DLP: Simon Lewis, Deputy: Emer Byrden Parents Council Chair: Paula Polland Secretary: Denise Harkin Treasurer: Ian Pelly Fundraising: Mary Broderick Second Level: Ruth Curtis Church-Liaison: Debbie Gibney (tbc) Teacher Positions of Responsibility Deputy Principal: Samantha Ryan Behaviour Manager: Emer Byrden Media Liaison: Emer Dowling

Whos Who?

SEN: Samantha Ryan Attendance: Michael Ryan Resources: Michael Ryan Literacy: Samantha Ryan Learn Together: Emer Byrden After Schools: Emer Dowling Student Council Led by Samantha Ryan. Green School Led by Michael Ryan.

Its easy to stay in touch with everything going on in the school. We communicate with families in lots of different ways: By Letter School Website Facebook Page Twitter (@carlowetns) Our Mobile Phone App for Android and iPhones Texting Service Email Class Blogs Electronic Noticeboard and its blog for those