Bad Weather
I would like to thank everybody in the school for all their great efforts during the recent snow. We made every effort to open the school every morning if it was at all possible.
In an effort to make up the time lost, the staff have agreed to have our monthly staff meetings from February to June outside of school hours. This means that from February to June the school will close at 1.20pm for infants and 2.20pm for the other classes on staff meeting days instead of the current 12.30pm finish. The staff will then have their staff meeting after school has finished.
The board of management of the school has thanked the staff for this and for all the extra work they do outside of school hours throughout the year.
Principal’s News
Welcome back to another action packed year at Lucan East ETNS. This will be a very exciting year in the development of the school which will see our new extension being built. News at the moment is that building will commence in February with a completion date in August.
The school will be closed on January 21st for teacher training. The teachers will be working on the Music, Drama, History and Geography plans for the school.
Last term second class took part in the maths for fun project where parents come in to school to work with the teachers and children in maths. It was a great success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all the parents and children. This term maths for fun will run in first class Norway. We hope that parents in this class can get involved so watch this space!!
We hope that language classes for parents will start again in the next few weeks. English classes for parents are on Wednesdays at 1.30pm. Extra curricular activities start back next week.
Margaret Callan Bergin from the board of management has joined the children’s green school committee. We have purchased a bin for the front of the school and we would like all litter to be put in it. The school recycles all paper and plastic and also has a compost bin which will be used as fertilizer for the garden.
Parent teacher meetings will take place on the 8th and 9th of February after school. You will shortly be given an appointment time by your class teacher. Parent teacher meetings are an opportunity to sit down with your child’s teacher away from the busy classroom to discuss their progress.
We have been reviewing our code of behaviour over the last term and we have sought the views of children, parents, staff and the board of management. We hope that this will be finished in February.
The committee of the parent teacher association committee will be meeting this month to plan what they are going to do for the rest of the year. School calendars are still for sale from the office.
Please mention the need for extra parking facilities in our school to any election candidates looking for your vote in the upcoming election. There is lots of land next door that could be used until it is built upon.
There are many other exciting events taking place in the school over the coming months and I urge you to get involved. All help will be greatly appreciated from helping with reading to stewarding the car park.
Beir Búa, Eddie
