It is great to be the bearer of good news. Work on our school extension will begin next Monday. The contractors are Western Building Services and they will be setting up a site compound in the land adjoining the school. There will a change to the collection of children which is illustrated on the diagram at the back of this newsletter. We are very lucky to be getting this work done in the current climate and I would appeal to all families to be patient in the mornings and evenings as there will be some disruption. This is a great day for our school and a tribute to all the families who put their faith in us less than three years ago when we opened for the very first time.
Extra curricular activities have started again this term and are proving to be a great success. Our English language classes for parents and Maths for fun in first class are being enjoyed by all and many thanks to Tom for all his help in
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We are currently preparing a time capsule which we will plant beside our art project. The children have all contributed to this and we will shortly be asking all our parents to put something into the capsule as well. The school will be celebrating Mother Languages day on February 22nd and we have lots of exciting events planned.
Parent teacher meetings will take place on the 8th and 9th of February after school. You should all have an appointment by now. Contact your class teacher if you still do not have an appointment for parent teacher meetings.
We have been reviewing our code of behaviour over the last term. This has now finished and we will be sending home a copy to every family in the school in the next two weeks.
The committee of the Parent Teacher Association is hoping to buy some musical instruments for the school. They will be having an informal social night in the coming month.
Please have your questions ready for all politicians knocking on your door about parking and cuts to school funding etc. This is the time when the politicians have to listen and I would urge you all to prioritise these issues with the local election candidates.
We will be sending out our brown envelopes in the coming weeks and we would really appreciate if every family could give what they can. I would also like to thank all of you who have a monthly standing order for the school.
Beir Búa,
Eddie
Enrolment
The enrolment procedure in the school is based on a first come first served basis. It is very important younger brothers and sisters are put on the pre-enrolment list as soon as possible. Forms can be downloaded from our website at www.lucaneastet.com or are available from the school office.
We have just completed our first round of offers to Junior Infants and we will begin our second round of offers next week. It is very important to remember that the sooner a child’s name is put on the list the more chance they have of securing a place in the school.
Lesley is our school secretary and is always willing to answer any enrolment issues you may have.
Parent Teacher meetings take place next Tuesday and Wednesday after school. All after school clubs are cancelled next Tuesday and Wednesday due to parent teacher meetings
