Gaelic Football

Dear Parents


Adamstown GAA is offering Gaelic Football Coaching every Saturday morning in the hall of the Adamstown Castle Educate Together School. This is fun activity for children from 4-10 years of age. However before this begins we are inviting all parents to a registration day on Saturday the 3rd October to find out information on the club and to enrol there children for the coming year.
The registration day will consist of
Background information on the club.
Membership forms/ children details.
Information on time and training for the children.
The need for volunteers for the club.
Start date for coaching and plan for the year.
Venue : Adamstown Castle Educate Together National School hall
Date : Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time : 10am
Age : 4 to 10 year olds
Cost : No charge for registration day but there will be a fee for Saturday coaching €2 per session, this money will go toward equipment for the children.

Any problems ring me
Clare Dowdall
0851617718

Parents' Association

Parents' Association Meeting October 2009

Attendees:Hanumantha Rao, Tina Jansson, Olga knutova, John Clair, RashmiSawhney, Gema Pintor, Samille, Olajide Ogidam, Usmen, Aminat, UnaMurphy, Rahul Seth, Sofia Alberty and Tom

Minutes:*

Welcome to new members: It was good to see new parents attendanceand interest to actively involve with the Association. After shortintroduction about PA, thoughts were in the air from all corners onhow best we can improve PA. We'll see how we execute some socialevents based on our experimental experiences so far - more in nextmeeting.
* Committee members: Four new enthusiastic parents joined thecommittee. These additions bring the numbers to its capacity. So thecommittee is as follows:1. John Clair2. Rashmi Sawhney3. Olajide Ogidam4. Aminat1. Olga Knutova,2. Rahul Seth,3. Juna Rosaies4. Tina Jansson (Secretary)5. Sofia Alberty (Treasurer)6. Hanumantha Rao (Chairperson)
* Spreading the Word of PA: To meet our objectives of socializing,fund raising and fun-filled activities we need active participationfrom other parents. Suggestions were to collect as many email ids andphone numbers from parents and communicate effectively. Also,encourage parents to use school blogs for sharing constructive views
* School Calender: Tina updated the group on the latest status on thisproject. We thought it would be better to send letters to parents forinformation.
* School Logo: We decided to held the competition on 1st Nov. We needthis logo for the calender as well, and we need to make sure that Logowould be the last one to add just before going to the printer. Olgawould be sending details of the competition to parents.
* PA Constitution: Tom updated BoM feedback. We need to resubmit tothe Board with changes.
* Next meeting would be on 8th October at 7:30 pm

Actions:
1. Rao to follow on better communications
2. Tina to send letters to parents on Calender
3. Olga to send details to parents about the logo competition.
4. Rao to submit updated version to the board.

ThanksRao(Hanumantha Rao)

Sports

Information will be sent to you shortly regarding soccer training in the Adamstown School.
Training is due to begin on Monday the 28th of September from four to five (4pm to 5pm).
All the schools in Adamstown will be involved in this venture by the Adamstown Soccer Club.

Please see information on the FAI Intercultural Football programme above. This link http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=41&Itemid=69 will also take you directly to the FAI Pages for the programme.Should you require any further info please don’t hesitate to contact me.


Tom

Pre-Enrolment Form September 2009

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Adamstown Castle Educate Together
Pre-enrolment Form
Please return form to: Adamstown Castle ETNS, Station Rd., Adamstown, Co. Dublin

Forms should be returned by post only; please include a stamped addressed envelope

INFORMATION ON CHILD TO BE PRE-ENROLLED
Childs First Name:
Childs Last Name/Surname:
Date of Birth:

School Year for which child is being pre-enrolled – please circle 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Class for which child is being pre-enrolled, please circle:
Junior Infants Senior Infants First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class
* Children have to be 4 by September 1st, for entry to Junior Infant Class

PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION
First Name(s): Last Name/ Surname:
Contact Address:

Phone Numbers:
E-mail :
(The information provided may be used for the planning of educational provision in this area)
I understand that the receipt of a pre-enrolment form does not guarantee that the child will be offered a place.
I understand that it is my responsibility to inform Adamstown Castle ETNS of any change of address, telephone number, or other relevant circumstances.
I understand that if I have not replied to a confirmed offer of a place for my child within 14 days of that offer being made, I will have forfeited my Child's place on the pre-enrolment list.
A copy of the full pre-enrolment rules may be obtained from Educate Together or online www.educatetogether.ie
Parents Signature:
____________________________________________________________


Name in Print:
Please tick here if you do not want to receive further information ¨

Parents' Association

Parents' Association Committee Meeting September 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 10th from 7:30-8:45 p.m.
Attendees: Sofia,Olga, Richel, Rahul, Rao, Tina, Tom

* PA constitution: Discussed and approved by all present. Aftergetting feedback from BoM it will be published

* Committee: We elected the following 6 members of the committee,which would be active for 1 year. 1. Olga Knntora, 2. Rahul Seth, 3. Juna Rosaies 4. Tina Brescanu (Secretary) 5. Sofia Alberty (Treasurer) 6. Hanumantha Rao (Chairperson)In addition, following 3 from BoM would be on the committee as well: 1. Tom Moriarty 2. Meena 3. KazbekWe have few places open, which would be filled in due course.

* Bank account: Sofia briefed problems in opening account for PA withPermanent TSB. We'll try with AIB next before approaching TSB again.

* Renting hall for private parties: We felt it is important to havethis option open for parents and discussed on various operationalissues. Since BoM rejected our 1st proposal we decided to go back tothe Board with new proposal including terms and possible actions tocounter any issues associated with this.
* School Uniform policy: Since BoM suggested to PA to think onintroducing tracksuit we discussed briefly on the feasibility of it.We went over the cost associated with it, and the color/design. Thediscussion was inconclusive and we decided to revisit this once newparents join the committee

* Class meetings for new parents: Tom informed that there will beclass meetings for new parents in coming days. PA would like to usethat as platform to welcome new parents. Once we know the schedule,some of us would go to such meetings.

* Calendar: We want to design a Calendar for Adamstown school, whichwill be used to raise funds. PA will write to the BoM on this idea,and also to parents to solicit their active participation.

* School Logo competition: We discussed on options available for PA tosuggest a Logo for the school. We thought the best way to involveparents is to run a competition with a prize for the winner. We asknominations from parents and the competition day would be a socialmorning/evening/night on one of the weekends in October. More detailssoon.

Actions:
1. Sofia/Rao to follow on opening Bank account
2. Rao to write to BoM on renting school hall
3. Rao to follow with Tom on class meetings and inform othersaccordingly
4. Tina to lead the efforts on Calendar5. Olga to lead the Logo competition.

Thanks and RegardsHanumantha (Rao)

Welcome to the Academic Year - 2009/10

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Welcome back to the new school year 2009/2010. We hope you all had a wonderful summer.

At this new start, we should also be aware of preventing the spread of swine flu in our community. In particular, it is vital that we learn to promote good habits of respiratory etiquette and learn to recognise the symptoms of swine flu.

With the view to preventing the spread of the virus in our community, it is advised that the children practice good respiratory and cough etiquette both at home and school.

Also, while there is a minimal risk of infection, please provide your child(ren) with a clean face cloth everyday to dry his/her hands and a ziplock cover to take home the soiled towel. Please provide your child(ren) with disposable tissues to use while coughing or sneezing. You may also wish to provide your child(ren) with a small antibacterial hand gel to keep their little hands clean.

Please be advised that the school will function as normal unless advised otherwise by the Health Board. We would advise that you read the enclosed leaflet and retain this information for future reference.

Further information about this can be obtained from the following websites:
www.swineflu.ie
www.dohc.ie
www.hpsc.ie
www.educatetogether.ie

Wishing you and your family all the very best in this new school year,

Warm Regards
Meena Baskarasubramanian
Chairperson – Board of Management