Adamstown Castle Educate Together – February 2010 Newsletter
Golden Mile: Adamstown Castle & Esker has decided to come together to fundraise for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. As a small gesture, we are going recreate the map of Haiti, using coins or any change you may have at home. This will take place in the hall on Tuesday 16th February @ 9.30 in the hall. All proceeds will go to Goal.
Summer Camp:
Following the success of last year’s Summer Camp, we would like to continue with a summer camp this year. An initial meeting took place on Thursday 11th February in St. John the Evangelist NS. Please contact the office if you have any ideas which could be discussed at the next meeting. New volunteers are needed and will be notified of date of the next meeting.
New Dental Practice in Lucan
Andrew, Oola’s dad is opening a new Dental Practice in Lucan Village. He is offering all parents and students a free dental check up. For more information on this, please contact 01-6219667.
Blog: We have a straw poll on our website at the moment regarding whether the school should have a school uniform or tracksuit. Please go to our blog on www.acetns.ie to vote Yes, No or Compromise. This is only a straw poll, please only vote once.
Reminder: English Language classes will start Tuesday 23rd February, please contact the office on 01-6540088 if you would like to attend these.
Measles: There has been a case of measles in the building. We would ask that if your child has any unusual symptoms such as a rash, please let us know as soon as possible.
SPHE (Social, Personal & Health Education) – copies of this document are available in our school office for your perusal. This document will be ratified by the BOM in March 2010.
Green Schools – (We are aiming to achieve a Green Flag and must make our school more environmentally friendly) We would like to encourage parents to put their children’s lunch in plastic/tubberware containers instead of using tinfoil and clingfilm. Also all children are requested to bring home their lunch rubbish. This is to reduce the amount of rubbish which we send to the landfill.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
SPHE & RSE
Dear Parents,
We are ratifying/finalising the following policies -
SPHE (Social, Personal & Health Educaation)
RSE (Relationships and Sexuality Education)
These are available if you would like to see them in the school office.
Regards,
Tom.
We are ratifying/finalising the following policies -
SPHE (Social, Personal & Health Educaation)
RSE (Relationships and Sexuality Education)
These are available if you would like to see them in the school office.
Regards,
Tom.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Indian Classical Dance
If you or your child would like to train in Bharatanatyam, Indian classical dance, please contact
R S Niranjana
0862684240
014425038
rsniranjana@gmail.com
R S Niranjana
0862684240
014425038
rsniranjana@gmail.com
Music Class
Percussion group starting for 4th 5th & 6th classes, on Tuesdays from 02.30 - 03.20. Free of charge. This will be a performing group so full commitment is required. Notes have gone home about it ... any further questions please contact Dermot.
English Classes for Adults
Adamstown English Lessons for Adults - February 2010
Adamstown Educate Together NS:
One to One English Lessons - Lessons free of charge
Tuesday & Thursday mornings - starts 16th February
If you are interested, please call Deirdre (school secretary) on 01-6540088
Adamstown Educate Together NS:
One to One English Lessons - Lessons free of charge
Tuesday & Thursday mornings - starts 16th February
If you are interested, please call Deirdre (school secretary) on 01-6540088
February 2010 - Newsletter
Adamstown Castle Educate Together – February 2010 Newsletter
Dear All
A belated Happy New Year!
• Office hours – now that the office is up and running, please note that all enrolments are to be left with Deirdre. Office hours are 9.15-12.15, Monday to Friday.
• Our calendar on the website has been updated. All the activities in the school are on that with contact numbers for anybody wishing to partake in Ballet, Tae Kwando, Indian Dancing, Irish Dancing, Go Play, Hockey, Olympic Handball, Cricket, weight loss classes, Russian, Adult Soccer Club, GAA, Catholic Religion Classes, English Language Classes for Adults.
• Also on the website, you will find information on our very active Students’ Council and Green Flag Committee
• Swine Flu – We have no date as of yet for when the HSE will be visiting. Also it has come to our attention that some families have not received a form, we have been on to the HSE a number of times regarding this and are awaiting a delivery.
• Thank you to Vitalie and Tina, parents of Torsten from Martha’s class for their kind donation of books to the school. If you wish to donate age appropriate books to the school, we would be delighted to hear from you.
• Unlike most schools in the area, we have been very fortunate in that we have suffered no vandalism whatsoever over the past two years. Unfortunately, we had a large window broken recently. I would ask parents to text me should you see any groups on the school grounds outside of school hours on 087-9687142.
• Thank you to Sarah & Fabrice. Sarah as you may not be aware is our very competent and meticulous treasurer on the BOM. Since we opened, Sarah has been looking after our finances and our billing. Sarah & Fabrice designed a superb system for the running of the school which she sells to other schools for the nominal sum of €100. All proceeds from this have been donated to our school to enable us to purchase a Sra Reading laboratory and reading materials for the school. Thanks Sarah & Fabrice!
• Text a Parent is now up and running. Thank you for returning your mobile numbers, we would like to advise you that we can only use one number per family. It is your responsibility to inform us if you change your mobile number.
• We would appreciate it if you could also provide us with an email address so we can keep you up to date with our Green Flag Initiative.
• French classes are being held in St. John’s The evangelist, please contact Sabine on sabinemaher@gmail.com for further details
• The school will close @ 12.10 this Friday 5th February for a Staff Meeting. A reminder4 will be sent by text, if you do not receive this, please contact Deirdre on 01-6540088.
• The IT Spec for the new Thin Client System for the school has been put up on our blog. If you know of any company who would like to submit a tender, please direct to www.acetns.ie The closing date for submissions is Friday 26th February 2010.
Dear All
A belated Happy New Year!
• Office hours – now that the office is up and running, please note that all enrolments are to be left with Deirdre. Office hours are 9.15-12.15, Monday to Friday.
• Our calendar on the website has been updated. All the activities in the school are on that with contact numbers for anybody wishing to partake in Ballet, Tae Kwando, Indian Dancing, Irish Dancing, Go Play, Hockey, Olympic Handball, Cricket, weight loss classes, Russian, Adult Soccer Club, GAA, Catholic Religion Classes, English Language Classes for Adults.
• Also on the website, you will find information on our very active Students’ Council and Green Flag Committee
• Swine Flu – We have no date as of yet for when the HSE will be visiting. Also it has come to our attention that some families have not received a form, we have been on to the HSE a number of times regarding this and are awaiting a delivery.
• Thank you to Vitalie and Tina, parents of Torsten from Martha’s class for their kind donation of books to the school. If you wish to donate age appropriate books to the school, we would be delighted to hear from you.
• Unlike most schools in the area, we have been very fortunate in that we have suffered no vandalism whatsoever over the past two years. Unfortunately, we had a large window broken recently. I would ask parents to text me should you see any groups on the school grounds outside of school hours on 087-9687142.
• Thank you to Sarah & Fabrice. Sarah as you may not be aware is our very competent and meticulous treasurer on the BOM. Since we opened, Sarah has been looking after our finances and our billing. Sarah & Fabrice designed a superb system for the running of the school which she sells to other schools for the nominal sum of €100. All proceeds from this have been donated to our school to enable us to purchase a Sra Reading laboratory and reading materials for the school. Thanks Sarah & Fabrice!
• Text a Parent is now up and running. Thank you for returning your mobile numbers, we would like to advise you that we can only use one number per family. It is your responsibility to inform us if you change your mobile number.
• We would appreciate it if you could also provide us with an email address so we can keep you up to date with our Green Flag Initiative.
• French classes are being held in St. John’s The evangelist, please contact Sabine on sabinemaher@gmail.com for further details
• The school will close @ 12.10 this Friday 5th February for a Staff Meeting. A reminder4 will be sent by text, if you do not receive this, please contact Deirdre on 01-6540088.
• The IT Spec for the new Thin Client System for the school has been put up on our blog. If you know of any company who would like to submit a tender, please direct to www.acetns.ie The closing date for submissions is Friday 26th February 2010.
Monday, February 1, 2010
IT Spec for Thin Client Network for Adamstown Castle ETNS
Proposed Hardware Specification for Thin Client Network for Adamstown Castle ETNS
Product Product Details
Thin Clients Incl 15”/17” monitor, mouse, keyboard speakers, (pref built in to base or monitor), headphones 80
Spec 1: Min 400 Mhz processor, 256MB RAM, 1280/800 video, sound in/out, 4” USB
Spec 2: Min 1GHZ processor, 1GB RAM 1280x800 video, In ous sound
Clients will be a mix or all of either spec 1 or 2)
Server 64-Bit Multi-core processor, 8GB RAM, Raid 1, 2x300GB HDD 1
Tape Back-up Quantum DLT-V4 160-/320GB Internal SCSI Tape Drive 1
1m Patch Leads Cat 5 60
2m Patch leads Cat 5 20
Printer Option 1: P3015dn (CE528A) 1500-5000 pages monthly, NW Ready, auto duplex (1x500 Sheet Feeder) 2
Option 2: P3015x (CE529A) 1500-5000 pages monthly, NW Ready, auto duplex (2x500 sheet feeder)
Thin Clients: Based on 4 infant classrooms with 2 thin clients, 12 classrooms from 1st to 6th with 4 thin clients, computer room with 12 thin clients, 4 support rooms with 2 and 2 each in the office and staffroom.
Server(s): See Discussion (Here)
Packaging: Would be possible to have supplier collect and dispose of packaging rather than pay to have it removed?
Quotation should also include installation of hardware and configuring of software. It is the intention of the school to use open source software with Edubuntu as the main operating system for the thin client system. Included in this will be the option of a partition to accommodate a windows network solution.
We would also request that an option of a one year maintenance contract be priced in this quote. Finally we would request an overall price for the above specification and a per unit price in the event of a decision by the Board of Management to increase or decrease the number of work stations.
Should you have any advice regarding the above specifications, where you recommend an improvement in the above, then this may be priced separately based on the criteria outlined in above, this will be considered by the Board of Management of ACETNS.
Any further enquiries may be directed to the acetns@gmail.com
Time Frame: Quotation by the 27th February 2010, Installation by the end of March 2010.
The Board of ACETNS does not accept any liability for costs incurred during this tendering process.
Product Product Details
Thin Clients Incl 15”/17” monitor, mouse, keyboard speakers, (pref built in to base or monitor), headphones 80
Spec 1: Min 400 Mhz processor, 256MB RAM, 1280/800 video, sound in/out, 4” USB
Spec 2: Min 1GHZ processor, 1GB RAM 1280x800 video, In ous sound
Clients will be a mix or all of either spec 1 or 2)
Server 64-Bit Multi-core processor, 8GB RAM, Raid 1, 2x300GB HDD 1
Tape Back-up Quantum DLT-V4 160-/320GB Internal SCSI Tape Drive 1
1m Patch Leads Cat 5 60
2m Patch leads Cat 5 20
Printer Option 1: P3015dn (CE528A) 1500-5000 pages monthly, NW Ready, auto duplex (1x500 Sheet Feeder) 2
Option 2: P3015x (CE529A) 1500-5000 pages monthly, NW Ready, auto duplex (2x500 sheet feeder)
Thin Clients: Based on 4 infant classrooms with 2 thin clients, 12 classrooms from 1st to 6th with 4 thin clients, computer room with 12 thin clients, 4 support rooms with 2 and 2 each in the office and staffroom.
Server(s): See Discussion (Here)
Packaging: Would be possible to have supplier collect and dispose of packaging rather than pay to have it removed?
Quotation should also include installation of hardware and configuring of software. It is the intention of the school to use open source software with Edubuntu as the main operating system for the thin client system. Included in this will be the option of a partition to accommodate a windows network solution.
We would also request that an option of a one year maintenance contract be priced in this quote. Finally we would request an overall price for the above specification and a per unit price in the event of a decision by the Board of Management to increase or decrease the number of work stations.
Should you have any advice regarding the above specifications, where you recommend an improvement in the above, then this may be priced separately based on the criteria outlined in above, this will be considered by the Board of Management of ACETNS.
Any further enquiries may be directed to the acetns@gmail.com
Time Frame: Quotation by the 27th February 2010, Installation by the end of March 2010.
The Board of ACETNS does not accept any liability for costs incurred during this tendering process.
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