11th February 2010 - ACETNS Newsletter

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.