Adamstown Castle Educate Together – 26th February 2010 Newsletter

Adamstown Castle Educate Together – 26th February 2010 Newsletter

Haiti Appeal: Thank you for your generosity to all those who contributed to the Haiti Appeal. We collected over €322. This money will be forwarded to GOAL which is an Irish Aid Agency working on the ground in Haiti.

Educate Together: Educate Together has launched a petition to the Minister appealing form more ET Schools in Ireland. Could you please go on to www.educatetogether.ie and lend your support to this campaign.

Swine Flu: The HSE will be visiting the school on the 10th March to administer the Swine Flu Jab. You MUST fill out the HSE form whether or not you want your child to receive the jab. Many children have not yet returned these forms. We will be contacting you shortly if you haven’t returned the form.

PE & School Sports: Please ensure that your child has the proper footwear for sports. Under Health & Safety policy, only children with proper runners (gym shoes) will be allowed take part.

Napkins: Please ensure your child has a napkin every day.
Dropping Children off: Children are not permitted on the premises unsupervised in the morning. The gates are opened at 8.30am. Staff may not assume responsibility for children before this time.

Dublin Community Games:
A Parents Information meeting will take place on Tuesday 9th of March in St John’s NS. We would encourage you to attend. We would like to enter a number of teams or individuals into the 2010 Community Games. As this is a Community Event, you need to get involved. Please check our blog for event dates.
Text A Parent: We would ask that parents who have separated or divorced provide us with the text number and email of legal guardian if you haven’t already done so.
Crisps: Crisps are not permitted in the school at any time due to cleaning issues.
Book Week and Irish Week: These will be upon us shortly. Some of the events will include:
Book Swap Scheme, Reading Buddies, Dress up as a favourite character/book, Books for adults, Book Fair, Cheili Mor, St Patrick's Day Parade, Beirm ar an nGaeilge (Emphasis on Irish)