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SCHOOL CLOSED OVER EASTER: We will be closing for the Easter Holidays next Friday. FRIDAY IS A FULL DAY. We will not be taking a half day for the holidays.
NUT ALLERGIES: A separate note will be sent out today regarding nut allergies: please, please do not send your child to school with any food that may contain nuts.
HEALTHY LUNCH POLICIES: In line with our healthy lunch policy we would ask that children have non-fizzy drinks, fruit and sandwich, roll or wrap. Crisps and sweets are not permitted in school. You may give your child a small treat on Friday. If at all possible please stay away from greasy food as this adds as this can cause problems for cleaning. It goes without saying that chewing gum is not permitted on the school grounds.
LUNCH PACKS: A number of our parents expressed an interest in the lunch packs for two euro: don't we haven't forgotten. To make this viable we need fifty participants tto sign up. One approach was the clustering of schools. So I am waiting for these schools to canvas their parents before we can proceed with this.
PERSONAL INSURANCE: Unfortunately, our personal insurance policy does not allow us to include new children this year. Our policy was designed specifically to keep the costs down for parents. If you did not take up the offer at the start of this academic year then your child is not covered. We will be reviewing this policy next September.
GAA: GAA hurling coaching will start after the Easter Break for Senior Classes. More on this later.
CRICKET: The Adamstown Cricket Club has organised coaching sessions for after the Easter break. More on this later.
PHOTOGRAPHS: I would like to thank Naz and Lina for all the work they have done on behalf of the Parents' Association for all their work and patience on the photos over the last few weeks. Not only have they reduced the cost of the photos by approximately fifty per cent, all proceeds will go to the Parents' Association. As we had a few issues over the publication of these photos on the web we will have to write the policy on this and have it ratified by the board before the Summer. If you have a contribution to make please email in to the school or drop a note in.
If you are interested in the services of a photographer: you can contact bandaradamstudio at bandaradam@gmail.com or 0857512312
ATHLETICS: Well done top our athletes who ran in the inaugral Lucan Cross Country race in Griffeen. Conditions, according to Maoliosa, were very tough but having said that, we had a good number of children in the top ten finishers.
ENGLISH LESSONS FOR ADULTS: If you, or anyone you know would like to take free English (for adults only) please contact the office.
SCHOOL SECURITY: There have been a number of robberies in a few Lucan schools. Should you see suspicious activity around the school please ring me (Tom) at 0879687142 or contact the guards. You vigilence would be much appreciated.
LUCAN MOBILE LIBRARY: is here every Monday
SOCIAL CREDITS: I am delighted to say the workshop held in the community school was very productive and we seem to have all the Educate together schools on board. Thank you to Saha, Samira, Barbara, Conor, Jacques, Meena, Dermot for representing the school on this. The next stage in the setting up of the Lucan Timebank is a fact finding trip to Wales to look at a number of projects. Please google: timebank or social credits; or go to justaddspice.org for more information on this.
BOARD MEETING: The next board meeting is on Wednesday night at 8pm.
HOCKEY: Well done to our hockey players who participated in the inaugural Cunningham Cup at the hockey grounds. They were up against stiff competition but did themselves and the school proud. The hockey season for clubs is now over. if you are interested in getting your child involved in hockey: Weston Hockey Club will be enrolling in September coming. The club caters for all from u6 to senior level.
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION: The dyslexia Association of Ireland is holding a one day course for parents on Dyslexia on Saturday the 7th of May in the Spa Hotel, Lucan.
Please check www.dyslexia.ie/diary.htm or contact Niav Keating at 016790276 or info@dyslexia.ie
MOTIONS FOR AGM: The Motions for the AGM of Educate Together have been posted on this blog. Should you have any amendments
ASSESSMENT OF NEED AT FIVE: If you have a child starting school in the next couple of years and you are concerned about his/her development please contact your local health centre for a possible assessment of need at five. It is important that children with particular difficulties are assessed so that the resources are in place when he/she starts school
SEAN BROSNAHAN FUND: We have been awarded 4ooo euro from the Sean Brosnahan fund. This fund is a national fund run by District 14 of the INTO (teachers' Union) for the benefit of children with Special Needs in schools. We are fortunate to get this money as the fund is being wound down after forty years in operation. It is proposed to use this in the development of the Sensory Garden on the PE hall side of the school. The total projected cost of this is 14000 euro.
ART EXHIBITION: As part of our efforts to develop this sensory garden the school will be holding an Art Exhibition on the 5th/ 6th of May. The children are busily working on Art pieces which will be mounted and framed over the Easter Break. These art pieces will then be displayed on the 5th and 6th and will be on sale for 8 euro each. Any profit made will go to the sensory garden fund.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Motions for AGM
March 31 2011
Re: Educate Together’s Annual General Meeting 2011
Dear Chairperson,
Please find attached motions for the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Please note that any amendments for these motions must be returned to the National Office not later than 12:00 Noon Friday April 9th 2011.
There are a number of vacancies on the Board of Directors and as usual, we are seeking nominations for the positions of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Company Secretary.
If you know of anyone within your school network or in the wider community who would be interested in serving on the Educate Together Board of Directors for a three-year term of office, please bring this to their attention and consider nominating them before April 9th. If you would like to discuss this with me please contact the National Office.
The schedule for policy motions and nominations for this year’s AGM is as follows:
April 9th Closing date for amendments/closing date for nominations to board
May 6th Circulation of Final Agenda, Company papers (Accounts, etc)
May 28th AGM, Gorey ETNS, Kilnahue Lane, Carney Road, Gorey, Co. Wexford.
*All motions, amendments and nominations submitted must be signed by the Chairperson of the Board of Management (or local Patron body where applicable) and sent by post to the National Office. Motions, amendments and nominations may be emailed to the National Office: agm@educatetogether.ie, but these will be accepted subject to properly authorised hard copy arriving within 5 working days. Closing dates refer to close of business on the day in question (6pm).
With kind regards,
Andrea Burke-Khan
Company Secretary
Nomination Form
Annual General Meeting
May 28th 2011
School: _________________________________________
Committee: ______________________________________
We nominate the following person/s as Director/s of Educate Together:
We nominate the following person as Chairperson
We nominate the following person as Secretary
We nominate the following person as Vice-Chairperson
Signed on behalf of
The Board of Management
OR
Patron (Executive Committee)
(Delete as appropriate) _____________________________
Motions Submitted for AGM 2011
Permanent School Buildings
1. That Educate Together at a national level, as patron, must use its status and organisation to assist all E.T.N.S.s to obtain a permanent structure.
Midleton ETNS BOM
Supporting Schools
2. AGM calls on Educate Together to provide enhance support to schools in all aspects of school planning, including recommendations regarding content of policies and formal aspects such as templates
The AGM further calls on Educate Together to establish a working committee with participation of Educate Together office support, experienced principals / chairpersons / other BoM officers and access to legal advice which would allow to combine best practices and professional experience accumulated so far in Educate Together network and would tremendously help schools especially new and developing ones.
Maynooth ETNS BOM
3. That this AGM calls on Educate Together to prioritise support for schools under its patronage, in advance of the process to appoint new Boards of Management in all schools later this year.
Swords ETNS BOM
Special Needs Assistants
4. We call on E.T. to lobby the Government to review / revoke the cap on the provision of the Special Needs Assistants in Primary schools.
Kilkenny School Project NS Patron Committee
5. That this AGM deplores the decision of the Department of Education to cap the number of Special Needs Assistant posts (circular 0006/2011) and requests Educate Together to seek a fairer approach to the allocation of SNAs based on need not numbers.
Swords ETNS BOM
Admissions Policy 6. This AGM instructs Educate Together to change the admissions policy from "first come, first served" to one which includes a Siblings Policy.
Carlow ETNS BOM
Ethical Education Curriculum
7. That this AGM applauds initiatives designed to support the delivery of quality teaching and learning of the Learn Together Programme and calls on Educate Together to examine the feasibility of providing hard copy resources to supplement on-line learning and Summer Courses.
Swords ETNS BOM
Review of four principles and charter
8. Wicklow ETNS proposes that the Directors of Educate Together should conduct and lead a consultative review of the four principles of Educate Together, together with the Educate Together Charter.
This review would examine the language and meaning of the four principles, and present proposals for adaptations to the principles, to reflect the current context, both in terms of the changing educational landscape and the need to protect and maintain the environment, and to create a renewed vision for the Educate Together Community.
The review would also consider the feasibility of adopting the Earth Charter to support and extend the guiding principles of Educate Together. These adapted principles would be presented to the Educate Together AGM in 2012 for a democratic decision on their adoption by the members of the organisation.
Wicklow ETNS BOM
Quorum for the AGM
9. That the existing rule for a quorum at an AGM be changed to 40% of the schools in the organisation.
ET Directors
Funding of Educate Together
10. Educate Together continues with the agreed commitment from last year's AGM to funding from the membership for the coming year. Furthermore, the directors of E.T. will give an annual itemised account of the spending of the funding which has been raised from this source.
ET Directors
Membership of Educate Together
11. That this AGM direct the directors to convene a membership committee to examine the conditions set by E.T. for granting membership to schools.
ET Directors
Re: Educate Together’s Annual General Meeting 2011
Dear Chairperson,
Please find attached motions for the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Please note that any amendments for these motions must be returned to the National Office not later than 12:00 Noon Friday April 9th 2011.
There are a number of vacancies on the Board of Directors and as usual, we are seeking nominations for the positions of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Company Secretary.
If you know of anyone within your school network or in the wider community who would be interested in serving on the Educate Together Board of Directors for a three-year term of office, please bring this to their attention and consider nominating them before April 9th. If you would like to discuss this with me please contact the National Office.
The schedule for policy motions and nominations for this year’s AGM is as follows:
April 9th Closing date for amendments/closing date for nominations to board
May 6th Circulation of Final Agenda, Company papers (Accounts, etc)
May 28th AGM, Gorey ETNS, Kilnahue Lane, Carney Road, Gorey, Co. Wexford.
*All motions, amendments and nominations submitted must be signed by the Chairperson of the Board of Management (or local Patron body where applicable) and sent by post to the National Office. Motions, amendments and nominations may be emailed to the National Office: agm@educatetogether.ie, but these will be accepted subject to properly authorised hard copy arriving within 5 working days. Closing dates refer to close of business on the day in question (6pm).
With kind regards,
Andrea Burke-Khan
Company Secretary
Nomination Form
Annual General Meeting
May 28th 2011
School: _________________________________________
Committee: ______________________________________
We nominate the following person/s as Director/s of Educate Together:
We nominate the following person as Chairperson
We nominate the following person as Secretary
We nominate the following person as Vice-Chairperson
Signed on behalf of
The Board of Management
OR
Patron (Executive Committee)
(Delete as appropriate) _____________________________
Motions Submitted for AGM 2011
Permanent School Buildings
1. That Educate Together at a national level, as patron, must use its status and organisation to assist all E.T.N.S.s to obtain a permanent structure.
Midleton ETNS BOM
Supporting Schools
2. AGM calls on Educate Together to provide enhance support to schools in all aspects of school planning, including recommendations regarding content of policies and formal aspects such as templates
The AGM further calls on Educate Together to establish a working committee with participation of Educate Together office support, experienced principals / chairpersons / other BoM officers and access to legal advice which would allow to combine best practices and professional experience accumulated so far in Educate Together network and would tremendously help schools especially new and developing ones.
Maynooth ETNS BOM
3. That this AGM calls on Educate Together to prioritise support for schools under its patronage, in advance of the process to appoint new Boards of Management in all schools later this year.
Swords ETNS BOM
Special Needs Assistants
4. We call on E.T. to lobby the Government to review / revoke the cap on the provision of the Special Needs Assistants in Primary schools.
Kilkenny School Project NS Patron Committee
5. That this AGM deplores the decision of the Department of Education to cap the number of Special Needs Assistant posts (circular 0006/2011) and requests Educate Together to seek a fairer approach to the allocation of SNAs based on need not numbers.
Swords ETNS BOM
Admissions Policy 6. This AGM instructs Educate Together to change the admissions policy from "first come, first served" to one which includes a Siblings Policy.
Carlow ETNS BOM
Ethical Education Curriculum
7. That this AGM applauds initiatives designed to support the delivery of quality teaching and learning of the Learn Together Programme and calls on Educate Together to examine the feasibility of providing hard copy resources to supplement on-line learning and Summer Courses.
Swords ETNS BOM
Review of four principles and charter
8. Wicklow ETNS proposes that the Directors of Educate Together should conduct and lead a consultative review of the four principles of Educate Together, together with the Educate Together Charter.
This review would examine the language and meaning of the four principles, and present proposals for adaptations to the principles, to reflect the current context, both in terms of the changing educational landscape and the need to protect and maintain the environment, and to create a renewed vision for the Educate Together Community.
The review would also consider the feasibility of adopting the Earth Charter to support and extend the guiding principles of Educate Together. These adapted principles would be presented to the Educate Together AGM in 2012 for a democratic decision on their adoption by the members of the organisation.
Wicklow ETNS BOM
Quorum for the AGM
9. That the existing rule for a quorum at an AGM be changed to 40% of the schools in the organisation.
ET Directors
Funding of Educate Together
10. Educate Together continues with the agreed commitment from last year's AGM to funding from the membership for the coming year. Furthermore, the directors of E.T. will give an annual itemised account of the spending of the funding which has been raised from this source.
ET Directors
Membership of Educate Together
11. That this AGM direct the directors to convene a membership committee to examine the conditions set by E.T. for granting membership to schools.
ET Directors
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