Dear Parents and Guardians / A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí,

We have received an amazingly generous donation of €10,000 from a family in the school. This will ensure a fabulous start to our new school building as these additional funds will enhance our whole school library and ICT provisions. We are extremely grateful for this great boost for the whole school community.

More Incredible News!

Congratulations to our 5^th class teams who won first place in the U11 and 1^stprize in the U13 Ballygall Credit Union Quiz and also congratulations to our 6^th class team who won 2^nd place in U13. Well done to you all! Furthermore, we have received very positive feedback from parents about the spirit in which the children participated in the event, with great camaraderie and sportsmanship.

5^th class enjoyed a trip to the Royal Hibernian Academy where they met artist Mick O’Dea PRHA, who talked them through his 1916 exhibition.  The artist and the school staff were very impressed with the questions they asked him.

Chinese New Year is 8^th February when the year of the monkey will be celebrated.  This is also the Vietnamese New Year – referred to as Tet.  We would like to wish everyone Chúc mừng năm mới!
(Chuck mung nam oi! – Happy New Year!)

Thanks to the parent Paddy for the kind donation of a computer which will be used by 5^th class and the parent Ranite for the kind donation of a quality printer.

RAKA

The following children were awarded Random Act of Kindness Awards this week:  Frankie and Eva Junior Infants, Louisa and Lily Senior Infants, Eban 1^st, Finn, Jude, Pearl, Tommy and Emily 2^nd, Mia, Adam, Katie, Layla and Anna 3^rd, Leah, Ethan, Rosie, Meadhbh, Molly, Martha and Conor 4^th, Lauren and Zoe 5^th, Anna, Layla S, Sadhbh, Adam, Patrick, Seán, Joe, Fionn, Otilia, Palomi, Layla B, Margot, Jodie, Juliette, Joanna, Galena, Cáit, Theo and Ava 6^th.

RARA

The following children were awarded Random Act of Respect Awards this week: Ezekiel, Joseph and Emil 1^st, Skye and Ben 3^rd, and all of 6^th class.

Frása na Seachtaine:  Anseo (junior infants to 2^nd class)

Tá ______ as lathair (3^rd to 6^th classes)

Please see below for Educate Together’s Election Manifesto. PLEASE SEE CARD SENT HOME TODAY WITH EVERY GETNS CHILD.

Le meas,

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Róisín Conlon,

Príomh Oide

On February 26, citizens in Ireland will vote for our next Government. This time, we must make equality in education an election issue.

Educate Together has put together Four Essentials for Equality in Education. We are asking you to please support our manifesto and when a candidate comes to your door, ask them to commit to:

•    providing 300 new equality-based primary schools;

•    providing 30 equality-based second-level schools;

•    providing realistic funding for all new schools;

•    providing for all children equally.

These commitments and related reforms, as well as other resources and a mechanism to email your local candidate, are housed on our brand new election website: www.educatetogetherGE16.com.

Please print or download Educate Together’s canvas card to your phone or computer for when election candidates call to your door.

Please also let us know how you get on. You can share your experiences onour Facebook page and you can tweet us @EducateTogether using the hashtags #GE16 and #EducateTogether.

You can also email us candidates’ replies on [email protected].