Dear Parents and Guardians/A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí,
Hi from Róísín who is at the ET Principal’s Conference in Galway being inspired by all in the ET movement. Luckily no plans to become a pilot, following a crash landing on Tuesday (see below)!
End of year School Tours
The following school tours have been arranged for the classes. You will see an e-payment request on Aladdin for your child’s school tour. This can be paid in full or by instalments if you wish from now until the day before they are due to go on their school tour (minimum instalment is €10).
If you paid a voluntary contribution of €250 in this academic year you will not see an e-payment request on the Aladdin app. The payment of €250 covers the cost of the end of year school tour (where a child is going on two end of year tours, this covers the more expensive tour).
Please contact the school office if you have any queries in relation to this.
- ALC Green & Blue – PJs Play Centre on 29/05/2025
- Junior Infants – Newbridge Farm and Playground on 10/06/2025
- Senior Infants – Newgrange Farm on 27/05/2025
- 1st Class – The Forest Club on 09/06/2025
- 2nd Class – Fort Lucan on 16/06/2025
- 3rd Class – Explorium on 28/05/2025
- 4th Class – Clara Lara on 23/06/2025
- 5th Class – Emerald Park on 17/06/2025
- 6th Class – Flynn Park on 11/06/2025
ECA Term 3 starts Monday 28th April
Timetable and booking link available next week. As the next ECA term kicks off in April, a reminder to all parents that the ECAs are organised by parent volunteers, who give up their time to help make sure a great programme is run for the kids. The ECA committee urgently needs more volunteers to keep things running smoothly – please contact [email protected] if you can give some time to help with this. Thanks ECA Committee, Claire/Martina/Alan & John
PTA Table Quiz – Reminder
With less than 2 weeks to go until the annual GETNS Table Quiz, we need your support with the added bonus of a really fun night out.
Please join us and book a table by emailing Lisa at [email protected] A table of 4 is €40 and you can pay on the night or in advance via Revolut.
Raffle tickets – Raffle tickets will be available on the night but if you want to buy them in advance or if you can’t make it on the night, you can buy your tickets via Revolut – revtag @lisas2vhr
A strip of tickets is €5 or three strips for €10. Please make sure to put your full name on the Revolut payment and state Raffle Tickets.
Round Sponsorship – Could your company sponsor a round (€100 ) in the quiz, in return for advertising on the night. Quiz round sponsorship is an ideal way to advertise your business/company to our school community and locals alike. Please contact [email protected]
Sponsor a Spot Prize for the Raffle – Could you donate a box of chocolates, an extra bottle of wine/spirits, or some beauty products? Please drop donations at the office with Nicky, marked for Lisa Anderson, with your name attached so we can add you to our ‘Thank You’ list. Rachael
And More!
Assembly on the value of the month – Cooperation
Gaeilgeoirí na míosa
Trip to Simtech
On Tuesday, a group of students followed up a trip to the Air Traffic Control with a trip to Simtech where we were greeted by a very kind and experienced flight engineer.
On the tour, we learned all about the physics of flying and the way planes must be built for safe take offs and landing. The key message being that if you want to be a pilot that you must be as inquisitive as possible when you are young. Everyone then got a chance to try out a flight simulator of a Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Glasgow coming back into Dublin airport. As seen in the pictures everybody did a great job of soaring through the air.
Definitely a trip to remember and hopefully the start of a great relationship between GETNS and Simtech. Have a look at the video below. Stephen
Eve’s account of the Trip to Simtech – On Tuesday me, Neil, Thomas, Ethan, Parker and Davin went to Simtech (a pilot simulator). We took the bus which took about 20 minutes. After about 1 minute we realised that we were going the wrong way. We got there at Simtech to meet a man named Bob Sheehan. H was kind, smart and funny. He first brought us to see the simulators which were basically just like the cockpit of a plane on a triangle base with bars holding it up.
We saw the Airbus 320 and the Boeing 737800 (that was the one we went on). But before we could fly a plane we had to learn how to. So, he brought us into a hall to get to a room, like a Conference Room. In the hall we saw pictures of the simulators being made, we learned that it took 250 tons of cement to hold an 11 ton simulator.
Once we got in the meeting room, Bob told us about G Force, LOC, glide slope and how important it is to have an inquisitive mindset, meaning to always be asking questions.
Once we knew how to be a pilot we went to the simulators (Boeing 737800. We took turns to have a go flying, including Róísín. Overall, I had a great time and I’m so grateful I got this opportunity. Eve, 6th Class
Parker’s account of the Trip to Simtech – We were invited to Simtech Aviation by Davin because he is currently intrigued by aviation. He invited us, which was enjoyable because we missed school and we were able to learn more about aviation.
When we arrived the person in charge of the aviation group explained how the simulator works. It’s used to train pilots before flights and recreates the conditions of a plane flight using computer screens and the simulator represents a pilot’s cabin. The simulator is a small, polished metal pod that is modelled after a plane.
How it works is a person sits in a seat in front of a bunch of computer screens and control panels and the computers show a first person view of a pilot’s cabin during take-off, flight, and landing, essentially the simulator creates an illusion of flying a plane.
We all used the simulator and only two of the people with us were unable to land the plane successfully. Thanks, Stephen for a really interesting day out. Parker, 6th Class
6th class have been learning all about World War II this month. The children have done some excellent projects all about the war, or ‘The Emergency’ as it was known in Ireland.
Colm’s class was lucky enough to have some genuine WWII artefacts brought into the class by Tom and Emma.
Included in this were their great grandfather Phillip’s medals. He served in the British army during the war.
They also brought in a travel permit card which belonged to their great grandmother Annie, with details of travel between Ireland and London from 1942 to 1944.
Boy’s 5-a-side competition
8 of the boys from 6th class took part in the FAI 5-a-side competition on Monday at the Clontarf Astro pitches. They played brilliantly throughout, winning their group without conceding a goal and scoring 17 of their own over the 4 games. They were unlucky to lose a close match in the final and can be very proud of how well they did.
5 aside girls team won their FAI blitz and through to the next stage.
Reminder:
- If your child is unwell or has been sent home because they are not well, please keep them at home for 48hrs and only return to school when better.
- School closed on Wednesday, 7th May 2025 for staff training
- When dropping or collecting your child early/late to/from school please ensure you close the pedestrian gate securely on your way in and out of the school.
Frása na Seachtaine:
“Féach ar seo. Táim ag féachaint” – “Look at this. I am looking”
Le meas
Róisín Conlon
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