We had a visit today from the new mobile library bus with Karen/Peter. The children were able to see the new and modern bus which we will have from now onwards. A huge well done and thank you to Karen, Paul and all at the Wicklow County Library on the new improvement. Thank you also to Michelle and Maura who help out every time to make the visits to the village easier.
The children in each class received a visit from one of the Team Hope volunteers for the Christmas Shoebox appeal that we are taking part in this year. Jenny went through with the children what was acceptable to put in the boxes and different ideas of items to put in. She told lots of interesting stories about who receives the Christmas boxes and what its like for them. Overall it was a great talk and it was very good for the children to see and hear about underprivileged children in other countries and how by making a small gesture can make a big difference to another child’s life.
Thank you to Jenny for dropping in to Scoil San Eoin
Reminder to all parents: Leaflets have went home with the children for the shoebox appeal which show what you have to do. All boxes will be collected Friday 09th Nov from SSE.
Thank You
Today we had a visit from Polly & Peggy for European Restart a Heart Day which is on 16th Oct 2019.
The children from all classes got to do a CPR super hero class with Pauline. They all had great fun while also learning some valuable skills for CPR.
A huge thank you to Pauline for taking the time to call to Scoil San Eoin. The children thoroughly enjoyed the class.
All pupils from all classes will be commencing the Super Troopers programme today 09th October at Scoil San Eoin.
This is a Health Homework programme that teaches children about leading a healthy balanced lifestyle by focusing on physical activity, wellbeing and nutrition.
The programme encourages children to increase their activity levels by setting physical activity homework every night. The Health Homework Journals also contain wellbeing challenges, extra tips on looking after overall health, information on nutrition and healthy recipes helping children to be fit and healthy in mind and body.
Each pupil will receive the following today:
Super troopers 4 week challenge
A letter for each pupil’s parent/carer explaining in detail how Super Troopers work
This programme will also be part of the active flag and will go towards helping us gain our active flag at Scoil San Eoin this year.
We encourage all pupils and their families to participate in the programme.
There is a great section dedicated to parents on the website www.supertroopers.ie for lots of helpful tips and information.
Happy Exercising!!!
Reminder to all parents: The new mobile library bus will be coming to Scoil San Eoin this Friday 11th Oct @ 10.15am
We are having a school clothing collection in conjunction with Liberty Recycling. This is a great opportunity to get rid of clothes no longer needed while also helping to raise some money for the school.
The collection will be held during the week of Monday 18th until Thursday 21st November.
Each pupil will be issued with liberty bag/s for which they will use to put all items in for recycling. Parents can then drop the bags to the school between the week of the 18-21st Nov to be stored before being collected by Liberty Recycling on 22nd Nov
Bags will be issued in the coming weeks when we receive them from Liberty and will be sent home with the children. If you require more bags or know any family or friends that would like to take part, please request further bags from the office or a parent rep.
Some of our parent reps have very kindly offered to do local collections for anyone that cant get to the school or for anyone that is not a parent at the school but would like to donate. If you require a collection please contact a parent rep or the school office and we will try our best to organise.
Please spread the word locally and let people know that you do not have to be a parent or pupil to take part.
Also to remind everyone to please keep any bags of clothing if doing any clearouts before the week of the collection!
Thank you in advance for all contributions
We’ve done it again..
We have filled our 1st Aldi Rugby Play poster and we are now on our way to try to complete our 2nd poster.
A huge thank you to everyone who has brought in stickers and who have asked friends and family members to participate.
We really appreciate it.
Fingers crossed everyone!
We are taking part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal again this year where we encourage each child to fill a shoebox with items from a designated list for Christmas. These shoeboxes are then delivered to underprivileged children all over the world. These children may never have received a present before, or live in difficult situations where basic necessities are hard to come by.
The benefits of the children being involved in this programme are getting to ‘‘feel good about doing something nice for others’’ and it can also help to teach your children about the world around them.
The deadline for drop off of the Christmas Shoeboxes for this year will be 08th November 2019. Please ensure that all shoeboxes have been brought to the school by this date.
Leaflets and further information will follow in the next few days with the children but we have included some helpful tips at the bottom of this post for anyone that wants to get started early!
Thank You!
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Grab a Shoe box
Or a plastic container would be great! Wrap the box and lid separately with Christmas paper
Use boy/girl sticker from leaflet) and choose who you want to give your Christmas Shoebox to and what age.
Fill the box
See below guide for items to put in the box
Close the box
Include €4 in your leaflet envelope either on top of the gifts or taped to the inside of the lid.
To make it easier you can
donate your €4 on our secure on-line site.
With elastic band – please don’t seal with tape as we need to check contents to comply with regulations.
Drop it off
To your school.
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The senior room took part in European sports day and on the day completed lots of different sporting activities. We are encouraging children at Scoil San Eoin to be more active as part of our gaining our active flag.
Dear Parents,
We have signed up with Cumann na mBunscoil to encourage pupils from the senior room (3rd-6th class) to participate in blitzs being ran during the school term.
Teachers may not always be available to travel with the pupils as they are required to stay back in the classroom. If the SEN teacher is available to supervise, Ms Greene will attend the blitzs.
Pupils would need to be transported and supervised by parent reps or parents at the events outside the school grounds therefore we are seeking parents to volunteer to transport/supervise parents on blitz scheduled during the year.
For a start the below are upcoming dates for Hurling/Football & Comagie blitzs for the term ahead. Please have a look at these dates and if you are available to help transport pupils on any of these days, contact the school office and Mary will note your name.
Blitzs will only be able to go ahead if we have help from parents to transport the pupils to the games.
Hurling
Date: Oct 11th (Class Group 5th/6th) Venue Aughrim GAA (Outdoor)
Date: Nov 22nd (Class Group 3rd/4th) Venue Aughrim GAA (Outdoor/Indoor)
Camogie
Date: Mar 27th (Class Group 3rd-6th) Aughrim GAA (Outdoor/Indoor)
Football
Date: Nov 8th (Class Group 3rd/4th) Aughrim GAA (Outdoor/Indoor)
Thank You
Well done to everyone for bringing in your weekly Aldi Stickers for our Aldi Play Rugby poster. Were now halfway there! Keep encouraging family and friends to collect the stickers for us, to help get us to the full poster and be in with a chance to win prizes.
Thank You
GAA will be recommencing with Darren Hayden on Weds 25th Sept. These classes are for 6 weeks and will take place every Weds. They are available to all pupils from Junior to Senior Room. Pupils will be doing lots of skills with GAA & hurling mixed in. If football boots & gum shields are available please wear them each week, if not there is no need to purchase any.
Please also bring an extra drink and a coat.
Thank You
Aldi are giving primary schools yet another chance to win with an overall prize fund of €200,000 to develop their playing facilities. They are giving primary schools a chance to win €50,000 to develop a school’s playing facility to encourage children to live a healthy and active lifestyle.
We have received a large poster to hang in the school which needs to be filled with 300 stickers. For every €30 spent in-store at your local you will receive Aldi Play Rugby Stickers. We are encouraging all pupils, families and friends to collect the stickers and bring them into school to stick on our poster.
Once the poster is filled we need to answer the question at the bottom and return to Aldi to be entered in the competition.
Two primary schools will win €50,000 each to develop their playing facilities.
Ten primary schools will win €10,000 each to develop their playing facilities.
One school will win a training session with Paul O’Connell, plus a new set of jerseys.
Every completed entry receives an Aldi Play Rugby kit.
The last date that Aldi Play Rugby stickers can be obtained in stores in the Republic of Ireland is the 8th November 2019.
The closing date for primary schools submitting an entry is 15th November 2019.
Thank you to everyone who helped fill our 2 posters last year, we received 2 Aldi Play rugby kits which will be a great asset to our rugby blitzs with Barney.
Our pupils from the senior room will today be commencing a Cycle Right programme provided by certified instructors. The programme is being provided by a different course provider than last year but the purpose is for the pupils to build on and revise previous knowledge.Tutors do provide a small amount of bikes but encourage students to bring their own bikes/helmets for the duration of the course to ensure that they are familiar and comfortable with using their own bike on the road. All bikes can be stored in our school shelter for the course period from Monday 09th Sept. The programme will run for approx 8 weeks. The course cost will be 20.00 per pupil, 10.00 per pupil will be subsidized by the school using fundraising money, leaving the cost of 10.00 per pupil payable to the school office by Weds 25th Sep. See below further information on the course and the benefits etc.
What is Cycle Right?
CYCLE RIGHT is the National Standard for Cycle Training and provides practical cycle safety and skills training to promote competent and confident cyclists.
What are the Goals of Cycle Right?
To ensure best-practice cycle training is delivered across Ireland.
To provide participants with the skills needed to move as cyclists in complex, changing, road environments.
To train participants to apply dynamic thinking, assessing conditions and the environment on the road as they go through their journey.
What are the Benefits?
CYCLE RIGHT will offer those taking part the skills to cycle confidently on the road network, from novice to competent cyclists.
CYCLE RIGHT is delivered over three stages with participants gaining skills and knowledge on a phased basis, preparing them to cycle in increasingly complex road scenarios.
All CYCLE RIGHT training is delivered by registered trainers.
Training will be delivered to the CYCLE RIGHT programme with defined outcomes and according to trainee/trainer ratios which facilitate the learning process.
Ongoing quality assurance and annual trainer registration will be part of the CYCLE RIGHT process to ensure consistent quality in programme delivery.
CYCLE RIGHT offers a programme uniquely suited to the Irish environment, taking account of rural, suburban and urban conditions that are regularly encountered in close proximity.
A very big welcome back to all our pupils and parents especially to our new Junior Infants and their parents.
As a new term is upon us, these are general reminder points to note for the year ahead:
Please note: - From Monday 02nd Sept, parents should remain outside the school gates and allow pupils to bring their own bag to the line.
· Pupils will exit & enter through the back door only
· All visitors/parents requesting entry to the school must use the intercom based at the front door and the school and contact the office or appropriate room.
· Reminder that the Junior Room is a nut/marshmallow free zone - Please ensure all lunches/snacks are free from these foods.
· Information: To ensure we have all important information up to date for all pupils - Please inform the office immediately if there have been any changes to parent/emergency contact phone numbers, pupil addresses, emails, or if authorized personnel to collect child/children has been changed.
· Late Arrival – All pupils arriving to school late must be accompanied into school by a parent/guardian through the front door and the late book must be completed.
· Appointment – Should a parent wish to contact a teacher please make an appointment through the school office on 0404-41727 or schoolofficeredcross@gmail.com
· Hair – For the health and safety of children during class lessons and PE we are requesting that all parents ensure that their child/ren have their hair tied up at all times. This is a measure put in place to also prevent the spread of head lice in the school
· Parking – Reminder to parents to use the rest of the area as a Drop Zone only and to ensure all pupils use footpaths when getting out of cars.
Labelling - Please ensure that all your child's belongings are labelled.
Appropriate clothing - Due to the weather changing, all pupils should bring a light raincoat to school or as per weather conditions
Books and stationary - Please ensure that you child has all the necessary books and stationery as per the book lists sent in June.
Lunches - As per our healthy eating policy listed on the school website - Please ensure all lunches for children are healthy and that they have a small treat on Friday only. Please ensure all children have adequate drinks per day.
Homework - Please ensure that your child is into a good routine from the beginning for completing homework, they will need to have a suitable place to do their homework and that in all classes that homework is checked and signed each night.
Twitter – We have set up a twitter account to enable parents to access quick updates to keep up to date with events and activities in the school. Please follow us for all updates (@saneoin)
Our website is also used for updates and information – Please check this regularly.
Monies - The following is a list of due dates for school fees. They are 2 options for payment - payment through Mary in the office or online through our E-payment system.
Book Rental Fees - All book rental fees from 1st class to 6th are due Friday 30th August.
Homework Journal fees - Due Monday Sept 02nd (These are required at start of term for pupils to note daily homework)
Pupil Insurance (€6.50) Due Friday Sept 06th
School annual requisite fee - Due Friday Sept 06th (This can be paid in 2 installments if this option is preferable - 1st installment of 40e is due Sept 06th 2019 and 2nd installment of 40e is due Jan 10th 2020.
We are all looking forward to a great year ahead!
Thank You,
Linda Greene
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Anyone 4 Science after school science club will be recommencing their classes on Thursday the 12th Sept. Classes will run for a total of 13 weeks
Dates for term are as follows:
Sep 12, 29, 26,
Oct 3, 10, 17, 24,
Nov 7, 14, 21, 28,
Dec 5, 12.
All previous pupils enrolled in last terms classes will be contacted directly by anyone 4 science and should send all queries to Anyone4Science in relation to classes etc.
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For new pupils & anyone interested in signing up to classes this term, the following is a breakdown of info on classes.
Anyone 4 Science is an educational organisation providing fun hands-on science and engineering activities for primary school children. We visit schools for demonstration lectures and hands-on workshops, run camps and workshops during the school holidays, entertain children at birthday parties and run after school clubs.
For the content we take subjects traditionally studied at third level and design age appropriate hands-on experiments around these topics. The children all do a hands-on activity each week.
Should you wish to sign up or need any further information, please contact Anyone4Science on 0404-40563 or info@anyone4science.com
Thank You
Due to weather, our annual school sports day will take place on Tuesday 25th June instead of Monday. See attached the list of pupil names/team colours.
All children will need extra drinks and also comfortable footwear.
Please ensure children are dressed appropriately for weather (ie) raincoats if raining. If it is sunny, please ensure your child is wearing sunscreen.
Thank You
The children completed their final day on their cycling course with Hugh from Sprocket Rocket on Thurs 20th June. Everyone who participated received a cert of achievement. The course was thoroughly enjoyed by all of the children. Thank you to Hugh Arthur for all of his instruction and guidance over the past few weeks. The children will now be more aware of safety when using the road while on a bike!
Students completing the Sprocketrocket Cycling Course recently
Final mobile library for this years term will be on Friday 21st June. With school tour being on Friday, pupils will need to return all books on loan to the school by Thurs 20th June for collection.
Thank You!
School Office: 0404 41 727
Email: schoolofficeredcross@gmail.com
Roll No: 14829M