Hello all,
Safety in school and outside school Please, observe there is no parking in the set down area at any point! Please also observe that staff car parking is on the left side of the entrance gate and parents car park is on the right hand side. There are members of staff coming into the school at different times during the day and it is important they can park their cars and come into work. Parents should not park in staff parking area under any circumstances. We need your cooperation with this matter and ask for your patience while in the school car park. We have limited spaces in the school and cannot facilitate 335 family cars at arrival and dismissal times! It is also important to note it is not safe to park outside the school on either side of the road as this obstructs children’s view of traffic. Parents should encourage children to cross the road out by the pedestrian gate where Ann, our lollipop lady is waiting. The Gardaí have asked for your cooperation with this and are monitoring the situation.
Staff and children had our first assembly of the year last Friday and we raised the issue of reducing our rubbish amongst other things. We are trying to reduce the amount of waste we produce daily and were very surprised to discover with the 5 binbags we had in each classroom and around the school we were using on average 100 binbags every day! So now we are trying to use only 1 binbag per classroom. Please see the post below to explain how this will work out.
It is extremely important that parents are aware there is a need to ensure children do not have any nuts/nut spreads in school as part of their lunches. Though we appreciate that nuts are a healthy food, there are children in our school who have severe nut allergies and even the oil residue on a door handle somewhere can pose a serious risk to them. Please help us to keep all our children safe by observing this request.
As part of the Learn Together Programme which is our core curriculum programme in the school in line with our ethos development, we will be hosting assemblies in school to which parents of those classes will be invited. Friendship Week will take place in the school next week and children will be learning all about friendships and especially being a good friend. The first of these assemblies – Friendship Assemblies – will be hosted by 2nd classes and 6th classes and assembly time on this day is for 2nd class @ 9.30am and 6th class at 10am. Every other Learn Together assembly will be held at 9:30am from then on and a text will be sent to parents a week before to remind the parents of children in those classes about the assembly. We hope you can join us.
Curricular class meetings have been held over the past two weeks and the staff hope you found them both informative and useful. Individual parent-teacher meetings will take place later on in November.
After Schools Activities Beechpark Catholic Religion Committee – After school Catholic classes commencing on Monday 24th September 3-4pm weekly. Fee €140 for classes Sept-May. These classes are run as a 2 year programme for 1st-2nd class children and for 5th-6th class children. Parental supervision is required before each class. Rota details and information will be available soon on our new website www.beechparkrc.webs.com or you can contact us on 085 7253922.
Basketball training will start for 5th & 6th classes with Liz after school on Wednesdays. Parents need to collect children at 3:40pm. As this is reliant on the weather if it is raining the children should be collected at 2:40pm as usual. Michelle will begin basketball training for 3rd & 4th classes on Tuesdays from 2:40-3:40pm. As both are volunteering their time it is important that children are picked up on time.
Boys GAA Training will take place on Tuesdays and matches are scheduled for Thursdays. As this is a team effort for the school it is important that all team members commit to training and attend both training sessions and matches. Training will take place in the field on Tuesdays from 2:45-3:45pm and boys should remember to bring in their gear on these days. Best of luck today to the boys as they play Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada in Lucan Sarsfield’s GAA club today.
BeActive starts after school for 2nd class children next Tuesday from 2:40-3:40pm. It will take place on Tuesdays except for the following 5 dates 16th, 23rd October and 6th, 13th & 20th November as the hall will be in use on these dates.
Open Day – Blanchardstown Garda Station. The Gardaí at Blanchardstown invite everyone to an open day this Saturday 22nd September from 2.00pm-5.00pm at the station. All are welcome – most especially the children from all Dublin 15 schools. The Garda band, tours of the station, face painting and Coolmine Farmers Market wlll all feature on the day.
Westmanstown Rugby Club – Special Needs Tag Rugby A new initiative has just been launched by the rugby club in association with Fingal Community Rugby Officers. Special Needs Tag Rugby will allow children aged 5 upwards to learn the skills of Tag rugby in a safe environment. Training and matches will take place every Sunday form 11.30am-1.00pm at Westmanstown Rugby Club. Please contact Jorge Zulkouski on 087 2842584 or jorgezulkouski@yahoo.co.uk for more details.
Beir bua, Aedín
