We are currently recruiting for a Learning Support/Resource Teacher.

The details of the post and how to apply are all available at educationposts.ie

The closing date for applications is Thursday 12th March 2009 (But please check www.educationposts.ie to confirm all of the details regarding applications for the post)

The Carrigaline Educate Together National School is holding a Pancake-Day with the children in school on Tuesday, 24^th February from 11 o‛clock.

Included in actualising the multi-denominational approach of the Educate Together ethos is the teaching about many different events during the year in relation to various religions.

Pancake-Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is before the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. Lent includes a forty-day fasting period  towards Easter-Sunday. The day before its start, all rich food items, like eggs, milk and sugar must be used up. Thus it has become traditional in many countries with Christian denominations, to have pancakes on the day before Ash-Wednesday, the start of Lent.

In relation to this, on Pancake-Tuesday from 11 a.m., the children of Carrigaline Educate Together National School baked their own pancakes. In rotation they mixed the ingredients, while former chef and current SNA, Angela, showed each child how their pancake was cooked. The biggest fun for everyone was tossing the pancakes high up in the air and back into the pan. Seeing the joy of the children tasting their own productions was the final highlight of CETNS Pancake-Day .

In this practical way, a tradition, that has become very strong in Ireland, is being passed on to our next generation. And as a holiday of religious origin, the children will learn about the background of the day, while Lent is the topic in class.

Carrigaline Educate Together is a young and vibrant National School that has an open approach to enrollment.

Each year we offer enrollment into Junior Infants based on our ‘first come, first served’ enrollment policy.

We are also able to offer places to those who wish to transfer children into other classes within the school (for example in the case where you’ve just moved into the area).  Arrangements can be made directly with the school principal with regards to children enrolling in classes other than Junior Infants.  As a young and growing school we enjoy small class sizes that favours individual learning and participation.

For more information on enrollment to the school check out our enrollment page and use the included form to contact us regarding enrollment for any class, right up to 2013.

CETNS parents raised more than €1500 for the school by bagging shopping at Dunnes Stores in Carrigaline this weekend. This is a fantastic result – well done to everyone! The money will be spent on sending our children to see the Cork Pops Concerts for Schools, on Parent Association expenses, including insurance and National Parents’ Council membership, and on a new photocopier for the school office. Many thanks to all CETNS parents who gave up their time to make this fundraiser such a huge success!

The Parent Association will meet on Thursday Feb. 18th, 8-9:30 pm, in the pre-fab. All parents are welcome to attend and we promise to start and end on time! Items on the agenda this month include extra-curricular activities for children, workshops for parents, a review of our bag-packing fundraiser and planning our next big event. Come along and see how we can work together for the best interests of our children.

Our February Parent Association coffee morning will be on the 18th, from 10:30-12. Please drop in any time for a cup of tea & a chance to chat with other parents. Small children very welcome, as always! Details from pa@carrigalineeducatetogether.ie

We’ve added some pictures to the website from our celebration of our very first school term.  

You can read about our celebration or jump straight into viewing the pictures.

A big thank you goes to Vladimir for taking the photos and making them available to the school.

We’ve added a new feature to the school website.

You can now subscribe by email to the website.  Instead of having to check the website for updates we will automatically email you any new items to you each day.

You can subscribe using the form below or using the same form currently located on our home page.

You’ll receive at most one email per day containing all of that days updates.  If there are no updates on any day then there are no emails.  You can unsubscribe at any time.

Three new picture galleries have been added to Christine’s class album.

The art picture from the children are about:

• ‘Our Homes”
  
• ‘Our Thanksgiving Celebration’
  
• ‘Bodhi Day Art’

Enjoy!

The very first issue of the Parents Association Newsletter is available for download (pdf).   It’s full of news items and information for parents as well as a giving a flavour of what Carrigaline’s newest school is like.

If you have any feedback feel free to leave a comment below or to get in touch directly with the Parents Association (contact details are available on the Newsletter).

Parents Association Newsletter – Vol 1, Issue 1 February 2009 – (pdf)