Firhouse Educate Together N.S.
is delighted to welcome members to the
Educate Together General Members' Meeting
on
Saturday 2nd February 2019.
Grandparents' Day
We are looking forward to welcoming lots of
Grandparents, Grand-Aunts and Grand-Uncles
to our school to chat with us about their school days
throughout Wednesday 30th January 2019.
Next Fundraiser: Quiz Night 15th February at 8pm in Scholars' Pub
Winner of Dublin Fire Brigade Art Competition
Aidan in 3rd Class
We have some wonderful news to share. One of our pupils, Aidan in 3rd Class, won a fantastic prize in the
Dublin Fire Brigade Fire Safety Art Competition.
Aidan Lee won a €500 voucher for our school as well as a €100 voucher for himself and a €5 voucher for each of his classmates. In addition Aidan’s artwork is published in the Dublin Fire Brigade Calendar for 2019.
Aidan and our teacher of 3rd Class, Conor, went to the Mansion House to meet the Lord Mayor, Niall Ring, who gave Aidan his prizes.
Congratulations to Aidan who did this artwork (see below) last year when he was in Jen’s 2nd Class.
HIs attention to detail and creativity in his picture is wonderful.
Well done Aidan!
Dublin Fire Brigade Fire Safety Art Competition.
Aidan Lee won a €500 voucher for our school as well as a €100 voucher for himself and a €5 voucher for each of his classmates. In addition Aidan’s artwork is published in the Dublin Fire Brigade Calendar for 2019.
Aidan and our teacher of 3rd Class, Conor, went to the Mansion House to meet the Lord Mayor, Niall Ring, who gave Aidan his prizes.
Congratulations to Aidan who did this artwork (see below) last year when he was in Jen’s 2nd Class.
HIs attention to detail and creativity in his picture is wonderful.
Well done Aidan!
We are delighted to say our school building has passed recent safety assessments and
we are all set to re-open as usual
at 8.25am on Monday 5th November 2018.
Our whole school community sends our best wishes to all schools
who have not received such good news and
we hope the issues will be sorted as soon as possible for all of them.
Halloween Harvest Festival Fundraiser
For the first time our school PGTA held a Halloween event
to raise funds for school readers.
There were lots of fun and games for everyone to enjoy and
the Pumpkin Competition was amazing!
This event also succeeded in raising €1,125
Thank you to all who organised and supported the event as well as the team who did a fantastic job of cleaning up afterwards.
A special word of thanks to Kristina whose idea it was to have
a Halloween event similar to those celebrated where she grew up
in the United States of America.
3rd Class enjoyed their workshop with Lisanne and Steve of Heritage Ireland
Invitation
to the
First Performance
of
Knocklyon Concert Band & Firhouse Educate Together School Choir
on
Wednesday 26th September at 8pm
in our
School Hall
September 2018: Opening of our two Evergreen Classes and two new Junior Infant Classes
It is a very exciting September this year as we welcome four new classes of pupils into our school: two Evergreen Classes and two Junior Infants Classes and it is great to see them all settling in so well. Check out the Junior Infants' Fairy Gardens below and the Cool Bikes in our Evergreen Classes. We are also delighted to welcome eight new Teachers and two new Inclusion Support Assistants and we are all looking forward to working with all of our pupils and families in the year ahead.
Our Shared Calendar has many events and celebrations up for the term ahead and you can also find more information on events in the Principal's Newsletters. Please be sure to apply for Garda Vetting to volunteer for our initiatives like Green Flag and Yellow Flag committees. We really do need your help and will be delighted to have you help out and support all of the children in our school.
Call us if you'd like more information on volunteering.
Very best regards,
Collette
Our Shared Calendar has many events and celebrations up for the term ahead and you can also find more information on events in the Principal's Newsletters. Please be sure to apply for Garda Vetting to volunteer for our initiatives like Green Flag and Yellow Flag committees. We really do need your help and will be delighted to have you help out and support all of the children in our school.
Call us if you'd like more information on volunteering.
Very best regards,
Collette
Welcome Back to Cool School!
We're looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow August 30th 2018 at 8.25am.
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There are many surprises in our school this term..... see you in the morning!
Places available for September 2018.
You can pre-enrol by filling in your details on our pre-enrolment page by clicking the Pre-Enrol Now! button above.
Family Fun Day Fundraiser 26th May 2018
See News/Principal's Newsletter Page for up-to date news on our school....
School will re-open after the Spring Holidays on Monday April 9th 2018.
Our school in the snow in February 2018
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Please forgive our delay in getting website up to date since we moved into our new building in November 2017. This is because we had no internet access from end of October 2017 to mid February 2018. We are currently updating our site and look forward to sharing all the great things the children are doing with you as well as updating newsletters, policies etc.
Many thanks for your understanding and continued support.
Yes!
We have moved into our beautiful new building and opened there for pupils on Wednesday 9th November 2017
and
it is wonderful.
We would like to thank the Department of Education and Skills (DES)and all the building team at Western and everyone involved in getting the project designed and built. Particular thanks to Ciarán from the Forward Planning Unit for all his help and support throughout the build and to our Patron Educate Together for establishing our school and advising us along the way. In addition many thanks to all the Politicians and Councillors who helped in so many ways, to Tymon Bawn Community Centre and Firhouse Community Centre for housing our school and being so welcoming and especially to our parent and wider school community for their hard work, help and support over the past four years.
You did it!
You all ensured this wonderful school building was built for the children of Firhouse Educate Together N.S.
Thank you so much.
From all of our Staff and Board of Management.
Budget Video Link: Have a look at what some pupils in Firhouse Educate Together N.S.
would like the government to spend on:
http://www.independent.ie/business/budget/everyone-should-get-a-cuddly-toy-schoolchildren-have-their-say-on-budget-2018-36207634.html
See photos of our new school building below taken on August 3rd 2017.
A very busy end of year in June 2017:
Firstly a great big thank you to all of you for supporting our Family Fun Day and to our PGTA Committee and all who helped to organise the day. It was a most enjoyable day and raised much needed funds for our school too.
Secondly the children enjoyed their tours to the Mill Theatre, Glenroe Farm, Imaginosity, Lullymore Heritage Park and visits to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Firhouse and the Mosque in Clonskeagh as well as a great Sport for All Day in the field beside Firhouse Community Centre. We also had Dogs' Trust to visit each class and a wonderful performance by 'Seo Linn' ( a group of teachers whose band is doing very well and regularly perform in places like Vicar Street but who are also keen to bring live music into schools with an emphasis on Irish language and music).
We are now looking forward to an even more exciting year ahead in 2017/2018 as we move into our permanent school building as soon as it is completed this Autumn.
Secondly the children enjoyed their tours to the Mill Theatre, Glenroe Farm, Imaginosity, Lullymore Heritage Park and visits to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Firhouse and the Mosque in Clonskeagh as well as a great Sport for All Day in the field beside Firhouse Community Centre. We also had Dogs' Trust to visit each class and a wonderful performance by 'Seo Linn' ( a group of teachers whose band is doing very well and regularly perform in places like Vicar Street but who are also keen to bring live music into schools with an emphasis on Irish language and music).
We are now looking forward to an even more exciting year ahead in 2017/2018 as we move into our permanent school building as soon as it is completed this Autumn.
A Community Orchard for Firhouse
planted by the children of Firhouse Educate Together N.S.
Today 18th May 2017, our 1st and 2nd Classes joined with parent Rachel, teachers Rachael, Lynne, Conor, Jen, Cillian, Julie, Collette, along with Adam of St. Anne's G.A.A. and Deirdre of Firhouse Community Centre to plant a Community Orchard of 10 Apple Trees on the grounds of Firhouse Community Centre. Our school is delighted to be able to be collaborating with members of the community to plant these trees in the community.
This initiative began with a suggestion from Rachel Freeman, a parent whose children attend our school, and who sourced the trees, stakes and equipment needed to plant the orchard. Firhouse Community Centre very happily agreed to the project and so we began planting today. Our school is delighted to be able to plant trees for the community to benefit from and we aim to work with the local community in maintaining this community orchard and in sharing out the apples in years to come.
This initiative began with a suggestion from Rachel Freeman, a parent whose children attend our school, and who sourced the trees, stakes and equipment needed to plant the orchard. Firhouse Community Centre very happily agreed to the project and so we began planting today. Our school is delighted to be able to plant trees for the community to benefit from and we aim to work with the local community in maintaining this community orchard and in sharing out the apples in years to come.
2016 - 2017 Firhouse Educate Together
Fantastic News: Our new school building is on schedule to be completed for September 2017 and therefore the Department of Education and Skills has approved a second Junior Infant Class for the 2017-2018 School Year.
Work began on site on February 1st 2017 and is making steady progress:
We really enjoyed singing our new School Anthem for all our families.
See the Board of Management page for more details.
Dr. Graham Finlay from U.C.D. visited our school to speak to the children about Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Friday 10th February 2017: We had great fun this morning celebrating RTE's 10@10!
All Classes joined together for our Winter Presentation on 22nd December 2016
in Firhouse Community Centre.
Sam Maguire visited our school!
Our Sports' Day 2016
Thank you so much to all our parents who helped at our Sports' Day today and to
Adam of St. Anne's GAA Club and our staff for their great work and enthusiasm.......
and to the stars of the day..... our students. Well done everyone!
Adam of St. Anne's GAA Club and our staff for their great work and enthusiasm.......
and to the stars of the day..... our students. Well done everyone!
Planning Permission Confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For further information see
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Planning Permission Update 9th June 2016
We have heard on the grapevine that Planning Permission for our new school building has been granted with conditions. We have not had official notification yet, but as soon as we do we will inform our school community. We are beyond excited at this development..... Further information to follow as soon as we have it......
Our Family Fun Day was an enormous success. Thank you to each and every one of you who turned up to support our school. Thanks to our PGTA, especially Lisa, for organising such a successful event. We raised an extraordinary €6,000 for our school!!!!!!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Please review the more detailed catchment area map on our pre enrolment tab - this was provided to us by the DES.
We are now accepting pre enrolments for September 2017.
You are all invited to our join us at our Family Fun Day Fundraiser on
Saturday 28th May from 12 - 3pm
FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY - BRING EVERYONE ALONG!!!!
Thanks to Fiona from The Dogs Trust
for visiting our school in March
and
to all of our families
who kindly donated
to make a total of €109
for this good cause.
New Enrolment Policy - Approved and in place from 9th March 2016
Firhouse ETNS has a new Enrolment Policy that has a specific annual timeframe for submitting applications (between May and October in the year prior to your child commencing school) as well as priorities for the following categories:
This is a completely new policy and we have been directed to divide our current pre-enrolment lists as per the categories above with immediate effect.
Please review the policy on our policies page
- Sibling Priority
- Catchment Area Priority (see map in Enrolment Policy on Policies Page)
- Outside of Catchment Area
- Applications submitted outside of new timeframe
This is a completely new policy and we have been directed to divide our current pre-enrolment lists as per the categories above with immediate effect.
Please review the policy on our policies page
Raising the National Flag to celebrate 1916 - 2016 on March 15th 2016
Firhouse Educate Together N.S. enhances the community:
Look at the lovely daffodils still blooming beautifully in 2016 where our very first Junior Infant class planted them in 2013 in the park outside
Tymon Bawn Community Centre as part of the
'Bulbs not Bonfires' initiative by SDCC:
22nd February - Our second Monday working on our Forest School initiative:
Wonderful News - Our First Class Student Mia has been chosen as a winner in the Ireland 2016 All-Island Art Competition “Imagining the Ireland of 2116” held by the Dublin West Education Centre - She has won a whooping €75!! See our three chosen entrants below and our award winning entry from Mia. Well Done!!!!!!
News: Forest School, Green School and After School Activities. See our Newsletter page.
Our First Forest School Activities - Monday 15th Feb - THANK YOU Rachael and Rachael
Please visit http://www.educatetogetherge16.com/ and Make EQUALITY IN EDUCATION an Election Issue in 2016 - 4 Essentials for Equality in Education.
We celebrated Chinese New Year
8th February 2016
Year of the Monkey
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Our 2015 Winter Wonderland Show
Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate our Winter Wonderland event with us. It was a huge success and our children's performances made us so proud!!! Thanks to Gwen for taking such fabulous photos... see below... Happy New Year everyone!!!!!
Our Community Gardaí visited us last week and gave us High Vis Jackets.
We also had a great chat with them about all the good things the Gardaí do to help us.
One Day Together Winner from Firhouse Educate Together!
Congratulations!
WONDERFUL NEWS - Our Junior Infant Marcelina and her family have won 1st Prize in the Educate Together One Day Together Raffle. They have won family tickets to see The Snowman in the National Concert Hall and an overnight stay in the Maldron Hotel, Dublin. We raised €134.70 for Educate Together. We are so proud of the generosity of our school community. Thank you to all of you for supporting this event.
Tha Happy Philharmonic Orchestra visited Firhouse Educate Together N.S.
on Tuesday 3rd November 2015
We raised funds for Educate Together on ONE DAY TOGETHER, Friday 23rd October, which was also our Self Expression Day
The Air Corps presented the National Flag to our school on Wednesday 14th October 2015
and we sang our National Anthem: Amhrán na bhFiann.
Wow! A colourful balloon event as Firhouse Educate Together opens on Ballycullen Drive.
Yes! We've moved in ......and the space is wonderful! Thank you to all of you who worked hard on getting this site and to all who came along to help us move in. (29th August 2015)
Our new premises is bright and spacious and well equipped for our classes to open on 3rd September at 8.30am. Thank you to everyone involved from the start: our parents and school community for campaigning for the site, the Department of Education and Skills and the Project Managers and Building Contractors for a fantastic job on getting the premises so well built in such a short time and to our staff and parents and friends who joined in to help us move in our furniture and resources on Saturday 29th August (see slideshows below and I'm sorry everyone who came along is not in the photos and that's simply because we were all so busy...... but you are remembered).
There is still a lot of work to do to be ready for our opening on Thursday and as soon as I know the time for keys to be handed over to us on Wednesday 2nd September I will let you all know by email.
Thank you to all the staff of Tymon Bawn Community Centre for all their support and kindness over the past two years and to the residents of Church Grove for their patience and understanding. We say farewell and wish you all the very best for the future.
There is still a lot of work to do to be ready for our opening on Thursday and as soon as I know the time for keys to be handed over to us on Wednesday 2nd September I will let you all know by email.
Thank you to all the staff of Tymon Bawn Community Centre for all their support and kindness over the past two years and to the residents of Church Grove for their patience and understanding. We say farewell and wish you all the very best for the future.
Some photos of us moving out of Tymon Bawn Community Centre: Saturday 29th August:
Some photos of our arrival in our new Ballycullen Drive premises: Saturday 29th August
28th August: All is on schedule for our opening on 3rd September.
We are all set to move our furniture and resources into our new premises tomorrow and we're looking forward to having many of you there to help out but on safety grounds we ask that children do not come along. Our pre-fab is the green one marked as School 1 on plan below.
There will be more news about helping on Wednesday when I have more details. It is all very exciting and we're all looking forward very much to working with all of our school community to make the year ahead a very special one indeed.
NEWS August 2015: School re-opening on September 3rd 2015 in Ballycullen Drive
We have been informed by the Department of Education and Skills that due to building control regulations / certification our school will open on Thursday 3rd September 2015 in our new premises on Ballycullen Drive.
As the earliest certification of the temporary accommodation for our school is the first day of September we will only have access to the building to set up on the 2nd September. The Department of Education has arranged for intake of our furniture and resources into the new premises on Saturday 29th August.
See up-to-date photos below of site. We're waiting to find out which pre-fab will be ours!
There is also great news that the Department of Education and Skills has lodged the planning application for our permanent school building. The notice below is up on site and plans can be viewed on the South Dublin County Council website: www.sdcc.ie
We look forward to seeing you all on the 3rd September for our first day in our new school.
Meantime enjoy the remainder of the holidays.
Very best regards,
Collette and all the staff at Firhouse Educate Together National School
As the earliest certification of the temporary accommodation for our school is the first day of September we will only have access to the building to set up on the 2nd September. The Department of Education has arranged for intake of our furniture and resources into the new premises on Saturday 29th August.
See up-to-date photos below of site. We're waiting to find out which pre-fab will be ours!
There is also great news that the Department of Education and Skills has lodged the planning application for our permanent school building. The notice below is up on site and plans can be viewed on the South Dublin County Council website: www.sdcc.ie
We look forward to seeing you all on the 3rd September for our first day in our new school.
Meantime enjoy the remainder of the holidays.
Very best regards,
Collette and all the staff at Firhouse Educate Together National School
News: June 2015
At the end of our second year we would like to say a great big ‘Thank You’ to our wonderful children for making our school so amazing and also to our fantastic parents who constantly support the school so well.
Thank you also to our wonderful Parents’ Guardians’ Teachers’ Association and each of you who volunteered your time to help out with Policy reviews, Maths and Reading stations, to join us on visits to the library, to Wooly Ward's Farm and our Sports' Day in St Anne's GAA club. Thank you also for organising, helping out with and supporting our Big Comedy fundraising event which raised almost €4,000 and to all of you who contributed throughout the year by making fun fruit treats and cupcakes / gingerbread men for and with our students, helping with signage and logo design, bringing items of great interest to the children such as amazing books, lids of all sorts, coins, frog spawn, plants and treasure chests and copying, cutting and laminating resources for use in class as well as getting us going with Zuu Chimp Movements and after school Alive-O and Music classes. Every little thing you do to help is very very much appreciated.
Thank you also to our Board of Management and staff who work tirelessly to see our school has everything it needs to develop and thrive and ensure all of our pupils receive the best possible education.
Teachers / staff for next year
Junior Infants - New Teacher
Senior Infants - Collette Dunne (Triona Ni Leanachain for first two weeks)
First Class - New Teacher (Collette Dunne for first two weeks)
Support teaching - New Teachers
SNA - Agnieszka Bien
Secretary - Leah Meegan
1st day back at school
School re-opens in our new premises on Ballycullen Drive on Tuesday 1st September at 8.30am. Please note the car park entrance for parents will be on the Killininney Road. We look forward to seeing you then.
Please take particular care in the new car park in September. It will take some time to settle in. We really appreciate you taking an extra few minutes to stay safe, to be patient and to allow everyone get used to the new routine.
From the second day back we will be organising children to line up in yard until their class teacher collects them at 8.30am. Please leave the car park promptly after your child’s class is called by their teacher, as parents for Gaelscoil na Giúise will be arriving for 8.50am.
We hope to establish a Drop Off programme from mid-September. We need volunteers to run this program. If you have 10 minutes to spare in the mornings and would like to get involved please let us know.
Enjoy the Summer!
We wish you all a most enjoyable Summer break with plenty of family time. We hope the children enjoy lots of play time in the fresh air and hopefully in sunshine too. Remember to include some visits to the library to keep the magic of books, and the special time your child can enjoy reading with you, uppermost in your child’s mind.
Thanks again for all your help and support throughout the past year and we look forward to seeing you in September for our very first year in our own premises.
It will be fantastic!
Very best wishes,
Collette, Anne, Triona, Agnieszka and Leah and also from our regular and dedicated substitute staff Rachael, Sheila, Lewis, Therese and Lily.
Thank you also to our wonderful Parents’ Guardians’ Teachers’ Association and each of you who volunteered your time to help out with Policy reviews, Maths and Reading stations, to join us on visits to the library, to Wooly Ward's Farm and our Sports' Day in St Anne's GAA club. Thank you also for organising, helping out with and supporting our Big Comedy fundraising event which raised almost €4,000 and to all of you who contributed throughout the year by making fun fruit treats and cupcakes / gingerbread men for and with our students, helping with signage and logo design, bringing items of great interest to the children such as amazing books, lids of all sorts, coins, frog spawn, plants and treasure chests and copying, cutting and laminating resources for use in class as well as getting us going with Zuu Chimp Movements and after school Alive-O and Music classes. Every little thing you do to help is very very much appreciated.
Thank you also to our Board of Management and staff who work tirelessly to see our school has everything it needs to develop and thrive and ensure all of our pupils receive the best possible education.
Teachers / staff for next year
Junior Infants - New Teacher
Senior Infants - Collette Dunne (Triona Ni Leanachain for first two weeks)
First Class - New Teacher (Collette Dunne for first two weeks)
Support teaching - New Teachers
SNA - Agnieszka Bien
Secretary - Leah Meegan
1st day back at school
School re-opens in our new premises on Ballycullen Drive on Tuesday 1st September at 8.30am. Please note the car park entrance for parents will be on the Killininney Road. We look forward to seeing you then.
Please take particular care in the new car park in September. It will take some time to settle in. We really appreciate you taking an extra few minutes to stay safe, to be patient and to allow everyone get used to the new routine.
From the second day back we will be organising children to line up in yard until their class teacher collects them at 8.30am. Please leave the car park promptly after your child’s class is called by their teacher, as parents for Gaelscoil na Giúise will be arriving for 8.50am.
We hope to establish a Drop Off programme from mid-September. We need volunteers to run this program. If you have 10 minutes to spare in the mornings and would like to get involved please let us know.
Enjoy the Summer!
We wish you all a most enjoyable Summer break with plenty of family time. We hope the children enjoy lots of play time in the fresh air and hopefully in sunshine too. Remember to include some visits to the library to keep the magic of books, and the special time your child can enjoy reading with you, uppermost in your child’s mind.
Thanks again for all your help and support throughout the past year and we look forward to seeing you in September for our very first year in our own premises.
It will be fantastic!
Very best wishes,
Collette, Anne, Triona, Agnieszka and Leah and also from our regular and dedicated substitute staff Rachael, Sheila, Lewis, Therese and Lily.
June 2015: Pre-fabs for our school have arrived on our permanent site at Ballycullen Drive.
The excitement is building too!
Firhouse Educate Together N.S. is enrolling for September 2015.
Pre-Enrol now by clicking on the blue button above and fill in a pre-enrolment form.
We look forward to welcoming you to our great little school which will be located on its
permanent site at Ballycullen Drive, Firhouse, for Septemebr 2015.
Breaking News: Work began on our new school site today 18th May 2015
7th May 2015: We visited our new school site and our Junior and Senior Infant classes were very excited to see where they will go to school in September. Everyone enjoyed the visit.
Thank you to everyone who supported our recent Comedy Night Fundraiser which raised almost €3k for our school which is fantastic. Thank you also to our PGTA for all their hard work in organising such a big event. It was great to meet you all on the night.
A new 16 classroom school building for Firhouse Educate Together:
Yes! The Department of Education and Skills' Building List for 2015 has been announced today (18th December 2014) and Firhouse Educate Together National School is listed for a NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Let the celebrations begin! We are all so pleased with this commitment from the D.E.S. and look forward to welcoming our new Junior Infants in 2015 to temporary accommodation on our permanent site at Ballycullen Drive while awaiting the completion of our new school building.
A great big thank you to the D.E.S. for ensuring Firhouse ETNS is on the building list for the coming year and to all our parents and supporters who worked hard campaigning for this result.
Great News on Our Permanent Site!!!!!!!!!!
We are delighted to report a fantastic result regarding a permanent site for our school. South Dublin County Council have voted by a majority (22 votes) to dispose of land on Ballycullen Drive to the Department of Education and Skills for two schools - Firhouse Educate Together and Gaelscoil na Giúise and have agreed the Part 8 which will allow for temporary accommodation on the site for both schools from September 2015.
Cake Decorating to Celebrate our Spring Holidays
Thank you to Lynn for organising it all for both Senior and Junior Infants
Laura Lynn Foundation:
Thanks to Everyone who donated to the LauraLynn Foundation
while participating in our Self Expression Dress Up Day -
It was a huge success and we got this lovely letter from LauraLynn.
Thanks to Everyone who donated to the LauraLynn Foundation
while participating in our Self Expression Dress Up Day -
It was a huge success and we got this lovely letter from LauraLynn.
We had great fun visiting The County Library in Tallaght 11/11/2014
Just look at Junior and Senior Infants sharing some fun on Self-Expression Day: 24/10/2014
Firhouse Educate Together National School began its second school year on Thursday 28th August 2014 and welcomed a new class of Junior Infants. Senior Infants were terrific in helping Junior Infants find their way around our school.
Senior Infants also received a very special card today from Senator Cáit Keane, with each of their names hand written on it and a most important message: Senator Cáit says she is working very hard to get a school building for the children. So, Senior Infants say a very big 'THANK YOU' to Senator Cáit and all the people she's working with, on behalf of all of us in Firhouse Educate Together National School.
GREAT NEWS!
Firhouse Educate Together is delighted to announce the Department of Education and Skills has confirmed our school will be moving to its permanent location for September 2015: See our NEWS page for full details.
Please pre-enrol below:
Firhouse Educate Together is delighted to announce the Department of Education and Skills has confirmed our school will be moving to its permanent location for September 2015: See our NEWS page for full details.
Please pre-enrol below:
Fun Day in Firhouse Educate Together National School on Midsummer's Day
21st June 2014
Superb Feedback from Coffee Morning
Firhouse Educate Together meets Department of Education and Skills' Adviser to Minister
Firhouse Educate Together National School is delighted to announce that following our coffee morning TD Eamonn Maloney (Labour) arranged a meeting in the Department of Education and Skills' Ministerial Office with three representatives from our school: Parents Jennie and Brian (Brian is also a member of the school's Board of Management) and Principal Collette.
The meeting was very positive and we were informed that:
In addition when I invited Niall to visit our school in September / October he said he'd love to. So we have a date with him and who knows....... he may well have some news for us by then.
We were all left with the impression that the site issue is firmly on the agenda of the relevant people within DES now and that Eamon Maloney, who has a lot more experience than we have in dealing with the dept officials was also impressed at the positive tone of the meeting.
So, well done to everyone on creating such a wonderful atmosphere at our coffee morning which inspired TD Eamonn Maloney of Labour to make a promise to Jennie that he'd do his best to set up a meeting with the DES. He has followed through on his promise as has Senator Cáit Keane on tabling a motion in the Seanad and Firhouse Educate Together is now a topic of conversation at the highest levels.
What a result! And we're such a small group of people and our school is less than a year old........ can you imagine what we'll achieve in the future????
Let's celebrate at our Fun Day on Saturday 21st June. All welcome!
Very best regards,
Collette
The meeting was very positive and we were informed that:
- the DES is looking at several site options for our school
- the DES will not disclose sites until contracts are signed
- the site at Oldcourt opposite the new Lidl is NOT an option for our school
- the DES and SDCC held a meeting yesterday (June 11th 2014) and both are now agreed that the Oldcourt site is zoned for future development in 10 to 15 years time and is off the agenda for our school
- SDCC are negotiating with the DES to secure a suitable site for our school
- the DES hopes to announce news of a site for our school within a 3 to 6 month time frame
- despite spending a lot on Tymon Bawn Community Centre this year (to put toilets into classrooms etc), this expenditure will not influence the DES' Planning Department's decision for location of our school at the end of the 2014-2015 school year
- Firhouse Educate Together will spend only one more year (2014 - 2015 school year) in Tymon Bawn Community Centre
- the worst case scenario will be our school opening in pre-fabs on its permanent site in September 2015
In addition when I invited Niall to visit our school in September / October he said he'd love to. So we have a date with him and who knows....... he may well have some news for us by then.
We were all left with the impression that the site issue is firmly on the agenda of the relevant people within DES now and that Eamon Maloney, who has a lot more experience than we have in dealing with the dept officials was also impressed at the positive tone of the meeting.
So, well done to everyone on creating such a wonderful atmosphere at our coffee morning which inspired TD Eamonn Maloney of Labour to make a promise to Jennie that he'd do his best to set up a meeting with the DES. He has followed through on his promise as has Senator Cáit Keane on tabling a motion in the Seanad and Firhouse Educate Together is now a topic of conversation at the highest levels.
What a result! And we're such a small group of people and our school is less than a year old........ can you imagine what we'll achieve in the future????
Let's celebrate at our Fun Day on Saturday 21st June. All welcome!
Very best regards,
Collette
Wow! Our Coffee Morning Wednesday 14th May 2014 at 11am
to raise awareness of our school's need for a permanent site and building was a terrific success.............
19 Politicians joined us to see the great work being done in unsuitable premises45 parents & relatives of Firhouse Educate Together National School explained our concernsFeedback is that it is unprecedented to have so many politicians across all parties at a single constituency event!Thank you to:
Minister Brian Hayes - Fine Gael
Senator
Cait Keane - Fine Gael
Councillor Brian Lawlor - Fine Gael
Karen Warren -Fine Gael
Alan Gallagher - Fine Gael
Councillor Colm Brophy – Fine Gael
Mayor Dermot Looney – Independent
Emmett Hegarty – Fianna Fail
Councillor Eamonn Walsh – Fianna Fail
Paul Foley - Fianna Fail
TD Eamonn Maloney - Labour
Councillor Chris Bond – Labour
Pamela Kearns – Labour Party
Councillor Maire Devine - Sinn Fein
Fintan Warfield - Sinn Fein
Brendan Ferron - Sinn Fein
TD Seán Crowe - Sinn Fein
Suzanne McEneaney – Green Party
Francis Noel Duffy – Green Party
We greatly appreciate your continued support and look forward to working with you in the near future to make our school site a reality ; )
A huge thank you to also all our parents, relatives, and prospective parents who turned up en mass to welcome the local politicians to our school & explain the urgent need for a school site.
Firhouse Educate Together National School
Firhouse Educate Together National School is a new and growing primary school which
opened in September 2013 with one class of junior infants.
September 2014 will see 54 families bringing 56 children to both junior and senior infants. Demand has been so high from parents for places that there is a very healthy waiting list for children from all over the local area.
Even at this early stage there is a great sense of community spirit developing, with parents, staff and friends supporting a comedy night in the local Maldron Hotel, local Gardai assisting with monthly visits to the Library, GAA training throughout the year and a sports' day with St Anne's Club, training with Thomas Davis too, Capoeira classes, joint ventures with Gaelscoil na Giúise and Citywest ETNS, parental involvement in gardening, baking, planning, ICT, logo design and class work, not to mention the ongoing
support of the Tymon-Bawn Community Centre.
The location of the school in TymonBawn Community Centre was intended to be temporary, with a view to moving to a permanent location in due course. The Department of Education and Skills is currently sourcing a permanent site for the new school in conjunction with South Dublin County Council.
In the meantime, the school will be in Tymon-Bawn Community Centre for the remainder
of the 2013 - 2014 and for the 2014-2015 school year.
Educate Together schools are national schools, teaching the full primary curriculum. They are child-centred and focused on the best possible educational outcome for children. The teachers bring the curriculum to life by encouraging children to think, question and engage both with their teacher and each other.
Educate Together's Ethical Education Curriculum - ‘Learn Together’ - supports children’s ethical, moral and spiritual development and teaches children about justice, equality, belief systems and environmental care.
This curriculum has been developed over 35 years in Irish primary schools and is an important part of making Educate Together schools welcoming and inclusive.
When Firhouse Educate Together National School opened in 2013, it became one of 68 Educate Together schools nationwide, and one of around 20 in the South West Dublin / Kildare area surrounding Firhouse.
Firhouse Educate Together National School is a new and growing primary school which
opened in September 2013 with one class of junior infants.
September 2014 will see 54 families bringing 56 children to both junior and senior infants. Demand has been so high from parents for places that there is a very healthy waiting list for children from all over the local area.
Even at this early stage there is a great sense of community spirit developing, with parents, staff and friends supporting a comedy night in the local Maldron Hotel, local Gardai assisting with monthly visits to the Library, GAA training throughout the year and a sports' day with St Anne's Club, training with Thomas Davis too, Capoeira classes, joint ventures with Gaelscoil na Giúise and Citywest ETNS, parental involvement in gardening, baking, planning, ICT, logo design and class work, not to mention the ongoing
support of the Tymon-Bawn Community Centre.
The location of the school in TymonBawn Community Centre was intended to be temporary, with a view to moving to a permanent location in due course. The Department of Education and Skills is currently sourcing a permanent site for the new school in conjunction with South Dublin County Council.
In the meantime, the school will be in Tymon-Bawn Community Centre for the remainder
of the 2013 - 2014 and for the 2014-2015 school year.
Educate Together schools are national schools, teaching the full primary curriculum. They are child-centred and focused on the best possible educational outcome for children. The teachers bring the curriculum to life by encouraging children to think, question and engage both with their teacher and each other.
Educate Together's Ethical Education Curriculum - ‘Learn Together’ - supports children’s ethical, moral and spiritual development and teaches children about justice, equality, belief systems and environmental care.
This curriculum has been developed over 35 years in Irish primary schools and is an important part of making Educate Together schools welcoming and inclusive.
When Firhouse Educate Together National School opened in 2013, it became one of 68 Educate Together schools nationwide, and one of around 20 in the South West Dublin / Kildare area surrounding Firhouse.
Thank You to everyone who helped us raise almost €4,000 at our Big Comedy Night:
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the inaugural Firhouse ETNS ‘Big Fun Night Out’:
Comedians – Al Porter, Willie White, Paul Woodfull, Joe Rooney.
Ruairí Campbell for doing MC & organising printing
Music by 'REDWOOD LIVE' www.redwoodlive.com
Parents, Grandparents and relatives of junior infants children
School staff: Tríona, Aileen and Agnieszka
Mc Loughlin Seafood
Kiernan Oil Company
Easy teeth Whitening, Mary Mall
Your Space Interiors
Hair by Suzanne
Lazer Treatment Clinic Tallaght
Claire Dwan Beautician
Dwan's Spar Woodstown & Old Court
BWG Foods
Tymon Bawn Community Centre
LW Flowers, Smithfield
Lawlor Office Supplies
Phillips Ireland
Chubb Ireland
Touchcom
Forever Living
January 2014: Capoeira Muzenza Classes and Big Comedy Night = 2 ENORMOUS Successes!
Firhouse Educate Together National School: Fundraiser & Celebration of this New School
Big Comedy Fundraiser
?? QUIZ ?? Are you as smart as a 4 yr old?
Finger Food • Raffle & Auction of Skills!
Live Stand Up Comedy Featuring
Willie White & Al Porter
+ Special Guests TBC
Followed by Live Music with Redwoodlive till Late!
Maldron Hotel Tallaght Tickets: €20 www.firhouseetns.ie Tel. 087 330 1332
Friday 31st January 2014: 7.30pm-12.30am
Tickets on sale in SPAR shop Oldcourt (beside Scholar's Pub) as well as from School and from Parents
Big Comedy Fundraiser
?? QUIZ ?? Are you as smart as a 4 yr old?
Finger Food • Raffle & Auction of Skills!
Live Stand Up Comedy Featuring
Willie White & Al Porter
+ Special Guests TBC
Followed by Live Music with Redwoodlive till Late!
Maldron Hotel Tallaght Tickets: €20 www.firhouseetns.ie Tel. 087 330 1332
Friday 31st January 2014: 7.30pm-12.30am
Tickets on sale in SPAR shop Oldcourt (beside Scholar's Pub) as well as from School and from Parents
The first term in Firhouse Educate Together ended in a whirl of excitement as we celebrated with Citywest Educate Together and Junior Infants, thanks to the wonderful direction from Tríona and Agnieszka, performed their Winter Wonderland songs and poems for parents, guardians and grandparents. Thanks also to all the parents who helped make the pre-show coffee-morning a most enjoyable event and to our newly appointed chairperson and second patron nominee Declan Fahie and Thomas Frayne respectively who came along to meet everyone as well as to see Junior Infants perform.
Our visit to Citywest ETNS the previous day was great fun. We packed ourselves, our snowmen and snowy mountain scenery into the bus and set off at 10am. When we arrived we joined the four classes of Citywest ETNS to perform for each other. All of the class shows were brilliant. Then we visited different classrooms to play some activities.
At 12 noon we put our hand prints and messages from all the pupils and staff of both schools into a plastic box and when photos of this event have been put in, the box will be sealed as a time capsule that will not be opened for twenty years! In 2023 the current pupils and staff will be invited back for the opening of the time capsule. The reason Firhouse ETNS and Citywest ETNS jointly put this time capsule together is that both schools are open today because of four parents who began a campaign almost ten years ago for an Educate Together School in Dublin 24....... and now there are two! Thank you to these four amazing people whom we hope to interview and tell you more about in the New Year.
Before leaving we gave Caitríona, the principal of Citywest ETNS, 92 little snowmen that we made and asked her to give one to each of the children in her school. Caitríona was very happy with our handmade gifts and she said our two schools will have to meet again and we all agreed this is a great idea.
Our visit to Citywest ETNS the previous day was great fun. We packed ourselves, our snowmen and snowy mountain scenery into the bus and set off at 10am. When we arrived we joined the four classes of Citywest ETNS to perform for each other. All of the class shows were brilliant. Then we visited different classrooms to play some activities.
At 12 noon we put our hand prints and messages from all the pupils and staff of both schools into a plastic box and when photos of this event have been put in, the box will be sealed as a time capsule that will not be opened for twenty years! In 2023 the current pupils and staff will be invited back for the opening of the time capsule. The reason Firhouse ETNS and Citywest ETNS jointly put this time capsule together is that both schools are open today because of four parents who began a campaign almost ten years ago for an Educate Together School in Dublin 24....... and now there are two! Thank you to these four amazing people whom we hope to interview and tell you more about in the New Year.
Before leaving we gave Caitríona, the principal of Citywest ETNS, 92 little snowmen that we made and asked her to give one to each of the children in her school. Caitríona was very happy with our handmade gifts and she said our two schools will have to meet again and we all agreed this is a great idea.
Pre-Enrol Your Child Today
The long-term aim of Educate Together is to give every parent in Ireland a choice of school type for their children’s education. Our school on Ballycullen Avenue will make this choice a reality for parents in Dublin 24.
Firhouse Educate Together NS operates on a first-come-first-served enrolment policy. We are currently accepting enrolments for September 2013 and for future years. We are urging parents to ENROL TODAY to guarantee a place for their child!
So if you wish to pre-enrol your child for Firhouse Educate Together National School, please fill out the form on our Pre-Enrolment page by hitting the button below.
Firhouse Educate Together NS operates on a first-come-first-served enrolment policy. We are currently accepting enrolments for September 2013 and for future years. We are urging parents to ENROL TODAY to guarantee a place for their child!
So if you wish to pre-enrol your child for Firhouse Educate Together National School, please fill out the form on our Pre-Enrolment page by hitting the button below.
Check our NEWS page for photos from our Open Day on Saturday 24th August 2013!
About Educate Together
Educate Together is the Patron body of Firhouse Educate Together National School, and of 68 other national schools nationwide and is committed to delivering an excellent education to your child. Our schools are learning communities where boys and girls learn together and parental involvement is encouraged.
Ethos & Mission
Educate Together is the representative organisation for primary & secondary multi-denominational schools in Ireland. It is an independent NGO that runs and supports schools that guarantee equality of access and esteem to children "irrespective of their social, cultural or religious background". Educate Together schools are learner centred in their approach to education and are run as participatory democracies, with respectful partnership between parents, pupils and teachers. The Educate Together national office is working towards an Ireland in which all people have access to an excellent education that is inclusive of all, irrespective of belief system, ethnicity, class, culture, gender, language, sexuality, family background and ability.
For more information on Educate Together's primary schools, visit: http://www.educatetogether.ie/our-schools/primary
Curriculum
Educate Together schools teach the Learn Together Ethical Education Curriculum, rather than the religious instruction programmes taught in denominational schools. This curriculum has four strands:
- Moral and Spiritual: children learn about feelings and values, the development of conscience, choices and consequences, stillness and meditation.
- Equality and Justice: children learn about wants and needs, rights and responsibilities; the promotion of equality and the nature of democracy locally (student councils are encouraged), nationally and globally.
- Belief Systems: children learn about the rites and ceremonies, celebrations, key figure and beliefs and values of the six main world religions: Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Sikhism. Schools also address Atheism, Agnosticism and Humanism.
- Ethics and the Environment: children learn about appreciation and stewardship of the natural world. Educate Together schools have an ethos of respect, diversity & inclusion.
School community
As of September 2013, there are now 68 Educate Together primary schools in Ireland. The growth in the Educate Together school network continues to be driven by parental demand. In addition to our established schools we have start-up groups in communities hoping to have Educate Together schools opened in their area.
To locate your nearest Educate Together school or start-up group, visit: http://www.educatetogether.ie/our-schools
Second-level
In addition to opening and operating primary schools, Educate Together has campaigned successfully for a new model of second-level education. The first Educate Together second-level schools will open in 2014 in Blanchardstown, Lucan and Drogheda.
Educate Together's approach at second-level moves away from 'teaching to the test' and towards an emphasis on the learner. Students will develop skills in creative and critical thinking, communication, teamwork, research and leadership. Teachers in an Educate Together second-level school will use the best teaching and learning methods to make students’ learning active, relevant, challenging and enjoyable.
To learn more visit http://www.educatetogether.ie/our-schools/second-level
Great to see Senator Cáit Keane's support for Firhouse ETNS! Thanks @sencaitkeane
I am pleased to announce that a new school is to open- Firhouse Educate Together, on September 2nd in Tymon-Bawn... http://t.co/4zTlLr0j7h
— Senator Cáit Keane (@sencaitkeane) July 15, 2013
Firhouse Educate Together is Online!
Educate Together NS launches Facebook & Twitter feeds. Please help us spread the word!
Keep up to date with the school's progress online:
Follow us: @FirhouseETNS
Like us: Facebook.com/FirhouseETNS
Our email: firhouseetns@gmail.com
Keep up to date with the school's progress online:
Follow us: @FirhouseETNS
Like us: Facebook.com/FirhouseETNS
Our email: firhouseetns@gmail.com
Firhouse ETNS @ Tymon-Bawn Community Centre
Temporary Location Arranged for September 2013 Opening
Tallafest 2013: Firhouse Educate Together Stand
Firhouse Educate Together enjoyed a lovely day with the local community on Saturday 6th July 2013
It was a beautiful day as we set up our stand at Tallafest. We had a great location just inside the gate of the Priory carpark in a lovely parkland setting.
Thank you to all the people who helped us, most importantly Ane Marie who suggested we get involved and Phyl of Tallafest for including us, organising permits and being there to answer all our questions on the day. Thanks also to Greta for all the emails, to Sharon, Vincenzo, Sandra and Betty for their help on the day and to all the people who took the time to stop and chat at our stand as well as those of you who took part in our thumb print drawing activity.
We hope you enjoyed meeting us as much as we enjoyed meeting you.
There was great interest in our thumb print drawing activity. The idea was to use your thumb print to create a picture because..
Thank you to all the people who helped us, most importantly Ane Marie who suggested we get involved and Phyl of Tallafest for including us, organising permits and being there to answer all our questions on the day. Thanks also to Greta for all the emails, to Sharon, Vincenzo, Sandra and Betty for their help on the day and to all the people who took the time to stop and chat at our stand as well as those of you who took part in our thumb print drawing activity.
We hope you enjoyed meeting us as much as we enjoyed meeting you.
There was great interest in our thumb print drawing activity. The idea was to use your thumb print to create a picture because..
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Tallafest 2013
Join us in promoting our new school!
Firhouse Educate Together will have a stand at Tallafest this coming Saturday 6th July in Tallaght Village.
This is our very first involvement in the community and we are delighted to be doing it to promote our school and to show how strong our support is.
So, we are asking for your help. We need people to help at the stand throughout the day: giving out leaflets, talking to people about our school, encouraging children to take part in the diversity finger print drawing activity we will have at the stand ......... and generally just getting a buzz going!
If you have an hour to spare, please let me know: 087 330 1332 / principaletnsfirhouse@gmail.com
Collette
This is our very first involvement in the community and we are delighted to be doing it to promote our school and to show how strong our support is.
So, we are asking for your help. We need people to help at the stand throughout the day: giving out leaflets, talking to people about our school, encouraging children to take part in the diversity finger print drawing activity we will have at the stand ......... and generally just getting a buzz going!
If you have an hour to spare, please let me know: 087 330 1332 / principaletnsfirhouse@gmail.com
Collette
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