Newbridge Educate Together National School
Meet our wonderful Green School Committee who are working very hard at the moment for our second green flag. The theme of this green flag is ENERGY Junior Infants: Ellen, Thomas, Aisling and Robert Senior Infants: Seán, Dianaimh, Darragh and Ross 1st Class: Sarah, Mia and Elliot 2nd Class: Kate and Raveen 3rd Class: Jamie and Eve 4th Class: Aoife and Lorcan 5th Class: Niamh and Holly 6th Class: Eoin and Tiegan Over the past few weeks all the children have been working away on … [Read more...]
Dunnes Stores Bag Pack -Saturday, 28th April 9-6pm We need you to help raise much needed funds for the school. This is only an hour out of your time, but means a HUGE amount to our school. Each class has a time allotted. The aim is to have between 10-12 volunteers per hour. If you wish to put your name down, the roster for the Bag Pack is in Reception or text/ring Caroline Kennedy on 087 122 1610. Your class time slot may not suit you but you still wish to volunteer please … [Read more...]
The children, staff and Board of Management of Newbridge Educate Together National School would like to invite you to attend our Open Evening which will be hosted for the entire school community on Thursday 19th April at 7pm. We look forward to welcoming families and friends of NETNS to come and have a look around our school and see some of the fantastic work that goes on behind the scenes on a daily basis! Looking forward to seeing you all on 19th April. … [Read more...]
We're making great progress on the NETNS School Garden. Thank you for all of the kind donations and we are now very well stocked for seeds, bulbs and planting trays. If you have any spare tools, we would love to have a hoe or a rake and few more hand trowels and forks. We have planted the donated blackcurrant, redcurrant, raspberry and blackberry plants along the fence. Hopefully we should get our first crop this year! This week at gardening club we turned over the soil to break it … [Read more...]
Hi everyone, As you all know we went on a History Walk on Wednesday to the Curragh as part of our Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations!! In school on Monday and Tuesday, we listened to Irish Legends about Cú Chulainn so on Wednesday we decided to go and see the fantastic monument of Cú Chulainn and the two Irish Wolfhounds on the Curragh. We set off after little break and we were extremely excited!! Off we went with our pencils and little booklets to record what we saw on our trip! The … [Read more...]
What an exciting week we've here in NETNS celebrating books and reading! A HUGE Thank you to the parents and guardians who visited to read to the classes during the week, to the writers Chris, Mario and Suzanne and to all the children, staff, parents and guardians who took part in and supported Book Week; all of you made it a very special week for us. Remember, the Book Fair will be here until next Tuesday 13th March and will be open for the children during school and parents and … [Read more...]
Hi Everyone! We have been busy preparing for our visit to the Gaelscoil. We have a super poem and song ready to perform on Monday when we visit their Scioból which is a little bit like our Halla Glas. I'm sure the boys and girls would love to perform them at home for everyone, so here they are! Aon, dó, trí, ceathar, cúig, sé...... Aon, dó, trí, ceathar, cúig, sé, Císte deas i gcomhair an tae. Uachtar reoite, banana buí, Lollipop is oráistí. Cáca milis fí, fá, … [Read more...]
We are very excited to announce that we will be celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in NETNS next week! We have lots of activities planned and here are just some the highlights........ On Monday we will be visiting the Scioból in the Gaelscoil for a Céilí Mór!! The Gaelscoil have very kindly invited us to do some Irish Dances with them and we are very excited! We have been practising our dances, poems and songs all week!! We are really looking forward to it!! Thursday will be Lá Glas. It … [Read more...]
To mark the end of Book Week we are inviting everyone to dress up as a character from a book this Friday 9th March. It could be anything from Snow White to Denis the Menace from Inky mouse to Shrek, use your imagination! Looking forward to seeing all of our favourite characters come to life on Friday! … [Read more...]
Hello everyone! In Phonics we worked on the "v", "oo" and "oo" sounds. In Art we read the Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We then designed the prints that could be found outside the Bears' House using paint. This week in Croí na Scoile we have been learning about Buddhism. We made "Wheels of Life" and made pictures of Buddha sitting on his lotus flower. These are all important symbols of Buddhism. Here is a story we read in class: … [Read more...]
