Welcome to the beech class blog
Just a reminder that 6th class graduation is on Monday 25th June at 7 pm. Please come along to congratulate our 6th class on their achievement of graduation !!!
junior entrepreneur programme 2018
5th & 6th class School Trip to Hidden Valley June 2018
With Eid fast approaching we have opened our celebration space in the Kamilah Room. If you would like to help decorate this space to be used as part of our Official Opening celebration, please pop along to the school anytime before Friday. We have a few decorations but please bring along anything you think might add to the space. Thanks!
Intercultural May
It's that time of year again when we celebrate the wonderful cultural diversity of our school community. The children are all hard at work researching and exploring countries and cultures around the world. So we are all very excited to invite you along to see their work on Thursday 24th May!
Parents'Guardians please connect to the school app by 31st May 2018.
Due to excessive costs of text message, we will not be sending texts after this date.
All communication will be done via the app.
Please check you text messages and emails for your individual link to the app.
Thank you
Principal PETNS
Best of luck to Loic (6th class) and Mayra (5th class) who are representing the school tomorrow at the regional finals of the Pangea Mathematics Competition in Trinity College. Well done!
http://www.pangea-maths.com/about-pangea
http://www.pangea-maths.com/about-pangea
Movie Night, Thursday May 3rd - Ferdinand
What: Movie Night - Ferdinand
When: 6-7.30pm Thursday 3rd May, 2018
Where: School Hall
Who: Everyone welcome
Tickets: €5 (single) €10 (family)
Our final Movie Night of the year takes place this Thursday the 3rd of May! The Student Council voted for the movie and Ferdinand.The screening will take place in the school hall on the big projector just like at the cinema! Children are welcome to bring snacks and there will be a tuck shop selling treats on the night too. Children are welcome to bring along siblings and friends.Tickets €5 (single) €10 (family) will be on sale outside the school every morning and afternoon. Tickets will also on sale online. All proceeds of this movie night will go towards outdoor bean bags for use in our soon-to-be installed outdoor Literacy and Numeracy areas.
Dear Parents/Guardians
For the past few months, 6th class have been working on a project called the Junior Entrepreneur Programme and for this programme they have decided to make their own Slime and Stress Balls. Tomorrow, 23rd March they will be selling the Slime/Stress Balls in the hall at home time. The Slime will be sold for €3 and the Stress Balls will be sold for €1.50. Please, if your child would like to buy Slime or a Stress Ball, please bring in the money needed.
Thank you for your support.
For the past few months, 6th class have been working on a project called the Junior Entrepreneur Programme and for this programme they have decided to make their own Slime and Stress Balls. Tomorrow, 23rd March they will be selling the Slime/Stress Balls in the hall at home time. The Slime will be sold for €3 and the Stress Balls will be sold for €1.50. Please, if your child would like to buy Slime or a Stress Ball, please bring in the money needed.
Thank you for your support.
This week is scoot to school week. National SOW Day (Scoot on Wednesdays) will be held on Wednesday 14th March. By participating in National Scoot to School Week / SOW Day you will be showing your support for a greener, healthier environment.
Please scoot to school this Wednesday and we may be in with a chance to win scooter parking for our school.
Please scoot to school this Wednesday and we may be in with a chance to win scooter parking for our school.
A chairde! Parents, Guardians and friends!
This week we will be celebrating Irish language and culture as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge. We will be busy learning Irish songs and dances, playing games through Irish, reading and writing stories, listening to Irish music and promoting the Irish language throughout the school.
We would like to invite you to join in the fun next Friday 16th March.
We would be delighted if anyone would like to contribute baked goods for our Irish Breakfast morning. Some ideas of Irish foods include:
This week we will be celebrating Irish language and culture as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge. We will be busy learning Irish songs and dances, playing games through Irish, reading and writing stories, listening to Irish music and promoting the Irish language throughout the school.
We would like to invite you to join in the fun next Friday 16th March.
- Join us between 8:30 and 9a.m. for an Irish breakfast in the school hall. Some of our students will be serving Irish tea, scones, brown bread and other baked goods for parents to enjoy! They will be helping parents to learn some Irish phrases so that you can have chat ‘as Gaeilge’ while you sip your tea!
- Classes will be performing some Irish songs, poems and dances for parents in the hall between 9 and 10a.m.
We would be delighted if anyone would like to contribute baked goods for our Irish Breakfast morning. Some ideas of Irish foods include:
- Soda bread or brown bread
- Scones
- Barmbrack or fruit bread
- Potato cakes
- Oat cakes
- Apple cake
- Spreads: blackberry jam, apple jelly or Irish butter
As part of Tree Week, 5th and 6th class took part in a Willow Workshop today with a lady called Beth and formed these amazing fish made from Willow.
Our Science Fair is on Friday 9th 2018. This is a parent & child home based project.
Our emergency closure due to the weather is a great opportunity to make good progress with your project.
For tips on presentation and timeline please go to:
http://www.powerstownet.com/petns-science-fair-9th-march-2018/?month=jan&yr=2018
For some Science Fair Project ideas go to:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/list
https://www.education.com/science-fair/
https://babbledabbledo.com/20-science-fair-projects/
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Dear parents, as swimming lessons will commence next term we are delighted that some parents wish to volunteer to support the swimming lessons. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
This is just a gentle reminder that any parents/guardians who wish to attend the pool for swimming lessons MUST BE GARDA VETTED. No exemptions can be made (more details below).These forms must be completed by March 2nd! Please find the link below for further information on this
http://www.powerstownet.com/swimming-volunteers-chestnut-ash-rowan-redwood-alder-beech-holly/
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Dear parents, as swimming lessons will commence next term we are delighted that some parents wish to volunteer to support the swimming lessons. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
This is just a gentle reminder that any parents/guardians who wish to attend the pool for swimming lessons MUST BE GARDA VETTED. No exemptions can be made (more details below).These forms must be completed by March 2nd! Please find the link below for further information on this
http://www.powerstownet.com/swimming-volunteers-chestnut-ash-rowan-redwood-alder-beech-holly/
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Dear parents,
One of the highlights of our school calendar is the Science Fair. This year's fair will take place on Friday March 9th. Check out the link for details on how your family can get involved:
http://www.powerstownet.com/petns-science-fair-9th-march-2018/
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One of the highlights of our school calendar is the Science Fair. This year's fair will take place on Friday March 9th. Check out the link for details on how your family can get involved:
http://www.powerstownet.com/petns-science-fair-9th-march-2018/
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Here at PETNS, we love reading! As part of our preparations to celebrate World Book Week, children are invited to share a photo of themselves reading a book in the strangest place they can think of!
Photos can be given directly to class teachers or emailed to [email protected].
We can't wait to see your creative photos!
(Winners will be announced on 2nd March)
Photos can be given directly to class teachers or emailed to [email protected].
We can't wait to see your creative photos!
(Winners will be announced on 2nd March)
Our student council Movie Night in term 2 takes place on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. The Student Council voted for the movie and Paddington. The screening will take place in the school hall on the big projector just like at the cinema! Children are welcome to bring snacks and there will be a tuck shop selling treats on the night too. Children are welcome to bring along siblings and friends. Tickets €5 (single) €10 (family) will be on sale outside the school every morning and afternoon. Tickets will also go on sale online.
The proceeds of the movie night will go towards the purchase of a school greenhouse! The greenhouse will be a great addition to all classes giving them an opportunity to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs year round. So come along and support all the budding gardeners in our school!
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A note from the principal:
We are strongly encouraging good attendance and puntuality thisterm!
For more information on attendance:
http://www.powerstownet.com/school-attendance-what-every-parent-needs-to-know/
For more information on punctuality:http://www.powerstownet.com/punctuality-is-important/
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Teddy Bear's Picnic
"The student council are delighted to announce their next school event this Thursday, November 23rd. We are hosting a 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' in our school hall. Boys and girls are invited to bring in a small teddy and a small treat to bring to our hall in the afternoon. Our event is a fundraiser is to help Educate Together and all they do to help new and developing schools. We hope pupils can support us by donating €1 for this special activity."