Announcements

After School Co-ordinator (Temporary contract, 3 – 4 hours per week €10 per hour) Person required to supervise and co-ordinate operation of after-school activities in GETNS. Includes co-ordination of drop off/collection for Extra Curricular Activities and in an emergency, supervision of children, where required and administrative or organizational duties. Ideal Candidate will have: First Aid Qualification … Continue reading »

Dear Parents, We are delighted to welcome the children back to school today 1stSeptember 2010. I’m sure everyone is delighted that they are back. Can we especially welcome the 30 new infants in Naomi’s room and all the new children who have joined us in the other classes. Heading into our third year now, we have … Continue reading »

Dear Parents/Guardians, Just a few reminders about some ‘good practice’ in the mornings: Try to use the drop down zone as drop down only (this is the area directly along the kerb facing the front door). Remember that your child’s teacher starts work with the children at 9:10am. For infants this could be integration into social … Continue reading »

What a day! Lots of smiles and fun on the very first day of school in Greystones. The morning started with tea and biscuits for the parents while the kids settled into their new classes. We also had visitors from local papers and East Coast FM. Thanks to everyone who put in huge amounts of … Continue reading »

This afternoon a small group from Educate Together and Gael Scoil met at the Blacklion Site to take the final tour and to receive the keys to the school. We’re all ready now for Monday morning and the first day of school!

After successful negotiations between the Department of Education and Science and the developer of the Blacklion site it looks as though building WILL go ahead on that site for a September opening. Due to time constraints only one building (of 8 classrooms) would be completed by September 1st, with the other being finished a few … Continue reading »

We got word that the Department of Education has sanctioned our school! I’m sure we’ll have more details very soon but for now this is fabulous news. Well done and thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to this stage.