Dangan NS - Parent Newsletter

Half Day tomorrow (Tuesday 24th) to facilitate Staff Meeting

• Infant Classes and siblings will be going home at 11:50am
• All other classes leaving at 12pm
• The bus will be running and Junior and Senior infant pupils who take the bus in the morning time can go home on the bus at 12pm.

Halloween Dress Up

The children can wear their Halloween Costumes next Friday 27 th October. Children will be going home at the normal home time on this day.

Halloween Break

The school will be closed from Monday 30 th October to Friday 3 rd November inclusive. The school will

reopen on Monday 6 th November.

Yard

When we return after the Halloween break, the classes will have split yard breaks. Only 4 classes will be on yard at one time.

Best of Luck to Mr Kelly and the Boys who will take on Kentstown in the Cumann na mBunscol Quarter Finals. Kick off is at 11am today at St Pauls Primary School Navan (eircode C15 V067)

Best wishes also to the boys and girls taking part in the Peadar Lehane Football competition. The boys are taking on Boardsmill away this coming Wednesday, kick off yet to be confirmed. The girls will take on Kildalkey away on Thursday.

School Crests can be purchased at the office. They cost 4euro and can be ironed on to any navy jumper, a quick stitch will also keep them secure.

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Please be mindful that parking is limited and we are still without a crossing guard. In the interest of being able to maximise the amount of collection points in the school for drop off and collection, we would kindly ask that you minimise large gaps when parking in front of or behind other cars as we have limited space available for collection and drop off.

Also, please be mindful of where you are parking when dropping and collecting your child, please do not park up on our neighbours grass or in front of their entrance gates.

I will touch base with the council again today and insist that they allocate someone to the role of crossing guard outside the school as soon as possible. Until such time, please continue to accompany your child across the road and wait for the green light before crossing.

Seesaw have updated their app so that you can add more than one profile to your account.

This update means that multiple students can be signed into their account at the one time which will make it easier on families who have more than one child checking and/or adding homework to the app.

Please watch the follwoing 2 minute video to show you how to add accounts to your profile...

https://youtu.be/z3AudVMqBY4

This year, all classes start their day with a morning circle as part of our Wellbeing Improvement Plan. Research supports the use of morning cirlces to help create a nurturing, inclusive, and emotionally supportive classroom environment, which is essential for a child's overall development, not only academically but also socially and emotionally. It enables children to feel valued, heard, and ready to engage with their daily learning experiences in a positive way.

In the circle, the children are given an opportunity to greet each other, we explore school values, we discuss the plan and expectations for the day and we finish the circle with a positive activity such as a would you rather question or a riddle. Everyone is really enjoying our morning circles!