Dear parents,

Please find below two websites that you may find useful for you and your child. Webwise is an excellent website of internet safety resources. The website gives useful advice on negotiating internet rules with your child and also how to enable a youtube safety mode.

http://www.webwise.ie/Parents.aspx

The follwoing website is from Irish website Scoilnet. This site is linked with the Irish curriculum it is free and totally safe to use. It is an educational website with an area for teachers, students and parents. It is an easy fuss free website and gives scope for your child to continue learning in a fun and safe way!

http://www.scoilnet.ie/StudentsPrimary.aspx

Following on from last years successful walk on Wednesday for Halloween we have decided to do it again this year! We encourage you to walk, park and stride or cycle (if your outfit allows it!) next Wednesday the 24th of October. We would like to see as many of the children, parents and maybe even some teachers dressed up for Halloween. The walk will begin in the village at 8.35. Take a look at last years pictures for some inspiration!

Walk on Wednesday was a super success last year. Just look at the photos below of one of our special” Walk on Wednesday!” This year we encourage you to try and walk with your child to school on a Wednesday. It is all about getting active and outdoors so if walking isn’t your thing we encourage you to cycle and take advantage of our new bicycle shed! If you live too far away to walk to school you can also do the ‘park and stride’. Just park your car in the village and walk with your child to school. It is a great way of making new friends and keeping fit!
I would like to remind children to dismount their bike at the gate and walk up the pathway to the bike shed. Please don’t use the staff car park to cycle into the school. Looking forward to seeing some new faces walking  and cycling to school on Wednesday!

Well done to all junior infants on having a great first day in school. We managed to pack a lot into our first day, playing with toys, learning new rules, meeting our new friend betty bear and going outside to play where the big boys and girls go. Tomorrow will be even better and we’re looking forward to the year ahead!

We are very excited about welcoming junior infants to Robertstown National school on Thursday 30th of August. Junior infants will be starting school at the time of 10.00 am and finishing at 12.00 p.m for the first 7 days until Friday the 7th of September.

For the following week (Monday 10th September – Friday 14th of September) junior infants will be coming into school with the rest of children at 8.50 and finishing at 12.00.

From Monday the 17th of September junior infants will be starting their day at the normal time and finishing school at 13.35.

Good luck junior infants!

Please note school will reopen on Thursday 30th August.
We hope you had a relaxing holiday and look forward to a happy and safe year, which is full of new learning experiences for us all!
In order to improve security in the school we have installed a keypad to the front door of the school. This will mean that nobody can enter the school without permission.
We are asking parents to make sure their children have everything they need for the school day each morning, as this will help to reduce the many disruptions we experienced last year due to parents seeking entry to deliver lunches etc. This will now not be possible except in exceptional circumstances. If you need to talk to a teacher or the principal please make an appointment.
We would be very grateful for your cooperation in this matter, as this will help towards the smooth running of the school, with less disruptions, and therefore more learning time for your child.

On May 21st three representatives from the Green Schools Committee journeyed to Croke Park for the presentation of our 4th Green School flag. This ‘Travel’ flag was awarded to the school for our efforts  in promoting walking and cycling to school. Well done to everyone involved!