A huge thank you to all the children and parents who took part in our Halloween Walk last Wednesday. We are delighted to report that 176 children dressed up and walked to school to launch our WOW initiative. A great day was had by all, as the photos  prove!

Children and parents are invited to walk to school on Wednesday 26th of October in Hallowe’en fancy dress as part of the green school’s initiative WOW (Walk on Wednesday). All children may come to school in Fancy Dress on Wednesday 26th but there will be a small treat for those that walk or cycle to school on that day.

Green Schools Information

As you know, our school has been taking part in the An Taisce Green- Schools programme. Our school has been very successful to date in running the first three themes of the programme: Litter & Waste, Energy and Water. This year,our school is starting the 4th theme in the Green-Schools programme: Travel.
The aim of the Travel Theme is to promote sustainable travel to school across-
Ireland, such as walking, cycling, car-pooling or taking public transport. Raising awareness on road safety and sustainable travel also plays a large role in the Travel theme.
Travelling to school should be an enjoyable, safe and healthy experience for us all and is a great opportunity for children to interact with peers, learn about their local environment and get exercise.
It is a challenging programme and one that will involve you as our school community. Katherine Poxon one of the An Taisce Travel Education Officer for the Kildare region,will be working closely with us in order to help us achieve our goals. She will provide support in getting the travel theme established in terms of schools visits,
presentations, incentives, offering ideas, guidance and supporting training of teachers and pupils when the need arises.
You can also find out more about sustainable travel in the travel section on the Green-Schools website www.greenschoolsireland.org
Keep watching our website and Greenschool’s Noticeboard
for ‘Travel’ events and activities happening in our school in
order to achieve our 4th flag!

Upcoming green school events:

13th October – An Garda Síochána will be hosting a cycle safety workshop for 5th and 6th classes

13th October – Katherine Poxon (an taisce travel education officer) will be completing a walkability survey of Robertstown with members of the Green Schools committee with a view of reintroducing our walking bus

Our all weather pitch is nearing completion and should be ready for marking tomorrow! Thank you for helping us to make up the funding withdrawn by DES. Your 2 euro a week is making it possible to complete the project as early as possible.

Ben and Sam Watson took time to write letters to two very important people !! Check out the replies they received on the “Parents” page under”General Information”

We will revisit the choir in a few weeks to see how they have improved. If the first practise is anything to go by, we are in for a treat this year!!

Please note changes to school calendar, due to the requirement to close the school for   election on Thursday 27th October.

School will be closed from 27th Oct. to 4th Nov. This includes the Mid Term Break. The school will now remain open until 25th June, instead of the proposed closure on 22nd June. Please keep these dates for future reference.

Fifth and sixth class attended “The Slow Architecture Exhibition” on the 107B Barge on the Grand Canal. A book is being published to celebrate the event, and the following photos of the children will be included in the book. This book will be presented to the school, to thank the children for their participation.