News this week in RETNS
Reminder A separate email was sent to all families giving dates for class meetings. Please check the date for your child’s class meeting as parents are often disappointed if they inadvertently miss this meeting. Please note…
A word from Maeve
In this, my first official week as Principal of Rathfarnham Educate Together National School, I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Maeve Mc Carthy and I have been working in…
Creative Schools Announcement
After a short embargo we are delighted to be able to announce that Rathfarnham Educate Together is one of 150 schools nationwide to have been awarded the opportunity to engage with Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative,…
Building Resilience in Children
At this time of year many children are involved in competitions of all sorts. Team games are coming towards finals and there are competitive sports, gymnastics and athletics events, both local and national, for all…
Stay Safe Programme
The Stay Safe programme is “a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for…
Aistear in Junior Infants
Aistear is the curriculum framework for children up to six years of age in Ireland. It is a discovery based model of learning that can help children grow and develop as confident and competent learners. Aistear is planned…
Different Families, Same Love
There is no doubt that over the last number of years our country has becoming more and more diverse and is indeed all the richer for that. Today as a society we celebrate diversity in…
Safer Internet Day 2018
There has been much media coverage over the past few weeks on the topic of internet safety for children, chiefly as a result of the recent serious and very disturbing incident involving the exploitation of…
Homework Review – the next steps
During the autumn term we held a review of homework , seeking the views of pupils, parents and staff on current homework provision. Results of the parents’ survey were published here on Principal's Blog (November…
New Child Protection Procedures
Children First Act 2015 The Children First Act was enacted in November 2015. However, it was only partially commenced by means of a statutory instrument resulting in the abolition of reasonable chastisement by parents. The…
eTwinning in RETNS
On Tuesday, December 5th, we had a visit from the eTwinning coordinator at Léargas, Liliana O’Reilly, and her colleague Anna D'Arcy. Léargas is the National Support Service for eTwinning in ; Liliana O'Reilly and Anna…
RETNS Science Fair 2017
Our third annual Science Fair was held on Friday, November 24th. This year's event was bigger than ever, with a record number of visitors from our parent body. Fifth and sixth class students put a…