Dec 13, 2013
On Friday December 6th we held a special Whole-School Assembly to introduce our recently trained Anti-Bullying Ambassadors to the rest of the school and to launch their campaign to help create in our school an atmosphere of positive relationships in an effort to have...
Dec 5, 2013
On Saturday, November 23rd last, Mary Griffin and myself set off into town to attend the annual Educate Together Ethos Conference. As we gathered in the foyer of the National College of Ireland for pre-conference coffee we had a chance to meet some old friends and...
Nov 28, 2013
Cyberbullying is fast becoming a major problem among young people. One of the main differences between cyberbullying and other types of bullying is that when they are online, communication between young people is often hidden from adults, making cyberbullying...
Nov 20, 2013
Fighting Words On Monday, November 18th, a class of budding writers set off to visit the ‘Fighting Words’ Centre. Third class had no idea what to expect but each one of them came back excited and definitely inspired by the experience. I’m told the...
Nov 14, 2013
Some of our parents have expressed an interest in knowing more about the history of the Student Council in RETNS. Our records date back to 2000 when the idea for a student council first came about. A lot of work was done at the time in drawing up the Rules and...
Nov 3, 2013
We had a ‘de-briefing’ session today (Wednesday) with our anti-bullying ambassadors after their very successful training day in Skerries. All of the pupils were full of enthusiasm and ideas after their day and are looking forward to their ‘next steps’ as ambassadors....
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