Children in 3rd to 6th class are working with Sprite Lab in Code.org this week, learning how to code their own dance party.

We are inviting all children to code their own dance party and share the link to their project with their teacher by Wednesday 18th May. Their classmates will vote for the best dance party and prizes will be awarded to winners at each class level.

All children in the school are welcome to make an entry. For the children in the younger classes, they can work with siblings or parents to create their own dance party.

https://studio.code.org/s/dance/lessons/1/levels/1

Well done to our girls football team who participated in their first matches of the year yesterday. They represented our school really well and both teams reached the final of the mini tournament. Well done to all involved.

As part of Tech Week in ACETNS (9/5/22 – 13/5/22), the children will also be participating in online safety workshops facilitated by Barnardos. The SPHE programme in school and the school’s Digital Strategy both recognise the great importance of developing the children’s awareness and skills to become responsible and safe users of online technology, both in school and at home. We adults also need to raise our own awareness and skills in the area of Online Safety in order to protect and support our children. We encourage all parents to avail of this great opportunity and register for the webinar next week. 

An email has been sent out to parents with a link to the webinar. If you have not received this please contact the school.

Tech Week takes place in ACETNS next week (9th- 13th May).

The theme for this year is ‘Fun with Coding & Online Safety).

We have lots of activities taking place. Please visit the ‘Events Page >>Tech Week 2022 for full programme for the week or click here: https://acetns.ie/event-weeks/tech-week-2022/

The first in person PA meeting takes place in school on TUESDAY 3rd MAY at 7.00pm.

Everyone welcome

A very happy Eid to all our families and friends who were celebrating over the weekend from all in ACETNS.

Just a reminder that the school will close early tomorrow (Friday) for the Easter Break.  Junior Classes (downstairs) will finish at 12 noon followed by the upstairs classes. 

Fairwell to our partner teachers from Portugal and Sweden who visited our school this week as part of the Erasmus project. Our visitors experienced daily life in our school by visiting classes, participated in a GAA lesson, took part in an Irish céilí and visited Croke Park and the Guinness Storehouse during their time here. We also participated in two workshops about Educate Together and a fascinating workshop about culture in schools. We wish to thank our parents who volunteered to take part in the workshop. Please visit the Erasmus page where we will update with more information and photographs about their tour.

Next week our school will welcome teachers from Sweden and Portugal as part of the Erasmus + project in which ACETNS are participating. The main theme of the project is the exchange of good practice in relation to The Multicultural Class. The visiting teachers shall be in our school on Monday and Wednesday. On Tuesday they shall be brought on a cultural tour of Dublin. Visit the Erasmus + page for more information.

As part of our Erasmus + project our Student Council had a Skype meeting with our Swedish partners during a very challenging COVID 19 period. It was a great opportunity for our student council to talk to students from another country and share experiences. You can view the meeting on our ACETNS YouTube page or click on the link below.

This week both 4th and 6th class made the most of the wonderful weather and travelled into the city centre. 4th class visisted the Archaelogy Museum on Kildare Street, followed by St. Stephen’s Green. 6th class visited Dublin Castle on Tuesday.