Active Week will take place in ACETNS from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th June. We have lots happening every single day. We have karate, football, cricket, athletics in Lucan Harriers, Sports Day in Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club, rugby, classical dance, yoga, Staff vs 6th Class and Stations on yard.

Please take a look at our School Calendar to see what is happening each day for each class. Times may be slightly subject to change. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=YWNldG5zLmllX2E2NDBraTJwbWxqM2ZjNzJxdGoyZmszOWw4QGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20

Parents are invited to come and support on Sports Day which takes place for Junior Infants- 2nd Class on Wednesday 7th June and for 3rd- 6th Class on Thursday 8th. Both will take place in Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.

We will also be performing the Macarena on the line every morning so please put on your dancing shoes and join in.

A big thank you to everyone who donated to our food collection for Lucan Homeless Donations. We are so grateful and very proud of the generosity shown by our school community.

Our Senior Boys Football Team played in their league semi final in Hillcrest on Thursday afternoon. A number of our classes went to support the boys on the day. Although the result didn’t go our way on the day, the boys represented the school with great courage and pride. Thanks to all the children and teachers for your hard work this year.

ADAMSTOWN CASTLE EDUCATE TOGETHER NATIONAL SCHOOL

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2023-2024

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FIRST TERM                               Thursday 31^st August 2023 – Friday 22^nd December 2023 (Inclusive)

MID-TERM                                   Monday 30^th October 2023 – Friday 03^rd November 2023 (Inclusive)

                                                    School re-opens Monday 6^th November 2023

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS            School closes Friday 22^nd  December 2023 @ 12.10 and re-opens on Monday  08^th January 2024

SECOND TERM                          08^th January 2024 – 22^nd March 2024 (Inclusive)

MID-TERM                                  Thursday 15^th February – Friday 16^th February 2024 (Inclusive)

EASTER HOLIDAYS                   School closes Friday 22^nd  March @ 12.10 and re-opens on Monday 08^th April 2024

THIRD TERM                              08^th April 2024 – 28^th June 2024 (Inclusive)

MID TERM                                  Monday 6^th May (Bank Holiday) to Friday 10^th (Inclusive)

ADDITIONAL CLOSURES          Monday 05^th February 2024 (St Brigid’s day)

                                                   Monday 18^th March 2024 (St Patrick’s Day)

                                                   Monday 3^rd June 2024 (Bank Holiday)                

SUMMER HOLIDAYS                  Begin on Friday 28^th June 2024 @ 12.10

SHOULD THERE BE ANY FURTHER CLOSURES, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED IN

ADVANCE.  PLEASE NOTE THAT STAFF MEETINGS NOW TAKE PLACE

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS.

The ACETNS Craft Fair took place today, 12th May. All classes worked hard to make wonderful crafts and showcased their fantastic artistic talents at the fair. A big thank our incredible Parent’s Association for organising another amazing fundraiser for our school. Check out the video below to see some of the crafts that were on offer.

5th & 6th class were involved in a biodiversity workshop this week with Dale Treadwell. They  learned about different trees and minibeasts in and around our school. 

Dale brought in some equipment for the children to use to catch and observe the minibeasts found in the tree canopy and ground of our sensory garden. This workshop was provided to the school by the Elliot & Quantain development group, who are currently building in the local area. They teamed up with the Crann (Irish word for tree) initiative to help encourage children in the local area to learn about their environment. 

To find out more about the Crann initiative and to become a member please click the link provided: https://crann.ie/

Check out our fabulous new posters displaying our school’s Golden Rules.

The Golden Rules were devised and agreed upon by our amazing Student Council.

The images on both posters were created by the children of our school. The winning entries have their artwork included on the posters which will be printed and displayed around the school.

Well done to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the Student Council for all their hard work.

This week the talented singers and musicians in our Music Club recorded a new version of our ACETNS School Song. Well done everyone, you did a super job.

Watch the video below to meet the Green Team 2023 and find out why they joined.

Well done to all the 2nd class children who competed in their first soccer tournament. Some great skills, teamwork and even better GOALS were on display during yard time over the month of March.

A HUGE thank you has to go to the 6th class soccer committee who organised the whole event for 2nd class.