Good evening all. I hope everyone has had an opportunity to enjoy the lovely weather recently! The weather was a terrific backdrop to all the festivities last Friday, for Cultural Day and Friendship week. The students danced until they nearly dropped as the audience clapped and cheered along. We witnessed a number of vivid costume changes throughout the show. Professor Turner from DCU gave an inspiring speech!. And Ms Offiah was a very gracious host. At break time the audience – student and parent/guardians and tiny siblings formed a queue to sample the huge variety of foods provided by brave voluntary chefs. We had food noodles from Vietnam and Bangladeshi, bhagis and samosas from India, we had puff puff from Nigeria, tortilla from Spain and Costa Rica. Italian caprese salad! We had dessert too all manner of cakes from bananna bread, to semolina pudding to sponge cake and cannoli. Everyone ate their fill and finished the show in the hall. The morning was a great success and a beautiful occasion for our community to celebrate all the nations represented in our school. Thank you so much to all of the parents who took the trouble to come on the day. Some of the parents dressed in national dress which added to the colour. A huge thanks to all those who put together the ingredients and cooked dishes after a long days at work. This really added to the enjoyment of the occasion, bringing people together. With the raise in the cost of living currently, we appreciate every contribution families make.
Parents association-
The Parents Association will be meeting at 7pm tomorrow evening in the school Library. Remember all parent/guardians are members of the association, so please feel free to attend. We want to hear your voice!
Supervised Study and Homework club – Free of Charge
Ms Howard has asked me to remind parents to remind their daughters that the timetable for the supervised study is as follows;
Tuesday 4.10pm – 6pm
Wednesday 4.10pm – 6pm
Thursday 4.10pm – 6pm
Friday 1.30pm -3pm
Home Work Club for 1st and 2nd Yrs- with a supervising teacher to help with any homework if required by the student.
Monday 4pm-5pm
Wednesday 4pm-5pm
To keep these free services, it is important to send your daughter to these study sessions, if they will benefit from the time and space.
Maayan Kornbluth an MSC researcher with UCD is conducting a study on participation in social and recreational activities and the wellbeing of adolescents with special educational needs. The researcher is looking for parents of adolescents (11-18 years old) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), intellectual disabilities or any other developmental, cognitive or behavioural/emotional disabilities (without profound physical disabilities), to complete a survey to inform a MSc research project regarding participation in social and recreational activities and wellbeing in youth with special educational needs. The survey takes approximately 5-10 minutes and participation is completely anonymous. The survey can be accessed HERE. For further enquiries, you may contact the researcher directly, Maayan Kornbluth maayan.kornbluth@ucdconnect.ie
