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Thank you to all the parents who came to support and help at the Cross Country competition in Cabra on Wednesday last week. It was a fantastic day and all the children did an amazing job in representing Shellybanks ETNS. We were so impressed with all the results in each of the races. We had three children bring home trophies, so we would like to say a big congratulations to Joshua in First Class who came 6th in his race, Mia in Second Class who came 2nd in her race and Grace in Third Class who came 6th in her race. Well done guys and well done to all the children who competed.

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The Shellybanks team survived Runamuck, even if we did end up a bit battered and bruised! If you haven’t had a chance to donate to our Mount Tabor fundraiser then please visit our page by clicking here.

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Two teams of pupils took part in a Ficheall Chess Tournament at Wicklow ETNS last Tuesday. It was a great day for the children and even better when we won! One of our teams won a very decisive First Place victory and our average score over our two teams ensured an Overall First Place for Shellybanks as a school too! Well done!

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Celebrate reading at our Book Fair!

Where: Shellybanks ETNS: Room 7 (Upstairs)

When: Monday 2nd of March to Friday 6th of March 2019

Opening Times

8.30 am to 8.45 am

1.25 pm to 2.00 pm

2.25 pm to 3.00 pm

There are over 200 titles for you and your child to choose from, and with prices starting from only €3.70. There are three categories ‘welcome to reading’, ‘read alone, and ‘read on’, there’s sure to be a book for everyone. 

Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school library!

Thanks to all the parents that have volunteered to help out with this event.

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March Fab Friday is on next Friday the 6th of March and this month we are supporting Shellybanks Educate Together NS

More details on our offers to come…

FAB Friday- Shop Save Make a Difference

A personal safety education programme called Stay Safe will be taught in each of the classes over the next few weeks. The Stay Safe programme is part of the Social, Personal and Health Education curriculum which all primary schools are required to implement. Teachers will be sending an email to explain more about the programme. Your child may bring home worksheets which will inform you on the topics being covered in class and how you can reinforce the messages. Please see the links for further information.

Stay Safe Guide for parents

Stay Safe Lessons

Here is a child friendly resource explaining the Coronavirus,  A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

In January, Senior Infants learned all about the Restaurant. We had two parent volunteers set up a mock restaurant for the children whereby they learned about the jobs of wait staff and chefs. Another week one of our If there are any parents/relatives who would like to get involved in classroom life, please email grandparents and uncles demonstrated how to bake bread. The classes thoroughly enjoyed both activities and we would like to say a massive thank you to our volunteers for giving up their time to enrich the childrens’ learning experience.

Safer Internet Day falls on February 11th this year. You may have seen or heard ads for Webwise on TV and radio. Webwise is a website for teachers and parents which has some great advice for keeping children safe online, including explainers for several new and popular apps. Be advised that some of the information is for parents of secondary school students and therefore may appear a little “advanced”, but there are also plenty of resources for parents of primary school children.

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After School Clubs Timetable 2020 

Clubs will start on the week of March 2nd and run until the week of April 13th

Click on After school timetable  for more information

The clubs available are: Chess, coding, German, Soccer/Table Tennis and violin lessons.