Welcome to the new Kingsland N.S. website.

Notices:

New email address for contacting school:

Croke Park Agreement

The Staff of Kingsland NS meet each morning 9.00am for school planning and staff meetings. It should not be used

as a drop off time for children. School day starts at 9.20am. Also, staff remain on the premises until 3.30pm in the

evenings. School closes at 3.00pm. On Mondays the Staff remain in the school until 4.00pm as part of the Hours in the Croke Park agreement.

Newsletter 2017 Sept

Reopening on Monday 28th August. Normal school day hours. School Bus not operating until Tuesday 29th. Aug. .

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Enrolments for Infants September 2017

Please contact school if you require an enrolment pack for new Infant for Sept 2017.

School Sew-on Crests available in the school, 3 euro each.

Green Flag Raised by Luke Ming Flannagan on his EU visit to our school. See Gallery for Photo.

Please note there will be No Swimming Lessons organised this year.

There is no Christmas Concern this coming year. (As it is every two years)

General Info:

Please ensure that your child’s name is on any items of clothing brought to school as they can easily get mixed up, jumpers and coats especially. So also with generally stationary items, pencil cases....
Please adhere to our Healthy Lunch Policy. No Fizzy drinks allowed. Two Treats on a Friday...
School uniform to be worn, (leggins are not part of the school uniform) suitable footwear for playing during breaks should be worn. Navy blue. No stripes, or Logos on Tracksuits.
In the interest of personal safety and hygiene long hair should be tied up.
If your child is absent from school, please send in a written note at the back of the Homework Notebook on their return..
If you have any queries or concerns please contact the class teacher or school principal and they will arrange to meet with you are their earliest convenience.
Mrs. Carr has again kindly offered to come on a Friday and will be taking in groups of children for Literacy this Term. She is Garda Vetted and a Qualified Teacher (Retired).
Marcena Davitt is our Special Needs Assistant and Frances Dolan will be job sharing this year with Marcena.
We welcome Ms Madden our new Learning Support/ Resource Teacher for this year and Ms Heavy who will be doing some Resource Hours for the school this year..

The school has a Book Rental Policy in place and Textbooks in Maths, English and Irish are available
Computer Classes will be arranged during Term 1 for all children from Jun Infants upwards. Paid from PA fundraising.

Prayer for New School Year

God of New Beginnings, guide us with your spirit as we

begin our new school year. May we be excited about

experiencing and learning all that is new to us. May we

realise how important each of us is and help us to share

the light of Jesus. Amen

Let the Light of Christ shine through us during the school year

Parent Association ; All Parents of Kingsland NS are welcome to attend meetings.

Vision Statement

..Kingsland N.S. is a co-educational, Catholic, primary school which strives to provide a well – ordered, caring, happy and secure atmosphere where the intellectual, spiritual, physical, moral and cultural needs of the pupils are identified and addressed.

While Kingsland N.S. is a school with a Catholic ethos, it also has due recognition for all other religions.

Kingsland N.S. will strive to promote, both individual and collectively, the professional and personal development of teachers through staff development programmes.

Kingsland N.S. will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school contact and through the Kingsland N.S. Parents Association.

Kingsland N.S. will endeavour to enhance the self-esteem of everyone in the school community, to imbue in the pupils respect for people and property and to encourage in them the idea of being responsible.

Kingsland N.S. will promote gender equality amongst the teachers and pupils.

Deanfaimid iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt.

Halloween at Kingsland.

Our children raising money for M.S.

Comenius Partners meet in Seville.

Pupils enjoy Spain visit.

MISSION STATEMENT

The school motto is:
Ni neart go cur le cheile
(There is strength in unity)

Pupil Motto:
Our talents are God's gift to us,
Our gifts to God, is what we do with them.

OUR AIMS

To enable children to come to an understanding of the world through the acquisition of knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes and the ability to think critically.
To enable children to apply what they learn to new contexts in order to respond creatively of the variety of challenges they encounter in life.
To enable children to become lifelong learners through developing positive attitudes to learning and the ability to learn independently.
To enable children to develop spiritual, moral and religious values.
To enable children to develop personally and socially and to relate to others with understanding and respect.

Computer Classes to begin on Thursday 10th Sept for all pupils

GAA coaching to begin for Senior Room on Tuesday 8th Sept

Dates for the Diary:

School Re-opens on Thursday 28th August.

Green schools Walk on Wednesday Saddler's Inn Kingsland at 9.00am to Walk to the school.

Geraghty Transport are the School Bus providers for this school year.

Staff Changes:

Resource Teacher: Ms Kelly .

Thank You: To Mrs Carr who has again volunteered her services this year, we are very fortunate to have access to

somebody with so much experience in all areas of the curriculum and also willing to do it voluntary.

(And has Garda Vetting through the VEC and is registered with the T.C.).

Teaching Council: All Teachers are members of the Teaching Council and are Garda Vetted.

School Contact Details

Welcome to Naomh Atrachta Kingsland
also Known as Kingsland National School.
Principal: David Murphy B.Ed.
We are located on the Boyle to Frenchpark Rd.( R361)

School Phone Number: 0949870608
School E-Mail: office@kingslandns.ie
School Principal E-Mail: principal@kingslandns.ie

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