BOM: We would like to welcome the new board members this year, Barbara Campbell & Stefan Schulmeistrat, Parent Nominees. John Callaghan, who has served on the Board for the past four years as a Parent Nominee, has now been appointed as Patron Nominee by Educate Together. Laura Ka-vanagh is the new Staff Nominee. I am very happy to be reappointed as Chair-person for the new four year period of the Board. Catherine will also, obvious-ly, continue. Suzanne Deery, will continue as a Community Nominee, but we still need to elect one other Community Nominee. I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the school community to Lynnea Connolly for her valuable contribution and commitment to our develop-ing school over the previous four year period. We say goodbye to Fiona Nic Choiligh & Neil Keenan also, with thanks for their contributions. Liam Friel (Chairperson)

PA: Short days, long nights and Christmas trees full of sparkling lights. Christmas is fast approaching. It has been an amazing year al-ready. We have had another successful Craft Fair and Halloween Dance. The three schools, with the amazing help from Basil and Phillip of the “Say No To McDonalds” campaign, have won the battle to pre-vent a golden arches being built across from the school. We have some fresh new faces on the PA this year who have brought new ideas and energy. We will be offering monthly social events for par-ents and kids and had our first even this Thursday with a family Christ-mas movie at the school check the school calendar for the next event. Enjoy your holidays and we look forward to all the fresh faces with their new presents from Santa after Break. JC Durbin, Chair PAC.

Principal: Our new year started with some fair weather which lasted till after mid-term. This was great for all the new Infants and Senior Infants who had an opportunity every day to experience the amazing new wooden play trail in the Junior Yard. The After School Infant Club also made daily use of it. Then the rains arrived! However, Winter spirits are still high and we are all looking forward to our holidays and lots of snow( maybe)! Our second Special Autism class settled very well and integration continues with the mainstream classes. Tommy from GAA arrives every Wednesday to teach the Senior classes, while Music Generation teachers, Freddie, Tracy and Joan continue their work with the Junior classes. We will welcome Mum Clare in January to teach recorder to the middle classes. Yoga and Dance have fin-ished for some and will commence in the New Year for others. Our Special Assembly this term was in honour of the centenary of 1916. It was a very memorable occasion and we look forward to further dramatic events in the new term for March 2016. We would like to send our Best Wishes to all the families who have had to transfer to 'foreign' parts this term, while we will be welcoming some new fami-lies in Spring. Have a wonderful Xmas, everyone! Principal Catherine

Greystones Educate Together Christmas Newsletter 2015

C ongratulations to the families, friends and neighbours of 4th, 5th and

6th classes on raising €2,761.92 for the MS Read-A-Thon. The children

read hundreds of books over a few weeks in order to support this wor-

thy cause to support people with Multiple Sclerosis

RDS: Our school ,for the first time ,will be taking

part in the Science Fair in the RDS. Tom’s 5th Class

will have a stand at the fair on Friday 8th of January.

Please pop over to see the children's exhibition if at-

tending the fair.

CRAFT FAIR, GIANT AND MASSIVE THANKS TO EVERYONE : What a whirl

wind few weeks leading up to and after the craft fair. From start to finish everyone was incredible and because of all the hard work from everyone involved, we had a hugely successful craft fair. Thank you so much for all the commitment of time and energy that weekend. We had 1400 people through the door on the day and we raised an amazing €3424.03, making this our biggest fund raiser for the school. It certainly is a great community event and it was lovely to see lots of new faces, along with all the new parents and kids from junior infants. We would like to thank each and every one of you – set up/clean up crew, the buckets shakers, raffle ticket sellers, face/nail painters, café crew, buskers, craft room helpers, the bakers and all who came to visit us on the day. THANK YOU FROM YOUR CRAFT COMMITTEE

Irish Flag Proclamation: The

Irish flag was presented to our

school by the Irish Defence Forces,

on the 17th November 2015. All the

schools in Ireland have been asked to

simultaneously raise the flag in March

2016. Amy McCrea, the oldest student

in the school and Isabelle Aisha Lynch

Reynolds the youngest student received

the Proclamation and the Irish Flag

from the Irish Defence Forces.

Halloween Disco: Many thanks to all who took

part in our Halloween Disco.

Together we raised €840 for

Educate Together “One Day To-

gether”!

Christmas Decoration Recycling

Competition:

Well

done to

Martha

Dwyer

from

Tom’s

5th Class

who won

first

prize in

the Co

Wicklow Recycling Competition, for mak-

ing a Christmas train totally from recy-

cling materials

The 1916 Rising: In the past

month 3rd to 6th classes have

been learning all about the 1916

rising. They have been preparing

for the 100 year anniversary of the

historical event. Each class was

assigned a signatory of the procla-

mation that they would learn

about. On the 17th November a

group of children from each class

stood up in front of the assembly

and shared their knowledge with

them. That day the youngest and

the eldest students received an

Irish flag and a copy of the procla-

mation from the Irish Defence

Force. We are looking forward to

raising the flag in March 2016.

Ellen Phelan, Kelly’s 5th Class.

C hristmas Raffle : The following

are the winners of this years Christ-

mas raffle: Killruddery Membership:

Alan Mo-

han—Senior

Infants Dad,

O v e r n i g h t

stay & 7 days

parking at

Carlton Apt

Hotel: Hec-

tor Lopez

Junior In-

f a n t s ,

Christmas Cake: Helen Ledwith—2nd

Class Mum, Barbie Doll Cake:

Federzco De Ferrarz (2nd Class Edel).

Well done to everyone. We raised

approximately €365.00

T ree Day: Both our 3rd and

4th classes were invited to

Tree Day in Glendalough.

This was a fun educational day to ex-

plore the woods, have tree hunts and

whacky races. All 3 classes had an

amazing day.

Our visit to the Mosque: When we first arrived at the Dublin Mosque, we

were told to remove our shoes. There was a front door and a side door. We en-

tered through the front door. Inside there was very soft carpet which was very

plain, but the simplicity made it seem very peaceful. The very nice tour guide

kindly showed us around and talked to us about his beliefs as a Muslim. He

then showed us around the mosque and how they pray. Overall, I thought the

experience was excellent and I really enjoyed it. Eva Sterritt,Kelly’s 5th Class.

Buddhist Temple

Kagyu Samye Dzorg

4th Class had a fantastic day out

at Kaguyu Samye Dzorg Buddhist

Temple near Kilmainham. We

had an amazing time listening to

the story of Buddha, learning

about his childhood and how he

dedicated his life to teaching oth-

ers. We also joined in a breathing

meditation. It was a great day.