Standard Score Guidelines for Parents

Standard Score Guidelines for Parents

HSE Information on Covid-19 vaccination programme for children aged 5 to 11 years

Covid 19 Vaccination Programme P1

Covid 19 Vaccination Programme P2

Annual Admission Notice AETNS 2021 to 2022

Information & Instructions on how to use Seesaw for Remote Learning under 'Useful Links' on Home Page

New Accommodation for Senior Classes

Our new accommodation for our senior classes is almost finished and is looking good already! We are waiting on the electricity connection and possibly a water connection also. Due to this it will be mid Nov when we move in, probably Mon 16th Nov. We are grateful to the Rugby & Mary’s Clubs for renting us rooms in the meantime. Thank you for your patience with multiple site drop off/pick ups. We will close for 1 week for Halloween Break today.

Happy Halloween!

Everyone looks super in their Halloween costumes & finery today! A super effort was made by the whole school. All the pupils are excited and having a good time. It is a fun day for all. We are off next week for Halloween Break. Happy Halloween folks!!

Guidelines for Covid-19

Covid-19 Letter from DES Page 1

Covid-19 Letter from DES Page 2

Covid-19 Advice Leaflet

Covid-19 Advice Leaflet (H.S.E) for parents on when to send child/ren to school or keep at home in pupil lunch boxes/bags today. Also H.S.E. Isolation Quick Guide. Please keep safely & refer to when/if unsure what to do.

Text to Parents

Thank you for your co-operation with school drop off/pick up times. Pupils have all settled in & now know where they need to go. We do not need to have the staggered times any more. Just make sure pupils know to walk in apart from others to their classes. Staff will continue to collect pupils from & return to the gate. Those who have more than one drop off/pick up just continue to do your best. We understand it takes time to travel between sites.

Text to Parents

We are delighted to welcome everyone back to school today. All our children have settled well into their new classes and are happy to see their friends again. Thank you for your co-operation in keeping physical distancing at drop off and pick up times. We were very happy with how smoothly everything went today.

We have purchased our own disinfecting/fogging machines to ensure our classrooms are clean, disinfected and as safe as possible for our children and staff. We have also managed to get an additional class teacher & room for this year to allow for Covid -19 physical distancing. Each mainstream class will be on its own with its own teacher. There will be no combination classes. Pupil numbers per class will be small, 20 or less.

Test Message to Parents

Uniforms may be worn as usual. It can be cheaper to buy several uniform items in Lidl/Aldi/Tesco/Penneys/Dunnes at this time of year than school clothes. Pupils may alternate between normal uniform & P.E. uniform if desired or to facilitate laundering. Coats will be needed as we are to use outdoors more than usual. Layers may be needed as we have to use more ventilation, open windows & doors than usual.

Text Message to Parents

We have been told that school buses will run as normal .The Bus Escorts will be taking pupil temperatures which must be normal before they can board the bus. Bus escorts will be wearing visors. Any bus related queries should be directed to Bus Eireann or Bus Inspector Kevin as we do not have any other information.

Text Message to Parents

We ran a very successful July Provision Programme for special needs pupils for 4 weeks in July. We are already equipped with hand sanitising stations & other Covid-19 requirements since. We have extra cleaning hours & products in place. Thank you to a parent for supplying the fogging machine & carrying out the deep clean & disinfecting this year. We ask parents to wear masks at drop off/pick ups. Staff will be wearing visors. See you on 1st Sept

Text Message to Parents

Plastic lunch boxes & drinks container are the only items which travel between school & home. Pencil cases should be plastic & will stay in school. Pupils will need another pencil, etc. for home. Books/copybooks should be covered in plastic covers. Boxes need to be big enough to hold the largest book the pupil has. Boxes can be bought in any hardware shop. If you have already bought a schoolbag just put it away for next year. Uniforms as normal.

Text Message to Parents

Due to Covid-19 schoolbags will not be used this year. Pupils books, pencil cases & equipment will come into school in their plastic boxes & remain in school. Materials will not travel between school & home. No materials will be shared among pupils. Each child is to have their own items named. There will be no homework for the first week or so. The emphasis will be on settling pupils back into school & concentrating on pupil wellbeing.

Text Message to Parents

Pupils books (with their name on & covered with plastic so they can be wiped) in their individual box may be dropped across the school wall when pupils are dropped off. Staff will see they are put in the correct classroom. Pupils must each have their own stationery with their own name on each item as they cannot share these things this particular year.

Text Message to Parents

Any queries regarding return to school e-mail ardeeetns@gmail.com, leave a message on school phone 041 6853774, check school website www.aet.ie or www.gov.ie/back to school. We intend to have every pupil in every day from 1st Sept. See you then.

Text Message to Parents

On Sept 1st please drop your child to school gate at the allocated time slot keeping 2 metres apart from other families. Pupils are not required to wear masks. We ask that parents/guardians do wear masks. Staff have perspex visors. Teachers & S.N.A.s will collect pupils from gate & take them to class. Due to Covid-19 only staff are permitted on school grounds. Parent/Guardians may not enter school grounds at present. See you on 1st Sept.

Text Message to Parents

The Dept of Ed has issued their latest plan. General information on school return can be found on www.gov.ie/back to school. Check school website www.aet.ie for our school Covid-19 response plan. See your e-mail for our school reopening details. Further details will follow closer to return date of 1st Sept. Everything possible is being done to ensure a safe return to school. See you all on Sept 1st.

Text Message to Parents

The last day of term, the end of home schooling & distance learning. We are constructing a new web site www.aet.ie which may be used to access Book Lists, Holiday Lists, Book Rental and other information. The class e-mail contacts finish today. New ones will be set up for 1st September. If you need to e-mail just use the office ardeeetns@gmail.com Have a well earned break and a great summer. See you in September.

Thank you for pupil books & work received so far. You all did a great job using remote learning to help keep the education of our children going during a difficult time. School reports, Book/ Holiday Lists, Book Rental Forms ( for Sept ) & some school information will go out in the post tomorrow. You will get it early next week. Well done everyone!

Text Message to Parents

Sept/Oct will be used for revision to ensure pupils have foundation to move on to new class work. Pupils will go to new class with previous class books to begin with. Present pupil books/workbook/copies/work should be returned to school for teachers to see by noon Fri 19th June at very latest. As only staff are permitted on school grounds please drop plastic bag with childs name across front wall. SNAs will place in correct class.

Text Message to Parents

Dept Ed has granted us 3 new classrooms Details of accommodation/class/teacher allocation to go out with school reports on 19th June. On Fri 12th June DeptEd to give us instructions on how to reopen & run from 1st Sept. Please return pupil workbooks/copies/work completed to sch on/by 19th June. Teachers need to see pupil work to plan for revision in Sept. Put books into black plastic bin bags with pupils name clearly marked on bag & leave at door

Text Message to Parents

Most schools books/course work is almost complete. Final 3 weeks of term to be spent finishing up last little bits of work & on revision. No end of year tests this year. The Dept of Education will lay out plan for Sept in the coming weeks which may be modified as we get closer to 1st Sept. A huge thank you to all staff, pupils & parents for the tremendous efforts made to educate our children. Well done everyone! Enjoy the Bank Holiday W/E sun!

Text Message to Parents

In school we have set up classrooms to comply with 2 metre rule. In order to do this some classes had to change rooms as the bigger classes have to get the bigger classrooms. We have ordered hand sanitizer and Covid 19 signage. Yard space has also been divided into class areas. The Dept. of Ed. has issued Guidance on Continuity of Schooling for Primary Schools”.StaySafe everyone!”

Text Message to Parents

It has now been 2 months since school closed. Since then distance learning has become the new method of education. Well done to everyone who has persevered with us. We know it is not easy. We will continue with distance learning until the end of term. Hope everyone is keeping well. Stay safe.

Text Message to Parents

Well done on another weeks distance learning. School reports based on school work from Sept. 2019 – March 2020 will be sent out along with Holiday Lists / Book lists as usual at the end of next month. The Dept of Education has cancelled standardised English / Irish / Maths tests for this year so no sten scores will appear on reports this year. School is planned to begin on 1st Sept 2020 for pupils. Stay safe everyone.

Text Message to Parents

Hope you had a good Bank Holiday weekend and are safe & well. As per government announcement school will open again on 1st Sept. More information on this will be given when we have been briefed. We will continue with distance learning for May & June. Stay safe.

Text Message to Parents

Wishing you all a happy and safe May Bank Holiday Weekend! Thank you to everyone for all their efforts. Distance learning will be back on Tuesday 5th May. The government may give us an idea later today of what will happen in the future. Stay safe.

Text Message to Parents

End of another week of distance learning. Well done to everyone for their continued efforts. Enjoy the sunshine & stay safe.

Text Message to Parents

Welcome back to Term 3. Hope you all managed to stay safe over Easter. Our remote lessons resume today. Once again it is at your own discretion how you engage. We will inform you of any developments in the education sector once we ourselves have been told by the Dept.(s) of Education & Health. Take care everyone.