COVID-19 Information
Coming back to school
‘Return to School’ videos for children, back to school advice for parents and advice on spotting the symptoms of COVID-19, accessing medical support plus ways to help protect your child.
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Stationery / Book Bills & Pencil Case Lists
2020/21 Academic Year
All books will be purchased by the school for the 2020/21 academic year. Parents will reimburse the school directly for these books.
All payments are due before Friday 25th September 2020!
Virtual Tours & Trips
Monday 22nd to Friday 26th June 2020
June 22nd – 26th will see us move a little further afield with a ‘Let’s Get Out and About’ initiative.
June is usually the month where we enjoy school tours, picnics outside, sports events and playground trips.
Ice Bucket Challenge
Here’s to you, Samuel
We are fundraising to create a hangout space within our school yard, to be used by 6th class every year.
Our hope is for the whole school to come together and have fun partaking in our “Samuel’s Space Ice Bucket Challenge”!
Creativity Week
Monday 15th to Friday 19th June 2020
From June 15th – 19th, we will celebrate Creativity Week, the theme of which is ‘Our Homes, Our Lives’.
This celebration is part of our commitment to partake in the Creative Schools programme.
Virtual Sports Day
Friday 12th June 2020
The annual Monkstown ETNS Sports Day will take place virtually this Friday 12th June 2020.
A wide variety of activities have been scheduled for our Virtual Sports Day – link to activities (below) is LIVE!
METNS COVID-19 Response
Teacher / School Support Timeline
The Board of Management wish to express their thanks to all the staff for their dedication in supporting our children in this time of crisis.
Learn Together to Live Together.
Monkstown Educate Together National School strives to create a happy, safe, inclusive and nurturing environment where the uniqueness of each child is celebrated. We aim to provide a space where children are educated and where all members of the school community can grow, develop and achieve their full potential. We aspire to excellence in an atmosphere of respect, openness and joy.
Child-centred
METNS is a child-centred learning community, where the uniqueness of each child is celebrated. Each child’s abilities, needs, pace of learning and individuality are recognised and respected. Each child is encouraged and supported to develop their signature strengths and to achieve their full potential.
Equality-based
We uphold, respect and accept equality of beliefs, whether religious or non-religious, and we celebrate cultural diversity of children, parents/guardians, staff and members of the wider community. We are inclusive, and through promoting an appreciation of diversity, we strive to ensure that no child or family is an outsider and that children ‘learn together to live together’.
Democratic
At METNS, we work towards maximising the potential for building a genuine partnership between the professional, objective role of the teacher and the necessarily personal involvement of the parent/ guardian in their child’s education. Our school community emphasises individual and collective responsibility for the children’s education, for the financial and practical support of the school, for discipline, for communication and for the on-going development of the school.
Co-educational
We aim to provide a balanced environment, which does not favour one gender over the other or promote gender stereotypes. We are also committed to fostering respect, understanding and friendship between girls and boys.
METNS Ethos
Our Guide to Ethos
In Monkstown Educate Together National School, our characteristic spirit or ethos permeates every interaction, influences our decision making, and guides our plans and policies. We hope that this guide will help you to deepen your understanding of this system, and to join us in shaping our pupils’ learning experience now and in the future.
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