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 School Blog

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New online application system for ECA
Advantage Point Admin, 17th February 201917th February 2019, Main Blog, School News, Uncategorized, 0

We have reached the end of another very successful term of ECA at METNS. Many thanks for your continued support. Activities...
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Chinese New Year in 2B
Molly Boydell, 11th February 201911th February 2019, 2nd Class B, Classes, Ethos, Main Blog, School News, 0

2nd B have been celebrating the Chinese New Year: Year of the Pig. We have read books, designed "hidden...
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METNS Musical Medley
Molly Boydell, 9th February 20199th February 2019, 6th Class A, Main Blog, School News, 0

The children in 6A discussed how it felt to be on stage and to perform. They then wrote poems...
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Workshop with Gold & Silversmith Maureen Lynch
Molly Boydell, 9th February 20199th February 2019, 2nd Class A, 2nd Class B, 3rd Class A, 3rd Class B, Classes, Main Blog, School News, 0

Maureen Lynch visted METNS and worked with 3rd and 2nd class to make silver rings. Maureen is a mum...

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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February 2019 Value of the Month

Advantage Point Admin, 5th February 2019, Ethos, Uncategorized, Value of the Month, 0

Our value of the month at METNS is Positive Relationships. We focus on the key relationships in our lives and on ways to make our relationships with others more positive. Why Positive Relationships Matter What are Positive Relationships? We need to remind ourselves that our relationships with those close...