Towards Zero Waste: why and how to implement and sustain waste reduction in the household
PARENT TALK
WEDNESDAY, 1st MARCH 2023 @ 8PM, – GNS GP ROOM
The Parents Association are delighted to welcome Cecilia Ramondetta from aomcreators!
Cecilia’s insightful and empowering presentation will discuss motivation and strategies to lower our waste at home. Cecilia will answer any questions within the 1 hour session.
Cecilia Ramondetta, a teacher with over 15 years’ experience, is pursuing her lifelong interest in systemic, environmental, social and economic issues and is coming to St. Pius X to share practical skills, ideas, experiences and solutions on how we can create a low impact lifestyle on our planet. Further details on https://aomcreators.org/
Thursday Extra-Curricular Classes, Homework Club and Swimming Classes
St. Pius X Parents’ Association are delighted to confirm that we intend to recommence Thursday extra–curricular classes, homework club and swimming classes for the school year 2022/2023. Further details on the options available are set out below.
Thursday Extra-Curricular Classes
Dates: Classes will run for 22 weeks from 22nd September to the week of St. Patrick’s Day (excluding mid-terms and Christmas break).
Time: All classes will run from 2.35pm – 3.35pm.
Cost: €90 for 22 weeks
Venue: All classes will take place on school grounds.
Drop off / collection: Parents / guardians of children from Junior and Senior Infants will be required to drop and collect their child to and from the classroom allocated for their chosen activity. Parents / guardians of all other children should make their own arrangements for collection.
Minimum numbers: Please note that we must have a minimum number of children to run any class. If we do not reach the minimum number, any payments taken will be refunded.
Supervision:
o The Parents’ Association are delighted to be in a position to recommence Thursday extra-curricular classes. The children who participate in the classes always really enjoy them. However, in order to run the classes successfully, parental involvement is required.
o As part of the enrolment process, parents / guardians will be requested to select one Thursday when they are available to assist with supervision of the classes. Supervision involves sitting in reception with a member of the PA and being available in case of any emergencies. Classes cannot run and unfortunately will be cancelled unless there is adequate parental supervision available.
Class
Suitable For.
Description
Yoga, Sport & Art
Junior Infants to 1st Class
Fun filled activity hour. Your child can engage in a range of activities to include sports, yoga and art etc. while interacting with girls & boys of their own age.
Multi Activity Hour
Junior Infants to 1st Class
Fun filled activity hour. Your child can engage in a range of activities to include puzzles, drawing, table top activities etc. while interacting with girls & boys of their own age.
Guitar – Beginner
2nd to 6th Class
Guitar classes, rhythm & accompaniment styles, fun melodies and songs. *Children must bring their own guitar to class
Pius Pop Stars
2nd to 6th Class
Calling all boys and girls who love to sing! Singing popular songs in a class group.
Los Espanolistos – Spanish for Beginners
2nd to 6th Class
Children learn languages best when they’re young. Learn to speak Spanish in a fun environment, through music, activities, drama and play. Vámonos!
Chess
2nd to 6th Class
Chess is an excellent game for kids. It teaches them strategic thinking, logic and it’s fun too!
Knitting & Sewing Club
3rd to 6th Class
Knitting & sewing classes for kids from beginners to the more advanced. Children learn a fun new skill or improve what they already know. *A list of required materials will be provided by the class teacher.
Debating
3rd to 6th Class
The skills the children will learn in Debating will enrich their cognitive and language abilities, encourage their confidence as well as being lots of fun!
Tech Masters
5th & 6th Class
A class that explores the emerging and exciting area of digital education through hands on activities. We will make use of iPads, Chromebooks, programmable Lego and Virtual Reality headsets to explore programmes like Scratch coding, Minecraft, VR software and much more!
Homework Club Homework club provides a calm environment where pupils can do their homework without distractions under the supervision of teachers from the two schools.
Homework club will run every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.35pm – 3.35pm. Term 1 will commence on Monday 5th September and run until Tuesday 20th December. During enrolment, parents will be able to book one, two or three days (for example, you can choose to enrol your child on Mondays only). Homework club costs €5 per day and is booked on a term by term basis.
Class
Suitable for
Term 1 Cost
Monday
3rd to 6th Class
€75
Tuesday
3rd to 6th Class
€75
Wednesday
3rd to 6th Class
€75 (14 Wednesdays)
Swimming Club Swimming classes will return to Templeogue College swimming pool. Dates, times and costs will be announced shortly. A provisional schedule is set out below for information purposes.
Day
Time
Suitable for
Monday
3.00 pm to 3.40 pm
Junior Infants to 6th Class
Tuesday
3.00 pm to 3.40 pm
Junior Infants to 6th Class
Wednesday
2.00 pm to 2.40 pm
Junior and Senior Infants
Wednesday
3.00 pm to 3.40 pm
1st to 6th Class
Thursday
3.00 pm to 3.40 pm
Junior Infants to 6th Class
Enrolment
Class
Enrolment Day & Time
Homework Club
Now Open
Thursday Extra-Curricular Classes
Saturday 10th September at 10.00am
Swimming Classes
Saturday 10th September at 11.00am
Enrolment for all classes will take place online using Easy Payments Plus
Enrolment times for Thursday extracurricular classes and swimming classes are staggered to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to get the particular class or swim they want.
Please ensure that you are registered on Easy Payments Plus in advance (if you have not already done so).
Please note that no enrolments will be taken before this date, and all enrolments will be on a first come, first served basis. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards,
As the 2021/22 school year draws to a close, we have a short round up on events for the school year.
We wish to acknowledge the work of the school principals Ms Doyle & Mr Coyle and teachers during another difficult year, however we were delighted to see a return to normality in 2022. A huge thank you to Karen & Natasha and the teachers & staff for their support during the year.
Goodbye to 6thclass
We wish all of the 6th class pupils and their parents the very best of luck as they leave St. Pius X and move on to post-primary school. We hope they have enjoyed their time in St. Pius X and have many happy memories of their primary school days.
The PA were delighted to continue the tradition of giving each of our 6th class girls and boys a gift pack to send them off on their post primary journey.
The Fittest Class Activity Challenge
Over the first weekend in April St Pius X boys & girls took to the open air and covered a total of 33,849 Kilometres!
Thank you to all children, parents and guardians who took part. It was amazing to see so many children take part in the challenge and the positive feedback we received was wonderful.
€9,490! has been raised for the schools and we are very grateful to all who contributed. This is a tremendous amount to have been so kindly donated and will be put to good use by the principals and board of management of both schools. We would also like to thank all the class reps who collated the results for each class. We couldn’t have done this fundraiser without your help.
The Heather Cup
It was fantastic to see The Heather Cup back this May and the grounds of Terenure College buzzing with excitement. It was a most enjoyable few days of sunshine (and rain!) and soccer.
Well done to all the children from 3rd to 6th class in St. Pius X boys and girls’ schools for taking part.
The Children’s Art Exhibition
What an amazing bunch of artists we have in our schools! We had a great two days in June viewing their art and parents got the opportunity to buy their children’s artwork. Thanks to everyone for contributing. It was a great success and the children really enjoyed it.
Ice Cream Van
June 28th saw the return of our ice cream van, a super treat for all the children especially for the last day in St Pius for our 6th classers.
Looking ahead to September…
We are delighted to announce the return of Thursday extra curricular classes, Home Work Club and Swimming…more information on this is being circulated from the school secretaries on our behalf and on our website – stpiusxparentsassociation.com so keep an eye out.
Save the Date: Enrolment using Easy Payments Plus on September 10th
We will also hold our AGM in September where we will welcome any new members. If you are interested in joining and would like to know more about what is involved please email piusxparents@gmail.com and we will answer any questions you might have. Goodbye and thank you to Bernadette Butler who finishes in St Pius and has been an invaluable member of our PA for many years.
From all the PA Thank You, have a wonderful summer break and we look forward to seeing you all in September.
We’re delighted to invite you to save the date for the return of the St. Pius X Children’s Art Exhibit taking place on 15 & 16 June in the school hall. You’ll have the chance to buy your child’s professionally framed art. Sales online and at the exhibit – details to follow next week. Hope to see lots of you there. Your PA Committee
It was fantastic to see The Heather Cup back this week and the grounds of Terenure College buzzing with excitement.
It was a most enjoyable few days of sunshine (and rain!) and soccer.
Well done to all the children from 3rd to 6th class in St. Pius X boys and girls’ schools for taking part, this was the first time for 3rd, 4th & 5th class playing in the Heather Cup and we know this event brought a huge amount of joy (for the most part). This was the 50th year that the Heather Cup was held, and we were delighted that Willie Heather (son of founder Charlie) was on hand to present the cups.
The Heather Cup is children led in terms of team choices and this is not always perfect, but it is an opportunity for the classes to mix together and children across the age groups to get to know each other, hopefully next time we will have more teams now that those who participated and attended to watch know what the Heather Cup is after a three year hiatus!
This year the team led by Ronan O’Dell and Conor O’Brien won the boys tournament, and the team led by Sarah Prendergast and Sadhbh King won the girls. They have the job of minding the Heather Cup’s for a year! We were entertained throughout the tournament by some great skill and of course the nail biting penalty shoot outs!
Thanks to all those who helped make this possible, the Heather Cup committee of Caroline Costello, Helen Ryan, Kate Quinn, Michelle Dillon & Denise Cooling, the school secretaries for managing enrolment and the many questions thrown at them, the principles for supporting the event, the parents for pitch supervision in particular Greg Ward & Conor Wallace, St John’s Ambulance, Terenure TY students for refereeing and carrying out lines man duties, our final night ‘pro’ ref’s, Terenure College for allowing us use their pitch’s each year and in particular the groundskeeper for preparing the pitch’s for us.
Heather Cup – St Pius X Girls WinnersHeather Cup – St Pius X Boys Winners
Thursday Extra-Curricular Classes, Homework Club and Swimming Classes 
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