Parents Council
Objective
The Parents Council of Knockanean work closely with the principal, staff and the board of management to build a positive and active partnership between the home and school with a common goal of providing the best possible education for our children.
The parents council is affiliated to the National Parents Council whose website
www.npc.ie contains a lot of useful information.
Monthly meetings are held, see dates below and ALL parents are welcome to attend and encouraged to provide inputs to parent council activities. Contrary to popular belief, you won't be forced to take any duties you don't want to! Often, we just want to hear your thoughts and ideas on a particular issue.
Update March 2009 Dear Parents, Just a brief update on recent/upcoming activities of the Parents group. Recent activities:
Halloween Party: Net Profit € 886.00 White Board: We have finally secured the third Interactive whiteboard funded by the parents group - this brings to 6 in total in the school, which facilitate enhanced learning in the classroom. Christmas lunch: We made a donation to teachers Christmas lunch on behalf of parents. School Calendar 2009: We had another successful year with the Calendars (still a few available from Madge!). Profits from our activities were distributed amongst: 1) Assisting in funding the Sails Library book scheme used by all classes in the school currently. 2) Hope Foundation - our donation will be passed on to the Hope Foundation by to Iarlaith McNamara who is currently volunteering in Bangladesh and soon in India. 3) Clare Animal Welfare who will be sending a representative to the school soon to talk to pupils about the importance of taking care of our animals. www.clareanimalwelfare.com 4) We have also funded double electric ring cooker/cookery utensils for Ms Gavin who spreads her culinary skills and good food principles amongst the pupils. Upcoming activities: **We have a Spring Clean organised for the 28th of March, followed by Communion reception on Saturday 16 May and annual Fun Day on June 14. **We are in the process of issuing an Iron-On Name Tape kit for each family to help reduce the missing garments that invariably go astray throughout the school year. These are quick and easy to use, accompanied by clear instructions and an indelible pen. **Garden club is seeking volunteers, (green fingers not necessary!) under the guidance of Carrie Duffy – please contact Carrie at 087-6173314 087-6173314, if you can assist at all. **Next Parents group meeting scheduled for Thursday 12th March at 8pm, The Grove Bar, Roslevan. All Welcome!
Finally, I would like to thank you all for your continued support at all of our events and look forward to seeing you at one of our meetings/ events in the near future.
Tara Hannan, on behalf of the Parents Group ( 087-9430255 087-9430255) |
Halloween Party 2009
Family Fun Day 2009