The JPA was delighted to welcome the Barista Bike on Monday December 21st to provide coffees and pastries for the teachers and staff of the boys and girls schools. The hard work of both schools has been remarkable and is very much appreciated by all parents. Merry Christmas to all of you and your families and a happy new year!!
There are some fantastic prizes coming in…
Overnight in Fitzpatricks Castle Hotel including Breakfast & Dinner
Cloud Home Storage Solution (€300)
€200 Voucher for Powerscourt Hotel, Enniskerry
Round of Golf for 2 persons DunLaoghaire Golf Club (€140)
€120 Voucher Pilates Plus – Private Zoom Classes
2 x €100 One4All Vouchers
€100 Voucher for Fields Jewellers
Super Valu Hamper
Luxury Christmas Hamper (worth €100)
€100 Voucher for Penneys
Afternoon Tea for 2 in Fitzpatricks Castle Hotel
2 x Christmas Hampers
10 x Gas Smart Boiler Services
Deluxe Aromatherapy Massage
2 x Catherine Casey School of Dance – Vouchers (€100 Each)
Oral Health Hamper & €75 Voucher
Reputations Hair Design – Blow dry and treatment
Ukulele signed by Picture This from Everest Music Centre
2 x Waxperts Salon Gift Bags (Worth €65)
3 x Vodafone Smart V10 mobile phones
€50 Voucher “Press Up” Restaurant
Mill Theatre, Dundrum Voucher for €50
€50 Voucher – Chawke Pub Group
ZipYard Voucher for €50
€50 Smyths Toys Voucher
€40 Grandstand Gift Voucher
Sheridans Cheese Hamper
Squirrell Scramble Voucher €36
€25 Woodies Voucher
2 x €25 Grandstand Gift Vouchers
€25 Voucher Tierney & Co Gift Shop
A3 Illustration & Colour Print
€20 Voucher Me and the Moon
Guinot oxgene Facial – Killiney Health & Beauty
3 x Bottles of Champagne
€10 Voucher – Cosgraves
Vegan Gift Box
2 x Wine Gift Sets
Natural Gift Set (chemical free baby/toddler products)
KNEX Set
1 Bottle of Vodka
1 Red Wine
Dream Big and Dream Often Inspiring words from Ryan from Picture This to the children at Johnstown Boys and Johnstown Girls National Schools as he signed the ukulele for the Monster Xmas Raffle.
And many more prizes……
Calendar
As we veer towards a new year, the Johnstown Parents’ Association (JPA) are delighted to promote the sale of the much awaited 2021 annual calendar. Each year families purchase the calendar which takes pride of place in their homes.
As you are finalising your Christmas gifts for family members please consider a gift of the school calendar this year. At only €10 it serves a dual purpose, providing us with a snapshot in time of the children and raising much needed funds for the schools. We do hope that the parents will continue to support this initiative and invest in a calendar for 2021. All monies raised go towards fun activities for our children so we hope we can count on you this year more than ever.
To secure your order:
log onto Aladdin https://www.aladdin.ie/signin for the boy’s school
and DataBiz https://www.databizsolutions.ie/login for the girl’s school.
Calendar
As we veer towards a new year, the Johnstown Parents’ Association (JPA) are delighted to promote
the sale of the much awaited 2021 annual calendar. Each year families purchase the calendar which
takes pride of place in their homes. As you are finalising your Christmas gifts for family members
please consider a gift of the school calendar this year. At only €10 it serves a dual purpose, providing
us with a snapshot in time of the children and raising much needed funds for the schools. We do
hope that the parents will continue to support this initiative and invest in a calendar for 2021. All
monies raised go towards fun activities for our children so we hope we can count on you this year
more than ever.
To secure your order
log onto Aladdin https://www.aladdin.ie/signin for the boy’s school
and DataBiz https://www.databizsolutions.ie/login for the girl’s school.
Backpack Appeal
The JPA received a note to thank all parents who participated in the recent backpack for the homeless
from Áine Hayes (S.N.A.) at Johnstown Boys’ National School. An astounding 185 backpacks were
donated from families all of which will help the homeless in inner city Dublin. Well done everyone! A big
thank you to Áine Hayes who coordinated this worthwhile appeal.
Monster Christmas Raffle
The Christmas Fair will be sadly missed by all this year. The schools have announced their Monster
Christmas Raffle in its place on December 21st at 11am. It will be available on live stream. All
donations and gift vouchers are very welcome. To donate prizes please email
office@johnstowngns.ie or johnstownbns@olgc.ie. One ticket is €5 and a book of 5 is €20.
We are pleased to announce that the JPA have been in a position to support this year’s raffle.
Subscriptions
At the commencement of each school year parents are asked to pay a subscription to the Johnstown
Parents’ Association. The JPA relies on the subscriptions to be able to plan for future events like
guest speakers for parents on topics that concern children’s wellbeing. With COVID19 at the
forefront of our minds these talks are as important as ever and so to host events next year we are
dependent on your subscriptions to finance these informative talks. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank all those families who have paid their subscription through the online payment
facility.
For those who haven’t paid their €10 subscription fee it can be paid on
log onto Aladdin https://www.aladdin.ie/signin for the boy’s school
and DataBiz https://www.databizsolutions.ie/login for the girl’s school.
JPA Christmas Gift
As a thank you to both schools for the fantastic work that they do we are pleased to announce that we have secured a workshop for both schools in September 2021 with Fighting Words. Fighting Words is a creative writing centre established by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love. Fighting Words helps students of all ages to develop their writing skills and to explore their love of writing. Story-telling workshops are provided for primary school groups which are run by volunteers who are professional writers, novelists, screen-writers, journalists and poets. For more information log onto http://www.fightingwords.ie/programs/primary-school-workshops
Get Active
The JPA’s recent fundraising initiative to motivate us all to get active while fundraising for both schools was a huge success. The feedback from the event has been fantastic as families of both schools stepped up to the challenge to walk, run, cycle or swim to raise funds. A whopping €2,836 was raised. Well done to all who participated and made it such a success.
Thank you all for your continued support in making a positive impact on the children’s school experience by enabling the JPA to assist the schools on your behalf.
Ideas for Events or Activities?
If you have ideas to assist the JPA with their fundraising activities or events for 2021 we would love to hear from you! You can email us at jpaconnect@gmail.com
You can also download the PDF to read it later.
30th November, 2020
Dear Parents/Guardians,
MONSTER CHRISTMAS RAFFLE
As our Christmas Fair will not take place this year we intend to host a Monster Christmas Raffle. A huge thanks to all that have made donations to date. We will continue to accept offers of prizes/donations through the school offices (johnstownbns@gmail.com, office@johnstowngns.ie.)
As in previous years, a book of tickets will be issued to each family at a cost of €5 per ticket or a book of 5 for €20. The draw will take place on Monday, December 21st at 11am in the school and will be available online through a live feed.
Tickets can be returned to the class teacher in a sealed envelope. All Covid 19 Guidelines will be observed and tickets and money will be quarantined for 72 hours.
Tickets will be issued to each family before the end of the week. Additional books of tickets will be available from the offices. We will continue to update the list of prizes and communicate these to you.
We thank you for your continued support and generosity.
Caroline and Neil.
Well done Aine and everyone involved!
The biggest ‘THANK YOU’ ever to the Staff, students, parents, and all the friends of Johnstown BNS and myself for helping make an outstanding 185 backpacks that will be donated towards Inner-city helping the homeless and A Lending hand Christmas backpack appeal.
There are also several boxes full of food, cereals, biscuits, selection boxes and treats, wash gear, 6 boxes of socks, a box of underwear, and 2 boxes of baby clothes and bags of children’s and adults clothes, coats, and umbrellas.
You will make so many people happy this Christmas knowing they’re cared for and that they matter. Thanks to Centra Johnstown Road, and Dunnes stores for their help and very generous donations again this year. Thanks to Amanda, Mikey, and Katie Hayes for all your help shopping.
Thanks to Valerie Brennan, Bernie O’Dowd, Daragh Bennett, and Eileen Taylor for all your help sorting and packing bags, and thanks to Mr Geoghegan for collecting extra backpacks for me and all your help.
Thanks to Cafe solo and their customers along with the Ulsterbank staff for their amazing donations. Backpacks and boxes will be collected on Friday! Thank you all so much.
—
Áine Hayes (S.N.A)
WALK, RUN, CYCLE or SWIM,….JUST GET MOVING!
The JPA is asking everyone to join in this fun and interactive way of raising much needed funds for the boys and girls schools. Feel good and show your school spirit!
Pledge 1 euro for every km you and your family members complete over the Halloween weekend… AND before you go, ask a sponsor (or 2) to match your donation.
SIGN UP HERE https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ_wBa5j3q4EaD_JeIFj31mNgx8Wc1kD8Ls5kJJGUKpoj1OQ/viewform
Keep track of the number of kilometres you and your family complete doing your favorite activities. Take a hike dressed as Dracula or cycle wearing a tutu. Send us a pic of your day out! Prizes will be given, so get creative and get movin!
Help Reach Our Goal of 500km
We have corporate sponsorship, matching up to €500!
QUESTIONS?
JPAconnect@gmail.com Or 0871427701
Dear Parents,
please see a draft of the new school Admissions Policy on the school website, which is now open for consultation. If you have any comment please email office@johnstowngns.ie. by Wednesday, April 29th. Many thanks, Caroline
https://johnstowngns.com/school-policies/admission-and-participation-policy-2/
DLR Sports Partnership would be grateful if you could circulate the email below to your parents /student contact database. We have devised challenges to keep families active at home as we realise the importance of physical and mental health during this uncertain time. Please feel free to read the content below before sending.
Kind regards
The DLR Sports Partnership Team
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We in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership know that this is a very uncertain and daunting time for everyone. But we also know that being active and having fun with your family is so important for our physical and mental health especially at the moment. So we’ve put together four different activity Challenges to suit all ages and abilities. They’re easy to get involved in, a great way to keep motivated and best of all you can do them around the home with your family.
All Challenges will run for the next 4 weeks and we’d really love to hear how you progress through them by sharing on social media using #BeActive and emailing us at sportspartnership@dlrcoco.ie. Of course please make sure to follow all Department of Health guidelines with regards to Covid-19 and maintain Social Distancing https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/
Please see our website www.dlrsportspartnership.ie to view more details on all the Challenges and on the other work we do.
1 -The Grandparents 15 Minute Challenge
Who – for children and their grandparents
What – a fun challenge to encourage children to make regular phone contact with their grandparents and engage in activities with them (physical, social and mental).
How – just print off the attached flyer/chart, fill it in as you go and email back to use when you’re finished.
2 -Move to the Rhythm Dance Challenge
Who – for children and teenagers
What – visit our new YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhBXjgEPP2wcLJeWpwSbQw to catch our dance tutor Cayisha demonstrate part of a new professionally choreographed routine each day from Monday to Thursday. Then join her again on Friday to go through the entire dance.
How – just watch and learn the routine each day, practice at home, record yourself (and your family) bringing the entire dance together on Friday and email us a clip.
3 -The Fighting Fit Challenge
Who – for teenagers and adults
What – fancy a tough but achievable fitness challenge? Have you ever played Call Of Duty and thought you could hold our own, but could you pass the fitness test to really join in? Here’s our chance. We will post a fitness program each week that if you follow will culminate in you matching yourself against the Irish Army fitness test to see if you would make the grade.
How – just follow the weekly exercise programs, get into a healthy routine and try the fitness test at home after 4 weeks.
4 -The Scrambled Leg Challenge
Who – for families and all ages
What – we’ve gotten out the measuring tape and have picked a few well known Irish landmarks that you and your family can pick to add up the kilometers from your daily walks to reach your chosen destination. This is a great one to also build in elements of geography, history, and maths for the budding homeschoolers among us.
How – just print off the attached flyer/chart, fill it in as you go and email back to us when you’re finished.
We hope these Challenges will help to build in the important daily activity and fun we all need, but if you have any queries or suggestions for other initiatives we’d love to hear from you.
The Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership Team
Fostering Active Communities – Downloads Move to the Rhythm Dance Challenge The Fighting Fit Challenge The Grandparents 15 Minute Challenge The Scrambled Leg Walk Challenge
