School calendars for 2020 are now available!!!
€10.00 each
On sale Tues – Fri
09.00-09.30 at each school entrance👍
Please give money to your Children or drop in.
Here’s a sneak preview!
Many thanks JPA
School calendars 2020
A quick snapshot of the Christmas Fair 2019
That was fun..and busy! And a big Thank you ♥ to the whole community, from Teachers, Parents, Volunteers, Students and of course all of those donations by and from individuals and businesses alike.
The list is long!
The Christmas Fair
Santa arriving at 1.30pm all details here – https://johnstowngns.com/christmas-fair-2019/
With Thanks to ALL THE VOLUNTEERS & Teachers. (Photos and Video by Emer)
See you all tomorrow. HO HO HO!
Table Quiz
Please share! This is great fun.. Sign up early to avoid disappointment.
The prize is the Leo Clancy Cup.
Base wood fired pizza are providing complimentary pizzas for us to sell by the slice at the family quiz this Friday night to raise funds for the schools.
AND – We have great raffle prizes to be won on the night including vouchers and cinema tickets.
Family Subscription 2019/2020
We are delighted to advise you that the Johnstown Parents’ Association will continue its work following the Annual General Meeting on the 24th September 2019. Thanks to all the parents who attended and we hope you enjoyed the excellent Internet Safety Talk from Zeeko.
Welcome to Ruth, Janice, Sarah, Sam and Sarah who join us this year. The association aims to promote the school community by organising activities throughout the year.
The Parents’ Association does not have a fundraising role and we have some expenses for which we need your help. We would like to ask each family for a voluntary subscription of €10 for expenses to be covered in 2019/2020.
Contributions are needed for:
The annual insurance premium is €205
Costs for speakers and events such as Ice Cream Day!
Catering costs to cover the Communion and Confirmation events.
Please return your donation to the school in the envelope provided with your name and class where it will be collected or if you prefer to pay electronically, please use the following details:
BIC: ULSB IE 2D IBAN: IE59 ULSB 9859 5076 1833 69
Please note that any excess funds raised by the association are donated back to the school. We appreciate your support and thank you in advance. Yours sincerely,
Christine Higgins
Chairperson
JPA Class Groups
It has come to our attention that some parents of the Junior Infants Girls’ School classes have not yet joined the class WhatsApp group. These groups are helpful for sharing communications from JPA, homework queries and also for organising parties and events.
A class representative has been assigned to each junior infant class:
Ms Raymond – Sinead Peacock
Ms Reid – Jane Rush
Ms Breen – Allison Kearney & Karen Bennett
If you would like to join the class WhatsApp group approach your class rep and provide your phone number or go to our website and log your details:
https://jpaconnect.com/2019/10/10/class-reps/
JPA Calendar 2020 22nd October 2019
It is that time of year again where we plan for the JPA School Calendar. The themes for each class are the same as last year:
| Class | Theme |
| Junior Infants | Princess/Superheroes |
| Senior Infants | Valentines |
| First | Halloween |
| Second | St Patricks Day |
| Third | Christmas |
| Fourth | Happy New Year |
| Fifth | Sports Jerseys |
| Sixth | Crazy Hair |
| The Meadow | Easter |
Save the Date: Table Quiz
Our table quiz will be on Friday 8th November @ 7.30pm. To book a table of 4 (2 Adults 2 Kids) e-mail jpaconnect@gmail.com.
Prizes
We are always looking for prizes for raffles and events. If you have your own business and would like to donate a prize it would be much appreciated.
JPA is Going Green
To save paper, all JPA correspondence will be issued in the future via our website circulation list.
Sign up for future JPA updates and events by clicking on the follow button on the bottom right-hand side of the JPA website or if you use facebook or Twitter we are there too.
If you would like to get in touch with the JPA, you can contact us by email, jpaconnect@gmail.com
Class Reps
To improve communication in our schools, each class has 2 parent class representatives who pass information via a WhatsApp group in relation to your child’s class to keep you up to date with what is happening within the school community. A class WhatsApp group is essential for play dates, parties and social evenings and communication from the school, Board of Management and/or the Parents Association.
If you haven’t already given details to your class rep, please complete this form Click here if you cannot see the embedded form below.
Our first meeting
1st Meeting – 8th October 2019 @ 8.15pm Boys School.
Invited:
All existing and new Committee Members and Teacher Representatives
| Item | Agenda | Time | Lead | |
| 1 | Welcome and Introductions | 8.15 – 8.20 | All | |
| 2 | Overview • Roles – Chair etc. (CH & DS) • Committee – Policies and Procedures • AGM follow up and Constitution (SR) • Sub –committees (CH) • ICT Support (JG) | 8.20 – 8.40 | CH DS SR JM | |
| 3 | Events for the Year | 8.40- 9.10 | CH | |
| 4 | Next Meeting : 5th November @8.15pm Boys School | 9.10 – 9.15 | SR | |
| 1 | 5th November 2019 | 8.15pm | Boys’ School | |
| 2 | 3rd December 2019 | 8.15pm | Girls’ School– Teacher Representatives | |
| 3 | 7th January 2020 | 8.15pm | Boys’ School | |
| 4 | 4th February 2020 | 8.15pm | Girls’ School– Teacher Representatives | |
| 5 | 3rd March 2020 | 8.15pm | Boys’ School | |
| 6 | 7th April 2020 | 8.15pm | Girls’ School– Teacher Representatives | |
| 7 | 5th May 2020 | 8.15pm | Boys’ School | |
| 8 | 9th June 2020 (Second Tuesday) | 8.15pm | Girls’ School– Teacher Representatives |
Autumn Newsletter 2019
Welcome Back Everyone!
Hello from the Johnstown Parents’ Association and welcome to our first newsletter for this school year. We hope all the boys and girls have settled back into school. It is going to be another fun and exciting year! JPA Meetings As a parent/guardian, you are an automatic member of our Parents’ Association. Your ideas and support will be crucial in helping to make the Parents’ Association a success.
The JPA Committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 8.15pm. All parents/ guardians are invited to attend. Our Annual General Meeting is Tuesday 24th September@7.30pm Class Representatives Every year we ask two parents from each Junior Infant class to volunteer as class representatives.
There are usually two class representatives for each class in the boys’ and girls’ schools. The role involves maintaining the class contact list and passing on information regarding JPA events. It has come to our attention that some classes do not have a representative. If you don’t have a class representative and wish to volunteer please contact the JPA on jpaconnect@gmail.com
JPA Family Subscription
The Parents’ Association aims to promote the school community by organising activities throughout the year. The subscription is €10 per family but whatever you can afford will be much appreciated. Please return your donation to the school where it will be collected or if
you prefer to pay electronically,
please use the following bank details:
BIC: ULSB IE 2D
IBAN: IE59 ULSB 9859 5076 1833 69
JPA Calendar 2020 It is that time of year again where we plan for the JPA School Calendar. We are organising the dates with the schools for taking class photos. The themes for each class are the same as last year and are as follows:
Class Theme Junior Infants Princess /Superheroes
Senior Infants Valentines First Halloween
Second Class St Patricks Day
Third Christmas Fourth Class Happy New Year
Fifth Sports Jerseys
Sixth Crazy Hair The Meadow Easter
JPA AGM
Tuesday 24th September 2019 Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Johnstown Girls’ School Date:
Author of Weaving Wellbeing Fiona Forman announced for this years JPA AGM
Helping Children to Manage Stress and Strong Emotions
Johnstown Parents’ Association are delighted to inform you that we have organised for Fiona Forman author of ‘Weaving Well-being’ to speak to parents at our next Annual General Meeting.
Fiona is a regular media contributor on children’s well-being and has spoken on this subject at conferences at both national and international level. Fiona is passionate about the mental health and well-being of children and in helping them to achieve their true potential. Fiona has designed and implemented a well-being programme which has received immensely positive feedback. She has delivered talks to parents and teachers on Positive Psychology and its application to education. For further information: http://weavingwellbeing.com As this event is sponsored by the JPA and supported by the schools we hope it will be well attended by parents/guardians. To book your place, please e-mail jpaconnect@gmail.com.
If you have any suggestions for future talks/ training programmes, please e-mail JPA connect jpaconnect@gmail.com or contact us through our website, http://www.jpaconnect.com.
We would love to hear from you!
