For Parents

KTETNS Parents Hub

All our parents & guardians are automatically members of the KTETNS Parent’s Hub, and since our school first opened its doors in August 2012, it has played a vital role in our school’s growth. 

Parents & Guardians first came together to provide social activities for families to get to know each other and raise funds from the local community for our school – meaning we don’t need to ask for voluntary contributions from our families. 

These events are so important when we have many families who are new to the area, who can help & support each other in small ways that make a big difference. 

Each class has a representative to facilitate communication and practical support through messaging groups.

Over the years, the Committee has changed, but they have established templates & plans to ensure ongoing guidance for the annual events. 

The Parent’s Hub is an integral part of our school, and if you join us, we hope you will enjoy being part of it too!

Parents multicultural evening

Homework

We surveyed the Children, Parents and Teachers about homework. The results were very interesting. There were as many different opinions on homework as there are children. The challenge for us was to find an approach that acted on the survey results and yet not ignore families with different opinions.

We feel that we have come up with a compromise that could work for our school.  As always, we are constantly reviewing what works in our school and homework is no different. We will be updating our policy soon and at the end of the year we will evaluate how the year has gone and whether any changes need to be made for the coming year.

If you have any questions, just contact us and we can discuss them.

See the Response to Homework Survey

Useful Information

Resources

These websites are very helpful resources when the children are doing research for homework projects; they are mostly child-friendly to search too!

www.alarms.org/kidrex – Safe search engine for Children

www.kiddle.co – Safe visual search engine for kids

www.dltk-kids.com – Crafts for Children

www.factmonster.com help with homework and facts

www.kids-world-travel-guide.com – See the world through children’s eyes

www.sciencekids.co.nz – Fun science & Technology for Children

BBC Website – General education resources

www.natgeokids.com – National Geographic for Kids

Youtube Feature History channel on YouTube

Youtube History – Simple History channel on YouTube

www.ducksters.com – Education Site

Policies

Below you will find a copy of some of the most used policies we have.  All our policies are available from the office if you would like to have a hard copy.

Accident Injury and Administration of Medicine Policy

Anti Bullying Policy

Attendance Policy

Code of Behaviour Policy

Communications Policy

Healthy Eating Policy

Homework Policy

Visitor Code of Conduct Policy

RSE-Policy

Internet Use Policy

Parental-Complaints-Policy

Parental Involvement Policy

Positive Language Policy

Use of Mobile Phones Policy

Child Protection

In Kildare Town Educate Together we take the protection of our children very seriously.  Here you will find our safeguarding statement and our risk assessment.  You will also find links to Child Protection guidelines, circulars and publications you may find useful.

If you have any questions or queries regarding Child Protection please contact:

Designated Liaison Person in our school – Gerry Breslin

In his absence contact the deputy Designated Liaison person – Rachel Burke

Child Protection Policy

Child Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment 2024-25

Checklist for Review of the Child Safeguarding Statement 2024-25

Notification regarding the Board of Management’s review of the Child Safeguarding Statement 2024-25

What is Children First?

Children First Publication

Child Protection Circular from the Dept. Of Education

Anti-bullying

In Kildare Town Educate Together we take allegations of bullying very seriously. Please see our policy on anti-bullying and the measures we take when an allegation is brought to our attention. We review the policy every year and the notification of review is also below. We have included some links on how to talk to your child about bullying and some information you might find useful.

Template for recording bullying.

If we receive an allegation of bullying, we use Appendix 3 of the Department of Education’s circular for recording the allegation.

TUSLA information on bullying: BullyingTusla – Child and Family Agency

Aladdin App

The school uses the Aladdin Schools software service. Aladdin Connect will give you secure access to messages from the school and to details of your child’s attendance, test results, reports cards  from your internet browser or Aladdin Connect App.

Aladdin Connect is a fantastic way to enhance a school’s communication with parents. It enables parents to stay connected and informed about their child’s education by:

Ensuring that the school has their most up to date contact information.
Allowing schools to gather permission(s) from parents.
Allowing parents to quickly and efficiently select preferred slots for parent teacher meetings.
Keeping parents apprised of their child’s attendance.
Keeping parents up to date on school and classroom news via noticeboard messages.
Allowing parents view their child’s approved report card.
Allowing parents to view their child’s latest standardised test results.

Aladdin Schools use state-of-the-art security to safeguard information entered by the school and data is stored and processed in strict compliance with Irish and European data protection laws.

School Calendar

Click here to see this year’s school calendar; please note there may be an additional day’s closure for CPD, and we will update the calendar accordingly.