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This week is Safer Internet Week across the country. At Rutland NS we are encouraging all of our pupils to ‘Swipe Less and Sleep More’. Research shows that screen addiction goes hand in hand with sleep disturbance. We are seeing many of our pupils arriving at school with less than 8 hours sleep. This is having an impact on their learning in school. If children can reduce their screen time before bed and keep devices out of bedrooms, we believe it will have a positive impact on their sleep and learning.

We had our annual Christmas dinner on Tuesday December 16th! A massive thank you to Karen, Mr. Feeney and our fab parents group for making it all come together. The dinner was delicious and a fun and festive time was had by all!

We had some very special performances today from The Irish Baroque Orchestra.

It was fantastic to see them perform some of the music we have been learning about from Bergie. They played pieces from Bach and Vivaldi and even finished with some lovely Christmas songs.

Thank you so much Bergie, Catherine and everyone involved in such a magical concert.

Our annual Christmas concert is making its return on Thursday 11th December in Sean Mac Dermott Street Church. Doors will open from 6.30pm with the show starting at 7.00pm. Rehearsals are well underway and we look forward to another memorable night full of festive cheer!

Here are some belated pictures of our end of term Halloween celebrations!

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ray McAdam, kindly invited the student council of Rutland NS to the Mansion House, where we had the opportunity to ask him lots of questions and he showed us around the beautiful, historic building. Despite learning that there is no swimming pool, they were very impressed and inspired!

We are so proud to share the latest edition of our Rutland Rap, performed by our talented and charismatic 4th Class!

The children of Rutland St, along with their families have been invited to take part in this fantastic run event on Saturday 10th May. Transport will be provided to and from the event, leaving from the school and everyone who participates will receive a medal. This is a fantastic opportunity to come together as a community to raise funds for athletics equipment for our school. Adults and older siblings are welcome to run with their child participant, but all who are taking part need to register at https://forms.gle/M5nodPieVx77DWp38 to ensure we have enough transport and medals on the day.

Check out https://runkidsrun.org/dublin for more information about the event & the organisers, and feel free to pop into school with any questions. We hope to see as many students, families and community members there as possible – it’s bound to be a fantastic day out!

Junior Infants went to Chapters on Parnell Street to use our World Book Day vouchers this week and enjoyed browsing all the amazing books we could choose from.

Rutland N.S has received an award for being a Changemaker school and is now part of the Changemaker Schools Network!

A Changemaker is someone with the skills and confidence to lead change in their home, school and community.

The 4 pillars of a Changemaker school are empathy, leadership, creativity and teamwork.
The DCU Changemaker Schools Network is a social innovation initiative to help primary school teachers and students across Ireland to put in place and lead programmes of change in their respective schools and wider communities to address societal challenges. Well done to all staff and students!

Follow this link to learn more

https://www.dcu.ie/dcu-changemaker-schools-network/what-changemaker