Well done to all the children who brought in shoeboxes for the Team Hope shoebox appeal this year - almost 150 shoeboxes - by far our biggest collection ever!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Internet Safety workshop yesterday evening.

Some very useful tips and info from Zeeko below...

Noeline Haylett will be shipping backpacks and school bags to Ghana after Christmas, so we are asking parents to start saving old or spare school bags they may have so that we can donate to Noeline and her great work with school children in Africa.

We ask that you keep any school bags, back packs or rucksacks you may have close to hand at home and we will notify you of the dates you can bring them to the school (just before Chr...

Each class will enjoy a 'Be a Planet Champion' Climate Change Workshop with Declan Holmes of Science Ireland TOMORROW Friday 8th November.

Here in Newport National School we have worked closely with Karin Huber and Rosemarie Mason who help children to co-ordinate the body and brain systems through a series of 'move to learn' exercises.  They design individual programmes which are adapted to work with the developmental stages of each child.  Their interventions have been used to benefit many of our pupils.

We hosted an information evening last March which...

Internet Safety and Cyber-bullying... Vincent from ZEEKO EDUCATION will host a workshop for parents about Internet Safety and Cyberbullying. 

You should register if you wish to attend by calling Fiona on 098 41442 so that we set out enough seats and have enough printed material ready for you.

The workshop takes place on MONDAY 11 November at 7:00pm in the School Hall. 

During the day on 11 Nov, workshops will also be he...

What a terrifyingly great effort everybody made!

UPDATE: Shoeboxes will be collected MONDAY AFTERNOON 11th NOVEMBER

Please return your shoeboxes this week as they will be collected at the end of the week

Just a reminder that the school is CLOSED tomorrow Wednesday as the staff are obliged to attend statutory In-Service training

We will re-open Thursday 7th November

The Parent Association are asking new parents to get involved...

Dear Parents,

Newport NS Parent Association are looking for new parents to come on board and help raise much needed funds to enhance the children’s learning experience.

If you are interested in becoming a member and willing to give up some of your time, please fill out and return a consent slip to the school secretary.

Kind regards,

Newport NS Parent Association

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