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Home School Community Liaison

Cathal Twaddle

Assembly Schedule 2023

Dates                             Classes                           Theme
13/01/23                        5th                                   Music – Song singing
20/01/23                        Senior Infants                  Kindness
27/01/23                        3rd                                    Art
10/02/23                        Junior Infants                   Naturalistic Intelligence
24/02/23                        6th                                   Showing Respect
03/02/23                       2nd                                   Handwriting
10/03/23                       4th                                    Gaeilge
24/03/23                       1st                                     Learn Together
28/03/23                                        GRANDPARENTS DAY
31/03/23                                                      CHOIR
21/04/23                     Senior Infants                   Caring for the Env
28/04/23                     3rd                                    Ethics
05/05/23                     Junior Infants                   Signs of Summer
12/05/23                      6th                                   Friendship                     
19/05/23                     2nd                                   Creative Writing
26/05/23                     5th                                    STEAM
02/06/23                     1st                                    Literacy
16/06/23                     Senior Infants                   Being Helpful
23rd June 2023                                              CHOIR
29th June 2023                             GRADUATION – 3pm – 5pm ​
 
 
Assembly will take place at 9.15 outside weather permitting and parents of children who receive award and classes preforming will be invited. Tea and coffee will be provided for parents beforehand in the Parents’ room.




Winter Performance and open classroom morning with infants

Winter Fair 2022

There was a great buzz around the school this past few weeks as the Parents' Council organised the return of our annual Winter Fare. Thank you to everyone who helped in any way and also thank you to all of the Parents who came out to support the day. A great day was had by all. 

Soup Day 2022

There was great excitement in the school with the return of our annual soup day this year. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to help make the day a day to remember with special mention to our chief chef Michael Bartley!

Assembly Dates


Hello everyone, here are the Assembly dates for the Christmas Term. You are all welcome to join me for a tea/coffee beforehand in the Parents room. Looking forward to seeing you!

                                           Class                                 Date                            Time
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                                          Junior Infants          28 October                        9.15am
                                          6th Class                  11 November                    9.15am
                                          2nd Class                 18 November                    9.15am
                                          5th Class                  25 November                    9.15am
                                          1st Class                    9 December                    9.15am
                                          Choir                        16 December                     9.15am


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Hello Everyone,

My name is Cathal Twaddle and I am the new HSCL in Thornleigh E.T.N.S. It gives me great pleasure to take on this exciting role which allows me the privilege to work with every family in our school. Should you have any queries about supporting your child's education, accessing adult courses or general school life please get in touch. I would love to hear from you.
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Email: ctwaddle@thornleighet.com
Mob: 0862282914

Attendance Award - Star Prize - A NEW BIKE!

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Congratulations to Marko in 1st class who won a brand new bicycle for perfect attendance and punctuality. He was one of the many students who was entered into the attendance raffle each month.

Would you like a chance to win a brand new bike next year? If so, arrive at school on time and attend every day in the month and you will be entered into the raffle which takes place at the end of the school year.  

Multicultural Day & 
Thornleigh's 10 Year Anniversary 

 A massive THANK YOU to all the parents, grandparents, guardians and teachers who prepared food for our annual Multicultural Day & 10 Year Anniversary. It was fantastic to see so many varieties of different food from every corner of the world!  Also, a special thanks to the members of the Parents Association and the chef, Michael, for their their hard work and professionalism on the day. Without them, the day would not have been the great success it turned out to be. 

Christmas Fair 2017 

HaLLOWEEN Fair 2017 


ANNUAL SOUP DAY - Sep 29th 2017 

Soup Day took place on Friday 29th September in the Parent's Room. A huge number of parents and grandparents turned out to ensure all the children were fed delicious healthy soup in record time! I would like to thank all the parents who helped with the preparation of the soup we couldn't possibly have run this event without you and a special mention to Das and Samuel our chefs for making the soup extra tasty!

adult classes in thornleigh - aUTUMN 2017 

Child Development Classes for Parents 

Child Development Classes for parents will start on Friday 10th November from 9am to 12am. 

DRAMA CLASSES FOR PARents 

Drama Classes for parents will start on Tuesday 3rd October from 9am-11am. 

Spanish Classes for parents

Spanish Classes for parents will start again on Wednesday the 27th of September from 8:45am-9:45am. Cost per class €2.

english classes for parents

English Classes for parents will start on  the 4th of October from 9am-10am. The cost per class is €2 and classes will run for 6 weeks.

HSCL (2016 - 2017) 

parents vs teachers soccer match

Our annual Parents vs Teachers Soccer Match took place last Friday the 7th of October. In what can only be described as a game of two halves the teachers stormed into a 5-0 half time lead inspired by the attacking play of Kameel, Maurette and Caitríona. The parents must have had some harsh words for each other at half time as they fought back superbly inspired by Goodluck, Ayo and Georgina to level the match at 6-6 forcing penalties. In what was a tense shoot out it fell to Gráinne to score the winning penalty and return the Thornleigh Cup to the teachers after a 3 year absence. Well done to all the players on a very entertaining and sporting match. Also a big Thank You to Kevin who organised the barbeque and Paul who organised the medals, pitch and referee. 
​See you all in October 2017 when the Parents will be out for revenge I'm sure.

halloween fair

This year's Halloween Fair will be held on Sunday the 23rd of October. The Halloween Fair will be on from 3-5pm. 
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Free activities on the day will include – Spider Blow; Ring Toss; Gooey Surprise; and other Halloween Games.
Face Painting; Nail Art, Haunted House and Henna Art will be available at a cost of 1-3 tokens.
Tokens cost 1 for €1 or 8 for €5 and can be purchased on the day.
 
The Pumpkin Carving, Fancy Dress and Crazy Hair competitions are all free to enter.
Coffee, Tea and Cakes will also be available free of charge. If you would like to bake some cakes for this event for the cake stall all donations will be greatly appreciated and can be brought along on the day.
 
Cost of a ticket per family is €5 and tickets are available to be bought from the Parent’s Room every morning this week. Family Ticket includes one free entry for each child into the Haunted House.
 
Hope to see you all there,

active Fortnight

Active Fortnight will start on Monday the 23rd of May. During these 2 weeks the children will be involved in a number of extra physical Activities. 
Junior Sports Day will take place on Wednesday the 25th of May.
Senior Sports Day will take place on Thursday the 26th of May.
Junior Sponsored Cycle takes place on Wednesday the 1st of June.
Senior Sponsored Cycle takes place on Thursday the 2nd June.
All parents are welcome to come along and help out or take part in these events. If you would like to get involved please talk to David.

The children will also have extra PE lessons for these 2 weeks coached by parents with qualifications in different sports.
We would also encourage families to walk or cycle to school for these 2 weeks. 

Flag Raising ceremony and Traditional Irish Breakfast Day

A Big Thank You to all the parents who made the 'Traditional Irish Breakfast Day such a huge success. A special mention goes to Michael our head chef for the day and Kevin for his kind donations.

Halloween Fun Fair

Halloween fun day took place on Saturday 24th of November in the school hall with fun for all the family. The kids enjoyed the day with Halloween games, Cupcake Decoration, Colouring table, Face Painting and A Haunted House which proved to be the biggest success of the day. While the children were off enjoying themselves the parents could relax, have a cup of tea or coffee and a chat with other parents and socialize inside the school community.

Home School Community Liaison Co-ordinator

​Hello! I’m Dave Donegan and I am the Home School Community Liaison Co-Ordinator for Thornleigh Educate Together National School.



This is my second year working in this role and I am delighted to be working with such a fantastic group of parents and staff who are all hugely committed to the children’s education. If you have any questions or queries involving your child's education, Parent's Classes or events we are running in the school please feel free to contact me by e-mail: daviddthornleigh@gmail.com or by phone:   086 – 2282914.

My role as H.S.C.L.C. involves:

• Visiting parents/guardians in their homes;
• Organising courses, talks or meetings for parents/guardians in the school;
• Involving parents/guardians in their children’s education;
• Encouraging closer ties between teachers, schools and the parents/guardians;
• Encouraging parents/guardians to participate in classroom projects with teachers, such as Gardening Club, Shared Reading/Literacy Programmes, Maths for Fun and Science for Fun.

 H.S.C.L. announcements or information can also be found on the whiteboard in the yard.

Parent's Vs Teachers soccer Match

Congratulations to the Parent's Soccer team who were victorious over the Teachers. The match was played in splendid conditions in Swords Celtic and was a closely fought contest throughout. Múinteoir Paddy gave the teacher's a half time lead of 1-0. However the parents laid siege to the Teacher's goal in the second half and thanks to strikes from Emil (2) and Jay the parents emerged victorious on a scoreline of 3-1. The winning team was - Harold; Damian; Kamile; Shiv; Jay; Paul; Mick; Zoltan; Ionut; Krzysztof and Paul.
All the players and supporters enjoyed the refreshments afterwards that were sponsored by - Roganstown hotel and Country Club; Hannigans Butchers and Glanmore. Thank you also to Boglarka; Emily and Jane for preparing the refreshments and Brian for transporting the BBQ to the pitch from the school.
And last but not least a BIG THANK YOU to Paul for organising the venue, medals, jerseys and trophy.

Soup Day

This years annual Soup Day such a great success. We kicked off peeling and chopping the vegetables at 8:30am and were feeding the last of the 300 plus children by 1:30pm. It was a long but extremely enjoyable day, with everybody agreeing that the soup was delicious. 
A BIG THANK YOU to the Parents and Grandparent who helped out on the day - Mihaiela; Caroline; Agnieszka; Kasia; Adriana; Marjeta; Lisa; Mihaly; Beata; Shaojun; Pam; Marzena; Inese; Dorota; Justyna; Sabequn-nahar; Airisa; Kevin and our chef Ramus.
Photos of the day can be seen on class pages and in the Gallery.

Classes for Parents

​​Arts and Crafts
An Arts and Crafts course for parents started on the 17th September from 8:45am-10:45am in the Parent's Room. This is a FREE course which will run for 8 weeks. If you are interested com along and join in the fun.
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English Classes
There are English Classes for Beginners and Improvers every Thursday from 2;15pm-3:15pm. For more information please talk to David (HSCL)

Career Planning Course
Started on Monday 5th of October in St. Finnians from 9:30am-11:30am. This course is free and runs for 6 weeks.

Community Development Course
Started on Wednesday 7th of October in the Parent's Room from 10:00am-12;30am. This course is free and runs for 6 weeks.

Mindfulness and Wellbeing Course
Every Tuesday from 8:45am-10:00am in the Parent's Room.
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