After School Clubs start next week!

Our After School Clubs Schedule for Term 1 of 2015/2016 School Year has been finalised.

We are running a variety of After School Clubs in the school this term (highlighted in green). Each term costs €20 and consists of a 10 week block. Places are offered on a first come first served basis. Payment for classes will start on Monday 7th of September @ 8.20am. Fees for classes must be paid and permission slips signed to reserve a place. Please see below details for each club. Classes will run from 21st September – 4th December. Wednesday classes will run until 9th December due to school closure on 30th September at 12 noon.

External classes have fixed prices and are paid directly to external teachers (Only Live Laugh Learn Drama ASC can be paid in the office). All external classes are highlighted in blue.

Junior Activities:

Classes: Junior and Senior Infants

Day/Time: Mondays 1.10pm – 2pm

Teacher: Aoife

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 21st September – 31st November 2015

Description of Club: This is a fun filled club with a range of different activities over the ten weeks, including Maths for Fun, Reading, Arts and Crafts, Role Play, Movement Activities and Project Work.

Number of places available in club: 15

CBOI – Peace Proms Choir 1st – 3rd Class

Classes: 1st – 3rd Class

Day/Time: Mondays 2.10pm – 3pm

Teacher: Emer

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 21st September – 31st November 2015

Description of Club: The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) plays a vital role in enhancing Music and Arts Education in Ireland and beyond through their Peace Proms program. Peace Proms is a choral education program which impacts 20,000 primary school children in Ireland and Northern Ireland. This programme is recognised as Ireland’s most valuable Arts Education initiative , and Powerstown ETNS is part of this fantastic programme. The themes for Peace Proms 2016 are Friendship, Bravery, the Power of the Dream, Peace and Harmony. Children will be taught a unique blend of symphonic traditional and folk music, which evokes the rich heritage and culture of Ireland. The core message of universal peace remains central to the music and the mission of the CBOI Peace Proms programme. Children will travel to perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in the RDS in January / February 2016.

Number of places available in club: 15

CBOI – Peace Proms Choir 4th – 6th Class

Classes: 4th – 6th Class

Day/Time: Mondays 2.10pm – 3pm

Teacher: Elaine

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 21st September – 31st November 2015

Description of Club: The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) plays a vital role in enhancing Music and Arts Education in Ireland and beyond through their Peace Proms program. Peace Proms is a choral education program which impacts 20,000 primary school children in Ireland and Northern Ireland. This programme is recognised as Ireland’s most valuable Arts Education initiative , and Powerstown ETNS is part of this fantastic programme. The themes for Peace Proms 2016 are Friendship, Bravery, the Power of the Dream, Peace and Harmony. Children will be taught a unique blend of symphonic traditional and folk music, which evokes the rich heritage and culture of Ireland. The core message of universal peace remains central to the music and the mission of the CBOI Peace Proms programme. Children will travel to perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in the RDS in January / February 2016.

Number of places available in club: 15

Science – Young Scientist Exhibiition 4th – 6th Class

Classes: 4th – 6th Class

Day/Time: Tuesdays 2.10pm – 3pm

Teacher: Emma

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 22nd September – 1st December 2015

Description of Club: Children in 4th – 6th class are invited to create scientifc projects in an after school club that focus on the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and will be given the opportunity to apply to display projects at the RDS Primary Science Fair. The RDS Primary Science Fair provides a public forum for Powerstown ETNS to showcase their class STEM projects, receive feedback from experts in the field and learn from viewing other projects at a major exhibition, the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

Polish

Classes: Junior & Senior Infants

Day/Time: Wednesdays 1.10pm – 2pm

Teacher: Anna

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 23rd September – 2nd December 2015

Description of Club: Children in Junior and Senior Infants are invited to participate in Polish Language Classes with Anna. Anna is a qualified Polish teacher in Poland and has also taught in the Polish Academy in the city centre. Classes will have a primary focus on langauge skills, but will also include a range of activities such as maths games, shared reading etc through Polish.

GAA

Classes: 1st – 3rd Class

Day/Time: Wednesdays 2.10pm – 3pm

Teacher: Andy & Larry

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 23rd September – 9th December 2015

Description of Club: Children (boys and girls) will develop their Gaelic Football skills with weekly training sessions with Andy and our local GAA coach Larry. Children will also play competitive matches against local schools. Weekly attendance at training is essential as we will be selecting teams for matches.

Ted Talks – Public Speaking

Classes: 4th – 6th Class

Day/Time: Wednesdays 2.10pm – 3pm

Teacher: Cróna & Helena

Cost: €20 for term of 10 weeks

Start / End date: 23rd September – 9th December 2015

Description of Club: After our success in the Primary Debating League over the last 2 years we have decided to develop a Ted Ed Club in Powerstown ETNS. This programme, which supports presentation literacy in schools, has already been embraced by hundreds of educators and students around the globe and will allow for a larger number of participants in the club.

What are the goals of a TED-Ed Club?!
• To stimulate and celebrate creative ideas put forth by students from all over the world.
• To work with a generation of problem solvers, critical thinkers and innovators to make the world a better place
• To connect groups of students of all different backgrounds around the world.
• To be a platform for student ideas.
• To support students in developing presentation and public speaking skills, so that their ideas can be more easily seen, understood, shared and acted upon.
• To make an idea—developed, presented and recorded by a student—a valuable reference point on a resume, college application or in a job interview.

What do meetings look like?

• Students watching and vigorously discussing TED Talks and TED-Ed Lessons
• The signature activity of a TED-Ed Club is students sharing, debating and discussing the ideas presented in TED Talks and TED-Ed Lessons.
• Students developing and presenting their own ideas through TED-style talks
• The TED-Ed Club meeting structure is designed to support students in taking influence from
• TED speakers, and ultimately developing and presenting big ideas based on their own passions.
• Students will also gain skills in storytelling/storyboarding, production, and creating visuals that communicate their ideas clearly.
• TED-Ed is committed to celebrating great student ideas by sharing student presentations and stories with the world via the award-winning web platform, ed.ted.com.

Connect with TED-Ed Clubs around the world

• TED-Ed Clubs represent thousands of student groups from around the world actively pursuing and presenting their ideas.
• When you join PETNS TED-Ed Club you’ll be connected to groups around the world.
• If children see others engaging in an activity that excites them, students are encouraged to adopt it for our own TED-Ed Club.

Students creating TED-Ed style animations

• Another increasingly important skill set is the ability to illustrate one’s big ideas. Animation is a fantastic and fun medium for acquiring and exercising this artistic skill. TED-Ed Club members will be supported in developing a variety of animations skills including storyboarding, character design, stop motion animation and visualizing abstract ideas.

Live Laugh Learn – Drama Specialist After School Clubs

Thursdays 1.10pm – 2pm: Junior and Senior Infants

Thursdays 2.10pm – 3pm: 1st – 6th Class

Classes start on Thursday 10th September.

The fee for each term is €50. Each term consists of 8 weeks.

What is Speech and Drama?

What is Speech & Drama?​ Speech & Drama classes have transformed greatly from the era of “this, that, these and those. That’s the way the ‘th’ goes!”. Speech and Drama is now much more concerned with the inner development of the student whilst concentrating on disciplines such as improvisation technique, mime, the spoken word, voice production, breath control, confidence building, the ability to emphatise/sympathise and the ability to de-centre through fun, interactive and engaging lessons.

For more information go to http://www.livetolaughandlearn.com, phone Dominic 0852114450, email 3lsdrama@gmail.com

HIP HOP & JAZZ CLASSES

Tuesdays 1.10pm – 2pm: Junior Infants & Senior Infants

Tuesdays 2.10pm – 3pm : 1st – 6th Class

Classes start on Tuesday 15th September 2015.

Cost is €75 per term of 10 weeks

To book a place please contact Jill on 0876959762 or email jilloneilldance@gmail.com

Please note that this is an external after school club. Bookings and payments cannot be taken in the office.

For more information go to http://jilloneillschoolofdance.com/

Hibernian Academy of Music (HAM)

The Hibernia Academy believe all students should recieve the best music education possible at a realistic price. All abilities and ages are catered for. HAM teachers are available to talk to parents at any stage during the year. Just arrange a time with the teacher and they will happy to discuss your child’s progress at a suitable time.

Music education spills into many areas of the child’s life. It can help with concentration, coordination, confidence and it also gives them good team building skills.

Children have received letters home. These forms need to be completed and returned to class teachers as soon as possible. There will be an option of individual and group classes and also the option to rent musical instruments.

Dates and times for classes will be confirmed by HAM once forms are returned and processed. For further information please phone 01 8203198 / 085 8242396 / 087 6450549 / hiberniaacademy@gmail.com.

Cost: approx. €7 per lesson. Instruments can be rented at a fee of no more than €4 per week