Your contribution makes a big difference! Thank you
Welcome to the St John the Baptist Primary Schools Cashel Fundraiser lotto. This is a fundraising initiative and the money raised will be used to directly support your children's education by helping us purchase resources for our schools that would be generally outside the scope of our school budgets.
Girls’ Primary School - we hope to purchase 55 interactive tablets. There are currently 10 tablets in the school, and these are shared between 13 classes. The purchase of 55 tablets would mean that each class could have 5 tablets per class for their exclusive use. The tablets would then be used for group work and station teaching giving every child regular access to this technology. Interactive devices are an invaluable resource to support the teaching of literacy, numeracy, science, technology and the new subjects that will be part of the revised curriculum being rolled out over the next number of years. We live in the age of technology and therefore as a school we must prepare our pupils for the world in which they will live. Your support for the joint fundraising initiative with the Boys School would be greatly appreciated.
Boys’ National School – we hope to purchase resources for our school that would be generally outside the scope of our school budgets. These resources will include Information Technology, Sports & Playground equipment, Science/Engineering/Maths materials & additional Literacy supports.
The first major project that the fundraising lotto will support is the purchase of equipment for the enclosed soft play area that forms part of the new extension. The soft play surface itself will be funded as part of the overall project, but all equipment for this wonderful new space will need to be purchased by the school.
We intend for the soft play area to be filled with outdoor play equipment which will aid regulation, spark creativity and promote physical exercise and fundamental movement skills.
Specialist equipment and apparatuses like a sunken trampoline and metal basket swing are very expensive and so we’re hoping to partially pay for this equipment using monies raised from this joint fundraising venture with our neighbors in the girls’ school.
We will keep you updated about what we have been able to purchase so you can see the positive benefit of your support.
We hope that the weekly option of one line for €2.50 will allow everybody to contribute. Other options include two lines for €4 or a maximum of three lines per week for €5. Whatever your budget allows, all support would be hugely appreciated.
Please pass the word on and invite friends and family.
Go raibh maith agaibh/thank you very much.
Mary Andrews (GPS Principal) & Will Ryan (BNS Principal)