David Gunning, CEO of Coillte, hands our 3rd Green flag to a member of the Green Council.
Patron AGM
The patron of GBMDS will hold its AGM on Thursday the 17th of June. If you wish to join the patron to be eligible to vote on the night, a form must be filled out and submitted before the 21st May. Motions need to be submitted by 2.30 on the 21st May.
Enrolments
We have now updated our Enrolment Policy, with effect from 2013. There are therefore two policies on our system now - one for applications up to and including 2012 and the other for applications from 2013 onwards. Please see both policies on on our enrolment page.
Our Mission Statement
We at Griffith Barracks Multi-Denominational School celebrate and embrace difference and work towards creating a learning atmosphere that is all-inclusive and non-discriminatory.
Teachers and Parents will work together to maintain a friendly family-style atmosphere while encouraging the children to do their best in a variety of ways. We believe that all children have much to contribute and we will try to provide each child with the opportunity to discover and develop his/her talents.
We recognise the importance of local action within the global environmental context and work to improve our local environment.
Overview
As with all Educate Together schools, the school is founded on four core principles:
- It is Multi-Denominational, i.e. open to all children of all or no religions, and the social, cultural and religious background of each class is to be equally respected.
- It is Co-Educational, i.e. the school is open to boys and girls on an equal basis ensuring that they are actively integrated, and sexual stereotyping is avoided, both in attitude and teaching materials.
- It is Child-Centred, i.e. the school aims to be a place where a child's quest for growth, self-development and knowledge is fully acknowledged, facilitated and encouraged.
- It is Democratically Run i.e. it is run by management committees, which are democratically elected and run, and the involvement of all parents is sought and encouraged.
The school follows the Revised National Curriculum as laid out by the Department of Education and Science. As we are restricted for PE, we go swimming for 6 weeks, as part of the PE curriculum. We use the hall in the National Stadium beside us for P.E. for some of the year and the rest of the time we use the playground for outdoor games and activities and basketball. We also have a number of after school activities. This year (2008/09) we have Drama, Soccer, Irish Dancing, Gaelic, Hurling, Guitar, Ball Skills, Basketball, Art and Craft and Athletics (last term only).
if you are looking for information on enrolling a child in the school for any of the coming years, please do so. We take Junior Infants and older children, if there is space in the class they are looking for..
