We are delighted to announce that the school has been selected to take part in a Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)  project of twinning a limited number of Irish schools with an international partner school. Only ten Irish schools have been chosen for this project. 

We have been twinned with Mapanga Primary School in Tanzania.

Green schools or ECO schools -as they are known outside Ireland- can be found in 64 countries throughout the world.  This is a fantastic opportunity for Irish schools to develop work on sustainability issues and for taking forward their plans on the sustainable development goals. 

There are two Gaelic Football matches this week. 

• Tuesday 21st March @ 2:00pm. Senior team vs Thornleigh ETNS. Venue: Fingallians 
• Thursday 23rd March @ 2:30pm. Junior team vs Loughshinny NS. Venue: Loughshinny (please note change of venue)

Well done to the senior football team on a very good performance in their first match of the season against Hedgestown NS. The game was played with great sportsmanship by both teams.

The team won their first game and play Bellewstown NS in their next game in the Man O'War. 

It is with deep sadness that the Board of Management, Staff & Pupils learned of the death of Richard (Flash) Dunne. Richard was a past caretaker in the school. 

We would like to pass on our deepest sympathies to his family and friends. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam dilis. 

Skerries Community College Parents Association are hosting a cybersafety talk on Wednesday 1st March at 7:30 pm.  The talk is entitled: "Cybersafety: What Every Parent Should Know" and is delivered by Pat McKenna of childwatch.ie

Tickets are available from Skerries Bookshop or the office in Skerries Community College and are €5.

Emer Clarke, Road Safety Promotion Officer with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) will visit the school tomorrow; Tuesday 14th February.

This is a new service offered by the RSA.  She will deliver a programme to all classes which tackles all elements of road safety including walking, cycling and the practicing of safe road behaviour in general. 

Wildlife expert Eanna Ni Lamhna will visit the school this Friday 10th February. Eanna works with both primary and post primary schools and is well known for her television and radio work.  She has been a member of the panel on the RTE 'Mooney Goes Wild' programme since 1994.

Eanna likes to bring the children out into the local environment, around the school or within walking distance to explore what trees, flowers, birds and creepy crawlies live there.  The children use umbrellas, nets, pooters and jars to catch and study the wildlife, returning them once again of course!

Back in the classroom, the children discuss the wildlife that they found -their life-cycles and their habitats.