Information for families joining North Bay by

Contacting the school

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Your first point of contact is the office - Judy is our school secretary and she will be on hand to answer any questions you may have - you can email the office at reception@northbayetns.com or call on 01 8325536

Our school website

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Our school website has lots of information to help you get to know our school better! Take a look around!

Important school policies

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You will find all our school polices listed here on our website to review.

Take a tour of our school!

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If you have not visited our school yet - take this virtual tour!

Follow our school on Instagram!

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We like to post about whole school activities in our school - it is a good way to connect with all the positive things we do in North Bay

Find out more about Educate Together's ethos

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Educate Together schools operate with four core underpinning principals - we are equality-based, child-centred, co-educational and democratically run.

Educate Together Charter

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An overview of Educate Together for parents

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Permissions

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We will collect permissions at the beginning of each school year through Aladdin for school trips, children walking home unaccompanied, photographs etc.

School Schedule

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Our school gates open at 8.30 and children are welcome to line up on the yard from then. Children are not insured to be on the yard before 8.30. Staff members supervise the yard from 8.30 - 8.40 every morning. At 8.40 the school bell rings and the children walk into the school with their teacher. All children should be in school for 8.40 but we understand that life happens and will always be happy to see your child whenever they arrive.

We have two breaks during the day. Children eat a snack from 10.20-10.30 and go outside to play from 10.30-10.40. They have lunch from 12.00- 12.15 and go outside again from 12.15-12.45. We are a nut free school.

Junior and Senior Infants finish school at 1.20. They can be collected from the door of their classroom. 1st - 6th class finish school at 2.20 and are dismissed from the front of the school by their teachers. Please let us know if there is a change to who is collecting your child; you can do this through Aladdin or by contacting reception@northbayetns.com

Please sign up for Aladdin Connect

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We use Aladdin Connect for home school communication - we have weekly news from the principal, and you can also receive and share messages with the teacher.

You will receive your codes in June - both parents can download the app and sign up. If you have any issues please email reception@northbayetns.com

Hi, I'm Eimear and I'm the principal of North Bay Educate Together NS.

Northbay1 — 2024-06-06 07:16:14 UTC

I'm very excited to welcome you and your children to our school community. This padlet has lots of information to help you get to know our school more. I'm looking forward to meeting you all soon.

Our school calendar for 2026/2027

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You can also view our calendar through the Aladdin Connect App

Do I need to purchase school books? When do I pay school expenses?

Northbay1 — 2024-06-06 07:18:05 UTC

The Department of Education has given a school books grant to alleviate back to school costs for families for the school year 2024-2025. The grant last year was €96 per child, this year it is €80 per child, which will be used to purchase school books, for book rental, online subscriptions and copies. These school supplies will be ordered by the school and given to the children when they return to school in September. The grant does not cover stationary, art supplies, insurance, Aladdin or Educate Together membership and will not fully cover photocopying costs but we are very aware of the financial pressures families are under and will always do our best to keep costs as low as possible. The school will ask families for a payment per child to cover these expenses - this will be issued with the booklists. This payment will be set up through Aladdin. If you have any concern about this payment or any future payments that may come up please contact Eimear in complete confidence.

Hot lunches

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North Bay is part of the pilot Hot Lunches programme. Every child in our school gets a hot lunch which is delivered to their classroom daily free of charge. Our provider is The Lunch Bag. You will be given a code to register your child which will give you access to the menu which your child can order from. There are a number of different options every day including plain pasta and plain rice if your child would prefer that. There is no obligation to order; if you would prefer your child to bring their own lunch please let the school know. We ask that children bring a small snack to eat during first break. There is also the option to order a snack from The Lunch Bag which is delivered to the classroom - this is a paid option. Every child will be provided with their own lunch box to bring home the food container and forks are available in the school or you can choose to send one in with your child to reduce waste.