Programme Junior School Cookery Global Feast Jnr & Intermediate Sports Jnr & Inter Events North Dublin Arts Festival Intermediate School Senior School Senior Sports Guidance Learning Resource Library               Search Site Map          Sutton Park Junior School        A Message from Geraldine McGuire, Principal of Sutton Park Junior School Ms Geraldine McGuire MA in Education Principal of Junior School Welcome to Sutton Park Junior School pages. I hope that you enjoy viewing the work of our children as much as we enjoy teaching them. Every day our pupils are presented with opportunities to develop socially, emotionally and intellectually within this caring community. We ensure that all pupils receive a broad and balanced integrated curriculum. The well equipped Resource Room on the first floor allows staff and pupils to engage more fully in the practical side of the science curriculum and to include Cookery classes in a broad curriculum. All pupils visit the Library regularly and enjoy the Sports facilities during their timetabled P.E. classes. In Sutton Park Junior School we aim to provide a happy, safe, secure and welcoming environment in which all pupils are encouraged to reach their full potential showing respect and love for one another.        We are a small school with small classes and our curriculum must and does reflect a personalised, cutstom made programme for Sutton Park School. A good curriculum must be flexible to allow for individual needs and an ever-changing society. The curriculum is all that the children encounter in School, formally and informally, intentinally and unintentionally which guides the academic, moral, social, physical and emotional development of the child. As a community we celebrate success in ongoing displays of work and at regular assemblies. We support and affirm each other within the Community. We encourage our responsibility as a community through a variety of charitable work; in the local community, the wider community in Ireland and overseas. We unite as a community through chosen themes, which reflects an acknowledgement of the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge. Integration within the curriculum is an essential component of enriched learning, it can help in the promotion of higher order thinking skills and allows a teacher to revisit content areas of the curriculum. Integration is a productive exercise in that it gives the children different perspectives and a greater depth of understanding of the same concepts. Integration facilitates a variety of learning styles and allows the use of different methodologies and assessment tools. When planning, each teacher will look across the syllabus and aim to integrate subject content wherever possible. We aim through the curriculum to ensure that the children become confident, articulate, caring, respectful, reflective, independent, inquisitive, creative, motivated, proud, well balanced, critical thinkers and problem solvers. We aim to educate the whole child to deal with the challenges of the present and the future. A Sutton Park student will have the confidence to deal with any difficulties they may encounter. Sutton Park students will be respectful of themselves, their communities and the environment.        School Hours Junior Infants 8.40 am - 1.15 pm (until after the October Half Term 2009 when the finishing time becomes 2.45pm) Senior Infants - Grade 3        8.40 am - 2.45pm The Junior School closes at 1.15pm on the first Wednesday of each month for a Staff Meeting Curriculum From the outset the children are presented with a very broad and enriched curriculum.                   Wednesday Enrichment Activities 2009/2010 The Curriculum Enrichment Programme operates every Wednesday afternoon from 1.15-2.45pm (except for the first Wednesday of the month which is used for Staff Meetings) and provides the pupils with the opportunity to engage in activities which would not be considered part of the Curriculum. The programme allows for visits to places of interest, learning of new skills and visits by interesting guests. The following charge applies for the Junior School Enrichment Programme held on Wednesdays. € 70.00 (Fee for the year) Please note: Some amendments to the Enrichment Programme have been made (18/01/2010). Apologies for any inconvenience. GMcG Please click here to download Wed Enrichment form.        September 2nd 9th 16th 23rd          Staff Meeting Green X Code & Trip to the beach Hugh Lane SI Chester Beatty G1 Science Gallery - G2 & G3 Hugh Lane G2 Chester Beatty G3 Science Gallery SI & G1                                     30th                                     Hugh Lane G3 Chester Beatty G2 Cookery X2                                              October 7th 14th 21st                   Staff Meeting Good Mood Food with Donal Skehan The Lambert Puppet Theatre          November 4th 11th 18th 25th          Staff Meeting National Gallery (SI) Hugh Lane (G1) Chester Beatty (JI) Cookery x 2 Parent/Teacher Meetings A Taste of India. Culture & Cuisine December 2nd 9th 16th                   Staff Meeting Ice Rink Dundalk Christmas Concert Rehearsal          January 13th 20th 27th                   Staff Meeting New Year Celebrations + Cookery G2 & G3 Knitting Nat Gall (JI) Hugh Lane (G1) Chester Beatty (SI) Cookery G2 & G3 Knitting G2 & G3          February 3rd 10th 17th 24th          Staff Meeting Valentines Day Traditions & Cookery Half Term Croke Park Visit & GAA Museum March 3rd 10th 24th                   Staff Meeting South Africa: Culture & Traditions Knitting G2 & G3 An Intro to astronomy Knitting G2 & G3          April 14th 21st 28th                   Staff Meeting Farm Visit Parent/Teacher Meetings          May 5th 12th 19th 26th          Staff Meeting Trip To The Beach Sports Day Swimming Gala       CODE:       JI - Junior Infants       SI - Senior Infants       G1 - Grade 1       G2 - Grade 2       G3 - Grade 3        Parent Teacher Meetings Channels of communication are very important and the teachers will always make appointments outside official Parent Teacher meetings. Twice a year, in Autumn and Spring, parents are given an appointed time to meet the teachers privately to discuss their child's progress.        All content © 2009 Sutton Park School tel: +353 (0)1 839 9400 For more information on how to contact Sutton Park School, click here. All rights reserved.