Dear Parents/Guardians,

A reminder that our first ever PSA social event and fundraising event takes place at 7:30pm this Thursday at The Goat Bar & Grill.

This is a great opportunity to meet other parents from your child's clan and year group and also raise some much needed funds for the school.

You can register for the Pub Quiz by purchasing one or more ticket(s) to join a table of four through the Shop on the school app.  

If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute there is a donate option on the Shop too.

There are some great prizes to give away on the night and raffle tickets can also be purchased prior to the event.

We look forward to meeting you all on the night.

Kind regards

Goatstown ETSS

Dear Parents/Guardians

We look forward to meeting new parents at our upcoming fundraising event on Thursday, November 17th. Raffle and lots of prizes to be won.  

Please support this PSA event by emailing psa@goatstownetss.ie to book a table or let us know if you would like to be added to a table.

All welcome.

Kind regards

PSA Committee

Dear Parents/Guardians,

A reminder that our first ever PSA social event and fundraising event takes place at 7:30pm this Thursday at the The Goat Bar & Grill.

This is great opportunity to meet other parents from your child's clan or year group and also raise some much needed funds for the school.

You can register by purchasing one or more ticket(s) to join a table of four through the Shop on the school app.  

If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute there is a donate option on the Shop too.

There are some great prizes to give away on the night and raffle tickets can also be purchased prior to the event.

We look forward to meeting you all on the night.

Kind regards

Goatstown ETSS

Dear First Year parents/guardians,

A reminder that your child's preferences for option subjects must be inputted into VSware by tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.  Students will begin studying their option subjects on Thursday 10th.  If you have any difficulty with accessing VSware please contact the office.  Thank you for your support.

Please see original notice below for further detail:

It is now time for your child to select their subject preferences for their option subjects and for you to input this information into VSware (see Student Options) before November 9th.  

The option blocks are as follows:

Option Block 1:  Applied Technology OR Music OR Visual Art OR German

Students should select their preferences from 1-4, with 1 being the subject they would most like to study.

Short Course: Coding OR Artistic Performance OR Climate Action OR  Philosophy

Again, students should select their preferences from 1-4, with 1 being the subject they would most like to study.

Option Block 2:  Business Studies OR Graphics OR Home Economics

And finally, students should select their preferences from 1-3 for this block.

Please note the following:

• To support your child in choosing their option subjects from the option blocks above please find attached a guide on each of the subjects.
• Practical Subjects such as Applied Technology are capped at 24. This is a Department of Education decision and not a Goatstown ETSS choice.
• We acknowledge that some subjects will be more popular than others. In the case of an oversubscribed subject, the fairest way to manage this is a lottery. The students who don't get their first choice will then be moved to their second choice and so on.
• Please ensure you can log in to and access your VSware account now. All parents should have been notified of log in details by SMS text on October 13th.  Please contact the office if you have any issues with log in.

Kind regards

Goatstown ETSS

Smoking and Vaping:

Although we haven't had an issue with smoking or vaping in our school yet, there are an increasing number of secondary schools where vaping, in particular, has become problematic. I am writing to remind the school community that smoking and vaping are illegal on the school premises and that possession and, or supply of vaping/ smoking products or apparatus will be dealt with severly by the school. Behaviour of this kind will normally result in suspension from school.

Visiting Students:

Students are also reminded that pupils of other schools may not be on the school premises at any time unless accompanied by a visiting teacher as part of a pre-arranged and school approved activity.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Browner

To all parents/guardians,

A reminder that our 'Towards Senior Cycle/Transition Year and Leaving Cert' Panel Discussion takes place this evening at 19:00 in the school hall.

The purpose of this discussion is to consider a range of issues pertinent to our school as it grows from focussing on Junior Cycle to a school which offers Transition Year and Senior Cycle.  Please read the attached notice for more information on the event including an introduction to our four panelists for the evening.

Kind regards

Goatstown ETSS

A reminder to all those who have a child in Sixth Class that the school will be accepting applications for First Year 2023 from Saturday (October 1st) via our school website for a period of three weeks.  Siblings qualify under Priority Category 1.

We would also appreciate you bringing information about our Open Night on Monday October 10th, from 17:30 to 19:30, to the attention of anyone you feel might be interested. 

All details with regard to applications for First Year 2023 are available in the Admissions Notice and in the School Admissions Policy on the school website.

Kind regards

Goatstown ETSS