On Thursday March 7th we held a meeting for parents on the topic of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE). The meeting was very well attended with over 50 parents joining us on the night. Eimear Cole made a short presentation on the RSE curriculum and I spoke as Principal Teacher about some of the issues … Read more
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral is in Dublin and it has all sorts of interesting stuff in it like paper leaves, bells and a weird ancient door. The black bell was given by the French as a gift for letting the French use the Cathedral. The paper leaves look pretty but there is a deeper meaning within: … Read more
Our annual community Fun Run will take place on Friday 5th April at 2:45pm. All welcome. The run will start and finish at DPETNS, with the route taking runners through Donabate and the grounds of Newbridge Demesne. You an register online here, or at the school on the day. Please arrive by 2:35pm if you … Read more
We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday March 07th in DPETNS with an array of different activities. The school was a hive of activity with books being celebrated in a range of ways. Bunting Competition Children were invited to participate in a ‘Bunting Competition’ using their illustration skills to represent their favourite book or character … Read more
We are inviting students to take part in a Short Story Competition held by RTE Guide and Puffin books. The winning story will be published in the RTE Guide, and its author will win an e-reader and a hamper of books. Entries can be submitted electronically or by post. Ruth and Aileen will collect entries to … Read more
Buddies practice their building skills for Engineering Week!
The soccer season got off to a great start today. The girls team were up against St. Mary’s today and had an impressive 9-0 win. The team showed great passing and with lots of the girls getting goals. The girls played fantastic and showed wonderful sportsmanship. Best of luck to the boys in their first … Read more
Ger’s Fifth Class organsied a Tóraíocht Taisce for our class. It was great fun being outside and all over the school. We had to try solve some tricky clues to find out information. It was great to spend some time with our buddies and we even managed to teach them cúpla focal ourselves.
Engineer’s Week ran from Monday 4th March until Friday 8th. Senior Infants were very busy looking at the different types of bridges that can be built and trying to make a structure stable enough for a toy car to safely pass over it. We looked at long beam bridges, arch bridges and truss bridges. It … Read more
