Active Week 2019

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Active Week DPETNS 11th– 16th February Since our return to school on January 7th we have been focusing on different aspects of wellbeing and positive mental health. We are finishing off next week with an emphasis on the benefits of physical exercise on our overall wellbeing. We launched active week with a 10@10 on Friday 8th February. Every morning … Read more

Thank You to Portrane Athletic FC

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While most of the school community were unwrapping presents and perhaps munching on chocolates, some very brave members and friends of the Over 35’s team from Portrane Athletic FC were gathering on Donabate Beach for a Christmas morning swim. They braved the icy water to raise money for Children with Autism and Additional needs in … Read more

Aistear

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Senior Infants having been working hard at Aistear since September. To date we have explored the themes of; School, The Woodlands and The Vet. Aistear is play based learning where all children work together to develop  their team building and communication skills. Here are some of Patricia’s class hard at work. Under this theme every … Read more

First Class Sing Song

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Meaghan’s First Class were very lucky to have Luka’s dad, Killian, come and visit us with his guitar on Monday. We had lots of fun singing and dancing while Killian played songs for us on his guitar. We sang lots of songs, from Jingle Bells to Shotgun and even our class favourite, Baby Shark! We … Read more

Museum Visits!

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  On our school trip for December we went to various different locations. The first exciting place we went to was the National Art Gallery. There we met our lovely tour guide Jennifer. First, we went into a big room with a huge painting that had a dog (Rodney stone) and a portrait of the … Read more

Being Buoyant!!!

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On Monday the 26th of November, we were given the task to design and make a boat. This boat had to float (obviously) and hold “passengers” (coins).These boats had to be in on Monday the following week. All the boats brought in on Monday  were one of a kind. Some were made of LEGO, others … Read more