The children from Lyndsy’s class and Sinéad’s Class enjoyed a visit from the Garda dogs on Wednesday 14th November. Paul, who trains the dogs, told us all about them and the important work they do keeping us safe. You can read more about the work of the Garda dogs at this website. The dogs are … Read more
Thank you to everyone who has been working behind the scenes to get everything ready for our annual WinterFete. Parents have put in hours of work already organising for the big day. This is a really important fundraiser for our school and provides us with the funding we need to properly resource the school. It … Read more
A massive congratulations to all our 6th Class children (and staff) who completed the final mile of the Marathon Kids programme on Wednesday. The classes began their training 8 weeks ago, increasing their running distances as the weeks went on. They had great fun running in the local community in preparation for the final … Read more
Dress-Up Day is always a fantastic success here in DPETNS and this year was no different! We had everything from witches and elephants to superheros and inflatables…. Batman even flew by for a visit. Check out some of our amazing students and staff!!! Have a safe and happy midterm folks and we will see you all … Read more
Blog Post by Aimée’s Sixth Class. Rosh Hashanah (By Jessica) In Learn Together, we learned about the Jewish festival Rosh Hashanah. It starts on the 9th of September to the 11th of September. This is a time for Jewish people to reflect on their mistakes and start fresh. The Jewish people pray by the river … Read more
Well done to Cormac and the team. Three years in a row winning in Croke Park. Great achievement by all. When we thought we couldn’t be any prouder, we get a write up showing such great sportsmanship displayed by the whole team. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/genius-dublin-midfielder-lights-croke-park-cumann-na-mbunscol-final-day-182006?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=onsite_share
In a school far far away, Space Week began. Space Week will run for the next week and all classes are very busy exploring the planets and galaxies. Sixth Class are eagerly awaiting their call from NASA which is taking place on Tuesday 9th October. We also have a planetarium coming in a fortnight which … Read more
Great to hear the feature on DPETNS on Newstalk breakfast this morning. You can listen back hereL https://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/13240/47362/31st_August_2018_-_The_Pat_Kenny_Show_Part_1/ – our segment is about half way through. Also see Henry McKean’s Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/HenryMcKean We hope everyone enjoyed their return to routine. Wishing all our families a relaxing weekend, ready for a full week next week! All staff at DPETNS.
September has been a very busy time for 6th Class, however we have taken time to stop and DREAM. As a class, we discussed what dreams are and how to achieve them. We then watched a TedTalk from Abbie McGregor who talked about her dreams and how she achieved them. She also explained how people … Read more
Greetings from Siem Reap, Cambodia. PEPY Empowering Youth Sous s’dey, everyone. I have just spent the past two weeks here in Siem Reap working with our partner organisation, PEPY Empowering Youth. As always it has been an incredibly uplifting and positive experience. I had the good fortune of working everyday with 32 scholarship students alongside … Read more