Space Week

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In a school far far away, Space Week began. Space Week will run from Oct 4th to 10th and all classes are very busy exploring the planets and galaxies. On Tuesday 9th October, 6th Class had a Skype call from NASA. They learnt all about how NASA have been working on the next missions to … Read more

Paired Reading in Literacy

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Paired Reading James’ third class have been travelling across to the secondary school to participate in Paired Reading along with the transition year students in Donabate Community College. They have been reading through novels such as the Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle and Charlotte’s Web by E.B White. It was really enjoyable and both groups … Read more

Relationships and Sexuality Education

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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

DPETNS/PEPY Community Fun Run

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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

World Book Day

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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