A Mile with a Smile

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Before the midterm break, we took part in Active Week in our school! Throughout the week, we enjoyed many active activities. We took part in the 10@10, Shake and Wake and did a different activity for homework each night. We discussed how exercise is good for our physical and mental health. On Wednesday, 13th February, … Read more

Belfast Tour

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This year our January tour took us all the way up to Belfast. We left school early to spend the day ‘up North’. The bus was very cool and we got to watch a movie. When we reached Belfast we visited The Titanic Museum, where we had a tour and workshop, W5 and, of course, … Read more

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