Author: Ita Connolly

Creative Schools Survey Could you please take a few moments to complete our survey in relation to our Creative Schools initiative. Although the survey is to gather thoughts and opinions from our parents, if you can think of a family member or member of the community who is involved in the arts or a creative process, please do mention them in the survey.   School Self-Evaluation Th...

Hopefully the weather will clear up by 11.00 tomorrow, Saturday the 10th and we will be able to commence work on the sensory garden. If it is still raining and miserable, then we will postpone commencing work until the following Saturday.

We learn how to code using Scratch with 3rd to 6th class. Each year there is a Scratch Competition which promotes computing and software development at both primary and secondary school levels. Scratch is a visual programming language that encourages children to develop essential coding skills through fun and interactive learning. It challenges students to create stories, games and animations u...

During Road Safety Week we had a special visit from Gardaí Teresa, Mick and John. We learned about Road Safety and using seat belts and booster seats to keep us safe. This week, to tie in with Science Week and our work for the Blue Flag we are investigating designs that can make us safer on the road. The Blue Flag is earned through an awareness of how the EU and being a member of the union has be...

Our school has a very active Parents' Association and is a member of the National Parents Council. The NPC is delighted to announce the launch of their Regional Assemblies. In line with the Strategic Plan 2018-2022 NPC has restructured its representation structure from one National Assembly based in Dublin, to 5 Regional Assemblies based countrywide. Dear Parents, We hope our Regional Ass...

A note explaining the Christmas Cards and how to order them has gone home this week. Apologies for the little amount of time to place an order. The printers are under time pressure with the mid-term running into the first week of November this year. Please have orders sent to tomorrow.

The excitement is building for Sing Out Loud! Our performers cannot wait to get onto that stage, whereas Ms Connolly is sincerely hoping to avoid it this year! The Sing Out Loud team have asked for a 16:30 arrival through the front entrance at the National Opera House. The Sing Out Loud team and Ms Connolly will be on hand to greet you. If anyone wishes to collect their child early from sch...

The most amazing pumpkins arrived in today for our annual pumpkin carving competition! We had a very difficult time choosing our winners. It was incredible difficult in fact, as everyone had created the most imaginative and original pumpkins! We then had our costume parade and split into our groups to do our Halloween activities. Great fun was had by all!

The youth of Davidstown have been to the ballot boxes today to cast their vote. They wanted to make sure that their voice was heard in the upcoming presidential elections. The fact that they are too young to vote officially didn't stop them! They brought their polling cards and their ID to the polling station. Both were checked by our scrutineers and then they were given their ballot paper. Eac...

We are delivering a Zippy's Friends programme as part of our SPHE curriculum in 1st and 2nd class this year. This programme is recommended by the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). The programme teaches coping and social skills and has been run successfully with over a million children around the world. The programme is built around a set of six stories. Zippy is a stick insect ...