Jul 10, 2018 | News
A SEASON TO REMEMBER FOR THE GIRLS’ FOOTBALL TEAM By Liam Mackey As the school year draws to a close, it’s only fitting to acknowledge the tremendous season enjoyed by the DSP girls’ football team who, in only their second year of participation, achieved the notable...
Jul 2, 2018 | News
DSP 40th Birthday We are very excited about our new school logo, our first step in celebrating the foundation of our school almost 40 years ago. The logo represents our child-centred, empathetic, innovative approach to education. Sincere thanks to Paul Murray 6th...
Jul 2, 2018 | News
Be a Good Sport Day Thursday 21st June 2018 Sports Day is a chance to be a Good Sport. Sports Day is an opportunity for parents/guardians to model positive behaviours towards each other, the children and staff. Do encourage all children. Do praise children for good...
Jul 2, 2018 | News
Roll Out of Aladdin Connect Dear Parent/Guardian, Our school is delighted to announce that we will shortly roll out the Aladdin Schools Connect to parents/guardians of children in our classes. The school uses the Aladdin Schools software service www.aladdin.ie for...
Jul 2, 2018 | News
Yesterday, Wednesday, a local resident at Sandycove approached teachers to let them know how much they enjoyed the art the children create at the beach. They also thanked the groups for leaving the beach beautifully clean – cleaner than when they arrived there....
Jun 27, 2018 | 6th Class
6th Class Class of 2017-2018 Forest Fridays – what we will do to make the 9 weeks a good learning opportunity: Science and Technology We got cocktail sticks and plasticine. Then, Mr. Doohan asked us which shape was stronger; a cube or a tetrahedron. We made...
Jun 27, 2018 | 5th Class
Beach School This week, we went on a scavenger hunt. The clues were difficult at times so we used books to help us. We then made our own creatures using what we found. Cois Fharraige Letter to Council We have been doing a project on...
Jun 27, 2018 | 4th Class
SPORTS DAY Parachute Fun with Cathy GAMES WITH IVAN HOPPERS Week 34 WOW WHAT A WEEK Clara Lara A snapshot of a fantastic (and very windy) day in Clara Lara. Time to refuel Kayaking Sophia being rescued by Maya from the GIANT BEE Dare...
Jun 27, 2018 | 3rd Class
Welcome to 3rd Class In 3rd Class we moved to the senior end of the school which is downstairs. We got a new teacher, her name is Ms. O’Connell. She’s very nice. We also have Debbie and Ms. Kennedy who worked with us in 2nd Class. So far I have loved 3rd Class Science...
Jun 26, 2018 | 2nd Class
Week 2 of beach school ...