Preloved Clothing Sale If you are doing clearouts over the holidays, please hold on to good-quality children’s clothing, costumes and sports equipment.  We are planning to host a Preloved Clothing Sale again this year in September and will be looking for donations then.  Thanks! DSP …

22nd march 2024 On the day of the final DSP Forest School session for the 6th class students, the sky was grey, and we felt chilly and windy as we arrived at Killiney Hill. The theme was to go through the Forest School ethos which …

April 2024 Rationale The Board of Management wishes to remind the DSP community of the procedures which should be observed in circumstances where difficulties arise and a party wishes to make a complaint. These procedures have been negotiated nationally between all the partners in education. …

We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday. We are very impressed with 6th class leadership abilities in organising the events for the day. Thanks to Ms O’Driscoll, Sandra and Mr Mannion for their hard work.  We ask all families to support all children as Be a …

Fourth class environmental enthusiasts represented DSP at an awards ceremony in the Helix recently. The award ceremony was the culmination of a year working on how to manage our use of water at DSP. We are grateful to teacher Amy Wall for guiding the green …

Passport Day was a great success on Tuesday 5th June 2024. Children learned lots about different food, music, history, architecture, religions, geography, culture and traditions in many countries. They also learned research and presentation skills – and how to regulate oneself on a very busy, …

Children from First Class and Senior Infants had great fun harvesting onions from the garden on Wednesday. After sorting the onions to share with all the garden helpers, it was time to do some weeding. We noticed delicious beetroot, kale, chard, broccoli and cauliflower growing. …

Today we began with our Welcome Circle, where we introduced ourselves and planned how to prepare for our parents’ visit next week. The children decided on our route to the base and selected games to teach their parents. On our journey, we stopped at an …

This week in Forest School, our 1st class had a fantastic time exploring nature and learning about the environment through various engaging activities like foraging, cooking, ropes, mapping and building dens! Some of the children foraged for three-cornered leeks. They inspected the plants, learning to …

This week, the children engaged in a number of different activities, with each group going in different directions led by their interests and curiosity. Here are some of the activities they enjoyed: