Our feature photo shows the latest outdoor learning area within our school grounds. Thanks to Gary for moving the compost bins and for collecting logs from one of our families. Doesn't it look great? The back garden is a wonderful spot for listening to birds, for frog...

A sunny weekend feels like a just reward for the whole school community who have returned to in-school learning with great zest, excitement and much thoughtfulness. It is wonderful to see so many children walking, cycling and scooting to school, and even very young...

All of us who have been fortunate enough to be in school this week have that Friday feeling. Hurray, it's the weekend! We have had another wonderful week of connecting face to face, engaging in curious conversations and critical thinking. Junior Infants to 2nd classes...

We are delighted to receive confirmation this afternoon that 3rd to 6th classes will be back to in-school learning from Monday 15th March 2021. We will review our Re-Opening School plans and let you know asap if there are any changes.

We have enjoyed a wonderful week learning together from Infants to Second class. Some of the great discoveries include frogs mating and frog spawn in the back garden, designing bookmarks for World Book Day, exploring the StaySafe programme including knowing how to...

Thanks to everyone - parents, staff, pupils - who managed to find time to complete the surveys. Thanks especially to parents who emailed more detailed feedback which was shared with staff. Work and home relationships have been turned upside down with this extended...

Our feature image is from Charlie Makesy's beautiful book, A boy, a mole, a dog and a horse in acknowledgement of the extraordinary work parents/guardians are doing at home in this challenging time of distance learning. Thanks to the many parents who completed surveys...

We invite all families to join us for a whole school assembly on Friday 29th January at 12:00 midday. We are celebrating the monthly theme of Happiness. Teachers will check through Seesaw or Zoom if there are children who would be willing to share some of their...

Thanks to everyone who chose to spread happiness this week through class work, kind conversations, contributions during zoom sessions, helping at home, dog walking, expressing gratitude. Happiness is our focus of the month for January. We will spread happiness by...

Best wishes to everyone for the year 2021! We hope those in our community who experienced bereavements and/or job loss are doing ok in most challenging circumstances. Our hopes of remaining in school are dashed with the spread of the virus. However, our faith in staff...

To Miriam and all the DSP TeamThanks so much for all your hard work getting us through to Christmas!!!!  On behalf of the PTA, myself and Una would like to thank everyone for all their hard work and generosity this year in contributing to the school.  Given all...

We have a few copies available in the office of A Brave New Vision by one of the founding members of the Dalkey School Project, Áine Hyland. Send in €20.00 to the office in a sealed envelope if you would like a copy. The book is also available on Amazon.com. Seasonal...

Weather permitting, we will do a whole school singing session in the yard tomorrow. Wear your festive jumpers, clothes, hats, glasses - or keep it simple with winter warm gear.If you have a few euro, we would be delighted to add it to the Barnados collection. This...

Thanks to parents/guardians who are continuing to keep children home and/or bringing children to the doctor for medical assessment when showing symptoms. As a school community we are very fortunate to remain Covid free up to now. We hope all the families who are...

A neighbour reported a silver people carrier speeding up Hillcourt Road about 8:40am this morning leading to this reminder - Slow Down! Even Santa Claus has to drive the sleigh safely! We want to keep all children safe. Our neighbour thanked those in the school...

We are having a great time in school at the moment with seasonal celebrations of all types taking place in our classrooms. The children and staff are very jolly and are busy spreading festive cheer!! We want to continue to do so right up to the Christmas holidays and...

We are delighted to have the back garden almost ready for more outdoor learning. Sixth class have been a great help to Mike in shovelling and shifting stones. They have learned lots of incidental lessons on carrying loads, managing weights, handling equipment, how...

We are looking forward to a day of seasonal cheer on Thursday. We are delighted to be able to give children this opportunity to participate in creating traditional seasonal photos. Every child has the option to have a photo - many families have ordered copies - there...

Happy first day in December! Our focus for the month is Peace:We will sit in stillness and reflect at least once a day.We will work in harmony with others by sharing, taking turns and listening.We will bring peace to others by smiling and being friendly to others....

📸 🎄Hi All 🎄📸As the Winter Market will not be happening this year, we will be hosting a Christmas themed day in school on _*Thursday 10th December*_ with Christmas movies in the classrooms and a festive photo shoot with Ciara of STELLA shots (a parent in the school...

After many good years of service Mike Cahn is stepping down from his role as caretaker at DSPNS. Mike has helped us with many eco-friendly projects e.g. apple pressing; development of compost practices; planting hedges in Sallyglen with DLRCoCo; as well as the daily...

Parent Teacher meetings will take place via Zoom for Junior and Senior Infants, First and Second classes on Wednesday 25th November 2020.Parent Teacher meetings will take place via Zoom for Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth classes on Thursday 26th November 2020.This is...