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March 5, 2024PTA, School lifeby

What’s happening this week for Book Week?

To celebrate Book Week 2024 the children will be enjoying lots of fun activities in school. đź“•Thursday 7th MarchDress Up Day – Children can dress up as their favourite character from a book if they would like to!Book Swap – Children can bring one book …
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March 1, 2024School lifeby

Friyay! Snowyay!!

What a sense of wonder and community today!  The children were very excited to see the snow starting to fall this morning. Friyay turned quickly into Snowyay!!  While it snowed outside, the learning and fun continued inside in the classrooms. Forest School was adapted by the forest …
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February 27, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

4th class – Winter and Spring

4th class started off the day searching for hazel flowers. Hazel flowers are tiny. We could see the catkins full of pollen dangling from the branches but finding the tiny pink flowers was a challenge. It’s amazing the think that this is how a hazelnut …
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February 26, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Principles of Forest school – Woodland setting

Principle 1: Forest school takes place in a woodland or natural environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world. For the five sessions we have with 6th class this year we are bringing their attention to some of …
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February 22, 2024Uncategorizedby

METNS Ethos Night 2024

Monkstown Educate Together NS are hosting an Ethos Night on Thursday 21st March, starting at 7:30pm with refreshments for talks to start at 8pm sharp. The title of the night is “Walking in Wellness” and we have lined up two fab speakers and a great MC …
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February 22, 2024Uncategorizedby

Want to dance a reel with a frog?

There’s frog party in the back garden at the moment. Lots of children have been visiting to observe. The frogs are busy spawning. They are very good at camouflage so they can be hard to spot. If you stay very quiet you can hear them, …
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February 2, 2024Board of Managementby

Summary Report January 2024 BoM meeting

A meeting of DSPNS Board of Management (BOM) was held on Monday 29th January 2024. Items on the agenda included the Principal’s Report, Treasurer’s Report, Voluntary Contributions (VCs), Communications, and Maintenance report.  Specific items included: Next meeting: Tuesday 19th March 2024 in person 7:30pm (DSP staffroom)
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February 2, 2024Green School, Outdoor Learning, Physical Education, School life, STEMby

Share your experience and opinions!

Providing Forest School takes a lot of time and energy and resources and staffing and support.  For it to continue, we need to evaluate the benefits to the children.   We started offering Forest school throughout the school as a result of rich feedback we got …
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January 26, 2024Green Schoolby

Community Woodland Planting in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 2024

An exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in your local environment. As part of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Councils’ commitment to delivering improved tree cover and native forests, we are planning to plant 10,000 native whip trees between February and March 2024. The sites identified for this tree-planting initiative are Shanganagh …
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January 26, 2024Green School, Outdoor Learning, School life, STEMby

DSP 10 Years of Forest School

In 2024, DSP will be celebrating 10 years of providing Forest School sessions to its pupils.This is a remarkable achievement and the benefits of the programme will stay with everychild as they move forward in life. From developing confidence and social skills, physical andmental health …
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