Our Butterflies

We were SO excited when we arrived in school this morning as two butterflies had emerged from their cocoons:

 

 

 
So we carefully opened up the net…..  

and dropped some sugary water on the leaves so the butterflies would have some liquid…

…before releasing them outside.
We hope we see more butterflies tomorrow.

Song School

5th class visited the song school on the 26th of May. Their names are Chris,Joe and
Rilla. We frist played a few games,then we came up with ideas for our song. After a
lot of discussing,our song was called OUR SCHOOL TOUR SONG. It was an amazing
day.I MEAN IT. 
day. I MEAN IT.

5th class tour

On the 27 of may we went to Lilliput.We done lots of fun things like bog hopping,canoeing,rock climbing and zip wire .After that we went to the cinema to See furry vengeance and at the end we went to gourmet burger!
It was very fun!
By Alise Ceica

Our Caterpillars

We are very excited about the caterpillars in our classroom. They have gone into their cocoons now and any day now they will be changing into butterflies.

We have enjoyed learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly by reading “A Very Hungry Caterpillar” and making displays.

We’re looking forward to seeing our butterflies – maybe on Monday! Watch […]

Our Trip to Newgrange Farm

Siobhan’s Class had a great fun on their school tour.

Junior Infant Word Lists

Just a note to explain the situation with the word lists that the children have brought home.

All children will work at their own individual pace.  As the children become familiar with the words on their word list, they will move onto the next one.
A new sheet will be given to each child every week.  This […]

Picture Collage

 
 
Thanks to Ian Kiernan for sending in the photographs he took on the day.  We used them to make a collage.  The pictures on the video were sent in by Lynn Rubbathan.  
 

Planning Permission for our new school building

Yesterday we received the wonderful news that Planning Permission for our new school had been granted by Fingal County Council. This was great news and another important step towards our permanent home. There are , of course, more steps and hurdles to overcome over the next few months. There are four weeks now where appeals […]

Third Class hard at work with our Comenius Games!

D.P.E.T.N.S is part of a Comenius project. This means that we have partner schools across Europe. Our class has been working (and playing!) very hard using our school Comenius games.
Today we played quite a few games including the favourites chosen by the children in the Basque Country, Italy and France.

Our mission today was to enjoy the games, […]

Mission Statement

Vision Statement:
 “No child an outsider”
Mission Statement:
Donabate/Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) is a child-centred, co-educational, multi-denominational and democratic primary school under the patronage of Educate Together.  We aim to provide a learning environment that encourages and promotes the holistic development of each and every child attending our school, allowing them to give of their best […]