Dublin 7 Educate Together National School

13 03 2026

Newsletter

The children have been busy this week preparing their seeds for planting out next week 🌱🌱

Special reminder that we are looking for gardening help for next Saturday 21st to clear some space for a new wildflower patch. All welcome from 11am-1. BYO gardening tools 🙏

Good afternoon parents and guardians,

I hope you have had a nice week. We had a lovely week celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in school. We had seo draíochta le Quentin, turas go dtí an phictiúrlann, cluichí leis an gCoiste Gníomhach, dámhsha le Ciara agus drama le rang Pádraig inniú.

The children had a fantastic week. Thanks, Patrick, for coordinating all activities. The student council have told all the children today that they would love, if possible, if we could wear green to school on Monday.

Gentle reminder that Little Learners will not be in school on Monday.

Afterschool activities – karate, tin whistle, D&D, Homework club will take place as normal.

Jaic agus an Gas Pónaire

For Seachtain na Gaeilge, Padraig’s 4^th Class performed their class Dramaíocht. They started rehearsals at the end of January and auditions followed in early February. From the tiny dwarves to the lead characters, they were all amazing. Musical accompaniment was provided by Oisín and Conor while Tilly was our dancer. With a very busy schedule, the show was performed for both the parents from 4^th Class and later for the whole school. Bualadh bos go léir. 

Dot, Mia, Devin, Sadhbh, Romeesa & Cara. 

Ceilí le Ciara. GRMA Ciara.

Niamh’s 6th Class Visit to Dáil Éireann

Niamh’s 6th Class recently enjoyed a memorable and educational trip to Leinster House. The class was kindly invited by TD Marie Sherlock, who welcomed us and spent time speaking with the children about her work and the role of government in Ireland. During the visit, we had the opportunity to ask Marie Sherlock questions about the projects and initiatives she is currently working on. The discussion gave the class a valuable insight into how representatives work on behalf of the public and how decisions are made that affect communities like Dublin 7 across the country. The class also took part in a guided tour of Leinster House. They visited the Dáil chamber and the Seanad chamber and were particularly interested in seeing the portraits of past Taoisigh and learning about the leaders who have shaped Ireland’s history. One of the highlights of the visit was viewing the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

The trip was a fantastic opportunity for the students to see Irish democracy in action and to deepen their understanding of how the country is governed. A big thank you TD Marie Sherlock for the invitation and for making the visit so engaging and informative.

Niamh B

Dubray

4^th class went to Dubray books on Tuesday to meet author and illustrator Paddy Donnelly. He read us his new book “Upside Down Lighthouse”. We learnt that it is based off a real upside-down light house on Rathlin Island! Hughie in 4^th class was lucky enough to be chosen to have a story written about him by Paddy. Then we all wrote and shared our own stories. It was a great day. 

Karate

On Wednesday, for PE both 5^th classes took part in an introductory karate lesson with Sensei Jimmy. We learned how to punch, kick, bow and show respect. We even learned some Japanese words. We had lots of fun!

2^nd class pigeon project

School Calendar 2026/2027

School opens on Thursday 27th August 2026.

School closures are as follows:

The last school day of the 2026/2027  school year is Wednesday 30th June 2027.

PGSA

Lost Property

Lost property continues to build up each term in D7 ETNS.  One of the easiest solutions to reduce the number of lost items is to label clothing items so they can be reunited easily with their owner.

To assist with fundraising and help reduce the level of lost property the PGSA has signed up to MyNameTags.ie school programme.

When families order labels for their clothing through the link below or by using the School ID* 16347 the school will receive 24% of the order total.

Link to MyNameTags.ie page for D7ETNS families: 

https://www.mynametags.ie/affiliate?id=16347
*School ID must be used when purchasing, using the school name will not result in sale share being allocated to the school.

D7ET table quiz

The D7ET table quiz is on Friday March 20th at 7:30pm in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square W, Dublin 1. Please do come along to support!

If you can’t attend but would like to support our raffle, maybe win a “spectacular” prize, you could buy €10 worth of raffle tickets! Pay for RAFFLE tickets at the link below, just checkout as guest, and put in your phone number, so we can write your name on the tickets.

https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QEX7DFE8

We are still on the hunt for raffle prizes, so If you or your work can donate or sponsor a prize, please do! You can drop the prizes into the office any day before next Friday.

Many thanks,

From the quiz team.

TU Dublin Sport Camps are back. 

This year’s Easter camp will take place in Grangegorman and Blanchardstown from Monday March 30th-Thursday April 2nd (4 day camp) from 9am till 2pm. The cost of the summer camps is €100 per child with 10% sibling discount available. Drop off is between 8:45am-9am and collection is at 2pm. The sports camps are strictly open to children aged between 6-12 years. Proof of age may be required upon check-in. 

Please book in via the link below to reserve your spot.  

• Age 9-12 years March 30th – April 2nd  Grangegorman – Book now
• Age 6- 8 years March 30th – April 2nd  Grangegorman-  Book now

• Age 9-12 years March 30th -April 2nd Blanchardstown – book now
• Age 6- 8 years March 30th -April 2nd Blanchardstown – book now

The camps are an outdoor camp while we hope for good weather, if persistent rain occurs, the camp will be cancelled for the day. 

Such activities will include Team Sports e.g. GAA, Basketball; Skills Challenges; Racket Sport e.g. badminton; Track & Field and Arts & Crafts.  

We look forward to seeing you at the TU Dublin Sport Camps. Our coaches are excited for some great sporting activities over the Easter break. 

If you have any queries, please contact the sport team by email sportfacilties@tudublin.ie or phone 01-2208128 

Kind regards, 

TU Dublin Sport 

GDA

GDA have asked us to let you know that the contractor has confirmed that the hoarding works / installation of flexi bollards in the NCR carpark in the space immediately in front of the pedestrian-only exit will start on Wednesday March 18th.

The flexi bollards are being installed as some carpark users did not realize that this area was not a non-paid car parking space or a valid car parking space and were consequently clamped by APOCA for non-payment and invalid parking. To bring clarity to this situation we are installing flexi bollards in this area as this space is not wide enough to be used as an additional parking space.

The flexi bollard installation will only take 1 day to do but the parking spaces immediately adjacent may not be available during these works – area of the works with the NCR carpark highlighted by red box in the image below

The hoarding installation will take longer (approx. 2/3 weeks to fully replace) and pedestrian access in and out of the NCR car park (to the right of the red box area highlighted in the image above)  will only be via the NCR gateway as the pathway that runs behind the primary care adjacent to Ivy Avenue will be closed for the duration of these works.

6^th class Dáil visit