19 09 2025
Newsletter
Celebrating our harvest haul 🥕 🥕
Good afternoon parents and guardians,
I hope you’ve had a lovely week.
We’ve enjoyed a great week in school, despite the unexpected power cut on Tuesday! Thankfully, in a modern building like ours, the emergency lighting came on straight away, and we were able to continue as normal—just without our smartboards.
There has also been lots of GAA activity. A huge thank you once again to our parent volunteers for coaching and for accompanying the children to their games.
Looking ahead, we have plenty to be excited about next week. In particular, we are delighted that the children from our special classes will have the opportunity to attend a theatre show on Friday at The Ark. Beyond Universe is an adaptation of UNIVERS, created especially for children with additional needs. It is a gentle, multisensory performance offering the children the chance to explore and interact with their surroundings in a calm environment. It is great to see show like this on offer for our children.
Harvest haul 🥕 🥕
Well done to all our springtime growers from last term. Look at what we grew!
We are looking forward to cooking up a feast with this bounty & planning ahead till next Spring to see how we can keep expanding the biodiversity of our new school.
Happy harvest time to everyone.
D7ETNS Go Games Tuesday
Our Junior Gaelic team kicked off their league campaign in the Cumann na mBunscoil leagues on Tuesday against Sacred Heart Ballygall in TUD. Having won the toss, we played with the breeze in the 1st half. The early exchanges were evenly matched, but our opponents grabbed two fortuitous goals and a well-taken point which left D7 chasing the game.
The goals seemed to rouse us out of our slumber and the boys and girls put on a masterclass in point taking for the remainder of the half managing to claw their way back into the game with only 1 point separating the sides at the half time whistle.
The second half started brightly enough but the larger bench saw our opponent’s gaining momentum and they bagged a few more goals. D7 were managing to rotate their squad with everyone getting an opportunity to get some game time. Although the result slipped away from us in the end, it wasn’t for lack of effort.
Special mention must go to our brave goalkeepers who were kept busy for the entire game and pulled off a series of heroic saves. We’re back in action on Tuesday, away to Virgin Mary Ballymun. Ar aghaidh linn.
Niamh’s 6th Class Take Action for the Environment
As part of our SESE learning about sustainability and how we can all play a part in protecting the environment, Niamh’s 6th Class rolled up their sleeves and took part in a litter-picking project. Armed with bags, pickers, gloves, and plenty of enthusiasm, we started by cleaning up around our school grounds before heading out to Grangegorman. Along the way, we collected rubbish and recyclables, helping to make our shared spaces cleaner and safer for everyone. The activity gave us a chance not only to care for our community but also to see first-hand how small actions can make a big difference. It was a reminder that keeping our environment tidy is part of looking after the planet. The class enjoyed working together as a team, and we felt proud knowing that we contributed to making our school and local area a more pleasant place for everyone. This project is just one of the ways we are learning about sustainability in SESE – and we’re excited to keep finding more opportunities to help the environment!
Niamh Brennan
Sculpture in Context
Both 4th classes braved the elements today to visit the National Botanical Gardens for a guided tour of the sculptures. The children visited a number of exhibits with the willow hut proving very popular. The children had some interesting questions for our guide, and the squirrels were a constant source of amusement. We fortunately avoided the rain with only a few brief drops encountered throughout the trip. It was a great start to Culture Night and I’m sure there will be a few tired but happy children starting their weekend.
Padraig and Jennifer
Grangegorman Bring Centre
As part of the ‘An Ethical Approach to the Environment’ strand of our Learn Together Curriculum Grainne & Marie’s second class visited the local Grangegorman Bring Centre this week. We had a tour of the facility and learned what can be recycled there. We’ve made posters so that our whole school community know what an amazing resource for recycling we have right on our doorstep! Thanks to the lovely staff there including a D7ET Grandad for facilitating our visit.
3rd Class trip to the Hugh Lane Gallery
Paul and Hanora’s class visited the Hugh Lane Gallery as part of their study of Francis Bacon, although we weren’t expecting the fire alarm to go off! Not even an evacuation could dull our enthusiasm however, and after a rainy wait outside, we got the all-clear to return to the building. Seeing the artist’s studio in all its messy glory was a thrill, along with the chance to get up close and tactile with the tapestries of Ailbhe Ní Bhriain. We highly recommend a visit before the gallery closes for refurbishment at the end of the month!
Úlla Orchard
Grainne and Marie’s second class went to visit the Ulla Orchard this week. We were so lucky to meet Julianne who made the beautiful ceramic name and details of the trees in the Orchard. We saw our ‘Red Delicious’ tree which was planted when this class was in Junior Infants with Donna. Clodagh spoke to us about how we can help maintain the orchard and we will be returning to help water it. We were so impressed with all the hard work the parents put in on Thursday morning weeding around the trees. A huge thank you to Clodagh and Julianne for coordinating this and for ensuring the Orchard is so well looked after.
Community notices
This notice has been sent to us. Some of our children take up hockey in secondary school. This may be an opportunity to try it out.
Please see message from Dublin Social Choir
Dublin Social Choir is a community choir directed by Orla Gargan who is the talented Music Director for the well-known Dublin Gospel Choir. It is a community choir focused on bringing joy to every single member that comes through the doors on a weekly basis. The choir gives individual people the chance to connect with like-minded people all while learning diverse songs across lots of different genres and enhancing their own vocal skills in a fun and friendly environment. What could be better! Some of the parents/guardians involved in D7ETNS are actually in the choir
Over a 10 week term, members learn approximately six or seven songs covering all different styles and genres from rock, pop, and RnB to soul and gospel. There’s something for everyone. Adults of every age are welcome! There are no auditions to join the group. All you have to do is pre-register, set up your membership and come along on the first night to get started.
Dublin Social Choir is starting this THURSDAY 18th September at 8pm in St. John Bosco Senior Boys National School, Navan Road, Ashtown. We are open to new members!
To register email: dublinsocialchoir@gmail.com or send us a message on our social media pages below.
Once registered, we will send you everything you need to know about choir membership!
For more info check out Dublin Social Choir on Instagram or Facebook @dublinsocialchoir
CTYI
CTYI sent this flyer to us to share with our families.
As you may already be aware, The Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland at Dublin City University provides specialised courses for young people with exceptional academic ability in verbal, numerical or abstract reasoning.
We have many children who would fall into this category. Courses are in subject areas that fall outside of those offered on the primary school curriculum, and typically include topics such as Forensic Science, Novel Writing, Engineering, Computers and Animation, Marine Biology and The World of Harry Potter etc.
Please see flyer attached for more information.
Have a lovely weekend,
Fionnuala