Blog posts from 2010/2011

  • All Ireland Cup Visits D7ET 2010-10-07 - Many thanks to Mary Nevin and Sorcha Turnbull, who visited our school on Thursday, October 7th. Mary and Sorcha are two of the four Na Fianna players on the Dublin […]
  • Halloween Horror! 2010-10-23 - As usual, all classes made a big effort to dress up for the Halloween Party Day on Friday October 22nd.  Many pupils were unrecognisable in their costume, but you may […]
  • 4th Class Creative Writing 2010-10-23 - This is a selection of Creative Writing from this year’s 4th Class, completed during the first term. They include snippets  from a poem criticising our boring news bulletins, a parent […]
  • School Closure Thursday December 2nd 2010-12-01 - Due to the adverse weather conditions, the school will be closed on 2/12/10  for health & safety reasons. Information regarding Friday will be sent tomorrow via Text a Parent. Board […]
  • Santa Visits D7ET 2010-12-14 - Due to the recent bad weather, the annual Christmas Bazaar had to be postponed until the New Year.  that didn’t stop Santa though. He’s used to such weather, and he […]
  • 4th Class Xmas Story: The Bad Elf 2010-12-18 - There once was a very unlucky elf. He worked in Santa’s workshop. But he only wrapped presents, and he was very bad at it.  One day, Santa called him into […]
  • Xmas Concert 2010 2010-12-18 -     This was our first time in the Granegegorman Hall, which was a little cramped, as the school’s expanding population is felt.  Noel Dunne was MC as usual, surprising […]
  • 4th Class Poetry 2011-01-23 -   Springtime   It’s Springtime again. Tee shirts are worn for the first time again. Doctor Who and Simpsons’ Specials on t.v.. All my Christmas toys are broken now. Picnics […]
  • 4th Class Art 2011-02-28 - These pictures were completed  by this year’s 4th Class during the months October 2010 to February 2011. They include collage flowers made with crepe paper, scraffito renderings of a Chinese […]
  • Paul Henry Pix 4th Class 2011-03-31 - This year’s class have created their version of what is now a 4th Class ritual: the Paul Henry landscape interpretations.   Below are some Paul Henry monumental visions of the West […]
  • SCHOOL TOUR 2011 (3rd, 4th, 5th) 2011-05-27 - This year’s senior classes went to Pine Forest Arts Centre in Glencullen for the annual school outing.  The centre is actually located right on the border of Wicklow and Dublin, […]
  • 4th Class Art: Fruit Watercolours 2011-05-27 - These pictures are an exercise in drawing what you see, as opposed to interpreting objects from your pre-conceptions. We tend to represent fruit as we feel it should be, making […]
  • NCAD Visit: 4th & 5th Class 2011-06-28 - 4th and 5th Classes went to the National College of Art and Design on June 15th, to see the art students’ final projects. The entire college was filled with a […]
  • Sports Day 2011 2011-06-28 - D7ET Sports Day was held on Tuesday, June 14th at Grangegorman. This was the second year at the new site, and as ever, the weather was glorious. Junior Classes events […]
  • 4th Class: DIARY OF A CATERPILLAR! ( Based on Science lesson on butterflies) 2011-06-29 - Day 1: Today, I woke up from a sleep that seemed to go on forever. I started to eat this green stuff that tasted really nice.   The leaf I’m on […]