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St John Bosco Junior Boys’ School is a Catholic school. We also welcome boys of all faiths and none. We aim to provide a happy, secure environment where children, parents, teachers, ancillary staff, and the Board of Management work in partnership where each individual is valued, encouraged, and respected for their uniqueness. We also maintain strong links with St John Bosco Senior Boys’ School and Mary, Help of Christians Girls’ School with whom we share our campus. St John Bosco Junior Boys’ School is a Catholic school. We aim to provide a happy, secure environment where children, parents, teachers, ancillary staff, and the Board of Management work in partnership where each individual is valued, encouraged, and respected for their uniqueness. The year's children spend in the Infant School are very important as they form the foundation of all their future learning and will influence their attitude to education generally. We aim to provide a school that is a truly happy, caring place, where goodwill, friendliness, sympathy, and understanding exist between teachers, children, and parents. We endeavor to provide a happy, secure environment so that children will progress with enjoyment and develop an eagerness to learn and go on learning. We want each child to work to the best of their ability and to achieve this, the work is carefully planned to meet the individual needs of each child. We attach great importance to the development of basic skills so that children can learn to talk and write fluently, to read, to love and appreciate books, and to acquire a sound basis in mathematics and computer skills. We aim to stimulate an interest in the Irish language and culture. We aim to provide wide experiences and activities which will involve areas of learning such as Music, Art, Drama, Physical Education, and Social, Personal, and Health Education to help the child to understand the world in which we live. Throughout all our teaching we encourage the children to reason, to question, to think for themselves and to use their initiative, and encourage independence. Children will learn to make relationships with older and younger children, with teachers and other adults developing their personalities and appropriate standards of behavior. We encourage children to make the most of these opportunities of friendship, to be thoughtful of others, and to become a considerate member of the community, so that they may understand the inter-dependence of individuals, groups, and nations. We believe children make the best progress when home and school are working closely together and it is to promote this aim that we try to make individual contact with all parents to encourage an easy informality between parents and staff. View full school

We endeavor to provide a happy, secure environment so that all children will progress with enjoyment and develop an eagerness to learn. Opportunities occur during the year for you to visit the school and to discuss your child’s progress with the class teacher. We actively encourage and promote parental involvement in the school. When parents, guardians, teachers, and management are working together, the children flourish. The school enjoys the ongoing support of the Parents’ Committee. The school encourages punctuality but accepts that late arrivals do and will happen, but it is most important that lateness does not prevent attendance. A note should be written to the teacher to explain all pupil absences on the first day after the child returns. Please write the note in the section at the back of your son's homework diary. It should be noted that St. John Bosco's must report absences over 20 days under the 2000 Education (Welfare) Act. St. John Bosco’s Senior Boys NS is a primary school providing primary education to pupils from Second to Sixth Class. By the requirements of the Children First Act 2015, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2017, the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017, and Tusla Guidance on the preparation of Child Safeguarding Statements, the Board of Management of St. John Bosco’s Senior Boys NS has agreed the Child Safeguarding Statement set out in this document. The Board of Management recognizes that child protection and welfare considerations permeate all aspects of school life and must be reflected in all of the school’s policies, procedures, practices, and activities In policies, procedures, practices, and activities, the school will adhere to the following principles of best practice in child protection and welfare. This Acceptable Use Policy aims to ensure that pupils will benefit from learning opportunities offered by the school's Internet resources safely and effectively. Internet use and access are considered a school resource and privilege. Before signing, the AUP should be read carefully to indicate that the conditions of use are accepted and understood. This version of the AUP was created in November 2016 by the Staff and Board of Management of Saint John Bosco National School. View full school

An enormous welcome to all of our pupils and their families! We are delighted to welcome our returning pupils back to school for another year of growing and learning together. And we offer a warm welcome to our new Junior Infants and their parents as they begin a new and exciting chapter. We hope that everyone will have a fantastic year, with lots of fun and fruitful learning experiences. We are an all-girls school catering for pupils from Junior Infants to First Class. We are located in the North Dublin suburb of Edenmore. We pride ourselves on our warm, welcoming atmosphere where each pupil is encouraged to reach her full academic, physical, emotional, and spiritual potential. As an inclusive school, we welcome pupils of all nationalities, faiths, and abilities. Parents are invited to participate in their child's educational journey. The school year is drawing to a close, and summer is surely on its way! We have had another busy, fantastic, and memorable year in St. Monica's. Thank you to all those parents who supported and co-operated with the running of the school by ensuring their children were "in the line at ten-to-nine" each day. Thank you to the staff who endeavored to make every day happy, productive, and safe for the children. And thank you most of all to the children themselves for all their hard work -their rest is most deserved! Congratulations to the First Class pupils, who have completed their time in St. Monica's and will now proceed to St. Eithne's GNS for the last five years of their primary education. We wish them luck and happiness in all that they do. View full school

Mount Anville is one of the foremost educational establishments for girls in Ireland with a reputation for academic excellence and a strong tradition in sport and the arts. Within a culture of hard work, positive learning experiences, a strong pastoral care system, and excellent facilities, we strive to enable each student to grow to her full potential, developing her gifts and talents in all areas. The Gospel values are cherished, promoted, and practiced in Mount Anville. The school motto ‘In Te Confido’ signals the centrality of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is as young women of faith that our students join the adult world with a well-developed belief in their abilities and their responsibility to act as agents of social justice in the local and global community. We prepare our students to live a life that will make a difference to society. It is a great privilege to lead this eminent school as we face a world of new and exciting challenges and opportunities for the young women in our care. What emerges in the pages of this website is a small window onto a world of new knowledge, inspirational teaching, and the many opportunities to thrive that our students experience daily. The atmosphere in Mount Anville School is beautifully expressed in the words of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart. View full school

We are a happy, aspirational, and inclusive school, reflecting the rich diversity of families in our local area. We want to provide the children in our care with creative and challenging learning opportunities so that they develop a strong sense of belonging and commitment to our school and their learning. Our school aims to provide happy and stimulating learning experiences in a safe, secure, and supportive environment for our children, taking into account the social, physical, emotional, creative, and spiritual well being of each child, at the same time cultivating good habits, respect for each other, for the school and the environment. At St. Mary’s, we encourage children to develop their Christian faith and spirituality, while respecting those who have different beliefs. We value the partnership between home, school, and parish and work hard to build on and extend this through the ‘Do This in Memory’ and ‘You Shall Be My Witnesses’ programs. As a small school and community, we are lucky that our staff gets to know all of the children so that children across the school are always dealing with an adult who knows them well. Our teachers and support staff work closely together to ensure our classrooms are organized and well-looked after so that children can access the resources and support they need to become successful learners. We have a strong commitment to creativity and aim to make the children’s learning vivid, real, engaging, and exciting. We want each child to work and think independently and to develop their gifts and talents and be proud of their achievements. I am proud to work in this vibrant and diverse school. Our website will tell you more about us and I hope you will come to visit us. We look forward to meeting you. Our children range in age from 4 to 12 years. They are from a diverse range of social, ethnic, religious, faith, and cultural backgrounds. We have many languages spoken in our school. We have many children from different parts of the world and many who were born and have only lived in Dublin. We have children who are in the highest range of ability and we have children who will need extra support with their learning. We work hard to cater to all of these needs and differences by offering extra support, a wide and personalized curriculum, and flexible teaching and learning resources. Behavior and relationships throughout the school are very good. We know that good teaching, boosting children’s self-esteem, giving children responsibility, respect and a positive and praising atmosphere will enable us to make sure that all children and adults can achieve well and enjoy being in our school. We celebrate the rich variety of languages spoken in our school and actively look for ways for our children to make a positive contribution to their school and community. Our multi-lingual children have the opportunity to train as young interpreters to welcome and support non-English speaking children and their families. The original St. Mary’s Primary School was opened in 1855 by the Irish Christian Brothers. In 1874, the school was extended with new classrooms added. The school at St. Mary’s Place was renowned for the high standard and quality of its education. In the 1930s all subjects were taught through Irish and under the direction of Vincent O’Brien, the St. Mary’s School Choir became known as one of the best in the city and, for a while, only boys from St. Mary’s were accepted into the newly-formed Pro-Cathedral Palestrina Choir. In 1980, the old St. Mary’s School was sold and a new school was built on the present site. Two other schools, St. Joseph’s Dorset Street and St. Michan’s Halston Street were amalgamated with St. Mary’s to become Scoil Plas Mhuire for boys. In 1990, a girls’ school, Scoil Mhuire‘s Iosif, transferred from Kings Inn Street to share the building with the boys’ school. The girls’ school originated in Mountjoy Street as an orphanage run by the Irish Sisters of Charity, dating back to 1866. In the 1930s, it developed into the Josephian Primary School before amalgamating with Kings Inn National School in 1985. View full school

Naíscoil Íde is an infant school catering to the educational needs of children in the catchment area of Raheny. The school is under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and there is currently a staff of twenty-eight people employed in the school. The school caters to a wide range of pupils from different backgrounds and of different abilities. The school is in the heart of the dynamic community of Raheny and has been at its current location since 1958. The majority of pupils, upon completing the first class in Naíscoil Íde, transfer to either Scoil Áine Girls National School or Scoil Assaim Boys National School which are located on the school campus. It is our privilege to maintain the tradition of care, inclusiveness, and commitment for the benefit of children, their parents, and families. Naíscoil Íde is an Infant primary school providing primary education to pupils from Junior Infants to First Class. By the requirements of the Children First Act 2015, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2017, the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017, and Tusla Guidance on the preparation of Child Safeguarding Statements, the Board of Management of Naíscoil Íde has agreed the Child Safeguarding Statement set out in this document. The Board of Management of Naíscoil Íde (the “Board”) hereby sets out its Enrolment and Admission Policy by the provisions of the Education Act 1998 and following guidance from our patron, the Archbishop of Dublin and the Board trusts that by so doing, parents will be assisted about enrolment matters. Naíscoil Íde is a co-ed Infant School committed to the highest standard of care and education for pupils ranging in ages from 4 – 7 years. The school endeavors to provide a positive and caring environment, where good personal relationships and mutual respect are the cornerstones. This will be achieved in a way that celebrates the school as a place that is dedicated to quality teaching and learning and that is supportive of the well-being of all who form part of the school community. To achieve these aims the Board of Management, staff, and parents have developed an agreed Code of Behaviour. View full school

The Senior Classes in the School, from M2 to the School Leavers participate in the Out & About Programme in our School. This program is key to the independence and confidence of our students when they leave school. The program begins with our students attending the Staff Canteen to learn how to make tea, sit and chat socially and tidy up after themselves. They learn how to identify coins and the steps involved in using the vending machines. The classes go out and about to learn how to be good pedestrians and how to cross the road safely. They buy items in a nearby shop looking after their money, queuing appropriately, paying properly, and engaging the staff when they need assistance. Cookery classes in the school are for pupils from Class M2 to the School Leavers. They enjoy one session of cookery each week. Our cookery room is equipped so that it resembles a homely kitchen. We make a wide range of dishes using and re-using similar ingredients which are easily found in most fridges and kitchen cupboards. This is so that the pupils will be able to continue their cookery skills at home. One of the many crowning moments in the year is the in-school Cookery competition- this year it was a Sandwich Making Competition with very imaginative recipes to suit the various tastes of the finalists! We also bake to produce cakes for very special occasions in our school years such as the 18th birthday parties for our school leavers and the First Holy Communion and Confirmation cakes. Wonderful Christmas cakes are made for our Annual Cake Sale in November/December as well as hundreds of delicious fairy cakes. The School leavers make and sell their scones in the school every week, much to the delight of the staff and they take orders for lunchtime sandwiches from all the staff. They sell the sandwiches as their mini enterprise every Friday. For many, cookery class is the highlight of their week, when they will proudly bring home their own offering to their family! All pupils of St. John of God School, Islandbridge are entitled to transport to and from school each day. This service is funded by the Department of Education and Science and administered by Bus Éireann. Bus Éireann has sub-contracted bus operators to operate each bus run. View full school

Scoil Eoin is a Catholic school where all children are welcome. We aim to provide the best possible education for each pupil so that their talents may be developed and their needs best met. The well-being of our children is of the highest importance as we know that children who are happy and secure in their learning environment are children who are more likely to achieve their potential. Scoil Eoin is proud to call itself a green school. We have been awarded three green school flags to date for waste, energy, and water conservation. As well as maintaining our current flags, this year we are working towards achieving the travel flag. There are seven steps we must complete to earn the flag. We will collect data about how children travel to school eg. By car, bus, train. We will conduct a walkability and cyclability audit to determine the safest and best routes to school. GAA has a long and proud history of involvement with Cumann na mBunscoil and the Fingal Leagues. Currently, three teams are representing the school, senior and junior boys and a senior girls team. All children are welcome to play and we look forward to the upcoming season which begins after Christmas. We have been very lucky in recent years that the school has been very successful in the final leagues. Over the last three years, pupils from various classes in Scoil Eoin have participated in Tennis4Kids. Tennis4Kids is a mini tennis program that gives children the opportunity to learn and play tennis in a fun and easy way. It promotes a healthy and active lifestyle, builds confidence and team building as well as developing a love of the sport. Students have been working hard each week getting their homework done. They have been very focused on working on their writing, maths, and reading to name a few. They get help from the teacher when they need it and also work together to help one another out. There is always a lovely, calm atmosphere in the club and they get to go home with their homework already complete! View full school

The school is on Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8. This is very close to Aungier Street, Dame Street, and Stephen’s Green. The school is affiliated with the Carmelite Community Centre and Whitefriar Street Church. It is a thirteen-teacher school with 138 pupils. We are a mixed school with both boys and girls. Our classes are from Junior Infants (4/5 years old) up to 6th Class (12/13 years old). Our school has its context. St. Enda’s is a DEIS Band 1 school situated in Dublin’s south inner city. It is a co-educational, vertical primary school under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and the trusteeship of the Order of Carmelites. There are 13 teachers and 134 pupils in the school. We have several programs operating in the school including DEIS, Reading Recovery™, HSCL, SICCDA after-school programs, parent’s courses, Fighting Words, WOW, TAP, College Awareness initiatives, and Lift-Off To Literacy™. Our attendance levels are excellent. Our pupils’ behavior is excellent. In later years we have placed a very high emphasis on literacy and language in our school. We believe that it is imperative that every child is a reader/writer and can express themselves confidently and competently. To that end, we have prioritized literacy and oral language in our school improvement plan. We undertook a school self-evaluation of teaching and learning during the year. We evaluated Literacy and Oral Language. We chose this because we felt that our pupils could improve their learning outcomes in these areas. This report summarises the strengths that were identified and the areas that have been prioritized for improvement. View full school

Presentation Primary School is a Catholic School, founded by Teresa Mulally. She was soon joined by the Presentation Sisters, who have been trustees of the school until the present time. In September 2008 the trusteeship of the school passed the parish. The Capuchin Community administers the trusteeship. The staff of our school continues the tradition of the Presentation Sisters in providing a secure and happy learning environment, where children can enjoy a sense of belonging and pride in their school. We enable the students to live a full life as a child, to be further educated, and to prepare the child to live a full life as an adult. Presentation Primary School, George’s Hill promotes inclusivity and celebrates diversity. Children explore all cultures as is relevant to modern Ireland today. There is a strong emphasis in the school on the Irish culture and language. All children receive a balanced education which will enable them to fulfill their potential in a positive learning environment. Each student will progress at the level that is appropriate to them. Presentation Primary School acknowledges and respects the relationship between the home, the school, and the community. View full school

Scoil Assaim is an Active School! We were recently awarded the Active Flag and it is flying proudly outside our school! The Active School Flag initiative is a Department of Education and Skills initiative supported by Healthy Ireland aiming to encourage schools to be more active, more often. Our Mission is to educate each child within our care to the best of that child's ability and to lead our pupils too early adolescence in the happy development of all their gifts and talents. As part of the Active School Flag process, the staff at Scoil Assaim reviewed the current status of Physical Education across the school. We ensured that all pupils are provided with a minimum of 60 minutes of timetabled PE per week and that all classes are taught at least 5 different PE strands each year, using the PSSI and PDST lesson plans and resources. PE has always been considered a vital element of the curriculum taught at Scoil Assaim, and is reflected as such as PE feedback is discussed in PT meetings, and included in all annual school reports alongside other taught subjects. The staff has undertaken CPD in PE within the past 12 months, and all new ideas, knowledge, and strategies have been shared among all staff. We have also chosen to prioritize one particular strand each year to be further developed. This year we are focusing on the Outdoor and Adventure strand. Teachers have also committed to set active homework at all class levels. "All primary schools are managed by a group of four or eight people who have a particular interest in the provision of primary schooling in their local area. This team is made up of parents' representatives, teachers, representatives of the patron and community representatives who have a particular interest or expertise." As we have chosen Outdoor and Adventure as our focus PE strand for this year, classes across the school have embarked on a range of interesting activities to develop this strand further, and the students have enjoyed putting their exploratory skills to the test through orienteering, trail activities, and treasure hunts! Take a look at some of the snaps below to get a taste of the adventure! The boys in each class mixed their orienteering and Gaeilge skills to complete ‘Tóraíocht Taisce’ following maps of the school grounds to hunt for words to complete sentences as Gaeilge! They also participated in ‘cluichí clós’ where they had to match up hidden pictures and words - no cone was left unturned! View full school

RMDS is located in Ranelagh Road, beside Mount Pleasant Square, on the south side of Dublin. It is on the site of the old St.Columba’s national school, which was donated to RMDSA by the Church of Ireland. This historic link to the present-day school represents service to education spanning about one hundred years. The Principal is Ms. Rosemarie Stynes and Mr. Paul Fairbrother is Deputy Principal. In addition, we have eight classroom teachers and four resource teachers. We also employ three special needs assistants and a classroom assistant. The Curriculum for National Schools is followed and the teachers co-ordinate their work through regular meetings. A reception morning is held each year, usually in June, for new children and their parents. This occasion acquaints parents with the routine of the school and is an opportunity for children to see their new school and to meet their teacher. The school has a healthy lunches policy – ie. no fizzy drinks, sweets, chocolate, or crisps. Dublin City Council supplies milk. All children should have a lunch box and are asked to bring home all food waste. There are certain costs associated with ordinary classroom activities such as photocopying, art materials, etc. These costs are not covered by any Department of Education subvention and are essential for standard curricular requirements. These accounts will be given to the children with their book lists. View full school

Although Scoil Treasa Naofa itself was not opened until 1930 the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the area began as far back as 1818. In that year the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Archbishop of Dublin, requested Edmund Rice to open the second school in Dublin. Br Rice sent two Brothers, Joseph Keane and Baptist Green to open a school in Mill St. just off the Coombe, a short distance from the present Scoil Treasa Naofa. Between the two Brothers, they taught 250 boys aged between seven and seventeen. The school expanded rapidly until five brothers were teaching 600 pupils. The year 1839 was disastrous for Mill St. school. On the 6th of January 1839, a huge storm swept across the country. On that night Mill St. School lost its roof, a blow from which it never recovered. The Brothers could not afford to carry out the necessary repairs but they kept the school open for five more years. The lease was up in 1846 and the landlord demanded a 100% increase. The Brothers could not pay and they were evicted. Around that time the population of Donore Avenue parish was beginning to grow. This area was known as Fairbrothers Fields and was a farming area with market-gardening and dairying being its main industries. It remained open until the nineteen-twenties when the Corporation acquired it for housing. With the building of a Church and the growth in population in the Donore Avenue part of the Meath St. parish, a school was needed. The Archbishop, Most Rev. Dr. Edward Byrne, wrote to the Superior General of the Christian Brothers requesting him to open a school in Donore Avenue. The Superior General readily agreed. The task of acquiring a site for the proposed school and supervising the building began. A triangular plot of land was acquired in Fairbrothers Fields. A lease for 150 years was signed in 1928 for a plot measuring 3 roods and 21 perches. The building commenced on 15th August 1929. The school was completed by the following year for £12,500. The Board of Management has legal responsibility for the overall running of the school. The Board works in co-operation with the Department of Education and Science, the Principal and staff, parents, and the wider community to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the school. View full school