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new start and going home times which come into
effect on november 1st.
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9:00 a.m. start time for all pupils.
1:40 p.m. finish time for Junior and Senior Infants.
2:40 p.m. finish time for First and Second Classes.
 

Parents/guardians/childminders are reminded that they are responsible for their child/children prior to the start of school and staff offer no supervision. Parents/guardians/childminders must remain masked and their child remain beside them. Upon the bell ringing, pupils line up and enter the building.    The school will open to receive pupils at 9 a.m. No responsibility is accepted for pupils arriving before that time.
Formal instruction (teaching) will commence each
​day at 9.05 a.m. 
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Junior Infant Enrolment Application for  school year  2023 - 2024 will be available via a web enrolment link on this website  from  October 10th.  Birth cert and proof of address if living within the catchment of Dunboyne will  be required as part of the application and can be uploaded with the application.  Only fully completed applications will be considered for offer.
 
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First Penance and First Holy Communion Preparation masses for 2022-2023.

The Vigil Masses on the following dates will be the Preparation Masses for the candidates preparing for First Penance and First Holy Communion. Mass is at 7pm.

Saturday, November 19th, Saturday, January 21st, Saturday, February 18th, Saturday, March 11th & Saturday, April 22nd.

The First Penance will take place on Tuesday, March 14th at 7pm in the Church of Ss. Peter & Paul, Dunboyne.

The First Holy Communion masses will take place on Saturday, May 13th at 10am and 11.30am.
The 10am Mass will be attended by Ms. Murray & Ms. McHale’s classes.
The 11.30am Mass will be attended by Ms. Galligan, Ms. Hogan & Ms. Taylor’s classes.





active walkway launch

We are delighted to announce that our brand new Active Walkway is officially open.  The children will all get to experience the walkway for the first time this week during active week.  On Monday morning we officially opened our Active Walkway in the school garden.  Ms. Ruane's class provided the countdown and Niamh, Emily and Isabella from the Active School Committee were on hand to cut the ribbon.  We are so happy with this new addition to our school.  Find out more about it in the 'Active School' tab. 
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT 
We were very excited recently to learn that we are one of the recipients of this year's 'Facebook Community Action Grant'. We have been awarded the sum of €16,000 through this grant. This substantial funding will be invaluable in helping us acquire more technology for the school. It will mean that the children will have a little more access to technology as they advance through classes in the Junior School. Thank you Facebook! A Big Thank You also to  Kathleen Dolan and Carol Dougan for all their hard work with the application.
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Our junior classes have also began using our new set of Lenova tablets. They love exploring the phonics and number apps as well as learning the basic functions of the tablets.  

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We all celebrated Saint Patrick's day and combined with our intercultural day everyone dressed up, some in our traditional green and others representing their native country.  A beautiful day enjoyed by all.  Pictures of the day are on school events gallery.

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Outdoor and Adventure Letter Sound Hunt
The boys and girls from Junior and Senior Infants have been having lots of fun hunting for their letter sounds in the garden.  They brought their clipboards and ticked off each letter as they found it.  Super work boys and girls. 
​Click the 'Active School' tab and then 'Outdoor and Adventure' for more photos.
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Internet Safety Day 
Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people. This Year SID will take place on Tuesday, 9th February.

It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise. The theme for Safer Internet Day this year is “Together for a Better Internet“. 

Promoting Internet safety is more important than ever at the moment. There are lots of valuable resources to support conversations around safe use of the internet and how to guide your children regarding this to be found on Webwise.ie:
 https://www.webwise.ie/parents/

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The Vincent de Paul called into  thank  everyone  for the denotation of 767.00 which they greatly appreciate.








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SANTA MILE
As part of our Santa Daily mile on December 18th children donated €2 and the proceeds collected were presented to St. Vincent de Paul  €767 and
Social Services  €275.88

Santa dropped by to  say hello to all the children and wished everyone 
​ a very Happy Christmas. 

Our new Daily Mile flag

We are very proud in Dunboyne Junior School to have received a new flag for our school.  On Friday December 18th we raised our new Daily Mile flag.  The Daily Mile is a running initiative that is simple and free. It gets the children out of the class for 10 minutes every day to run or jog at their own pace with their classmates, making them fitter, healthier and more able to concentrate in the classroom.  We have been participating in The Daily Mile for 2 years now and it has become an integral part of the school day.   
To celebrate today we had a very special Santa Daily Mile where all the staff and children wore Santa hats and ran one big lap of the yards.  The children really enjoyed it and the Active Committee children from 1st and 2nd class did a fantastic job of leading the classes around the yard.  Our Daily Mile flag is now flying high beside our Active flag.  Well done to all the boys and girls for taking part.  
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​We are taking part in the' Active Break Every Day Challenge' which we started on November 9th and will run for 4 weeks.  We commit to doing at least one active break every day in school.  This might be a running, dancing or exercise break.  We are committed to helping reduce the amount of time that children are sedentary.  Having active breaks throughout the day is fun and it helps with our concentration and focus.  ​
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​Send send love to local care homes with Community Focus
Here's a selection of cards sent by Second class children to Dunboyne Nursing Home and Silvergrove Nursing Home in Clonee. This is a wonderful initiative by An Post and at a difficult time, this is a fantastic way for our school to show vulnerable members of our community how much they are still valued and loved.


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