Information to Parents

•  Over the Summer the school purchased 3 Smart boards. Now all 4 classrooms have a Smart Board.
• Also a new marmoleum floor was put into the middle class in the ‘new’ extension. Last year Mrs Glackin was in this classroom.
• Music Generation will begin lessons in the school on Wednesday 17th of September. All classes will be involved. The 3rd-6th classes will learn to play the Ukulele. These music classes will take place on a Wednesday between 1 and 3pm.
• Interviews were held on Wednesday, August 20th for 3 teaching position within the school. The Board ratified the choices of the Interview Board:  Mr Kai Hayes for the fixed-term classroom teacher position in 3rd/4th class, Mrs Catherine Glackin was ratified for the fixed-term SET Job share position and Ms Julie Hayden for the Infant class maternity leave position.
• In September the school will conduct a survey to see what kind of clothing parents would prefer children to wear for the First Communion and Confirmation later this year. There will have to be a change as the traditional school uniform is no longer used in the school.
• In July the Dept of Social Protection contacted 1,100 primary schools to let them know that the School Procurement Documentation for the hot meals had not yet been finalised and would not be until the middle of August. On August 15th, these Documents were finally released to all the schools. They have informed us that the there is a very prolonged and detailed procurement process that will take between 10 and 12 weeks to complete. And so, the commencement of the school hot meals for Dunhill NS and all the other primary schools affected will be delayed until sometime in the second term of the 2025/26 school year. The fault for this delay lies completely with the Dept of Social Protection. The school has begun working on the first few steps in this procurement process.  
• An indefinite Forsa strike involving school secretaries and caretakers will begin on the day the school starts the new school year. This could affect the business of the school but the school will open and remain open as normal.

 
 

Dunhill National School Year Calendar - 2025 / 2026
 
School Reopening:       Thursday, August 28th 2025
 
Mid-term Break:-  Closing on Friday, 24th Oct., reopen on Monday, 3rd Nov. 
Professional Learning Day:-  Wednesday, 5th November. (School Closed)
 
Christmas Concert:-    Thursday 4th & Friday 5th December.
 
Christmas Holidays:- Closing at 12pm on Friday, 19th Dec., reopen on Monday, 5th Jan.
 
Primary Curriculum Framework:-   Tuesday, 20th January (School Closed)
 
Closed:     Monday, 2nd  Feb.
 
Mid-term Break:- Closed on Thursday, 19th & Friday, 20th Feb.
 
Closed:     Monday, 16th & Tuesday, 17th March
 
Easter Holidays:- Closing 12pm on Friday, 27th March, reopen on Monday, 13th Apr.
 
Primary Curriculum Framework:-    Tuesday, 21st April (School Closed)
 
Closed:     Monday, 4th May
 
Closed:     Friday, 29th May & Monday, 1st June.
 
Summer Holidays:-    Closing at 12pm on Wednesday, 24th June.