Information to Parents from our Board of Management meeting – 22/10/2024

• The School had it’s the Open Day on Saturday, 19th of October from 2-4pm. It was a very successful day. The Board of Management would like to thank all those who helped in any way.
• In preparation for the Open Day the school organised 2 clean up days, Saturday and Sunday, October 5th & 6th. On the Saturday we had 30 or so parents, staff and members of the Community helping clean, paint and power wash the school. 15 more volunteers were involved on the Sunday.  Again, the Board of Management would like to thank all those who came along to help.
• Over the Summer the School purchased a new 75” Classroom Smartboard for the infant classroom.
• 25 new Laptops were bought for the Computer Room to replace the older laptops.
• A new Marmoleum floor surface was laid in the 5th/6th classroom during the Summer.
• The date for next year’s Confirmation is Tuesday, March 25th in Dunhill Church.
• The Board analysed the results of the Standardised tests that were conducted just before the Summer. The Micra-T (English) and Sigma- T (Maths) school results were well above the national averages in both subjects. The Board was very happy with this.
• Work continues on the School Development plan. This was drawn up earlier in the year to advance the school in all areas.
• As part of this development plan, a school library has been set up in the spare classroom. The school would like to thank all those who donated books to the library. Display Units were made for the school by the Men’s shed which have added to the library and the pupils will begin to use it on a regular basis after the midterm break.
• The school’s Sensory or Chill Room has been set up (also part of the development plan and part of the School Self Evaluation Wellbeing initiative) and is available for use by students when the need requires.
• The Board revised and updated the school Homework Policy (see Policies section on this website) 

1st and 2nd Class paid a visit to the Social Hub for Maths Week! We played board games and also chatted to the Hub members about Halloween when they were children. Everyone really enjoyed themselves!

We were delighted to receive the news that our application to take part in Peace Proms 2025 was successful! The concert will take place on Saturday 25th January at 8pm in the SETU Arena.
All pupils from 3rd to 6th Class will take part.
Parents will shortly be receiving YouTube links (via email) to the music for this year's concert and children will begin rehearsing in school very soon.
Parents will be notified of presale codes for tickets as soon as we receive them.

Dunhill NS will hold its inaugural Open Day on Saturday October 19th from 2pm to 4pm. We hope to see lots of visitors on the day, checking out our wonderful school, meeting the staff and viewing all our facilities.