board of management of Dunhill NS - end of year report for 2022/23

Board of Management Agreed Report 30/06/2023
 

• The Board would like to thank Helen McMahon and Carmel Dunphy (with the assistance of some pupils) who marked out the lines in the basketball court. The Parents Council paid for the paint. The addition of fresh lines is very beneficial to the pupils and the school. 
• The Department of Education have pulled the proposed 2022/23 school ICT Grant for National Schools and reduced Ancillary Grants and other grants used to maintain the school. The school had to be run with around €14,500 less than was originally indicated. This proved very difficult, and many proposed refurbishments and plans had to be cancelled as a result. The board felt that this was very unsatisfactory in a time when Government Revenues were at an all time high.
• Ms. Jamie O Neill was appointed to the Fixed Term position vacated by Mr Kevin Hally, who has gone on a career break for a year.
• Emma Murphy will leave her position this Summer as BASC Leader. She will be sorely missed by all in the school and the Board paid tribute to her great work.
• The Board reviewed the progress of the School Self Evaluation and analysed the SSE Report. This year the school focused on P.E. for its evaluation.
• The Board praised the success of the Dunhill GAA/St. Annes GAA coaching initiative in Dunhill N.S. that saw qualified coaches (most of whom are parents) from these clubs come into the school to help coach GAA/PE. It was a resounding success and plans are a foot to continue it in September and again, next year.
• The Board discussed the draft Whole School Evaluation Report and were pleased with its findings. The Whole School Evaluation took place towards the end of May, 2023 and will be published in September.
• The Board paid tribute to all involved in the acquisition of our first Green Flag. The Green Schools Committee were thanked for their work but also the pupils, parents and staff in the school for playing their part also.
• The Board reviewed the following policies:

Child Safeguarding Statement
Anti-Bullying policy
The Administration of Medicines Policy