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Welcome Back!

School begins Tuesday 31st August (12.30 closing for Staff Meeting), Normal school hours apply thereafter. After a great Summer, welcome back to all our staff, children and parents for academic year 2010-2011. Click here to find out class teachers for the coming year. Sinead

Family Fun Day Sunday 13th June

The Parents Association and the Fundraising Committee are hosting a Family Fun Day in the school on Sunday 13th June. Last year was great fun so why not make it your business to bring the family this year. Read all about it here

Sucess at Santry!

This year some of the children from 3rd to 6th class took part in the Santry Athletic competition on 9th June. The senior boys won bronze medals in the relay race which was a great achievement. Trials took place in school in early May when the participants were chosen followed by training sessions each week both within and outside the schoolday. Well done to Ronan and Conall for undertaking the schools participation in this exciting interschool event.

Nuala Retires 25th June

Sadly we again say goodbye to another very young at heart retiree, Nuala. Nuala has worked in the school since we relocated to Rathfarnham from Crumlin back in the early 1990's. Her cheerful face will be missed but thankfully, with five grandchildren in the school, we will still see her from time to time.

Milano's Dundrum Fundraiser Monday 26th April

Milano’s hosted a social night/fun(draiser) for RETNS

What a great night out, read all about it here

€600 was raised for the school to go towards sports equipment.

Craft/Bake Sale Fundraiser

Read all about it! Jane and Sophie (6th class) fill us in on the wonderful turnout for our charity fundraiser this year. Click here for all the news and pictures. Below is a picture of Helen and Sinead with the student council. Jane Chairperson of the Student Council presented €750 to Helen before she flew back to Zambia.

On Friday 14th May Lisa from the Irish Hospice Foundation came into school and thanked the student council and all the children for the money raised to help the hospice help sick children. Below is a picture of Lisa with the student council and Sinead

Junior Infants and their Fantastic Frogs

Junior Infants have been learning all about frogs. Patricia and Sharon (Ciara's Mum) placed frogspawn into a small aquarium tank in early March. Since then, the frogspawn rapidly developed into tadpoles, little frog-lets with back legs, then front legs then their tails disappeared. Now they are ready to move outside into the wildlife garden.

Junior Infants have released their baby frogs into the wildlife garden. Sharon again came in to assist the children build a shallow frog friendly pond. Each Junior Infant named their frog and released it into the pond. What FUN!

AIB Better Ireland Award 2010

Wonderful News! RETNS topped the poll in the Rathfarnham area to come out with the top prize of €5,000 in the AIB Better Ireland Award. The AIB Better Ireland prize fund will be used to develop and enhance the School Library allowing it to become a great resource for our children with special needs and all the children in our community. Well done to Linda Byrne of the Fundraising Committee for entering us for this award. Sinead

Biodiversity Events in DunLaoghaire-Rathdown

A series of nature walks and talks have been organised by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to celebrate Biodiversity Day (22nd May) and the International Year of Biodiversity. All events are free and open to members of the public. To check this out click here

WRITE-A-Book

It has been 25 years since Write-a-Book began. Over the years thousands of children have had the opportunity to write their own books and for many of them, their books remain a treasured possession in their bookcases. In RETNS 3rd and 4th class take part in Write-a-Book and this year as always their books are amazing. Here pictured are our two class winners who collected their medals and certificates this week. Well done 3rd and 4th for all your hard work.

DLR Recite Now 2010

DLR Libraries invited primary schools in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown to participate in their new schools recitation competition, “Recite Now”.

We had 23 children from 5th and 6th class take part in this competition which entailed each child picking two poems and reciting in front of judges and an audience in DeansGrange Library. Four of our children got through to the final on 25th March, Ferghus and Danny from 6th and Cia and Dearbhla from 5th. For this they had to learn two more poems. Congratulations to all the children for taking part in the competition, and especially to our four finalists who managed to secure €1,500 for the school library to be spent on books. Well Done, Sinead

Vikings invade RETNS

4th Class have done amazing Viking Projects over the last term, don't forget to come in and see their display of ships, swords, jewellery and Viking runes.

Breakfast Club at RETNS?

The RETNS Parents Association are exploring the idea of a breakfast club at the school. To check this out click here

Executive Update!

We are inviting all RETNS members, parents, guardians, staff and interested parties to attend an EGM in respect of the potential change from our current status as an Independent Patron to become a member of the Educate Together Central Patronage. This meeting will be held on Thursday 15th April. Information on this topic can be found here

Wildlife Garden beginning to bloom

Well done to all parents, guardians, budding farmers. The garden is looking amazing after the big cleanup on 6th March.

Easter Eggs at Nutgrove

Senior Infants and 1st class have been very creative this term working on Easter Eggs to be displayed in Nutgrove Shopping Centre over Easter. Do go along with your children and admire them. Well done to all involved!