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Our school courtyards have had a facelift and are now transformed into bright Aistear play areas for the Infants and a really great space for senior classes to do their messy science experiments and art activities.

Our school hall has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland featuring the artistic creations of all of our pupils!  From Christmas trees to winter scenes, robins to gnomes the hall is now awash with colour and is a wonderful testament … Continued

We can’t believe it’s December already but it must be because Santa and his very long beard are back on the office door!  Day by day the children will cut Santa’s beard until the end of term, then we will … Continued

This week all the classes visited Airfield as part of Science Week.  The children took part in lots of different activities while there. Junior Infants had lots of fun looking for bugs both on the ground and in the trees.  … Continued

Over the last week children delivered their shoeboxes down to the hall to create a wall of colourful shoeboxes.  On Thursday the Team Hope van arrived at school to collect the boxes.  Sixth class formed a long human chain and … Continued

The children all looked so fantastic today in their dress up costumes. We hope you all have a fun filled Halloween Half Term!

Today Kathy Malseed from Team Hope visited our school to speak with us about their Shoebox Appeal.  Each class took it in turns to go down to the hall and listen very carefully to all the information that Kathy had … Continued

Our Wellbeing Week ended today on the theme of giving and forming connections.  We focused on giving compliments and forming connections within our classes, and giving and forming connections with the wider community by organising donations for Cross Care and … Continued

As part of National Tree Day the children of 2nd to 6th Classes to visited Airfield to look at the beautiful trees in the grounds. National Tree Day has inspired all the classes to learn about different trees and to draw and … Continued

Celebrating creativity, collaboration and persistence.  As a whole school we celebrated International Dot Day where every pupil in the whole school created their own dot and together the dots form a sea of colour.  With a myriad of shapes, sizes, … Continued

We had two young surprise visitors today when Mrs. Carpenter brought two lambs, Patrick and Patricia, in from her farm to school.  This caused quite a stir and lots of excitement!  The children came to visit them class by class, … Continued

Junior Infants are learning all about the environment. The children have learned about recycling both in the classroom and at home. The children sorted items into the correct categories. We also looked at how we can help animals by: – … Continued

It’s great to have everyone back in school for what we hope will be a lovely sunny Summer Term.  Already this week the children have been outside lots taking part in outdoor classes in the yards.

School is getting more and more colourful, as Santa’s beard becomes shorter!

Last Friday we had a Christmas Jumper Day when all the children and staff wore their Christmas jumpers or Christmas colours to school and collected money for charity.  Well done to everyone who took part and we are delighted to … Continued

Welcome back to school children – we hope you all had a great half term break!

School looked so colourful today with all the children and staff dressed up for Halloween. We hope you all have a lovely mid term break and stay safe!

Things are getting a little spooky in here!

As parents cannot see inside the school building these days, we thought you would like to take a peep at all the lovely, colourful work that is adorning the noticeboards in the classrooms and corridors.

Welcome back to school – we are so happy to see you all!  

We have had so many busy bakers in school this week.  Take a look at all their fabulous creations!

Hi everyone, We just wanted to let you all know that we miss you all and are sending you our smiles!  Just click here to see our video 🙂 from All the Taney Staff  

Our wonderful advanced recorder group competed in the Wesley College Interschools Music Festival and came first, bring home the trophy and a gold medal each!  Congratulations to all!! Here’s a short video of the group rehearsing.

Children from 1st to 6th Classes celebrating Ash Wednesday at a Service in Christ Church Taney.

We were delighted to welcome our Patron, Archbishop Michael Jackson, to lead our school assemblies on the Feast of the Epiphany.  His Grace gave the children an overview of his role as Patron of the school and his role in … Continued

Ho ho ho!  Santa’s beard is getting shorter day by day……

We were very lucky to have two of the Taney Bell Ringers visit this week.  They came to teach the children of 4th, 5th and 6th classes to ring some Christmas carols on a set of hand bells that have … Continued

The children all enjoyed a dress up day on Friday 25 October when they came in dressed in their finest seasonal gear!

On Thursday 17th October ten pupils and two teachers represented our school at this year’s Diocesan Service, after which we went to visit the crypt.  The crypt is located in the basement of the Cathedral.  One child in particular was … Continued

The Taney Fair was great fun for everyone last Saturday! Sixth Class worked very hard all week preparing and setting up their stalls. There were many Sixth Class Stalls to visit with lots to see and do including: Soccer Shots, … Continued

First Class had great fun learning facts about echidnas and making their own echidnas out of clay.  They concentrated very carefully whilst listening to calming and inspiring didgeridoo music.   They also listened to some dreaming stories, including how echidnas … Continued

Sixth Class pupils continued our long running tradition of helping with Daffodil Day.  They manned the gates at opening and closing times, selling daffodils and pins to parents, staff and children at school last Friday.

Various classes about the school teamed up on World Book Day and shared their stories.  The children really enjoyed the exercise of writing their own stories and then reading them with children from other classes!  Author Carmel Uí Cheallaigh spoke in … Continued

We had Wallys, Wimpy Kids and Willy Wonkas, Harry Potters, Rons, Hermionies, and Lunas, Lord Voldermort and Professor Snape, Matildas, Miss Honey, Sophies and Mary Poppins , We had Billionaire Boys, Midnight Gangs and Gangsta Grannies, Spiders, Little Piggies, bears, … Continued

Our prize winners from the Wesley Music Festival were presented with their awards in Assembly this morning.  Some of them played their beautiful pieces to us.  Well done to all!

Senior Infants have been very busy in class sewing snowmen glove puppets and creating beautiful wintry scenes.

The school is beautifully decorated for Christmas with all the childrens’ and teachers’ fabulous art work.  Everyone is getting very excited about their holidays and all the fun that comes at this time of the year! Wishing you all a … Continued

Parents and staff, both past and present, came together in the Radisson Blu Stillorgan last Friday night to celebrate the careers of two amazing ladies.  Mrs. Roslyn Christie and Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, who both recently retired, had served an impressive combined total … Continued

Congratulations to our Senior Active School Basketball Challenge and Quiz winners!  The Taney Fair record of 26 baskets was scored by our Basketball Challenge winner.  100% from our Quiz winner was also most impressive.  Well done!!    

On Thursday 18th October Mrs. Carpenter and Mr. Salter, accompanied by ten pupils, represented the school at the Annual Diocesan Schools Service in Christchurch Cathedral.  

After many many happy years working in Taney, both Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Christie (previously known as Miss Swanton and Miss Durham!) hung up their teaching boots and skipped off to begin their retirements in June.  The staff and pupils … Continued

Have a great holiday, everyone.  The office will be officially closed until 30th August – emails will be checked periodically over the summer, if you need to contact us, do so at secretary@taneyschool.ie Julie Maloney and Lynn Hanley  

The hotly anticipated extravaganza that is TaneyVision took place in the Robert Smyth Hall this Tuesday.  The excitement had been building for several weeks as 6th class conducted auditions – children from 4th, 5th and 6th classes eligible to enter.  … Continued

Credit Union took in its final lodgments for the school year last week.  We had a visit from Pauline from Dundrum CU, who gave 6th class tellers lots of goodies for all their help this year.  They also presented Joan … Continued

A massive well done to all the boys and girls who have been working so hard at piano with Mrs. Farrell this year.  A large number of pupils sat exams and achieved fantastic results.  Mrs. Farrell spoke to assembly about … Continued

The annual Taney Parish Fête took place on one of the sunniest days of the year and there were plenty of smiles all round as the children and parents tried their luck at the games, giggled at the clown, browsed the … Continued

Welcome to Sports Day 2018! Here’s all the info including the programme, various maps and other logistical details……. Timing & Programme The first races will take place at 11.00 a.m. sharp and we would recommend that you arrive by 10:40 … Continued

We maintained our close links with our parish church when the children from first to sixth classes walked across to take part in a special Ascension Day Service.  Our Assembly Band accompanied us as we sang the hymns.  Mrs. Carpenter … Continued

We ran an art competition to choose two designs for the junior and senior sponsorship cards and our two winners came from Junior Infants and Third Class, both the youngest classes in their respective categories!  It was a really tough … Continued

Some Funky Feet ready to Walk for Water on World Water Day as part of the joint Active Flag and Green Flag initiative.  Along with wearing blue clothing for World Water Day the children decorated their shoes, or wore odd … Continued

The Fun/Sponsored Walk will take place in Marlay Park on Thursday 19th April.  The children have been busy in school designing sponsorship cards.  There were two winners, one from the junior end and one from senior end of the school.  … Continued

    We hope you can join us for what promises to be an interesting and informative talk on the topic of overcoming bullying and helping your child to get along with others, as well as guidelines for dealing with … Continued

72 parents and friends of Taney made up the 18 teams that contested the Taney Table Quiz 2018. Resident quiz maestro Eoin Pearson tested the knowledge limits with questions of current affairs, sport, literature, geography, entertainment, history, general knowledge and … Continued

Junior assembly on Friday, 9th February was awash with excited anticipation as the children awaited the announcement of who had won the Credit Union Draw. Joan Sherlock Robertson, who manages the scheme, explained how all regular savers were included whether … Continued

It’s nearly time for the eagerly awaited annual Table Quiz which will test the Taney knowledge pool while raising funds for our school. Teams of four will be quizzed on a variety of general knowledge and specific categories courtesy of … Continued

All the children learning the words and actions to the first class carol at Junior Assembly.

Busy practicing for Senior Carol Service

To Everyone at Taney, Thank you so very much for your generous food gifts for the CrossCare Foodbank in Dundrum. We have so appreciated your gifts in the past and we were delighted to receive so much again this December. … Continued

The first weekend of December was a buzz with festive activity, with over 60 parents and teachers heralding the start of the Christmas season at the Goat Grill. There was plenty of yuletide cheer and fun on the dancefloor courtesy … Continued

Our school choir performed for the first time this year at the Taney Parish Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 2nd December.  They lined the staircase and sang as the Bazaar opened at 10am.  People commented so positively on this lovely festive … Continued

Great excitement here in school today, Friday 10th November.  A Dublin Bus double-decker arrived, with driver Paul and his team of Transition Year helpers. The bus was parked outside the school gates, which was very exciting for the Infants on … Continued

Ten pupils from 4th and 5th Classes, accompanied by Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Quill, attended the Annual Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan Service for primary school children, held in Christchurch Cathedral on Thursday 19th October.  One of our pupils had been chosen … Continued

Despite Storm Brian threatening to put a dampener on proceedings, the School Fair on 21st October saw an estimated 150 families brave the rain to attend the children’s favourite annual event. Your generous contributions produced a grand total of €5,447, … Continued

With only a few days to go until our annual School Fair, preparations are in full flow. The teachers are selling raffle tickets this week at €1 each and we have over 40 prizes including an iPad, headphones, toys, games … Continued

On Friday, 8th September, we welcomed the parents of the new Junior Infants to the school community. Over 50 parents met and mingled over coffee, with many new parents getting to know those with children in the school already. We … Continued