Active Challenge 2021 Update
In the final week of the Active Challenge, the pupils of Taney Parish Primary School travelled an impressive 2,416.635 km! This brings our total over four weeks to an astounding 8,912.585 km! Altogether, we travelled just beyond Brazil. Brazil is located … Continued
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….
School is getting more and more colourful, as Santa’s beard becomes shorter!
Christmas Jumper Day & Crosscare Foodbank Collection
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
Welcome back to school children – we hope you all had a great half term break!
Halloween Dress Up Day
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!
Boo!!!!!!
Things are getting a little spooky in here!
What’s going on Inside School
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
Welcome back to school – we are so happy to see you all!
The Great Taney Bake Off
We have had so many busy bakers in school this week. Take a look at all their fabulous creations!
Boys Hockey Update
Although the season sadly came to a premature end the boys made fantastic progress working with their coaches to develop new skills and push their game on. We had lots of kids trying out new tricks and some even braved … Continued
Players of the Year
There are many different aspects of Taney Sports Committee that provides the reward which makes up for all the dedication and hard work of being a member. Watching kids faces light up when they score their first goal, seeing kids … Continued
Message from all the Staff!
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
Active School Week
Active School Week is a really enjoyable part of the school year for the school community. This year, because of COVID-19, it was not possible for it go ahead. Instead, we invited families to participate in the national “Active Home … Continued
Advanced Recorder Group win gold at Interschools Music Festival
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.
WBD Fashion Show
Third to Sixth Class had a fashion show in the hall on World Book day.
World Book Day Juniors
Junior Infants to 2nd Class all came together in the assembly hall on World Book Day – what a colourful bunch we are!
Ash Wednesday Service
Children from 1st to 6th Classes celebrating Ash Wednesday at a Service in Christ Church Taney.
PE lesson
Some 6th class members taking on the teacher reins to teach 3rd class some PE games!
Active body, healthy foods.
Sixth Class recognise that being physically active is extremely important. However, it is also vital that we have a balanced diet as our bodies need a variety of foods so that they can grow, repair, give us energy etc. We … Continued
Tag Rugby
Over this term coaches from Leinster Rugby have come to give the children of 4th, 5th and 6th classes Tag Rugby coaching sessions.
Epiphany Assembly
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!
Ho ho ho! Santa’s beard is getting shorter day by day……
Learning to bell ring
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
Shoebox Appeal
Team Hope came back to school yesterday in a double-decker bus to collect the Christmas shoeboxes which Taney children kindly filled over the last few weeks. Sixth Class pupils helped carry out and load the boxes into the Team Hope … Continued
Hallowe’en in Taney
The children all enjoyed a dress up day on Friday 25 October when they came in dressed in their finest seasonal gear!
Diocesan Service in Christ Church Cathedral
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
School Fair
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
Thursday 26th September 2019 – National Fitness Day
National Fitness Day (Thursday 26th September 2019) was a physical activity filled day for the pupils of Taney Parish Primary School! All classes took part in various activities throughout the day including: Active Brain Breaks Active Spelling and Tables … Continued
TaneyVision 2019
Taney Vision was a great success this year with a variety of singing, dancing and comedy acts. Everyone who took part was very entertaining and all the children in the school enjoyed the show. Well done to all!
The Chicks have Hatched!
There was huge excitement at school this week when 5 chicks hatched in both 6th clases! These 10 feathery and chirpy little birds were taken around the school to visit all the classrooms. Everyone fell in love with them!!
Making Clay Echidnas
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
Camel Cup Soccer Tournament
Taney entered three teams in the Camel Cup Tournament which took place in St. Killian’s Deutsche Schule. The children all played their hearts out and at the end of the day the Boys A and Girls A teams came home victorious! … Continued
“Hoodwinked”- a Swashbuckling Robin Hood Musical
The extra-curricular drama club, for 2nd and 3rd class children, had yet another successful term. Throughout the term the children practised the basics of stagecraft including imagination and creativity through expression and articulation. The children’s self-confidence and self-discipline thrived throughout … Continued
Boys’ Leinster champions!
On Thursday our Under 12 Boys team played against Whitechurch National School in the Leinster Hockey Legal Final, played in Wesley College. In a thrilling match Taney’s team emerged the victors, winning 2-1! Many thanks to our coaches, Jenny and … Continued
Girls’ Hockey Champions!
Taney Girls’ A hockey team played in the Leinster Junior & Primary School Girls Hockey League, Division 1 final yesterday in Three Rock Rovers. Taney beat Castlepark 1-0 in a very exciting final! Huge thanks for all the coaches, in … Continued
Daffodil Day 2019
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.
Sharing Stories
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
Taney does World Book Day
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
Wesley Music Festival
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!
Active Flag School Mascot Competition
After the success of receiving our Active Flag we held a Mascot competition to celebrate. We were delighted to see so many entries from Second to Sixth Class. The standard was so high, it made it extremely difficult to choose … Continued
Be My Valentine ♥
Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ from 1st Class!
Chinese New Year
6th Class and Junior Infants joined together today to complete art activities based on the Chinese New Year, which as on Tuesday 5th February, as well as a Valentine’s Day love heart ♥♥!
Winter time in Senior Infants
Senior Infants have been very busy in class sewing snowmen glove puppets and creating beautiful wintry scenes.
Girls Hockey
Taney Girls A Team played a thrilling match last Friday against KPS, winning 2-1, which now brings them through their section to play in the semi finals of the League.
Christmas Ready!!!
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
Junior Carol Service: “Hey Ewe” Nativity
Friday 14th December – a very special day, a very special play. We performed our first ever nativity “Hey Ewe” in Taney Church. We all worked together and told this joyful story through words and songs. Every single child was … Continued
Tag Rugby Sessions
5th & 6th Class have tag rugby for the next 4 weeks provided by Leinster Rugby! Here are some action shots of Ms. Dolan’s 6th Class during their first session.
School Social & Retirement Evening
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
Team Hope Christmas Shoe box Appeal
On Monday, Team Hope came back to school to collect the Christmas shoe boxes which the children had been busily packing over the mid-term break. Every child carried their shoe box down to the Robert Smyth Hall and built them … Continued
Halloween Ready!
Mrs. Wilson’s Senior Infants were very busy in class this week getting ready for Halloween!
Taney Fair Prize Winners
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!!
School Fair
The school is looking very colourful and everyone is excited about the School Fair this Saturday 20th October from 10am till 1pm! Come and see the scary monsters that Ms. Leahy’s class made…..they are on display on the corridor near … Continued
Annual Diocesan Schools Service
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.
3rd Class Artists
3rd Class found it really hard to paint a picture using only one colour, along with black and while to create different tones and shades!
Bon Voyage!
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
All the hard work is done!
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
TaneyVision
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
Active Flag Award
During an accreditation visit on 12th June, the Junior Active School Committee, spearheaded by Ms. Audrey Coe, delivered a powerpoint presentation about the team effort from pupils, parents and staff along with the numerous events organised to promote activity in … Continued
Credit Union
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
Soccer Players of the Year
A presentation of a plate each was made to our two soccer Players of the Year in Assembly this week. Well done!
Piano Maestros
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
Sunny Smiles at Parish Fête
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
Irish Dancing Display
Our Irish Dancing Display was held on Thursday evening last week and the children from 1st to 6th classes gave us a great show of all the wonderful dances they have learned this year. We had a special presentation at … Continued
Sports Day
Active School Week culminated with our annual Sports Day which took place in Marlay Park on Friday morning. A big thank you to the dozens of parents and teachers who helped to organise and coordinate the event, and to Paul … Continued
Active School Week
Active School week took place last week, 28th May to 1st June. Everyone was encouraged to wear their favourite active gear in order to take part fully in Active School Week. Coaches from Olympian Gymnastics and Irish Ultimate Frisbee provided taster … Continued
Sports Day 2018 – All You Need to Know
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
Celebrating Sporting Activities!
We had a fantastic celebrating in Assembly last week of all our sporting activities! Here are some photos of the winners of the Taney School hockey competition.
Ascension Service at Christchurch Taney
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
Fun & Sun at the Sponsored Walk
On Thursday, 19th April, 272 pupils along with their parents, younger siblings, grandparents and canine companions replaced the recently-required snowboots for shades as they participated in the Fun / Sponsored Walk at Marlay Park. It was a great turnout and … Continued
School Play “Dragon Days”
Children from 2nd and 3rd Classes participated in an after school Drama Club last term. Over the course of the term the boys and girls were hard at work learning lines from the play “Dragon Days”, which they performed for … Continued
Fun/Sponsored Walk in Marlay Park
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
Funky Feet
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
Fun/Sponsored Walk
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
School Community Gives a Dig-Out
The Taney community spirit was out in full force on Sunday afternoon as a large group of parents answered the call to help ensure safe passage for the children to school on Monday morning. Armed with shovels, brushes, and rakes, … Continued
Parent Information Evening – 14th March @ 7.45 p.m.
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
Table Quiz Results
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
Winner of Credit Union Draw Announced
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
Taney Table Quiz
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
Junior Assembly fun!
All the children learning the words and actions to the first class carol at Junior Assembly.
Carol Service Rehearsals
Busy practicing for Senior Carol Service
Thank you all, from CrossCare
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
Christmas Capers
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
Choir at Taney Parish Bazaar
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
Active School
In Assembly recently Mrs Carpenter congratulated our Active School Challenge Winner and Active School Quiz Winner.
Team Hope Shoeboxes
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
Annual Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan Service
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
School Fair Outcomes & Photos
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
Activity @ Taney School Fair
On Saturday, 21st October 2017, we had lots of visitors to our Active School Stall at the Taney School Fair. Children had to complete a very tricky quiz to test their Active School knowledge and our winners had very impressive … Continued
The Fair 2017 – All you Need to Know
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
Pupils versus Teachers on National Fitness Day
Taney School marked National Fitness Day, 29th September 2017, with a host of initiatives. Many physical activities were organised both in classrooms and outdoors throughout the day to celebrate physical activity. All of the children were encouraged to be active by wearing … Continued
Welcome to the new Junior Infant Parents
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
Sports Day 2017
The sun shone for the annual sporting spectacle of Taney Parish Primary School, held in Marlay Park on 2nd June. Juniors infants to 6th Class pupils showed off their athletic prowess through the sprint, relay, hoop, cup and ball, and obstacle … Continued