Sports Day Medals
The children on the Red 🥇, Green 🥈 and Blue 🥉 teams were presented with their Sports Days medals in their Assemblies over the last week. The yard was filled with lots of clapping and happy faces during the ceremonies.
The children on the Red 🥇, Green 🥈 and Blue 🥉 teams were presented with their Sports Days medals in their Assemblies over the last week. The yard was filled with lots of clapping and happy faces during the ceremonies.
On Friday, 10th of June, we were thrilled to be back in Marlay Park for our first sports day since 2019 – to put that in context, the current 6th class were in 3rd class. Everyone had great fun and … Continued
After making it to the final of the Dún Laoighaire-Rathdown Libraries School Quiz, our two teams from Sixth Class had a superb performance. With 43 teams competing, we had both groups securing spots in the Top 10. We had one … Continued
The pitches at Wayside Celtic were awash with colour last Thursday at the long-awaited and hotly-anticipated soccer spectacle, our beloved Morton Cup. Country teams comprising 90 boys and 71 girls from 2nd through 6th Class battled each other and the … Continued
We have two teams, one from each Sixth Class, representing Taney in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries Challenge Quiz. Four children from each class were selected to take part in the first heat in Dundrum Library, competing against 13 other local … Continued
All classes have spent the past four weeks completing our active break challenge. They have focused on being active for at least one hour a day, and spending less time sitting, especially during the school day. When it rained … Continued
Senior Infants have been reading the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. We painted the setting of the story and the characters in the story. We also drew pictures of lighthouses and then we made our own light houses.
On the morning of the Morton Cup the 12 girls and 12 boys teams got together in the yard to meet their fellow team mates and have preparation chats for that afternoon’s tournament. Many of the children were taking part … Continued
For the first time in over two years the children were all back together again for Assembly. On Tuesday Senior Assembly took place out in the yard, and again on Friday morning Junior Assembly had there turn outside! How nice … Continued
Our Senior soccer end of year tournament was held on Wednesday for the first time since 2019 on a sunny but windy day up in Wayside Celtic. It was a lovely way to finish off a fun few weeks of … Continued
As part of our Active School Flag, all classes are participating in the Run Around Ireland Challenge 2022 for 4 weeks from 14th March until Easter. Everyone runs every day and classes count the number of laps they complete. Some … Continued
In the last month our classes have been given some new skipping ropes and elastics to play with in the yard. We have individual ropes and larger ropes for groups to play together. Classes have taken some time to learn … Continued
Over 90 Taney pupils from 2nd, 3rd and 4th class signed up for junior hockey, which was held on Friday afternoons in Three Rock Rovers. Due to covid, hockey was mixed this year with the pupils playing within their class … Continued
Another great term of 64 boys and girls from 5th and 6th class. The start back was rocky as we had to postpone for a couple of weeks due to Covid however with smiles on faces for the return on … Continued
The PTA are running a Readathon to raise money for new books in our school and one of the challenges was to send a picture of yourself reading in an unusual place!
Thursday 3rd March was World Book Day and we were lucky to have a beautiful sunny day to celebrate, adding to the bright colours of the childrens’ costumes. Aside from the various activities that took place in each classroom, the … Continued
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
Third class used iPads for research recently. We researched facts about animals that live in Ireland.
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
To reward the kids with all of their hard work over the course of the year (especially during lockdown) we had a pizza day in school for the senior classes. What a treat!
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
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.
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
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!
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
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
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 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
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.
Third to Sixth Class had a fashion show in the hall on World Book day.
Junior Infants to 2nd Class all came together in the assembly hall on World Book Day – what a colourful bunch we are!
Children from 1st to 6th Classes celebrating Ash Wednesday at a Service in Christ Church Taney.
Some 6th class members taking on the teacher reins to teach 3rd class some PE games!
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
Over this term coaches from Leinster Rugby have come to give the children of 4th, 5th and 6th classes Tag Rugby coaching sessions.
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
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
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
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
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!
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!!
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ from 1st Class!
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 ♥♥!
Senior Infants have been very busy in class sewing snowmen glove puppets and creating beautiful wintry scenes.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
Mrs. Wilson’s Senior Infants were very busy in class this week getting ready for Halloween!
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!!
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
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 found it really hard to paint a picture using only one colour, along with black and while to create different tones and shades!
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
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 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 presentation of a plate each was made to our two soccer Players of the Year in Assembly this week. Well done!
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
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
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 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
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 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
In Assembly recently Mrs Carpenter congratulated our Active School Challenge Winner and Active School Quiz Winner.
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
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
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
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
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
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