Archive | May, 2017

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RETNS Kids have Buckets of Talent!

  RETNS Parents be very proud of your very talented kids. On Friday 19th of May the Student Council assisted by Geralyn held a very successful Talent Show Fundraiser in aid of Dogs Thrust. Brian worked the sound desk for all the different acts and members of the student council introduced each act. We had instrumentalists, […]

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Santry Athletics

Some 40 students from 3rd to 6th class participated in the yearly Santry Athletics competition. Everyone gave it their best with many individuals and teams qualifying for their respective finals. In the end we came home with two sets of medals for fourth place in the Under 12 Boys and Under 12 Girls relay races. […]

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National Walk to School Week

We had a fantastic response to National Walk to School Week, with record numbers of children walking, cycling or using park ‘n’ stride during the week. To mark the end of the week there was a brilliant turnout for the Friday Walking Bus and we had a great community atmosphere as children, parents and staff […]

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RETNS COMEDY NIGHT KIDS JOKE COMPETITION

RETNS Kids, head over to the Kidsblog for a cool joke competition. Phelim will tell you all about it!

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Handshake for Europe

Happy 60th birthday Europe from all the kids and staff of Rathfarnham Educate Together National School. We celebrated Europe Day by dressing in blue  and walking through our neighbourhood of Loreto Estate over to Loreto Park where we sat in a circle and did a handshake for Europe. We also sang Europe a happy birthday. […]

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Marian Harkin, MEP, visits RETNS

   As part of our Blue Star programme we were delighted to welcome Marian Harkin, MEP, to our school on Friday, April 28th. Marian spoke to all the children at assembly and later visited the classes where she answered children’s questions. See PrincipalsBlog on this website for full details of the visit and more photos. […]