
RETNS will be closed for the June Bank Holiday on Monday, 5 June. We will close early at 12.00 on Tuesday, 6 June for staff training on the new Primary Curriculum Framework.
Le dea-ghuí
Maeve

Exciting News
Our boys’ basketball teams, with boys from 5th and 6th classes played St. Aidan's Senior N.S., Tallaght in the National Basketball Arena this morning. The final score was 31-16. Maith sibh, a bhuachaillí!
Our 6th class girls’ team will be playing at 12.40 next Wednesday, 31 May in the National Basketball Arena.
U.C.D. Athletics Meet
Our RETNS team competed very successfully last Tuesday and won a number of medals:
1st Place: Under 12 Boys Relay team: Eamonn, Martin, Zac, Tadhg, Marvin
3rd Place: Under 14 Girls Relay team: Maeve S, Lucy, Irie, Lauren, Maebh C
3rd Place: Under 12 Girls Sprint: Ruby
All 4 relay teams qualified for their respective finals which is an achievement in itself, as did 3 out of 4 sprinters. Thanks go to Brian and Darren for their hard work and enthusiasm in preparing the team.
National Children's Choir in National Concert Hall
We are delighted to have nine of our children from 5th and 6th class representing RETNS at the National Children’s Choir Concert in the National Concert Hall on Saturday May 27th 2023.

Data Protection Guides for Parents/Guardians
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has recently published four short guides for parents/guardians on children’s data protection rights under the GDPR. These guides are intended to help parents/guardians to understand their children’s rights and to answer questions that can arise in typical situations where those rights apply.
This will help to ensure that more parents/guardians have the opportunity to read them and learn about their children’s data protection rights. The DPC hopes that these guides will also be useful to educators and anyone interested in children’s safety and wellbeing online.
English and Irish language versions of the guides can be found on the DPC website by clicking on the following links. More information on each of the guides is included below:
- https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/dpc-guidance/my-childs-data-protection-rights (English)
- https://www.dataprotection.ie/ga/dpc-guidance/Cearta-Cosanta-Sonrai-Mo-Linbh (Irish)

Admissions to RETNS 2023 – 2024
The school’s Admission Policy and Annual Admission Notice are available on the school website: Admission to Retns.
Parents and guardians who wish to enrol their children into Junior Infants for the school year 2023/2024 are asked to complete the online Junior Infants Admissions Form . This form will be available from 1st October 2022.
The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 1st Oct 2022 |
Applications received after 31 October 2022 will be processed as late applications.
The Admissions Form Senior Infants to Sixth Class will be available from 1 January 2023 up to 31st March 2023. Applications received after 31st March 2023 will be treated as late applications.
Girls Basketball Final
Another great win in Girls Basketball Final!
Boys Basketball Final
Gold for RETNS Boys Basketball Team!!
National Children’s Choir Concert April 2023
Caoilfhionn and Nadeen tell us all about taking part in the NCC 2023 Concert
Rugby Blitz
A wonderful sporting day for 4th, 5th and 6th classes. by Nisal
Dublin Primary School Association Athletics Competition
Success at UCD!
RETNS Active Week Review
6th Class Active Team tell us all about Active Week.
RETNS WIN BIG AT CUMANN NA mBUNSCOIL
Read all about it. Tadhg B
Empathy & Understanding
May’s value of the month.
Cake Sale 2023
Roll up for some delicious cakes and biscuits!
RETNS Europe Day
A joyous celebration of 50 years of Ireland being part of Europe
Pocket Forest Update
5th Class have created a living forest that they can be proud of!
Active Week
This week is Active Week in RETNS. Read all about it!