The Countdown to School has begun!

Dear Parents,

We are so looking forward to welcoming all our children back to school. We especially can't wait to welcome all our new children who are starting in our school, and we wish them all the very best! We are very excited to meet everyone, and I am sure that the children are very excited too!

On behalf of everyone in our school community, I want to welcome all our new children to Dangan.

A special welcome to our new Junior Infant pupils who will be starting with us this year!

James, Ann, Maeve, Anghelina, Nicola, James, Liam, Luke, Lucy, Adam, Meadhbh, Louie, Daniel James (DJ), Micheál, Lily, Jaxon, Leo, Fiadh, Conor, Aira, Gerry, Bonnie, Ailbhe Mae, Sienna, Harley, Elsie, Marigny, Myles, Ryan, Nancy, Ava, Cian, Donnacha, Isabelle, and Sanaullah

Finally, we would like to welcome the following pupils who will be starting in various classes throughout the school...

Nathan, Eva, Ariana, Eoin, Mia and Meadow,

I would like to welcome all the new families to our school community, and I hope you all have a wonderful and positive experience in our school.

Please take some time to read the following updates.

Many thanks

Ms Ryan

On behalf of everyone in our school, I would like to welcome our new staff, and I am sure that all our parents will extend them a warm welcome to our school community. The class allocation is as follows:

Junior Infants: Ms. Deirdre Forde

Junior Infants: Ms Lucy Walsh

Senior Infants: Ms Rebecca Payne

First Class: Ms. Ciara Hargadon

Second Class: Ms. Sharon Wall (Deputy Principal)

Third Class: Ms Erin Mollison

Fourth Class: Ms Sinéad O' Loughlin

Fifth Class: Mr. James Kelly

Sixth Cass: Ms. Katrina Duffy

Autism Class: Mrs. Kim Prendergast

SET: Ms. Aoife Kavangah

SET: Ms. Denise Fitzgerald

SET: Ms. Michaela Byrne

EAL (English as Additonal Language) Ms Caitlin Smyth

Special Needs Assistants: Maria Duffy Mulligan, Melissa Derivan, Caroline Chatten & Liz Morris

Secretary: Sharon Clinch

Bus Escorts: Carmel & Shirley

From this school year onwards, all parent communication should be sent to our dedicated school email address: office@dangannationalschool.ie

The school phone will be monitored between 9:00 am and 2:30 pm each day.
All emails will be received by the school office and passed on to the relevant staff member. Teachers will respond in due course but will not reply during teaching time, in the evenings, late at night, or at weekends. We ask for your understanding and cooperation in respecting these boundaries.

Please ensure that all communication is respectful in tone. Staff will not respond to emails that are threatening or abusive; such correspondence will be referred to the Board of Management.
If contacting the school about a sensitive matter, please note that parents must not name or discuss the children of other families. Any such emails will also be referred to the Board of Management.

The school must be informed in advance of a child being collected early. This can be done via Aladdin Attendance Notes section, click the “My child will be collected early” option. When a child is absent from school, parents must submit an explanation and this can be done through the Aladdin App.

If parents wish to make an appointment to speak to a teacher, they can do so by sending an email to the office or a note in the homework journal.

Please find attached the updated school calendar for the 2025/26 school year.
Following recent Department communication, there will be three additional school closure days for whole-staff professional development. These sessions will focus on Child Protection and the new Primary Curriculum Framework. The updated calendar reflects these changes.

The payment for School Requisites for the 2025/26 school year is now due. Many thanks to those who have already made their payment – it is very much appreciated. Payment can be made via the Aladdin app.

Unfortunately, the School Meals Programme will not be running this term due to delays at Department level in updating the wording for the relevant contracts. The delay relates to school procurement documentation.
Once the updated wording is communicated to us, we will be able to proceed to tender. We anticipate that the programme will not be in place until after Christmas

Our school policies are currently under review. Once the Board of Management has completed this process, updated copies of the Code of Behaviour, Anti-Bullying Policy, and Child Protection Policy will be emailed to all families. These policies must be read and adhered to.

In the interest of being able to maximise the amount of collection points in the school for drop off and collection, we would kindly ask that you minimise large gaps when parking in front of or behind other cars as we have limited space available for collection and drop off.

Also, please be mindful of where you are parking when dropping and collecting your child, please do not park up on our neighbours grass or in front of their entrance gates.

If you have any issues logging in or regsitering with the Aladdin app, please contact the office - office@dangannationalschool.ie

Contact Details

Please check that all your child's information is correct on Aladdin, if your phone number or address has changed, please update it as soon as possible.

Permissions

Please update permissions on Aladdin regarding consent for the use of school-related photograph images which may include your child on the school website and/or school facebook page.

If your child has an allergy or medical condition that you feel the school should be made aware of, please get in contact with us, if you have not done so already.

Birthday Treats

If your child is celebrating their birthday and would like to bring in treats for their classmates, please note that these treats will be sent home with each child at the end of the day. Treats from pupils will not be opened in school, this is so that parents can decide if the treats being provided are suitable for their child to eat. Please do not feel obliged to send in treats for the class when it is your child’s birthday!

Kindly find our contact information provided below. For the latest updates on your child and their class activities, we invite you to stay connected through our school website.

Email: office@dangannationalschool.ie
Website: www.dangannationalschool.ie
Location: Clonmahon, County Meath, A83 HN83, Ireland
Phone: 046 955 7332
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/School/Dangan-National-School-110400390786882/