Parent Newsletter

We would like to invite you to a brief meeting with your child's class teacher during the week of September 23rd. These meetings will take place first thing in the morning in your child’s classroom and will last 20 minutes. Your child can come to school with you at this time and will be supervised in the yard or in another room while the meeting takes place.

During the meeting, your child's teacher will discuss the classroom protocols and procedures for the year, including curriculum priorities and an overview of homework. Since we will be adhering to a tight schedule, if you have any questions you'd like the teacher to address, please send them via Aladdin before Monday the 23rd September.

Afterward, coffee and tea will be available in the library, offering an opportunity to meet other parents of children in the same class but I understand if you are heading straight to work once the meeting is finished.

Please note – There will be no individual meetings. Meetings are scheduled for all parents of the class to attend together in one session.

We understand that it may be difficult for everyone to attend these meetings. But, we believe they will be highly beneficial in starting the year off on the right foot and giving you and the teacher a chance to align on the priorities for the year ahead. We hope you can join us.

• Monday, September 23rd: 8:30-8:50am – Ms Mollison’s Class (4th)
• Monday, September 23rd: 1:05-1:25pm – Mrs Prendergast’s Class (A.C)

• Tuesday, September 24th: 8:30-8:50am – Ms Payne’s Class (Senior Infants)
• Tuesday, September 24th: 8:30-8:50am – Ms Fitzgerald’s Class (6th)

• Wednesday, September 25th: 8:30-8:50am – Ms Duffy’s Class (1st)
• Wednesday, September 25th: 8:30-8:50am – Ms Wall’s Class (2nd)

• Thursday, September 26th: 8:30-8:50am – Ms O’ Loughlin’s Class (3rd)
• Thursday, September 26th: 1:05 – 1:25pm Ms Byrne’s Class (Junior Infants)

• Friday, September 27th: 8:30-8:50am – Mr Kelly’s Class (5th)

The first meeting of Dangan Parents Association is taking place this Thursday, the 19th Sept at 8pm at the School. All are welcome to attend.

To facilitate staff training , the children will be finished school at 12pm (11:45am for infants and their siblings) on Wednesday 9th October.

Please note that the enrolments for the school year 2025/2026 will be accepted from October 1st.

If anyone is looking to enroll their child for September 2025 can you please contact the school for an Enrolment Form or download a form from the school website https://dangannationalschool.ie/enrollment/

Our Open Day for our New Pupils will take place in June. I would appreciate it if you could share this information with family and members of the community who may be looking to enrol their child. Thank you for your support.

A big well done to our girls' football team, who faced Coole NS in the first round of the Cumann na mBunscol Football Competition. The girls played brilliantly, but unfortunately, they came up short this time. We’re very proud of their hard work and dedication, both in the game and during training.

This is a fundraising initiative and the money raised will be used to directly support your children's education and purchase resources for our school including sensory and IT equipment, sports equipment, classroom and teaching resources.

To register for the school lotto, Please click on the link below or scan the QR code on the poster below to take you to our lotto page.

https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/dangannationalschool

We really appreciate your support!

Thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of our pupils and parents for our School Marathon last May, we now have a beautifully marked-out playground. Thank you so much for helping to make this happen – the children are delighted!

If you have any issues logging in or registering with the Aladdin app, please contact the office - dangan.school@yahoo.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.

Fees

Many thanks to those of you who have paid the school requisites. I would be grateful if any outstanding fees were paid as soon as possible. These payments are made via Aladdin, on your child's page.

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.

School Communication

The school must be informed in advance of a child being collected early. This can be done via a note on Aladdin or in the school journal. 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 a notice via Aladdin, or a note in the homework journal. Parents can communicate with teachers and with the school preferably by Aladdin or email. Emails and messages will only be replied to between the hours of 8:30am and 3pm.

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

As you are all aware, school attendance is very important for all children. Good attendance at school supports children to achieve their full potential.

In circumstances where a child is taken out from class during the school day the parent/guardian responsible will sign the sign-out book in the school office. This will note the date and time the child leaves the school. This document will also record the date and time of the child’s return to class should the absence be for a brief period to attend an appointment.

Children who are absent for more than 20 days at school must be reported to the Educational Welfare Board of An Tusla and this is done periodically. The school is obliged by law to submit a School Absence Report and parents will be notified in writing when this happens.

However, if the school has serious concerns about a child’s attendance at school, the school is obligated to make a referral to the Educational Welfare Board of An Tusla requesting school and family support. If serious concerns are raised in relation to the reasons as to why a child is absent from school, the Designated Liaison Person is obliged to make a referral to the Social Worker Department of An Tusla.

Child Protection

All staff members are mandated persons and have an obligation under the Children’s First Act 2015 to make referrals to An Tusla when necessary. The designated liaison person is Aoife Ryan, and the Deputy Designated Person is Sharon Wall.

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: dangan.school@yahoo.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/