Taney Parish National School
Taney Parish National School is a co-educational Primary School in the state education system. It is also a parish school and is attached to the Church of Ireland parish of Taney, here in Dundrum.
There are 21 teachers and 450 pupils in Taney School. There are 16 mainstream classroom teachers, a Learning Support Teacher, a Teacher who works predominately with the children in the school's Computer Room, three Learning Support Teachers and the Principal. There are two classrooms of children at each of the eight class grades from Junior Infants to 6th Class.
The school is above all a happy school, a place where pupils enjoy coming each morning. A caring community of adults and children where each is valued for her/his own unique contribution and effort, Taney School has a long tradition of providing the widest range of opportunities for children from the arts to sport and crucially and centrally in the academic area.
Tel: 01 2985015 Fax: 01 2967953
Web: www.taneyschool.ie Email: taneyschool@eircom.net
Taney Lawn Tennis Club
Dear Members
As I write, Taney Parish Lawn Tennis Club is having a super summer - the weather didn’t really warm up until mid-June but since then we have enjoyed many days and evenings of tennis. The work that was done on the courts in March and April - scarifying, rolling and weeding - has made a huge difference this season. Not quite Wimbledon standard yet but many more true bounces than last season! We unfortunately have a young fox who loves to dig and has been digging holes on the courts which we have to keep filing in!! Just one of the problems with grass courts but the advantages outweigh these because the grass is much more forgiving on the body, legs, hips, etc!!
In May and June we once again ran a very successful tennis coaching programme for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes at Taney National school. We coached 56 juveniles and had a waiting list of over 20. We finished up with a tournament for each of the coaching days. We never cease to be amazed at how the children progress during the programme and how much they enjoy playing tennis with their friends. We wish all the 6th class students who are now going on to secondary school all the very best.
Please contact me if you would like any information on the club or are thinking of joining perhaps next year - we usually open the club on the first Saturday in May.
Margaret Nevin
Hon Secretary and Club Captain, Taney Parish LTC