Useful Links
Community National School – The Community National Schools main website.
Barnardos – Information on childcare, anti-bullying and a booklet on your child’s numeracy development.
Help my kid learn – Ideas for learning, which can be tailored to suit the age of your child.
Department of Education and Skills – Government website which includes a section for parents, as well as school-related guidelines, circulars and inspection reports.
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) – Information on learning outcomes for each class level and supplementary videos and tip sheets to help your child’s learning at home.
Starfall – Phonics practise exercises, including the sound that each letter makes in the English alphabet.
Cula4 – Cláracha
Programmes and games that will support language skills in Irish. If you’re not confident at reading Irish, click on the ‘English’ button to translate the site
Woodlands Junior School – An amazing array of activities in all subject areas, including online games to practise skills in maths and English.
ISPCC – Ireland’s oldest and most well-known children’s charity (Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children).
National Parents Council Primary – Information for parents on your child’s learning and development in primary school and how you can become involved by setting-up and
Green Schools Ireland – An international environmental education programme, environmental management system and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole school action for the environment.
Rainbows Ireland – Support for children and young people who have been affected by the death of a close family member or whose family has changed because their parents have separated or divorced
Welcome to River Valley
Community National School!
Welcome to River Valley Community National School! We opened in September 2019 under the patronage of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLTB) as a Community National School.
As Principal of River Valley Community School, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our school website. I hope our website will provide useful and current information for both current and prospective students and their families, for our school staff and the wider River Valley and Swords community.
River Valley CNS is dedicated to the holistic development of every child through the use of high quality, future-focused teaching and learning approaches which strive to develop each individual’s academic, social, moral, emotional, spiritual and creative capabilities. We are committed to the core values of respect, inclusion, equality and fairness, where diversity of belief, language, cultures, traditions and views are not only acknowledged but celebrated.
Our school motto is “partners in learning.” A core value of River Valley CNS is partnership, where staff, parents and members of the wider community work together to enable all of our students reach their full potential in an educational environment which is welcoming, child-centred, stimulating, future-focused, wholly inclusive and reflective of a diverse 21st century Ireland.
Anne McArdle, Principal