FAQ

How will I know if my child has a specific learning difficulty?

You may be worried that you child is falling behind in literacy. You may have a child who seems to forget things easily, gets very frustrated when they can't remember spellings or tables...

External Links

These are some external web sites which may be of interest:

These sites are not managed or controlled by St. Oliver Plunkett National School and we are not responsible for their contents. The views expressed therein may not be the views of the Management or Staff at St. Oliver Plunkett National School.

Scoilnet
Wilson
Dyslexia Association of Ireland
The British Dyslexia Association
The Department of Education and Science

Our School

St. Oliver Plunkett N.S. was established in 1975. It is one of four special schools in the Irish Republic, which caters exclusively for children with specific reading difficulties. (Dyslexia).

The school is funded by the Department of Education & Science and has a Board of Management and a Parent's Association.

The objective of St. Oliver Plunkett N.S. is to provide a full time special educational setting. Children work intensively for a period of up to two years after which it is expected that they will be able to cope with the ordinary demands of mainstream education.

Every effort is made to provide a warm, caring atmosphere in which each child is treated as a unique individual with their own special talents developing their self-confidence.

The teacher-pupil ratio is 9:1 allowing for individual programmes tailored to meet each child's specific learning needs.

We hope your child will enjoy their time with us.

Principal: Angela Power
Deputy Principal: Sarah Mc Guire
School Secretary: Janette Giles

Curriculum

English (Wilson)
Maths
Religion
Drama
SESE
Art
SPHE
PE (Swimming)

Pupils Hard at Work

School Rules

Mission statement

We seek to assist all children to reach their full potential by creating a warm, caring, inclusive, yet highly structured, environment in which each child is treated as a unique individual with their own special talents.
We seek to improve the literacy levels of each child in the areas of reading accuracy, reading comprehension, spelling and writing to enable them to be better equipped to cope with the demands of mainstream education.
We endeavour to ensure that each child, and each member of staff, will have the opportunity to grow intellectually, spiritually and emotionally while a member of our school community.

“Today a reader,
tomorrow a leader”
(Margaret Fuller)

St. Oliver Plunkett, N.S.
Alma Place,
Carrickbrennan Road,
Monkstown,
County Dublin

Phone:
353 1 280 8824