The Musical, 'Oklahoma' takes place this week. Best wishes to the TY students, under the musical direction of Mr Clinch.
The 1st years and their 5th year mentors continued the annual bulb planting tradition in Manor House by planting daffodils, tulips and crocuses. The area outside the cafeteria will look lovely in the Spring. Thanks to Ms Gaughan and the Wellbeing Team who organised this year's event. They are looking forward to a beautiful display of flowers in a few months time. Click on the heading to see some lovely photos!
Well done to the 5th year students who participated in the #JuvenesTranslatores (Young Translators) event which took place all over the EU on the same day. Their task was to translate from French, Spanish and Irish into English. Click on the heading to see some photos.
6th year students attended a talk about CAO and PLC Options after the Leaving Cert today. Dr John McGinnity (Maynooth University) spoke about the CAO and Dr Rory O'Sullivan (Killester College of Further Education). If you would like to see the slides about the CAO, click on the heading above...
The students of 3rd year class ‘Paris’, carried out an Action Project for their Junior Certificate CSPE, under the guidance of their teacher Mr Montgomery. They wished to raise awareness of homelessness and to fundraise in order to help families in Ireland struggling with this problem. Gemma, a representative from Focus Ireland visited the school and spoke to students from 3rd Year about homelessness in Ireland today. After the talk, the 3rd years took part in a quiz. In total they raised €200 for Focus Ireland. Click on the heading to see some photos.
Best of luck to our 5th years who are heading to New York today to participate in the finals of the Empire Mock Trials competition. They return to Dub...
The UCD Entrance Scholars Awards ceremony took place this evening. Four students from our graduating class of 2018 were awarded with certificates for achieving 560 points or more in their Leaving Certificate exam. We are very proud of Ruth Colbert, Ewa Grzybowska, Roisin McDonagh and Nancy Wang and ...
After Armistice weekend, there will be a whole-school assembly this afternoon to commemorate the ending of World War 1.
Science week starts today.
Halloween Fancy Dress day took place today. The best costume prize for 1st years was won by Meabh Doherty, for her washing machine costume. Later, 1st and 2nd years attended the film 'Hocus Pocus' in the PE hall. This was organised by the 5th year mentors. Fabulously-carved pumpkins were displayed in a competition organised by the Smile Committee. Well done to all who participated in the day's events and a happy Halloween break to all!
The 6th years are attending a production of 'Macbeth' in Smock Alley this afternoon.
In the Maths trail, the students had to solve the problem,get multiples of the answer and use these to decipher the location of next problem. There were ten locations all around the school an four levels of difficulty. Click on the heading to see a list of prizewinners.