Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s)

The TY Celebration/graduation will take palce on May 17th at 2pm in school. Please note the change of date.

Regards

Careers Week 

Careers week is off to a fantastic start this year! Tonight we're ready to welcome TY and 5th Year students to the OLS Career Expo from 6:30 pm to 9 pm in St. Joseph's Hall and surrounding classrooms. The purpose of this event is to allow the students the opportunity to meet and talk to representatives from a number of different colleges of Further and Higher Education and Training/Apprenticeship opportunities to assist them in their career planning. Students also have the opportunity to meet and talk to people working and/or studying in a number of different professions and to attend a career skills workshop. Lots of our parents and past pupils volunteer to participate in the event. A big thank you to Bevin, Julie and the Parent Council for their help in running this event.

Poetry Day

Thursday, 25th April is Poetry Day! To help mark the day, the library held a poetry competition based on the theme of "good sportsmanship." The winner was second-year student Aoibhe Tunney! Tomorrow in the GPA there will be a table set up for students to try their hand at "blackout poetry" which involves redacting words/sentences from a magazine article to create a poem. Join in and get creative! There will also be a Taylor Swift vs Shakespeare quiz available for students to try. 

Camogie Success

Congratulations again to the Minor Camogie team who won their Dublin A Semi-final Monday! The girls beat St Wolstans by a scoreline of 3-11 to 0-2. They will now look to retain their title next week in the final.

Rowing Wins

Well done again to Maeve McLoughlin and Kate Smyth who competed at the WJ16 rowing competition in Limerick at the weekend. They came 2nd in the u16 doubles event and Maeve came 4th out of 24 boats in the u16 singles event. 

Track and Field 

Well done again to our 19 athletes who participated in the West Leinster track and field finals in Santry on Tuesday. Our athletes worked hard across a range of events and did OLS proud with their performances. Congratulations to our medal winners who have now qualified for the Leinster Schools Finals in May: Sarah Kiernan ( 2nd Senior 400m), Elizabeth Farrelly (2nd Senior 1500m), Khloé Hogan (2nd Junior Hurdles), Leah Tisdall (2nd u16 Mile) and Alannah Giles (1st Intermediate 300m). 

There are a few spaces left for any student who would like to enter our Talent Show. 
if you would like to enter either individually or as a group, please complete the google form below:

A meeting will be held for all acts on Friday at lunchtime in the Lecture Theatre. It promises to be a great show! 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXSD8UHIGb-YZZah0cPumYxugkxM3eRGvLZ-eOpwHMSdUaBw/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Well done to our 19 athletes who participated in the West Leinster track and field finals in Santry today. Our athletes worked hard across a range of events and did OLS proud with their performances. Congratulations to our medal winners who have now qualified for the Leinster Schools Finals in May: Sarah Kiernan ( 2nd Senior 400m), Elizabeth Farrelly (2nd Senior 1500m), Khloé Hogan (2nd Junior Hurdles), Leah Tisdall (2nd u16 Mile) and Alannah Giles (1st Intermediate 300m). 

Dear TY & 5th Year Parents and Students 

Please see letter attached regarding the Careers Expo for TY and 5th years. The Careers Expo takes place for students in TY & 5th year. 

Well done to Maeve McLoughlin and Kate Smyth who competed at the WJ16 rowing competition in Limerick at the weekend. They came 2nd in the u16 doubles event and Maeve came 4th out of 24 boats in the u16 singles event. Congratulations!

Dear Parents

The TY Development Day takes place tomorrow. Please see below the instructions and meeting points for each class. These are also on the google classroom. 

TY1- Retreat. Meet Ms O'Mahony at 9.30am at the main entrance to St Stephen's Green shopping centre

TY2- First Aid Training 8.30 Lourdes Hall

TY3- Self Defence 8.30 St Joseph's Hall

TY4- Zoo. Meet Mr Cleary at 9.30am at the main entrance to the Zoo (town end) of the Phoenix Park, on the right. 

TY5- Town Tour. Meet Ms Ryan and Ms Coffey at the Little Museum of Dublin (33 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 FK06)

Well done to our Minor Camogie team who won their Dublin A Semi-final today! The girls beat St Wolstans by a scoreline of 3-11 to 0-2. They will now look to retain their title next week in the final.

Congratulations to Caoimhe Mooney whose story "The Clinical Clock" was recently published in the Museum of Literature Ireland's anthology Let the Words Look After You. Caoimhe wrote the story while taking part in the 2023 Edna O'Brien Young Writers Bursary program. A copy of the anthology is available for checkout at the school library. We’re so proud!

Shrek Success

Congratulations to the TYs and the musical team on the tremendous success of their production of Shrek: the Musical, JR! Thank you especially to Ms Finnegan, Ms Reilly, Ms Hallissey, Ms Cassiy, and Ms Maguire. Check out the photo gallery.

Knock Trip

Ten 5th Year students along with Mr O'Rourke and Ms Shanley travelled to Knock, County Mayo for a Le Cheile Trip on Thursday. They visited the Knock Shrine, the site of an Apparition in 1879 and took part in some workshops. (see photo gallery). 

Join In

Today marked the launch of our Join In Programme. As part of the House system, the initative promotes inclusivity through various activities at lunchtime. Today a soccer league took place in the Dome and there was a wonderful turnout. Remember, if you see the 'Join In' signs at lunchtime, you're welcome to get involved! 

Careers Expo

Next week is Career's Week at OLS. The Careers Expo will take place in the school on Wednesday 24th April from 6.30pm to 9pm for TY and 5th year students.

The purpose of this event is to allow our students the opportunity to meet and talk to people from a number of different professions in order to assist them with their career research. Representatives from the Colleges of Further Education and the Higher Education Institutions will also be in attendance.

Children's Books Ireland

Do you like books and reading? KPMG Ireland is looking for someone aged 16-24 to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners 2025. See this link for further details: https://childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/become-next-young-judge-kpmg-childrens-books-ireland-awards

Parents' Book Club

The OLS Parents’ Book Club meeting is on Monday 22nd April at 7.30 p.m. at the Two Sisters Pub in Terenure. The book is The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright. New participants are always welcome!

Student's Work Published

Congratulations again to 5th Year student Caoimhe Mooney on becoming a published author! Her story “The Clinical Clock” was recently published in the Museum of Literature Ireland’s anthology Let the Words Look After You. Caoimhe wrote the story while taking part in the 2023 Edna O’Brien Young Writers Bursary program.