SUSI’s virtual Information Event takes place on Monday, 13 May 2024 at 7pm. This event is ideal for anyone who plans to attend further or higher education in 2024/25 and wants to know more about student funding.

On the day we will explore the types of funding available, look at the eligibility criteria, the application process and our expert team will be on hand to answer any questions potential applicants may have.

We would be delighted if you could share this information with your network.

Event Details

Date: Monday, 13 May 2024

Time: 7pm

Location: Virtual Event on Microsoft Teams

Please see SUSI Information Event 2024 | SUSI for more details. Link below

www.susi.ie/news/susi-information-event-2024/

Places are limited so we encourage anyone interested in attending to secure theirs by registering at events@susi.ie by 10am on Thursday, 9 May 2024.

OLS has started a new initiative called Affirmation Thursday. Checkout the first video at the following link to the school's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/FA6nAvaiLgg

The Amber Flag group is encouraging everyone to sign up to take part in Darkness into Light in Tymon Park on Saturday, May 11th. Sign up at darknessintolight.ie and select Tymon Park. We hope that by taking part we can show the power of community. 

The TY Enterprise class and a team of 5th Years entered the Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Quiz on Tuesday, along with teams from all over the country. 

Shrek: The Musical, Jr. 

Musical madness is in full swing! The stage, music, and performances have combined to make the TY's production of Shrek: The Musical, Jr. phenomenal. Congratulations and well done to all TYs, Ms Finnegan and Ms Reilly! See the gallery for photos of Tuesday's Matinee performance for St Pius' 6th class. 

Money Smarts Quiz

The TY Enterprise class and a team of 5th years entered the Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Quiz Tuesday along with teams from all over the country. 

All teams performed well and we are delighted to announce that our fifth year team were the overall winners. They have won €3,000 for the school. An amazing achievement. Congratulations to Matilta Murray, Ciara O'Loughran, Rachel Davis and Kathryn King.

Practicals

Best of luck to student completing their musical and/or home economic practicals this week. 

Thank you to those parents who participated in the Our Lady's School Parent Focus Group in November 2023.  As part of our School-Self Evaluation for 2023-2024 we are reaching out to parents to  respond to some questions, to help us to evaluate our progress in our school improvement targets via the following survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHyYott-BeIPW9yxUwj-Duebcn_QwgFypEo8yll6AIZgjHTA/viewform?usp=sf_link  

Targets for the year include:

1: Identifying, including and providing targeted support for students.

2: To improve use of supports for students at key points of transition. 

3. To increase our practice of differentiation in class tasks and homework assigned

4. To develop teachers' use of active methodologies within the classroom. 

5. To support departments to increase collaboration and moderation amongst their departments. 

Before completing this survey, you might take a few moments to familiarise yourself with the SSE Section of the olschool.ie website. Here you will find a set of Brief Guides explaining the process of School Self Evaluation and our specific targets for school improvement this year. olschool.ie/curriculum/school-self-evaluation/

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHyYott-BeIPW9yxUwj-Duebcn_QwgFypEo8yll6AIZgjHTA/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Wishing our TY Musical classes the very best of luck this week! 

Doors open each night at 7pm via the main entrance. 

Show starts at 7.30pm.

Please see attached this week's TY updates and what's on next week in TY!

The next meeting of the OLS Parents' Book Club will be 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.

All are welcome and we love to see new faces! If you're interested in joining, feel free to email library@olschool.ie to learn more. 

BodyWhys Talk 

BodyWhys, The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland, spoke with 2nd Year students Thursday. It was a very informative and important talk. More information about BodyWhys and how to get help can be found on their website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/ 

Shrek: The Musical, Jr

TY students have been busy preparing for Shrek: The Musical, Jr. The musical runs Tuesday, 16th April to Thursday, 18th April with the show beginning at 7 p.m. 

Peter McVerry Talk

Thank you to Peter McVerry for chatting with our students on Wednesday. Peter discussed his experiences working with people who are homeless. The girls learned about the importance of treating homeless people like valued members of society -- saying hello, smiling, stopping for a chat. It was an incredibly informative discussion! See photo gallery.

Study Focus Week

This week was study focus week at OLS. Students made summer exam study plans and used the academic progress and reflection booklet to set goals and highlight areas of improvement for each subject.

SEC Exams

Best of luck to the 3rd and 6th years on their Music and Home Economics practicals next week!

Spanish Orals

Best of luck to 5th years on their Spanish Orals next week!