Guide Dog Visit

Earlier this week, 6th Years enjoyed a very special visit from Jade McCormack with her guide dog, Winter. Jade shared her story and students had the opportunity to ask lots of questions. Winter is the 1000th guide dog to have been placed in Ireland by Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.

2nd Year Trip

2nd Years visited the Sports Ireland Campus today. They had fun learning about the various facilities. 

Darkness Into Light

Darkness into Light in Tymon Park is happening this Saturday 11th May. Sign up at darknessintolight.ie and select Tymon Park. We hope that by taking part we can show the power of community!

TY Interviews and Irish Orals

Good luck to TYs on their end of year interviews and Irish Orals next week!

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s)

Please see information below from the ISPCC:

We are delighted to share with you information regarding our upcoming FREE online webinar series for parents/ carers and Young People around exam time and dealing with anxiety. On the night Bree O’ Neill, Digital Support Coordinator, Clinical Lead with the ISPCC will focus on:

• What is anxiety?
• Dealing with an anxious child
• Anxiety Management Tips & Tools
• Childline Digital Mental Health & Wellbeing programmes – support for young people and parents

Monday May 13th 7 - 8pm.

Exam Time & Anxiety - A webinar for parents/ carers

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d5f4a119-c658-446f-ad34-28b1da777d9c@bb926d5e-af5f-4830-b812-e4d184987285

Tuesday May 14th 7-7.30pm

Exam Time & Anxiety - A webinar for YP aged 12+ & their parents/ carers

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1ae4ff7-8eb0-427f-8f0f-9fc55dea519f@bb926d5e-af5f-4830-b812-e4d184987285

Registration is now open. By clicking on the above links, you will be able to register for this webinar.

Dear 6th Year Parent(s)/Guardian(s)

Please see attached letter from the Guidance department.

Leinster Rugby players Ryan Baird and James Lowe visited OLS today to present a group of 5th Year students with the Money Smarts Quiz Trophy. The team consisted of Ciara O’Loughran, Kathryn King, Rachel Davis and Matilda Murray. They competed in the quiz on April 16th and came first winning €3,000 for the school! Leo the Lion (Leinster Rugby mascot) and representatives from Bank of Ireland were also in attendance. Check out the photo gallery! Congratulations, girls! What a great achievement and exciting day for the school.

Ty Work Experience 

Best of luck to all TYs who are out on their work experiences this week!

Happy long weekend! Wishing all students and staff an enjoyable May Bank Holiday and safe travels to those who may be vacationing. 

SciFest Competition

Huge to congrats to all who made it to the final of SciFest at TUDublin. A special congrats to our special category winners. Well done girls, we are hugely proud of your achievements!

TY College Careers Open Day

On Thursday the 2nd May, the TY students attended Trinity College Dublin and National College of Ireland in order to assist them with their career planning and research. The students attended presentations in both colleges, learning about the available courses and student life. The students also got a campus tour of each of the colleges given by student ambassadors. Many thanks to Ms Porter for organising and to the school liaison team in both TCD and NCI for facilitating the trip. 

Minor Camogie Final 

Congratulations again to our Minor Camogie team who are Dublin A Champions for a second year running! The girls won Thursday by a scoreline of 2-7 to 0-5 against their rivals Dominican College. 

Work Experience

Good luck to TYs on the their work experience next week!

Here we go… A huge congrats to all our finalists attending this years SciFest competition at TU Dublin! 

Spirit Day

Students had fun participating in the first OLS Spirit Day on Tuesday! Students worked together in their houses to make their way through 10 stations. Each station featured a different activity (tug of war, tube ball, build a bridge. hook a duck, hoop and noodle relay, BBall shoot out, and beat the intro). It was wonderful to see such high spirits! Congratulations to the winners M house! Check out the photo gallery.

Talent Show

There was lots of excitement, clapping and whistling during the Talent Show this afternoon. Students sang, played piano, danced, and read poetry. The teachers even put on a performance. Well done to the girls who organized it and thank you to everyone who supported. All money raised will help support the school the TYs & 5th years are traveling to in Kenya. 

TY Talk 

Claire McGlynn came in from Unit 1 Training in Terenure to talk to the TY Group about nutrition, recovery, and fitness. Claire presented the information to the students while answering any questions that they had. 

A reminder to 2nd year parents to complete the permission slip for the 2nd year trip. Please also update payment on Easy payments.