In 2021, the State Examinations Commission (SEC) as part of its digital strategy, introduced a facility to allow Leaving Certificate candidates to confirm their subject and level entry details online (including adding or withdrawing from subjects), replacing the previous system of using individual Leaving Certificate candidate (E7) entry forms.  The use of the online system, the Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) will continue for the 2024 Leaving Certificate.

The portal opened on Wednesday 17th of January 2024 for candidates to register and activate their account and confirm their subject entries and levels. It will remain open for this purpose until 5pm Friday 02 February 2024.

It is essential that you register through the Portal as this Portal will provide candidates with the opportunity to confirm their subject choice and levels, to also allow future access to their results and for the later stages of the process such as the appeals application process.

 The candidate portal can be accessed on www.examinations.ie  from 1pm on Wednesday 17th of January 2024

 There is helpdesk support available at 1800-111135 or 1800-111136 between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday until Tuesday 02 February 2024. Outside of these hours you can email candidateportal@examinations.ie

Your sincerely

Grace Fitzgerald

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State Examinations Commission

Athlone

• Camogie
• Congratulations to the senior camogie team who won the leinster final on Monday afternoon by a scoreline of 7-6 to 1-1 against Castle knock community college. The girls dominated the game throughout and deservedly ended the game winning by such a convincing margin. They will know move on to the All Ireland quarter finals. Well done girls and good luck for the next game!
• Hockey
• A quiet week this week due to the low temperatures. We will be back in action on Saturday morning with fixtures both home and away.
• A fixture of note next Thursday sees the Junior A side take on High School in the next round of the Junior Cup. After their shoot out win against Newpark in the last round, the girls are looking forward to the game. If you can, please come and support next Thursday at 4pm in OLS!
• Saturday Sports fixtures
• HOME at OLS
• Minor hockey 9am
• First year friendly 10am
• Senior 2 -v- Wesley 11am
• AWAY at St Andrews college
• First year league 11am

Have you noticed posters of Barbie around the school this week? 

Barbie is our mascot for the school bank which is being run as part of the TY Money Smarts Programme.

Be money smart like Barbie and open your own personal Bank of Ireland bank account.

Come to the GPA on Thursday for more information. 

Congratulations to the U19 Badminton team and Mr. Cleary on winning their matches Thursday! 

Active Flag Committee had an interactive workshop Friday. Well done to everyone involved. 

The Coiste group took part in a 2 hour talk in the Lecture Theatre today where they received ideas on how to promote Irish language in school and they made an action plan of activiites for the rest of the year. 

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please note that the Transition Year reports for term 1 are now published on VSware.

Dear Parent/Guardian

The schedules for your daughter's Parent Teacher Meeting are now available for you on the PTM organiser  PTMO Parent/Guardian Login. Your daughter has also been given a print out of schedules. 

Transition Year students participated in barista training on Wednesday. They had fun learning how to make tasty mochas, lattes, and cappuccinos! A great skill for the workforce ... and every day life. Thank you Dublin Barista School!

Thrifters were in luck Wednesday, as Transition Year students also hosted a Swap Shop in the GPA on Wednesday from 1:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Gently used items (clothes, games, etc) were on sale for €2. Thank you to all those who donated items.

Good luck to the 6th Years on their Mock MFL Orals. The Mock MFL Orals started Monday and finish Friday. 

On Wednesday 17th January some of our TYs are involved in a Barista Training Course and the Well Being/Charity Committee are organising a second hand clothing sale for charity. Parents are invited in from 1.20-2.40 if they would like to purchase any second hand items. Everything will be priced at 2euro and our TY Baristas will be on hand to make coffees. If you would like to donate any clothing/books/accessories etc., all donations leftover will be donated to Saint Vincent De Paul. Bags can be dropped off to reception. 

A reminder that the school will be closed tomorrow Tuesday 16th January for a teacher training day. 

TY Update & What’s On Next Week

Happy new year everyone, and welcome to a new and exciting term with lots of opportunities! We hope everyone had a lovely, restful break and are ready to get back to work! The next few weeks will be filled with activities and work experience, so watch out for any updates on the google classroom. Be sure to take on everything you can and keep up the good work ethic.

BT Young Scientist 

On Wednesday, the 60th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition began. Best of luck to Maria Farrell and Katelyn O’Connell who will be representing TYl with their Health and Wellbeing project, “Grow Beyond Your Limits!” We are very proud of the girls for making it this far, and hope they enjoy their time in the RDS. Today, the TY BT class got to visit the RDS to experience the exhibition themselves. It was a brilliant, educational opportunity for everyone involved. 

Lab Leaders 

On Wednesday, the girls of St Pius X GNS arrived in OLS and experienced Science in secondary school first-hand. TY leaders taught the young girls about different types of sciences and the different experiments that you can complete. The students had a wonderful time.

TY Reminders

Work Experience Form 

Please fill out the work experience form for block 2 and block 3, if you have not already completed it, please check TY google classroom and complete it as it is due by Monday

What’s on next week:

 Barista Course

The Barista Intro course will take place next Wednesday 17th January, for all those who have paid. Details will be shared with you on Monday. 

School is closed

On Tuesday, 16th January, the school will be closed for Teacher Training.

Swap Shop

Next Wednesday we will host the annual OLS Swap Shop. We encourage you to bring in any unwanted clothes, shoes, books, or any items that you don’t need and drop them into room 10. You will then be able to swap these items for clothing that others have brought in or purchase anything on sale for 2 euro! Please bring in your items this Monday 15th. You can drop by at break or after school on Wednesday and pick up some bargains! Any unwanted items will be donated to SVP. 

2nd Year PTM Helpers

Next week, the 2nd Year parent teacher meetings will take place. This means that school will end 15 minutes earlier than usual at 15:15. If any TY’s would wish to help out at the parent teacher meeting, please fill out the form on the TY Google Classroom. Ms Donlon will be in touch with the students who are helping on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far.