Commiserations to our Senior Camogie Team who lost their All Ireland Quarter Final against Mercy Roscommon. The girls fought valiantly against a strong opposition but ultimately the better team won.
A special thank you to our 6th Years who have played their last game for OLS. Their commitment to camogie over their time in the school has been fantastic.

Please check the Google Classroom with all the information needed for the upcoming Development Day on Monday. PE kit may be worn on Monday.

• TY1 - Town with G Parsons

• TY2 - Zoo with Ms McGinley

• TY3 -1st aid course all day Lourdes Hall

• TY4 - Retreat in town with S O’Rourke and J Maher

• TY5 - Self Defence St Joseph's Hall 

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.