On Tuesday 2nd Year Students enjoyed a wonderful retreat hosted by I am Retreats. The main highlights were the meditation and self reflection time in the oratory along with the opportunity to talk and listen to classmates. This was a really positive experience for the students.

3rd & 6th Years took part in Study Tip workshops on Tuesday. They had the opportunity to attend workshops hosted by staff in core subjects and languages. It was a really enriching experience for the exam years and they were provided with lots of useful tips to help them progress and build on their learning going forward. 

TYs had a number of talks this week. A group of students were involved in a Physics Talk on Tuesday and Dublin footballer Shane Carthy dropped in to deliver a very interesting talk on his experience with Mental Health. 30 TY students also attended a Japanese workshop where they learnt the basics in Japanese. 

On Wednesday, the TY Enterprise class went to an Enterprise fair at the RDS. Students had the opportunity to talk to different Business owners whilst also gaining some ideas for their own fair which will he held on 21st December.

Please see letter attached regarding the Academic Tracking Programme.

The My Future Choice Interest test results are now available. Please see below a guide for students and parents to access the results.

Please find attached the canteen menu for next week. A reminder that pre-orders can be made online.

On behalf of the Parents' Council we would like to thank all the students and parents who baked their way onto Santa's nice list by donating a cake for the Christmas market stall today. A huge thank you to all the members of the Parents' Council for both the organisation and successful running of the bake sale today in Trinity College. It was fantastic to see past students who attend Trinity College, roll up their sleeves and help out at the stall too. An all round OLS community effort!!

Please see the attached letter with information regarding 3rd Year study for those who wish to trial it between now and Christmas.

• Hockey
• Our Minor 3 and Minor 4 took on Loreto on the Green last weekend and both teams came away with great results. The 3's drew 0-0 against a strong Loreto side in an end to end game. Well done girls.
• The 4's continued on their strong league campaign with a 1-0 win. Some super performances from the side against what was an unbeaten Loreto side prior to this game. Congratulations girls! Keep up the great work!
• On Wednesday, the senior 3 side took on St Columbas college at home. The girls ran out 3-0 winners. This was the sides first win of the campaign and a number of rbe girls' first win n Our Lady's colours. Congratulations girls, this puts the side in contention for the knockout phase of the league now! Well done to all!
• Saturday Sports fixtures
• Home at OLS
• Minor 3 -v- Loreto Beaufort @ 9am
• Minor 4 -v- Loreto Beaufort @ 10am
• Minor 1 -v- Loreto Beaufort @ 11am

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in OLS. Our students did a fantastic job decorating the GPA.

Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of December, The Active School Flag class will be hosting the class dodgeball finals. The winning classes of each year are; M1, L2, C3, TY4, C5 & B6. The following class teams will be playing against the teachers. The year group of the team playing are invited to watch. Make sure to come support your year!

Well done to all 120 1st Year students on their enthusiastic participation in todays trip to the National Sports Campus. They engaged in a variety of activities from Olympic Handball to Gymnastics but their true competitive spirit shone through in tug o war. Well done everyone!! 

Lots of fun celebrating Language Week in the GPA this morning (please see the Gallery for more images).

Please see attached important information for 3rd Years about upcoming events and deadlines this term. 

A reminder of the Parents' Council Appeal below:

The Parents' Council have secured a stall at the much coveted St. Michaelmas Christmas Market in Trinity College this Friday, 1st December. This is a wonderful opportunity for the Parents' Council to raise some funds that, as always, are reinvested into making the school environment ever better for the students. However, the Council need your help! The PC are looking to sell quality baked and festive goods at the stall but will need the school community to rally behind this cause.

On behalf of the Council we are asking everyone to roll up their sleeves, don their aprons and get baking. Huge footfall is expected at the stall so we will need a great volume of goods to sell. So, let's come together and bake OLS an even better place for all our students! If you could donate quality baked goods for this event please drop off to the school by 4 p.m. sharp this coming Thursday, November 30th.

The Parents' Council would also welcome any volunteers to help on the stall this Friday in Trinity College. If willing to lend a hand, please email parentscouncil@olschool.ie

Please see the flyer attached for details.