Well done to the OLS community for raising over €8,000 with the Christmas Raffle this year! This will be used to support the Dome project, which we are getting very excited about as the beginning of the building phase is imminent! We would like to thank everyone for their support, especially the Parents' Council, in donating gifts and selling tickets.

Happy Christmas!

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

Many thanks.

Advent

On Monday was the lighting of the 4th candle of Advent symbolising Peace. Lit by Naomi from the Le Cheile council in the oratory. 

Festive Spirit

The Home Ec Department has been very busy with festive work this week. Second Years decorated Christmas cupcakes and First Years created Christmas tree decorations in textile craft.

Space Cakes

Ms O’Dell’s First Year Science class also decorated cakes relating to Earth & Space. 

Christmas Dance

Ms O'Dell and Ms Doran's First Year PE classes have been practising their Christmas dance over the past few weeks. They performed their dances on Tuesday. 

Goal Mile

We hope to see lots of you on the 26th of December in Terenure College for the Goal Mile. For volunteers, set up starts at 10am. For participants we kick off from 11am-1pm. 

Carol Ceremony

Today we finished out our term with a beautiful carol ceremony full of singing from the choir (and a surprise performance from staff). Well done to B5 for all their hard work organising the terrific ceremony. Thank you to Ms Donlon, Ms Murphy and all of the religion department for helping as always. Also thank you to Ms Reilly, Ms Byrne, the choir and the musicians for the beautiful music. 

We hope you have a restful holiday and Happy Christmas! 

Please see attached the link to our December Newsletter. Make sure to have a read and see everything we got up to this term in OLS. Happy Christmas!

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Please see the attached letter from the Principal.

Many thanks.

Message from Ms Kinsella: youtu.be/7zWsVbidbnA 

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s), 

Please see attached a letter in relation to spaces available on the TY Camino Trip 2023.

Kind regards, 

Ms. Phelan.

Last call to return tickets and any money collected to reception. All students must return their booklets, whether the tickets have been sold or not, no later than tomorrow morning. The draw will take place tomorrow at lunchtime in the GPA with the top prize being an amazing 32'' Samsung TV courtesy of Servcom. All hampers are packed full of luxury items so make sure you are in with a chance of winning by purchasing a ticket! A huge thank you to all who contributed, most especially, the Parents' Council who have worked tirelessly in securing amazing gifts to make sure that this is the best Christmas Raffle in town!

Another busy week in the TY Calendar. The week started with the exciting announcement of the annual Terenure Musical - The Addams Family. 

It was a nice way to start assessment week and bring plenty of smiles to our TY’s faces. TY’s have been very busy the last few days with their assessments, however, not too busy to miss out on some festive cheer. The REPS have been busy elves decorating the TY Coordinator’s and form tutors doors. 

This week saw a number of students enter the Generation €uro Students’ Award. Well done to all who have signed up and we wish them the very best of luck as they move forward to round one representing OLS. 

Congratulations to our TY Enterprise class who put on a fantastic Christmas Fair on Wednesday. There were plenty of treats and potential presents on offer. 

It was Ms. Bradley’s class's turn to visit Fighting Words this week. This workshop is certainly proving to be popular amongst our students. 

Students also had the opportunity this week to put their name forward for the OLS Camino trip and the 5th Year Ski trip. 

TY sign ups this week included Maynooth Universities Mathematics Enrichment Programme, and our Annual Terenure GOAL Mile, on St. Stephen’s Day. Well done to all our TY students who have been working hard in the background on the promotion of the GOAL Mile. 

Santa and his Reindeer were busy this week making an early stop off at OLS. Festive cheer was in the air as Ms. Phelan’s Office started to explode with TY Hoodies. Make sure to collect your Hoodie if you haven’t done so already. Again well done to the TY Enterprise class on their Entrepreneurial skills! 

Next week will see our TY4’s visit the sisters on Monday for their coffee morning in aid of Oasis Centre (Counselling and Therapy Dublin City Centre). Please remember to bring money and a face mask. 

On Monday, those who have signed up for the Bank of Ireland School bank will meet with Laura Ryan, Youth Coordinator of Bank of Ireland, for an introductory talk on the School Bank. Laura will also prepare our students for their Bank position interviews in January. 

Sports Trip

All the Second Years went on a trip to Sport Ireland. They had great fun trying a variety of sports including athletics, basketball and gymnastics.

Gifts to the Crib

Today members from the charity committee helped pack up all the gifts that were donated by students and staff at OLS. The charities our Gifts to the Crib support are Saint Vincent de Paul, Saoirse Women’s refuge, Dogs trust Ireland, Temple Street and Crumlin children’s hospitals.

Craft Fair

The Enterprise class held their Christmas craft fair. They were selling various items such as Christmas cookies, lip glosses, necklaces, hot chocolate jars, and homemade candles.

Grinch Display

M1 created a poster on The Grinch filled with info in as Gaeilge.  

Well done to all our TY students on completing their exams today. The final countdown is on!