Well done to our Junior Camogie team who have reached the Junior A Dublin Championship Final for the second year in a row. The girls put on a fantastic display in the heavy rain on Tuesday to win 3-5 to 2-4 against a strong Coláiste Íosagáin team. 

A belated well done to our Senior Camogie team for their emphatic win in the Dublin A Championship Semi Final last Thursday. The girls beat Loreto Beaufort in a great win which sees them advance to the A Final.

Highlights from our TY project management bake sale, where the students raised funds to support the redevelopment of the active school walkway. 

The TY Active School Flag class organised a wonderful Run in the Dark in aid of Collaborative Cares. They were donned in lots of bright vibrant colours on their 5k route around the community! Well done to all who participated and thanks to the staff who volunteered their time.

Please see attached.

Science Week was a flurry of activity involving lots of activities like quizzes, body building and cell construction! Well done to Kate O’Sullivan,  Jane Cunnion, Kathryn King,  Maria Hennelly, Saoirse Larkin and Matilda Murray who represented OLS at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz in Trinity last night.

The TYs had a wonderful few days in Carlingford this week and embraced the outdoors and the adventure challenges with great gusto - well done to them all!

Today we celebrate our founding order, the Religious of Christian Education. Thank you to the B5s for creating a wonderful ceremony to celebrate the Sisters and our origins.

A reminder to 5th and 6th Years that exams start next Friday! They are the following week for 1st-3rd Years. TY exams are in December.

We had a colourful finish to Stand Up Awareness Week today, showing the importance of inclusion in our school. For those who would like more information on supporting their loved ones in the LGBTQ+ community, BelongTo offer resources: here

Please see attached pics for an invite from the Art Department to Exhibition Night on Nov. 21st.

The menu for next week is also attached.

We wish the TYs bon voyage as they head to Carlingford on Monday!

Following the implementation of the Electoral Reform Act 2022, a 16-year-old can now be added as a pending elector to the Register of Electors.

What does this mean for the students?

A person can register to vote if they are aged 16 or over, but they will not be eligible to vote until they are 18.

By registering at the age of 16, it means that a local authority will be able to automatically move a person to the live electoral Register once they reach the age of 18.

When an election or referendum is announced and if the pending elector will turn 18 years old on or before polling day, they will receive a Polling Information Card and will be eligible to vote.

Students can register on-line at www.Voter.ie. The requirements for filling out the form or registering on-line are:

·         Date of Birth

·         You must be 16 years old or over to apply

·         A PPS number is required (if a student has no PPS number the form must be stamped in a Garda station or a Local Authority Office with photo proof of identity)

·         An Eircode is required

A great week for sports news in OLS! In addition to the retention of the Inter Provincial Soccer u-15 tournament by Leinster in which Olivia Kenny starred, we had the selection of Aisling Fitzgerald on to the Dublin u16 Camogie Panel and the victory of Templeogue Synge Street GFC in the Dublin Championship in which 16 of the 18 player squad come from OLS! 

In hockey news, the four Junior Hockey teams all played this week and we came away with three wins and a draw, including a 2-0 win in premier league v Mt Sackville. 

Well done to all involved!

Have a great sporting weekend!

Please see the attached letter from the Guidance Dept.

Many thanks.

Thank you all for your attendance at this session on Tuesday. Here is the recording for those who would like to view it: CAO presentation