With just five weeks to go until the start of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we wanted to remind you of the many ways you can get involved!

Join from 18th - 24th March 2024 for 24 live events, all virtual free and open to all! With 80+ speakers sharing diverse perspectives and expertise, it's set to be an amazing week of celebrating different minds.

They have now gone live with more information about each event - feel free to take a look by clicking below!

Click Here to Register for the Events

Click Here to Register for the Events Click Here to Download the Interactive Calendar of Events

 Some of the panel discussions this year include:

• Neuro-inclusive Language & Communications
• Culture, Community & Class in Neurodiversity: Who Gets Left Behind?
• Neurodiversity in Higher & Further Education
• Neurodivergent & LGBTQIA+: The 'Double Rainbow' Intersection
• The Benefits of Neurodiversity in the Workplace
• Creating a Neuro-inclusive Classroom
• Neurodiversity: Fuelling Creative Minds
• Connecting Classrooms to Careers: Neuro-inclusive Tech for Future Leaders
• Neurodivergence isn't a Mental Health Problem
• Understanding Neurodiversity as a Family
• Neurodiversity for HR Professionals
• Late Discovered Autism & Menopause
• Empowering Yourself as a Neurodivergent Woman in the Workplace
• Neurodiversity for Parents & Carers
• Neurodiversity: Understanding Alternative Education Provision
• The Experiences of Neurodivergent Women & Girls
• Global Perspectives: Neurodiversity around the World
• Good Practice for Neurodiversity Professionals

Keep an eye out over the coming weeks for additional speaker details. Spread the word, mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more updates as we count down the days to Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024.

TY students having a great time in Folgaria, Italy on their recent ski trip with Mr Kelly, Ms Keogan, Mrs O’Sullivan, Ms Ryan and Ms Burke.

Green school's Water Ambassadors Lucy Rogers, Fiona Xu, Rachel Morrissey and Maria Lillis are doing the Irish Spongy Schools project. The Spongy Schools project is run by the Global programme which investigates ways to improve climate change resilience. The students are looking into ways of being more sustainable with water and rain use in our school and community. They are also looking at flood prevention measures.

Yesterday they presented their Spongy Schools project online to other schools in Ireland, climate experts, and Dublin City Council. They were highly commended for their work. 

Well done girls, we are all looking forward to new ideas to make our school more sustainable.

The Holy Faith Clontarf Table Quiz will be held on March 6th in Clontarf Castle.
*Tickets will go on sale later this week*
**If any parent is in a position to sponsor us or provide a raffle prize please contact the PA paholyfaithclontarf@outlook.ie or contact any of the committee or your class rep. **
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.

The next monthly Parents Association meeting will take place, tomorrow, Wednesday 7th Feb at 8pm in the school. 

All parents are welcome to attend and encouraged to come along. 

Minutes of the last meeting are attached.

Well done to Lauren Grant (TY) who took part in the Regional Final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking Competition on Saturday, 27th Jan in Drogheda. She didn't make it through to the final but spoke very well on her own topic of 'Partnership and Empowerment of Women' and on the impromptu speech 'Intelligence' A big thank you to Ms Conlon for working with Lauren and for attending the event. 

As the weather is improving and temperatures are not as low, all students must wear the correct uniform to school from tomorrow, Wednesday 24th January. 3rd and 6th year students must be in full and correct uniform for mock exams.  Thank you

FREE webinar series to coincide with Safer Internet Day 2024 ‘Don’t teach your kids to fear the online world, teach them to navigate It’. 

These webinars aim to support parent’s/ carers and their young person to be safe online . This two-part series will focus on:

• Recognising ways to interact with your child’s online world and day to day experiences
• Reflect on how you might support your child to navigate the online world
• Implementing digital boundaries
• Guidance on how to deal with cyberbullying and upsetting content online
• Practical solutions and tips to help your child stay safe online
  
  

The first webinar on the 7th of February at 7-8pm is for parents/ carers see link below to register:

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8105347c-5f00-44b3-ae47-a3cff16a7020@bb926d5e-af5f-4830-b812-e4d184987285

The second webinar on the 8th of February at 7-7.30pm is for young People aged 12+ and their parent’s/ carers see link below to register:

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/343f8cd4-98e5-43c6-8d72-d03944ff468e@bb926d5e-af5f-4830-b812-e4d184987285