REMINDER

Dear Parent/Guardian,  

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.  

All candidates must 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 portal will open 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 5 pm Friday 02 February 2024.  

The candidate portal can be accessed on www.examinations.ie from 1 pm on Wednesday 17th of January 2024.  

There is helpdesk support available at 1800-111135 or 1800-111136 between 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday until Tuesday 02 February 2024. Outside of these hours, you can email candidateportal@examinations.ie 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please note that full school uniform is expected from tomorrow, Monday 22nd January. Thank you for your cooperation.

Congratulations to Elaine Zhang in 3rd year who recently won 2 gold medals and one bronze medal in the Leinster Short Course Championships. Best of luck in your upcoming competitions. 

Our 3 Leinster schools debates teams are competing in the second round of the competition in UCD this evening. The motion is "That this house supports a united European state". 

Two teams proposing the motion (but in separate rooms) are: Ciara Redden & Laura McMenamin (5th Year) and Mya Madigan (6th Yr) & Parina Rucktooa-Gukhool (TY).

Our third team of Grace Jones & Lucy Mullins (5th Year) is opposing the motion. 

The very best of luck to all our speakers!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Welcome back, we hope everyone had a lovely Christmas break. We would like to remind you that the school is closed for students this Friday, 12th January to allow for a School Planning Day. 

Thank you.

Dear Parents and Guardians

As we come to the end of the first term of 6th Year, we would like to take this opportunity to commend the 6th Years on their positive start to the Leaving Cert year.  All their hard work and committment from last year have proven to be good foundations for the year ahead.  This was further cemented by their trip to Glendalough in September.

The 6th Years have embraced their roles as leaders in the school.  They have been modeling excellent behaviour for the younger year groups by wearing the school uniform with pride (especially their new black jumpers!) and displaying kindness and courtesy around the school.  The Leadership Team have been working well with the junior classes and organised a very successful fun day for the 1st year students to help them settle into school.

We are aware that this is a very challenging year so we would like to offer a few reminders:

- students are encouraged to continue with extra-curricular activities

- students should refer to the 'How Prepared are you to Learn Checklist' on Teams for practical advice

- students are encouraged to seek help from the support systems in the school - class teachers, tutors, Year Heads and guidance

- students have been offered the opportunity to avail of the Academic Mentor Programme which will start after mid-term.

We hope that all students take advantage of the mid-term break to relax, rest and recharge the batteries for the next part of the year.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact the relevant Year Head.

Kind regards

Leonora O'Shea and Jennie Corcoran

We are working again with our local St Vincent de Paul, at this time of year we are reminded of those in our local communities who are less fortunate than us and for them Christmas can be more of a joy than burden.

Our Ember team are coordinating the hampers, please note that the last day for donating will be 9am Tuesday 19th December.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We would like to wish all of our students, families and friends a very Happy Christmas. We have had a very sccessful term and would like to thank all of our students for their commitment throughout the year.

We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas festivities. We would like to thank all of the students that participated in the Christmas Concert, Carol Service, Talent Show, and all of our Fundraising efforts.

We would also like to thank the Parents School Association for all of their efforts in supporting the school.

Thank you to all of the teachers and staff in the school for their dedication to the school and to our students.

We have exciting plans in the New Year for the main Hockey Pitch. We will have activites and fundraisers planned during the year!

Have a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Last week, our students celebrated Maths Week 2023 by participating in games, quizzes and competitions. Congratulations to all of the following winners: 

Grace Leonard, Amelia Scallan, Joanne Lyn, Haya Bari and Zihan Wu – Daily Riddle Winners 

Danielle Cheng and Vanessa Liu – 4th Year Maths Week Sticker Design Winners 

Faye Moran (6th Year) and Anna Lucey (5th Year) – Pi Challenge Winners 

Isabelle Cronin, Sian O’Sullivan, Serena Cai and Leah Mooney – First Year Maths Quiz Winners 

Sarah Byrne, Ailish Clarke, Anna Lucey, Alexandra Maher and Ciara Martin – Senior Maths Quiz Winners. 

Our 2nd, 4th and 5th years also competed in the online Maggie Gough competition, which was a national problem-solving quiz. 

The Maths department would also like to express our thanks to our 5th Year Maths Compass Team (Sarah Byrne, Anna Lucey and Darcy McKenna) and every student who volunteered to help out at our events.

Monday is the beginning of our annual Readers & Writers week in school. 

Thanks to Ms Morrissey there is a fun filled week planned with lots of activites and speakers. Please see the attached schedule for all that is on offer. 

Friday is the whole school dress up day. The following are each year groups book themed fancy dress. 

1st Yrs - Matilda

2nd Yrs - James & the Giant Peach. 

3rd Yrs - Revolting Rhymes. 

5th Yrs - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 

6th Yrs - Fantastic Mr Fox.