Meeting for 1st Year Parents

In order to assist the girls’ transition into post-primary school, there will be a meeting for 1st Year parents on Tuesday 19th September at 7:00pm.

Representatives from Planet Youth Galway will also present at this meeting. Planet Youth is a new initiative, based on best international practice, to support teenagers; address the risk factors; and strengthen the protective factors. It is important that at least one parent of each student attends this meeting.

The HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast is about Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids. 

With school routines starting again and parents getting to grips with what to put into those lunchboxes and what to avoid.

Marian McBride, Dietetic Lead, HSE Health & Wellbeing discusses the importance of a balanced diet to ensure children develop a healthy relationship with food. 

With tips on how to introduce healthier foods into children’s daily diets. Marian gives ideas on what to include, recognising that parents are busy, she explains that it’s about frequency and taking those different opportunities to introduce healthier options.

The Youth Academy at University of Galway is a unique opportunity for you to get experience of learning in a university and be taught by very engaging and friendly instructors who are experts in their subject areas.

All courses are highly interactive and use a variety of teaching techniques to ensure that you get the most from your experience with us at University of Galway. 

Please see all details including the deadline on the leaflet attached.

Today, the Department of Education announced that the Junior Cycle results will be released on Wednesday 18th October.

It is good news for our girls to finally have a date look forward to where they will be rewarded for their hard work. 

When we are informed of arrangements, we will share them in school and on the App. 

Meeting for 2nd Year Parents

Traditionally, 2nd Year has been one of the most challenging years for students in school. We want to work with parents to ensure that their daughters successfully navigate this challenge.

With this in mind, we will host a meeting on Thursday 14th September 2023 at 7:00pm.

It is important that at least one parent of each student attends this meeting. 

TY Parents Information Meeting

There will be a meeting for the parents of TY students on Tuesday 12th September at 7.00pm. 

The purpose of this meeting will be to outline the plan for the girls’ year ahead and how parents can best assist their daughters to achieve their full potential.

This meeting will take place in Rosary Hall and will end by 8pm. 

Good luck to Claire Leuridan-Slevin, 5th year, who has been selected to represent Galway City Comhairle na nÓg to make a presentation to the Corporate Policy group of Galway City Council tomorrow.

Well done and we all hope that the presentation goes very well.

Lidl are back providing Serious Support for LGFA in schools.

Collect a stamp in your Lidl Plus app every time you spend €40 or more between now and October 22nd (certain exceptions apply).

When you have 6 stamps you can submit your completed card. 

To register to support for our school, open the Lidl Plus app and complete the survey.

You will be asked to pick a province, and then a county, and then a school.

Please select Connacht, Galway and then Dominican College Galway.

There are rewards for schools depending on the amount of completed cards submitted.

Thank you for supporting the school and our LGFA players. 

Our Green Schools Committee are returning to action on Monday!

New and existing members are welcome.

The first meeting of the year will take place in room 16 at 1pm and students should bring their lunches.

The committee would like to remind all students to use their reusable water bottles and our filtered and cooled water dispensers in school. 

Check out page 14 of today's City Tribune for a lovely article written by Denise McNamara on the success of our class of '23

We hope that the week has gone well for the girls and that everything is going to plan.