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Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
Created : 09 May 2022, 2:10 PM
Archived : 09 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
To raise awareness for the IGDB, we had two very special visitors in HFSS today. Two guide dogs, Dixie and Lottie, visited all classes and students heard about the work that the IGDB do in our local area and all over the country.
Active Schools Week
Created : 06 May 2022, 4:56 PM
Archived : 06 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
Active Schools Week concluded today with dance aerobics for all students from 1st to 6th year. Although the weather put a stop to our “Jog a Mile” plans, that didn’t dampen our spirits! From tag rugby to soccer tournaments and plenty of steps in between, it certainly has been a very active week in our school. #getmoving #ASW22
Headstrong Programme
Created : 06 May 2022, 2:45 PM
Archived : 06 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
6th years did a cycle in school today as part of the Headstrong programme under the Cycle Against Suicide programme. They cycled a total of 281km over the 4 hour cycle, the equivalent of cycling from Newbridge to Derry. This event raised some much needed funds for two very worthy causes, Pieta House and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. Well done 6th years!
U14 Football Blitz
Created : 05 May 2022, 7:43 PM
Archived : 05 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
Today, we had our first Under 14 Football blitz. The blitz took place in Sarsfields GAA and was attended by Ardscoil na Trionóide, Kildare Town Community School, Pipers Hill and Ardscoil Rathangan. There was a fantastic display of football throughout the day with all students showcasing their talents. All girls are a credit to their school and clubs. Congratulations to Ardscoil na Trionóide who were winners on the day. A special word of thanks to Ian Smith of Sysco Foods and Seán Mulpeter of Bank of Ireland for their sponsorship. Thanks also to Sarsfields GAA for the use of their facilities and for the organising teachers for all of their hard work.
Climate Change Quiz
Created : 05 May 2022, 7:33 PM
Archived : 05 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
Our amazing TY Climate Change team who came 2nd in the Cracking Carbon Schools Quiz today supported by Bórd na Móna. The team are pictured here along with some supporters from their class.
F1 in Schools
Created : 04 May 2022, 3:52 PM
Archived : 04 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
The F1 in Schools Team will take part in the All-Ireland finals next Friday 13th May in Galway. The team have been working tirelessly to get everything ready for the day, from exhibition displays, engineering and enterprise portfolios and actually making their car. Today, our Team, Supernova Racing, travelled to LOH Motorsports, a family run business, in Donadea. The girls met with Kevin O Hara, an expert in the field, having competed on an international stage racing in the past and who is currently head of the Race Team in Donadea. The girls were shown around many racing cars, ranging from Formula Vee, Formula 4 and Formula Ford, learning many tricks of the trade when it comes to car performance, repairs and how LOH fund their business. The F1 in Schools competition is multidisciplinary and it was extremely interesting to learn how full-time race teams work and operate, which will be equally as important next week when it comes to their own race and team performance at the finals. A huge thank you to Mr Richard Fleming who co-ordinated and facilitated the trip to LOH Motorsports and to Ms Whelan for all her work with the team. We wish Supernova Racing all the best in the All-Ireland next Friday!
Active Schools Week
Created : 04 May 2022, 3:34 PM
Archived : 04 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
Active Schools Week kicked off today with dancercise for our Senior students while 3rd years enjoyed some tag rugby. Pictured below are the 5th years showing their best moves. Plenty more activities to some this week! #ASW22
Punchestown Success
Created : 04 May 2022, 10:41 AM
Archived : 04 Jul 2022, 12:00 AM
A huge congratulations to our fifth year student Abi Plunkett who participated in the Racehorse to Ridinghorse parade in the Punchestown Festival on Wednesday. Abi adopted her exracehorse from My Lovely Horse Rescue based in Kildare where Abi volunteers. Well done Abi.
Well done to Holy family student Hayley Keogh
Created : 26 Aug 2021, 6:23 PM
Archived : 30 Jun 2022, 1:00 AM
More fantastic news for one of our HFSS students! Hayley was filming a new Londis advertisement in Dublin in August.
TY Guest Speaker
Created : 29 Apr 2022, 4:19 PM
Archived : 29 Jun 2022, 12:00 AM
Zak Mordai spoke with the 4th years students on Wednesday 27th April about his life from Iran to Ireland. Zak was a refugee and came to Ireland in 2002 with his family to Leitrim. Since then Zak has gone onto play hurling for Leitrim and football and hurling for Thomas Davis GAA in Tallaght, Zak was recently on the Tommy Tiernan show and a rte documentary called becoming Irish. Zak spoke with our students about his incredible journey and did a question and answers session with our 4th year students. It was great to have Zak in with the students and they thoroughly enjoyed it!