Great to see a wide variety of books being read during DEAR as part of our World Book Day celebrations.  Well done also to our student and staff book quiz winners!

The Irish Womens Hockey Team are currently in Argentina playing a series v Chile and Argentina. 20 players were selected to travel ahead of their summer programme of Europeans and Olympic qualifcations. Foxrock are very proud that out of the squad of 20, 5 of the girls are Loreto College Past Pupils. 

Hannah, Ellen, Siofra, Christina and Caitlin make up a quarter of the squad and we have enjoyed watching them develop from school hockey players into international hockey stars. 

On their return we will invite the girls back to school  to meet our hockey players. 

Congratulations to our 2nd Yr Students Lauryn Healy and Eva Munnelly who both won gold medals at last weekends Dublin Athletics Championships.

Lauryn won gold in the U16 Girls High Jump. 

Eva Munnelly won Gold in the U16 girls long jump, silver in high jump and bronze in the shot putt. 

Our 3 U14 Badminton Teams reached the Dublin Schools finals, to be played after mid term. 

Our brilliant 1st Yr Runners won gold in the Leinster Cross Championships and will run in the Nationals on March 11th 

Our Junior A Hockey Team won their cup quarter final and are through to the Leinster Semi finals in both league and cup competitions. 

Our Senior B Hockey Team have qualified for the Leinster League Semi Final. 

Our amazing 1st Yr Soccer Team lost their FAI Cup Quarter final in the last minute after dominating a good Donabate CC Team. Hard Luck girls. 

Dear Parents / Guardians,

Today marks national Safer Internet Day 2023. It serves as a reminder that how our young people use the Internet and what they can be exposed to online, is a real cause for concern. The theme for this year’s SID 2023 is ‘Together for a Better Internet’ with a focus in Ireland onpromoting inclusivity and respect online.

This year our emphasis in school is on taking personal responsibility for our online presence and behaviour. Our student ABAs have presented the thought ‘The internet is written in pen, not pencil’ as a reminder that each digital footprint lasts a very long time and is not easily erased. Online, personal safety and personal responsibility are intertwined. Posting with kindness and respect is as important as managing location information or privacy settings.

Our students will continue to address a broad spectrum of cyber safety issues in school. However, parents and guardians face the challenge of helping our young people to manage their social media safety, privacy and behaviour and it can seem overwhelming.

The webwise.ie website offers loads of current information / video clips etc.to help parents / guardians support their child in this ever-changing online world, including suggestions on how to communicate with teenagers on different aspects of social media that you may feel are a specific concern. Webwise is the Irish Internet Safety Awareness Centre which is co-funded by the Department of Education and Skills and is co-financed by the European Union’s Digital Europe programme

Please find here via https://www.webwise.ie/parents/ a direct link to the parents’ section which you may find helpful.

Happy Safer Internet Day 2023.

Kind regards,

Edel Browne