Congratualtions to Grace Carty in 1 Babthorpe who has qualified for the BT Young Scientist Competition.  This is a huge achievement as over 4000 students enter each year and only 550 are shortlisted to represent their schools on a national level.  The comptition will take place in January 2025.

Her project aims to investigate if there is any difference in age or gender in determining if a photo is real or has been produced by AI.  The more responses that she gets to her survey the better.  We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey on the link below.

Many thanks to Ms Hourican who has been supporting Grace with her project.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/356GBR5

Last Friday the whole school got to enjoy a day of fun sports and activites to celebrate the opening of our new sports pitch. 

Every year group got time on the pitch to try a range of different activites ran by our caoches and PE Staff. 

Our TY Students gave out treats and drinks and played endless music to keep everyone entertained and happy. 

There was an ice cream van in school for all those students and staff who wanted some desert!

Ms Prendiville and our past pupils Caitlin Sheerin, Cristina Hamill and Siofra O Brien, all members of the Irish Womens Hockey Team, cut the ribbon and our Senior A Hockey Team played a past pupils selction hockey team. 

The day was a wonderful success and another milestone moment in the history of the school. 

Ms Prendiville has attached her words of thanks here, for all our school community. 

Final call for anyone interested in attending this Saturday's social evening in The Talbot Hotel - there are only six tickets remaining.

Please make payment through the shop section of the school app and email me at nmaher@loretofoxrock.ie and I will ensure that you are put sitting with your year group.

Thanks 

Naoisha Maher

The 6th Years enjoyed a day of relaxation, prayer and contemplation at their retreat in Glendalough on Tuesday.

For the first part of the trip, they explored the key areas of the monastic site from the round tower to the well in peaceful reflection under the expertise of their guides. They finished the day with a hike where the weather held up and enabled them to appreciate the natural beauty of the area. 

Feedback from the 6th Years was that it was a welcome break and helped them to feel more refreshed on their return to school.

Many thanks to Ms. O'Shea for organising the retreat and the accompanying teachers, Ms. Byron Smith, Ms. Cullen and Mr. O'Malley.

Well done to our 12 students who competed in the St Andrews Invtiatinal Chess Tournament last Friday

Well done to Naisha, Bohan, Winnie, Eshanaa who finished 2nd Place overall with over 50 teams entered. 

Congratulations to Ciara Redden (6th Year) and Helen Shang (5th Year) who have qualified from regional heats for Team Ireland Debates. Both girls are now through to four weeks of Team Ireland training, after which they will compete in final qualification for the Irish World Schools' Debates Team. If selected, they will compete for Ireland in the World Schools' Debates competition in Panama City in 2025. 

We wish them the very best of luck!