School Newsflash
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20 News Items
News 1
First Year English
Congratulations to Gillian Hogan,
from Ms. Rosney’s First Year English class
April 2011 and reported in the Northside People, 3 August 2011
Gillian was the winner in the age 12-14 category in the "Lets Talk about Drugs Media Awards, 2011". The Awards are organised by the Greater Blanchardstown Response to Drugs with the support of County Dublin VEC, the HSE (drugs.ie), The Dublin People and the City Channel. Full details of the Awards can be found at www.gbrd.ie.
This is a great achievement so well done again, Gillian.
Gillian's essay can be read in Curriculum and then Junior Certificate
News 2 - Wear Red Day for the Irish Heart Foundation
St Mary's Secondary School, Baldoyle, held a 'Wear Red Day' on Friday 13th May in order to raise funds for The Irish Heart Foundation, which has sponsored Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training for all Transition Year students by supplying practice models for each student. The “Wear Red Day” also generated significant awareness of the value of CPR and the work of the Irish Heart Foundation. The fundraising was organised by Ms. Pauline Griffin.
The Wear Red Day was a non- uniform day in which students wore something red instead of their normal uniform. The Irish Heart Foundation supplied Red T shirts for the Senior Prefects who collected the student contributions. The students made for contribution for the privilege of wearing red on the non uniform day. Overall, the excellent sum of €645 was raised, a great achievement!
Terence Flanagan, TD, opened the day in the school and congratulated the school for all its fundraising and for being involved in this vital life saving technique.
Many thanks to Ms. Griffin and to the Senior Prefects for all their efforts in fundraising for this extremely worthy cause. Many thanks to everyone who made a contribution to this most worthy cause.
News 3Full Timetable for Transition Year Rehearsal is available in Transition Year Section in the Curriculum Menu.
Best of Luck Girls!
News 4
Teachers - Sixth Year Students Basketball Match,
24 May on the outside Basketball Court
The annual Basketball Match between the teachers and sixth year students took place today in glorious sunshine. The supporters were out early and the Sixth Years, led by Laura Chambers, Hayley Carton, Katie Brady, Robyn O' Sullivan, Aisling Penrose and Shannon Brady were in a very confident mood.
However, the Teachers, led by Mr. Fennell, displayed great skills and a score by Mr. Moore straight from the start paved the way. The teachers were comfortably ahead but eased up a bit. The Sixth Year Students sensed this and gradually got back into the game. They drew level and very quickly they were four points ahead. However, this spurred the teachers on which coupled with some good defending by Ms. Debbie O' Connell and centre play by Ms. Dillon and some quick scores by Mr. Roche, Ms. Ryan, Ms. Carney, Ms. Griffin and Mr. Fennell, the teachers were back in front.
Despite some good play by the Sixth Year students, the Teachers comfortably held onto their lead and increased the winning score, with a fine score by Mr. Plunkett..
It was another great win for the teachers
and they look forward to extending their unbeaten run next year.
News 5 - Study Skills Seminar
Ms. Cremen collecting €10 from Second Year Students to organise a Study Skills Seminar for early September so that students can begin early preparation for the Junior Certificate. There will also be an evening presentation for parents
News 6 - Bag Pack - Fundraising for the
Transition Year Musical Annie
Transition Year students and their parents will be bag packing in Dunnes Stores, Donaghmede on Friday 22 April and Saturday 23 April.
Many thanks to Dunnes Stores for their assistance.
News 7 - Art Practicals
Art Practicals for Third Years,
11 May 2011
Students must be present at 9 am to get organised
9.30 to 10.30 - Object Drawing
11.00 to 12.30 - Life Drawing.
Art Practicals for 6th Year Students
12 May 2011
Students must be present each day at 9 am to get organised
Craft Exam - 9.30 to 12 Noon and 12.30 to 3.00
13 May 2011
Still Life - 9.30 to 12 Noon
Life Sketching - 12.30 to 1.30
New 8 - DATs Assessment on 3 May
Transition Year Students - Please go to Room 24
The Differential Aptitude Tests (DATs) are designed for use in educational and vocational guidance and are used by school guidance counsellors, personnel officers, psychologists and all persons concerned with assessing the intellectual characteristics and educational or vocational aptitudes of adolescents.
The rationale behind the Differential Aptitude Tests is that since different kinds of abilities are useful in different jobs and in different school subjects, a range of evaluations or tests giving measures of several abilities is likely to be more useful than a test giving a single general ability score. There are eight subtests in the DATS: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Space Relations, Mechanical Reasoning, Clerical Speed and Accuracy, Spelling, and Language Usage.
Scores can be used to produce a profile showing a pupil's strengths and weaknesses. The results of these tests together with interest inventories are helpful in making careers and course choices in the future.
The results of these tests are confidential and will only be seen and used for Guidance purposes by myself.
The cost of the testing is E5, this covers the answers booklets and correction which is carried out in the Education Research Centre, Drumcondra. I intend to carry out the tests on Tuesday May 2nd. Further details of the days programme will be given to students during this week.
News 9 - Leinster Driving Campus, Maynooth
Transition Year Students will visit the Leinster Driving Campus in Maynooth on Monday 4th April 2011. Students will come to school as normal and will travel by the 9.20am Dart to Connolly Station where they will then get the 9.50am train to Maynooth. Students will be accompanied by Ms. Halligan and will arrive at Maynooth train station where they will be met by one of the driving instructors from the campus at Maynooth train station.
The cost of this half day course is €50. For this, the students get 4 hours driving experience from 11am to 3pm. Lunch is also being provided at a cost of €2.
Enjoy the Experience Girls!
News 10 - Butler's Chocolate Factory
LCVP 5th and 6th Year Students and Leaving Cert Business Students visit Butler's Chocolate Factory in Clonshaugh Business Park has been planned for Thursday 7th April.
The visit will give an insight into the production process and the students will also be given a chance to decorate their own personalised Chocolate Bear to take home.
News 11 - Walking for Education of Street Children Zambia
Ms. Griffin with a number of teachers and a large number of students will take part in the Women's Mini Marathon on Monday 6 June.
The girls are collecting sponsorship now and all donations are welcome.
News 12 - HPV Vaccination on 30 March
Third and Final HPV Vaccination for First and Second Years in Room 24
HPV Mop Up Clinics in Coolock Health Centre on
Wednesday afternoons on 13 April and 27 April,
Tel: 81 64 259 for Appointment
News 13 - Auditions
Auditions for Transition Year Students
for end of year musical - Annie
on Monday 11 April
News 14 - Fingal Sports Day - 14 April
Fingal Sports Day for all First Years and Second Years - All Day.
Organised by Mr. Fennell
News 15 - Fingal Student Enterprise Programme - 16 March
Since September, enterprising primary schools and secondary schools all over Fingal have been running their own small businesses as part of the successful Fingal Student Enterprise Programme.
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle have two sets of students attending the County Final on March 16th at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown.
Three category winners will be selected from secondary schools to represent
Fingal at the National Finals in April at Croke Park.
Aoife McKeown, Laura Mooney and Emma Burrows set up ‘Sweetness’
Sweet company and will represent the Transition Year Class, St. Clare’s.
Katie Hand, Kim Nguyen, Grainne O’Brien, Lacy Poole and Andrea Walsh are representing St. Casilda’s. St. Casilda’s organised ‘Talented Teens’ - Talent Show in the school raising money for both our sister school in Lusaka, Zambia and for the Transition Year Musical later in May, “Annie”.
News 16 - 15 March 2011
French Orals for Leaving Certificate Students will take place on Thursday 14th April and Friday 15 April.
News 17 - Tesco Vouchers for Schools, 14 March 2011
We are collecting the Tesco Vouchers for schools.
We would appreciate if all tokens collected could be put into the box beside the Secretary's Office
News 18 - Great News, 11 March 2011
Ms. Griffin will travel to Croke Park for a special ceremony for the awarding of the Fifth Green Flag.
St. Mary's is now the leading Green school in Dublin as we are the first Dublin School to achieve this feat.
Ms. Griffin will be accompanied by Fifth Year, Danielle Byrne, Chairperson of Green School Committee and Transition Year, KIm NGuyen, Secretary to the Green School Committee
News 19 - Fundraising in St. Mary’s
Cats and Dogs Protection Agency
Mr. Fennell’s, Third Year CSPE Class, St. Anne ‘s, from St. Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle recently organised a fundraising event for the Cats and Dogs Protection Agency (CDPA).
Mary Gormley from the CDPA came out to talk to the class about the work of the CDPA.
After the talk, the students decided to organise a cake sale to raise money for the CDPA. They raised €114 which was greatly appreciated by Mary Gormley, as the Cats and Dogs Protection Agency rely only on voluntary contributions and do not receive any government funding.
Mr. Fennell the class tutor said the students were excellent organising the event and making all the cakes. It was a very worthwhile event and the students expressed a caring attitude towards the cats and dogs that are being ill-treated or need homes in Ireland.
Well done St. Anne's!
News 20, 3 February 2011
Congratulations to the Under 19s who have won the SSA Division I National Finals in the NBA Tallaght.
Hard Luck to the Under 16s who were narrowly beaten in the SSA Division I National Finals in the NBA Tallaght.
Better luck next time!
Many thanks to all our supporters
who gave great support to both teams
