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Form 5 play

"Some Like it Hot" opens on Thursday 25 November at 8.00 p.m. and continues on Friday 26 and Saturday 27. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday at lunch breaks €8 for adults and €5 students/concession.

National Poetry Day

Our class (3T) walked towards the library, for English class, unaware of the surprise we were in for. Many people read different types of poems but one of the funniest was by Fionnan and Barry with a class poem describing everyone in the class! Ellen O'Cleirigh, Sarah Corbin and Ruth McCauley all won prizes for writing and reading their brilliant poems! All in all, it showed some of the up and coming talent in poetry. It was all good fun.

Maths Olympiad

Congratulations to Beth Kelly who has been selected for training for the International Maths Olympiad, which is a very prestigious annual competition for mathematically gifted teams of pre-university students representing their countries. Best of luck Beth!

Scholarship

Congratulations to Christopher Harding who has been awarded a scholarship in UCD based on his Leaving Certificate results.

Healthy corner

We all need exercise to make us feel better, reduce weight, reduce stress and later in life control blood pressure. Exercise habits are formed during the teenage years. If you are not exercising regularly, what's your excuse?

"No time, I'm far too busy" - just 30 minutes on most days of the week can make a real difference and it only needs to be fast walking! Use the stairs instead of lifts in shops, cycle instead of being driven.

"Not the sporty type" - you don't have to be! Walking, gardening, housework, dancing can be just as good for you as football or working out in a gym. It all depends on putting enough effort in to warm yourself up and begin perspiring.

Cartoon

Congratulations to Faye Simms of 4W who wins €7 for the cartoon below (copyright owned by the artist)

Sport this week

JCT A,B Kilkenny Wed 17 Kilkenny 2.30

U13 A,B St Gerard's Wed 17 Bray 2.30

SCT, 2nd XV Royal Armagh Sat 20 Home tbc

JCT A Royal Armagh Sat 20 Home tbc

U13 A,B St Andrew's Sat 20 Booterstown 11.00

U 14 A,B St Andrew's Wed 17 Home 2.30

Min C (L) St Andrew's Wed 17 Away 2.00

Min B (L) Mt Sackville Wed 17 tbc tbc

Jun B (L) Rathdown Thurs 18 Home 3.15tbc

Min A Lurgan Fri 19 Home 3.30

3rd XI (L) Mt Sackville Sat 20 Away 10.00

Jun A,C Muckross Sat 20 Home 9.00

1st XI, JunB Muckross Sat 20 Home 10.00

2nd XI,1stYrA Muckross Sat 20 Home 11.00

1st YrB Muckross Sat 20 Home 11.45

Min A Muckross Sat 20 UCD 9.00

Min B Muckross Sat 20 Muckross 10.15

Min C1 Muckross Sat 20 Muckross 11.00

Min C2 Muckross Sat 20 Muckross 11.45

1st XI Kilkenny Wed 17 Home 2.00

Jun XI Wesley Fri 19 Home 4.30

U 14 St Mark's Wed 17 Away 2.30

U 19 tbc Wed 17 Arena 2.30

U 16 Our Lady's Belfast Fri 19 Belfast 1.30

U 19 boys Terenure Fri 19 Home 4.00

In girls hockey, 1st XI won their league matches against Muckross and Kilkenny and are through to the quarter finals. 2nd XI won their league match against Mt Sackville. Junior C won in the league against King's Hospital by 8 goals to nil with Amy Hughes scoring four times!! Minor A won their league match against St Gerard's while 1st Year A and B drew their matches against Alexandra and Beaufort. Junior A also drew with Alexandra.

In boys hockey, the seniors beat King's Hospital 3-1, the Junior beat King's Hospital 3-1, the Under 14s beat Wesley 2-0 and the Under 13s beat St Andrew's 1-0, all in the leagues.

In rugby the SCT beat Pres. Bray 32-3 in the league, reaching the semi-final stage, while the Under 14 A beat Blackrock 17-12. The Under 14 boys badminton team beat Sandford Park in a very close game.