Our Visit to the Winter Wonderland of Berlin

Wir sind am 14. Februar nach Berlin geflogen. Als wir endlich in der Jugendherberge ankamen, packten wir unsere Koffer aus, und danach fuhren wir zum Fernsehturm.Das Wetter war kalt aber klar und wir haben einen schönen Ausblick über ganz Berlin gehabt. Jeden Abend haben wir das Abendessen in der Herberge gegessen. Das Essen in Berlin war sehr lecker! Wir haben ganz viel gesehen in Berlin, zum Beispiel die Berliner Mauer, Checkpoint Charlie (das hat mir am besten gefallen), den Reichstag, das Olympiastadion, das Pergamonmuseum, die Konzentrationslage Sachsenhausen, und das Schloss von Freidrich dem Groâen. Alles war sehr interessant aber wir sind auch Bowling und eislaufen, und ins Kino gegangen. Jeder hat viel Spaâ dabei gehabt.
 

The above is an account of our school trip to Berlin. We learnt a lot about Berlin’s history and culture through tours of historical buildings like Friederich Der Groâe’s palace. We were lucky enough to have our own personal tour guides in the teachers who accompanied us as well, especially Mr. Giles whose vast knowledge of Berlin’s history and his enthusiasm for the city made the trip even more special. This trip of second to fifth years was an incredible experience with people from different years getting to know each other and visiting a fascinating city which was a lot of fun as well! We practised our written German every evening writing in our journals (Tagebücher). Ice skating, our trip to the cinema and bowling were among the highlights of the trip but a brilliant memory from the trip was Mr. Giles joining in on one of our frequent snow fights. We’d like to thank the teachers on the trip for organising it and making it a wonderful trip for everyone, Papa Giles our tour guide, Onkel Weiâ our enthusiastic tourist and Schwester Goulding our own personal matron complete with first aid kit. Thanks for everything!

Stephanie Lodola

All Ireland success

At the Irish schools mountain running championships on Wednesday 25 March, the High School intermediate boys team represented the school with courage and commitment. The team consisted of Michael Treacy, Thomas Wyse Jackson, Colm Finlay and Matthew Holder. First home for High School was Michael Treacy who was third in a close finish and took the bronze medal. Michael has been selected to represent Ireland at the World Mountain Running Championships in Germany in June. Congratulations!

Cancer research and care fund raising

Congratulations to all who participated in the fun swim before Christmas and in the Andrew McKay memorial hockey tournament. A total of €3,000 was presented to Deirdre Hughes from the Friends of St Luke's Hospital by Rona O'Donnell and Alice Somers-Donnelly. This money is used for the purchase of vital equipment and the provision of care accommodation which is not properly funded by the HSE. The school has a long fund-raising relationship with St Luke's which is situated in Rathgar and we hope to continue that into the future.

Cricket

There will be a junior vs senior girls practice match on Tuesday at 4.00 p.m. In boys cricket, the seniors (home) and juniors (away) will play King's Hospital at 2pm on Wednesday 1 April.

Bake sale

There will be a bake sale in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust for homeless people at junior and senior break on Wednesday 1 April (tomorrow)
3H CSPE class

Summer uniform

Please note that summer uniform will commence on the first day of the summer term. Polo shirts must be worn (they may be tucked in or not as you wish), the tie is not worn and the school jumper is optional. Coloured t-shirts may not be worn under polo shirts.