A big thank you to all who supported the Fair Trade Fair. The total for Saturday was over €6,000. Congratulations to all the Transition Year team who worked so hard to make it a success.

Ms Pearce and Ms Boyce

Congratulations to Sadhbh Soper Ni Chafraidh, 4W, (Motivating Pupil Performance) and Colm Finlay & Thomas Wyse-Jackson, 2G, (Wind Energy for Outdoor Adventure) whose projects have been selected for this year's Young Scientist Exhibition at the RDS 8-12 January 2008. Their projects were among the 500 selected from the record 1416 entries received this year.

Transition Year pupils were recently involved in collecting shoe boxes full of Christmas presents for children who would otherwise not receive any. Above are some of the Transition Year students preparing the boxes for transport to Eastern Europe, Russia, Armenia, Africa and other destinations. Well done!

Holly Day is the ISPCC's annual fundraiser. Although this is Holly Day's 20th year, it is the first year that the school has supported this brilliant cause.

ISPCC exists to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to experience love and happiness, to stop discrimination and exclusion of children and to end cruelty and injustice to children.

On Tuesday 4 December the library committee will be selling holly badges in aid of this worthy cause. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

The photographs taken by the school on Prize Day are now taken in digital format. Many of them will be published in the Erasmian & Diocesan Times. Rough proof prints of photographs which came out well are available from the office free of charge. If you would then like a copy of the computer file to print a high quality copy yourself, please ask Mrs H. Kane in the office.

Congratulations to Susan McRann and Eve Roseingrave who have been selected for the Leinster Under 16 girls hockey team. They will play in the Inter Provincial tournament in Galway in December.

Congratulations to the senior boys golf team who overcame many obstacles to emerge unbeaten from their group. Along the way they defeated Holy Child Sallynoggin, St Mary's Rathmines and Gonzaga College to book their place in the knock-out stages of the competition. Well done to the following players who participated in the matches and good luck in the next phase: Richard Jones (captain), Gavin Sadlier, Paddy Butler, Owen Carroll and Paul O'Kelly.

In girls hockey the 1st Year B drew 0-0 in their league match vs Muckross. The Senior IV drew with Mt Temple, the Minor Cs beat Dominican Wicklow 5-0 in their league match and the Senior III beat Sancta Maria 3-0.

Boys hockey

Sen IV (L) Cross & Passion Tues 4 Kilcullen 2.15

Jun B (L) Cabra Wed 5 Home 2.00

Sen III St Gerard's Wed 5 Home 3.00

Jun A, Sen II St Gerard's Wed 5 St Gerard's 2.15

Min A St Gerard's Wed 5 St Gerard's 3.15

Jun C (L) L Dalkey Sat 8 Home 9.00

1st Yr A (L) L Dalkey Sat 8 Home 10.00

Min A (L) L Dalkey Sat 8 Home 11.00

Other matches tba. Please check board for details.