Ty trip to Slovenia

On Monday 6 April, 46 Transition Year students gathered at 4:45 a.m., tired but excited for the week ahead.
We flew to Munich where we met our tour guide Matt, then left the airport and began the 5 hour bus journey through the spectacular Austrian Alps .one of the highlights of our journey was our lunch in a very fancy Mc Donalds complete with red carpet and kids fun gym! We arrived in Bled, Slovenia that evening where we checked in and had dinner. That night we walked to Lake Bled, which was lit up and looked beautiful.
The next day we had a tour of the surrounding area of Lake Bled and a castle that overlooked the lake - an amazing view. After lunch Matt gave us a tour of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and then on to the Postojna caves, the biggest in Europe! These were amazing and that night we went swimming.
On the Wednesday we visited Croatia  for the day, with a guided tour of Zagreb, its capital, and we also had some free time. That night we went ice skating. Some of us started off a little unsteady but all mastered it in the end.
We rose early on Thursday to catch a train into the Julian Alps. The scenery was breathtaking. We spent the day in the Alps, visiting a lovely church up a hill. We even had a snowball fight on our way home! The day was great and we saw the biggest ski jumps in Europe. We went bowling that night.
We got up even earlier on Friday, packed our bags and headed for Venice. It took 4 hours to get there but it was worth it! We spent the day there and had a tour of a Venetian glass works. This was amazing as it requires such skill. After spending the day in Venice we then went to catch our flight home.
We would like to thank Mr. Wright for organizing a great trip but unfortunately he couldn't go at the last minute. Helen Kane (office!) kindly stepped in. Thank you to Ms.White, Ms Goulding, Ms Kane and Mr. Levis for coming with us. Everyone really enjoyed the trip! (thanks again)
Amy Deverell and Aimee Bannister 4M

Second year ski trip

On Sunday 5 April, twenty seven second years with Mr Flynn, Mr McBride, Ms Jones and Ms Lanigan, flew out to Norway for a week of skiing.
When we arrived in Olso we got a bus that took about 2 hours to bring us to our hotel, the Birkebeineren Hotel. It was a nice hotel and three other schools were staying there as well – two English schools and Fourth Years from Portmarnock. The ski resort we went to was used for the Winter Olympics in 1994. It was twenty minutes away and we left every morning at 8.45 am.
We were split into three groups – beginners, intermediate, and advanced, and there were four snowboarders. We had lessons from 9.30 – 11.30, then we went for lunch and free ski until 1 pm when we had lessons to 3 pm. The bus then left at 4 pm and we had dinner at the hotel. Each night we did something different, like DVD night, tobogganing, cinema, bowling, and a disco with the other schools. The tobogganing was held in the ski resort and was so much fun.
The weather was mostly hot and sunny, one or two of the days it was foggy and snowy.
The skiing was amazing, and we all loved our ski instructors! Everyone improved a lot by the end of the week and really enjoyed the trip. We were all sad leaving - the week went by too fast! Lillehammer would be a great choice for future trips.
Thanks to all the teachers for organising the trip. We all had an amazing time.
Kate Barlow and Caoimhe Cassidy

Ty trip to Slovenia

On Monday 6 April, 46 Transition Year students gathered at 4:45 a.m., tired but excited for the week ahead.
We flew to Munich where we met our tour guide Matt, then left the airport and began the 5 hour bus journey through the spectacular Austrian Alps .one of the highlights of our journey was our lunch in a very fancy Mc Donalds complete with red carpet and kids fun gym! We arrived in Bled, Slovenia that evening where we checked in and had dinner. That night we walked to Lake Bled, which was lit up and looked beautiful.
The next day we had a tour of the surrounding area of Lake Bled and a castle that overlooked the lake - an amazing view. After lunch Matt gave us a tour of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and then on to the Postojna caves, the biggest in Europe! These were amazing and that night we went swimming.
On the Wednesday we visited Croatia  for the day, with a guided tour of Zagreb, its capital, and we also had some free time. That night we went ice skating. Some of us started off a little unsteady but all mastered it in the end.
We rose early on Thursday to catch a train into the Julian Alps. The scenery was breathtaking. We spent the day in the Alps, visiting a lovely church up a hill. We even had a snowball fight on our way home! The day was great and we saw the biggest ski jumps in Europe. We went bowling that night.
We got up even earlier on Friday, packed our bags and headed for Venice. It took 4 hours to get there but it was worth it! We spent the day there and had a tour of a Venetian glass works. This was amazing as it requires such skill. After spending the day in Venice we then went to catch our flight home.
We would like to thank Mr. Wright for organizing a great trip but unfortunately he couldn't go at the last minute. Helen Kane (office!) kindly stepped in. Thank you to Ms.White, Ms Goulding, Ms Kane and Mr. Levis for coming with us. Everyone really enjoyed the trip! (thanks again)
Amy Deverell and Aimee Bannister 4M

Mumps vaccination

Due to the rise in cases in mumps, the HSE will be administering MMR booster vaccinations to Transition, 5th and 6th Year students on Thursday, 7 and Friday, 8 May. Students must bring their completed consent forms with them to the gymnasium when it is their turn.

School sports photos

Winter sports team photos will be taken on Wednesday May 6th for basketball, hockey, rugby, cross country, badminton, swimming, orienteering and golf. Please ensure that you have the correct sports gear and that it is clean. If you do not have the gear you may not appear in the photograph. Photographs will be taken outdoors if the weather permits, or otherwise in the Gym.

Summer concert

The annual concert will take place on Thursday 21st May at 8pm in the Reynolds Hall. Choir, orchestra and soloists will perform in a variety of musical styles. All are welcome - this is always a superb evening of entertainment!

Art successes

Congratulations to Ben Allison, Rory Simms O'Doherty, Daragh Monaghan and Coilin O'Connell who have all been offered places in NCAD, and to Conor Frizzelle who has been offered a place in Crawford Art College. We are still awaiting the offers from IADT and DIT, except in the case of Ben, who has also been offered DIT Art.