Newsletter No. 2 2011-12 - mercybeaumont.scoilnet.ie
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Newsletter No. 2 2011-12 - mercybeaumont.scoilnet.ie
Our Lady of Mercy College Beaumont, Dublin 9 NEWSLETTER MAY 2012 Diligence & Achievement Prizewinners at our 2012 Awards Ceremony SCHOOL YEAR 2011/12 Roddy Doyle gives English Workshops NO 2 The winners were: 1st Year: Laura Carroll, Soundaraya Christopher, Aine Murray and Jekaterina Susko; Awards 2nd Year: Joan Victor, Fiona Boyle and Shauna Moore; see page 4 3rd Year: Megan Oglesby, Arrah Valenzona and Rhea Rodillas; 4th Year: Charlene Esteves; Orla Broderick Music Award Sarah Mc Loughlin 6th yr. Overall Contribution to Sport Laura Farrell 3rd yr. Overall contribution to Art Megan Oglesby 3rd yr. Inside this issue TY Trip to Guinness TY— Radio show 2 2 Sport in School Sam Maguire Visit Enterprise 2 2 2 Prefects 2012/13 2.1 CSPE Report 3 3 Seactain na Gaeilge DCU Project & PE 3 3 Gaisce Awards Footwear in PE 3 3 After School Sports Athletics 4 4 Awards 2012 World Maths Day 4 4 Lourdes 2012 4 On 6th February 2012, our school had the privilege of welcoming Roddy Doyle, the Irish author of several outstanding books, such as The Commitments, The Van to our school. He read a chapter of one of his books, A Greyhound of a Girl, to the students who listened intently. After he read to us, we were given time to ask him some questions about his life, his books etc. Everyone was intrigued with what he had to say. He gave very detailed answers, which helped us to get an insight into his writings. Prior to his visit, Junior and Senior cycle students had participated in a writing competition. This allowed the pupils from the ages of 12 to 19 to showcase their talents. 5th Year: Leanne O’Brien; 6th Year: Amy Dunne and Nicole Mockler. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit and Roddy Doyle appeared to have enjoyed himself as much as us. By Leanne O’Brien, 5th Year 60 Awards were given to participants in the Creative Writing Competition at the end of year awards ceremony. Following the workshop the winners of the competition were announced. Each year had a winner and they were presented with an autographed book from Roddy Doyle himself. Non Uniform Day The Prefects & Student Council joined forces last February to raise €1,000 For Breast Cancer Awareness. Well done to all those involved. Thanks to the Parents Association for all the support during the past year. Student Council members, Fiona Boyle 2nd yr & Emily Mc Donnell, 1st yr selling tickets for raffle PAGE 1 “Always be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else” - Judy Garland TYTrip Near FM Our trip to the Guinness Storehouse was an excellent experience. First of all, in the morning, we had mock interviews by staff. Everybody was nervous but we got great feedback afterwards. Paul brought us on a tour of the Storehouse. We went through every floor (all 7 floors). This was so interesting and so much fun. Everybody had a fantastic time and learned a lot from the day. The Sam Maguire visits us. On Friday 3rd February, eight TY students were chosen to participate in a Near FM broadcast. They discussed the interaction of teenagers with the EU and if young people felt the EU impacts their everyday lives. Much research was carried out before the broadcast and the students got a great insight into various EU policies. They also took this time to analyse their own views on EU citizenship. It was a very worthwhile activity. Eamonn Fennel with Students Congratulations to the students who won prizes in the Poster Competition. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Did you know that in Ancient Egypt, medical institutions were called “Houses of Life.” Nicole Walsh 2nd yr Saoirse Coffey 1st yr Megan Oglesby 3rd yr Eliza Saclolo 2nd yr Niamh Whelan 3rd yr Nicole Bermingham 3rd yr Sport in School ExtraCurricular Sporting Activities. In the second term we introducted Gaelic Football to the school as an after school activity. Vinny the local G.A.A. development officer whom many of the students know from coaching in the local area and the primary schools now takes Gaelic Football training on a Tuesday after school for an hour. We hope to continue this from September next year and welcome anyone who wishes to play. Football Tournaments. First Year Futsal Tournament. The first year indoor football tournament was held on Thursday the 8th of March. The day was a great success with huge participaiton in the event, lots of goals and a great competitive atmosphere. Each team represented a nationality from the year group, and completed a project on that particular nationality. All projects were displayed and well presented on the day. U 15’s Futsal Tournament. Twenty one students travelled away to St. Micheal’s in Finglas on Friday, March 9th. Two Teams represented the school on the day. Team Mercy B, competed very well, winning various matchs throughout the day, and Team Mercy A did the school very proud by getting through to the final against Team Holy Faith A. Team Mercy A drew the final and with victory close at hand, a last minute penalty competition finally decided the winners and saw Mercy A as runners up on the day. Very well done to all students who competed on the day. Runner Up Dublin City Enterprise Competition. Tuba Khan 2nd Yr PAGE 2 Prefects 2012/13 Well done to those 5th yrs appointed Prefects for next year. Head Girl Michelle Ward Deputy Head Girl Daniella Nika Emma Gibney Leanne O Brien Lisa Newman Diana O Connor Kerrie Gorman Yazmeen Harati Charlotte Shireen Clensty Ipe Jennifer Osunde Justyne Dennis Aoife Mc Grath Gemma Mc Grane Cliona Moran Orla Mc Caul Clare Farrell 3rd yr students present money to St Francis Hospice 2.1 CSPE News Report. We invited in a speaker from the DSPCA to speak about animal rights and welfare as part of our stewardship concept section. Ms Gillian Bird and her dog Beckam gave us a good understand of the likes of animals and how they should be treated. We all had our own jobs to do for this project and we are very proud of our work. We enjoyed this project. DID YOU KNOW: THE MAIN PURPOSE OF EYEBROWS IS TO KEEP SWEAT OUT OF THE EYES. by Aishu Christopher & Aideen Mc Loughlin 2.1 CSPE Project. A talk on Guide Dogs Roddy Doyle addressing students. Seachtain na Gaeilge Welldonetoallthosewho tookpartintheenjoyable eventslastMarch. PosterCompetitionwinners Allstudentsparticipatedin 1stNatalieGradaska theCé iliandenjoyedan 2ndAideenMcLoughlin IrishDancingdisplaygiven 3rdNicoleLynch bybytwosecondyearstuThankstoChloeAuguste& dents,DanielleDoherty& AineMurrayfrom1styrand NicoleGaughran. FionaBoyle2ndyrwhojoined with3musiciansfromtheDIT foralunchtimeconcert. Ga i s c e A wa rd s TheTYstudentsparticipatingintheBronze levelGaisceAwardcompletedtheirchallenge overtheweekendofthe 27thofApril.TheTYstudentsandtwooftheir teachersheadedoffto theWicklowMountains tocompletea25km– 35kmhikeovertwo days.Thiswas InvolvementwithDCUresearchinusingDigitalVideoinPEinlightofthe draftSCPEsyllabiwhichwererecently released. Thesecondyearstudentswereinvolved inaresearchprojectinconjunctionwith DCUoverthecourseofanumberof weeksinthelatterpartoftheterm.This involvedcarryingoutresearchintothe integrationofDigitalVideoinPhysical Educationforthepurposesofassessment,feedback,demonstrationandtrackingstudent’sworkasoutlinedonthe draftseniorcyclephysicaleducationcurriculum,whicharecurrentlybeingreviewedanddeveloped. FootwearinPE SupportYourFeetinitiatocompletethe inal tiveisbeingintroduced stageoftheirBronze fromSeptember,sothis GaisceAwardchalisareminderthatallstulenge.Theweather dentsareexpectedto wasintheirfavour wearappropriatefootandallcompletedthe weartopartakeinphysichallengesuccessfully caleducationandphysi- The First modern day Olympic games were overthetwodays. calactivity. held in Athens, Greece in 1896 PAGE 3 SPORT Certs for Mentoring go to Successofafter-schoolsports. Alex Fitzgerald & Niamh Hoban-Lync This year there were five after school-sports available to students, Camogie, Gaelic Football, Soccer, Basketball and Circuit Training. The amount of students participating in these activities sometimes saw as many as two thirds of the school population being involved in activity over the course of a week. Athletics Congratulations to all those involved in the Athletics in Santry Stadium in May, especially to Hannah Mc Loughlin who qualified for the Leinster Athletics Competitions. Awards 2012 TY Students attend The Tyndall Lecture (Physics) in the RDS with Ms Flynn Congratulations to all students who received awards at our recent ceremony. Achievement Winners 1st Yr. Chloe Auguste, Christabel Ojukwu, Alannah Peters 2nd Yr. Merlin David, Carla Hanrahan Mc Hugh, Jessica Hopkins 3rd Yr. Rhea Rodillas, Megan Oglesby, Arrah Valenzona 4th Yr. Orla Fitzpatrick, Ciara Dunne, Kelly Carr 5th Yr. Michelle Ward, Paulina Kazmierczak, Jennifer Osunde 6th Yr. Sarah Mc Loughlin, Grace Downes, Nicole Doyle Diligence Winners 1st Yr. Áine Murray, Chloe Fullam, Emily Mc Donnell 2nd Yr Eliza Saclolo, Aoife Kelly, Orla Mc Donnell 3rd Yr Laura Tuite, Dominica Bivol, Alana Campelli, 4th Yr. Rachel Hill, Yvonne Kelly, Alanna Gough 5th Yr. Minerva Amante, Sarah Mc Cann, Yasmeen Harati 6th yr. Alex Fitzgerald, Eimear Darcy, Suzanne O Rourke Thanks to Bank of Ireland for again sponsoring the overall Community & Enterprise Bank of Ireland Awards. Community Award Winner Yvonne Kelly 4th yr Enterprise Award Winner Rachel Hill 4th yr Rotary Youth Leadership Award Winner Yasmeen Harati 5th yr. Enterprise Awards presented to those involved in mini Companies. First years Aleasha Starrs, Emma Egan, Emily Mc Donnell Michaela Badova, Alannah Peters, Áine Murray, Chloe Auguste, Karolina Seniutyte, Jessica Cajucom, Athira Tomy, Christabel Ozukwu, Dasha Zarochentseva, Polina Pereligina, Kaithlin Murray, Sophie Walsh, Mahdiyah Ayub, Shannon Rafferty, Serena Blake, Elif Musova, Klaudja Rameraj, Courtney Quinn, Teegan Russell, Erin Malone, Sarah Gorman. The School Winner was Dasha Zarochentseva. Second Years Jade Mc Loughlin, Megan Cody, Leah Carrick, Tuba Khan, Nicole Walsh, Anita Poenaru, Tatenda Chimbakate, Nashwebber Chipurio. The School Winner was Tuba Khan. Senior Section: Danielle Bridger, Lauren Keogh, Lauren Richardson, Jurate Raizyte, Diane O Connor, Salome Betsunaidze, Charlotte Shireen, Daniella Nika, Kerry Gorman, Aoife Mc Grath, Clare Farrell, Lisa Newman, Shenda Kelly, Orla Mc Caul, Shannon Askin, Daniella Mc Allister, Amy Higginbotham, Sarah Hanaphy, Jessica Dennis, Justyne Dennis, Katie Croft. All TY’s were also involved. They will received their awards on their Graduation night. Tuba Khan, Megan O Brien & Fiona Boyle, all 2nd years who took part in the World Education Games to celebrate Maths Day. They were presented with Sapphire Awards on Awards Day. Thanks to Ms Flynn for organising this competition. Lourdes Volunteers Well done to all those selected to work in Lourdes next September. They will be fundraising over the summer. Any help/suggestions are most welcome. Nicole Bermingham, Dominica Bivol, Megan Oglesby, Faye Rooney, Alana Campelli, Natalia Gradazka, Rhea Rodillas, Arrah Valenzona, Charlene Estores, Amy Murray. The Student Council thank all those who contributed articles for this newsletter. PAGE 4