Here are the standings after Week 2 of our KiVa World Cup! Well done to Senegal and the Netherlands on being the first two teams to reach the quarter-finals. Hard luck Ecuador and Qatar, you played a fantastic tournament!!

Here are the group tables after the first week of our KiVa World Cup. The players have performed brilliantly and have shown fantastic respect to each other during matches. Keep up the great work!

This week in G6 we have been busy collecting leaves from our school and transforming these into autumn art inspired by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Arcimboldo used plants, fruits, nuts and seeds to create paintings of people.

The boys had great fun and showed real creativity to come up with fantastic portraits. Check out our pictures and video below.  

Well done to the boys in G6 who took part in GAA coaching with Mr. Carberry last week. The boys performed brilliantly and had great fun trying out a new sport.

The lads in Mr. Mulroy’s (R12) and Mr. Hughes’s (R9) 6th classes have been busy over the past few weeks preparing for their assembly. This assembly was a bit different to assemblies in previous years but they have shown great creativity and learned so many new skills in making this, enjoy!

Dear Parents,

After consultation with the parish, we are delighted to announce that confirmation has been rescheduled for Friday the 21^st of August at 5pm in Our Lady of Lourdes Church. It will be a simple, pared back ceremony in line with social distancing guidelines. The following health and safety measures will be in place for the wellbeing of all concerned.

• Each candidate for confirmation may bring a maximum of 3 adult guests, one of whom to be the child’s sponsor
• Each group will be given an assigned seat.
• There will be no mass.
• The ceremony will be performed by the parish and the bishop will not be in attendance.
• The boys will receive the Rite of Confirmation from their seats.

It is essential that the boys produce a copy of their baptismal certificate in order to make confirmation. I know many of you have done this already but if you still need to submit a copy please do so as soon as possible. We will accept a photograph of the certificate emailed to us if you consent to send it in that format and the information contained in it will only be used for the purposes of confirmation in line with our GDPR policy.

We will be in touch at a later date with regard to order of service, preparation and seating arrangements.

As we are all aware, we live in uncertain times and the arrangements for confirmation are dependent on Road Map for Reopening Ireland going ahead as planned.

Is mise le meas,

Sarah Bradley

Principal

As you may be aware, from next Monday (30th March), 6th Class students’ will be receiving work on Google Classroom to be completed on a daily basis. Check out the videos below to see how to log into Google Classroom on PC/Laptop or on a Smart Phone/Tablet device.

Google Classroom Login on PC/Laptop

Google Classroom Login on Smart Phone/Tablet

Well done to all the lads who took part in the 11-a-side soccer competition in DKIT. We finished second in our group which gets us a place in the finals day in January. Excellent performances from everybody and super behaviour – you should be very proud lads!

The boys in R9 had an amazing day in Dublin today. We went on a 1916 Rising history walk, taking in Beggar’s Bush Barracks, Northumberland Rd. and Mount St. Bridge. After that the lads were treated to a guided tour of Google’s European headquarters followed by a career talk from Google staff and a virtual reality experience.

Well done to everyone taking part in the lunchtime soccer. 5th and 6th class pupils have shown amazing skill and teamwork, as well as demonstrating great respect and encouragement for each other no matter what their level of soccer is! Keep it up lads!

Here are the next round of fixtures:

6th – Round 2: 19/02/2019

Team 1 Vs Team 2 (11:00)
Team 4 Vs Team 3 (12:30)

Team 8 Vs Team 5 (12:40)
Team 7 Vs Team 6 (12:50)

5th – Round 3: 27/02/2019

Team 4 Vs Team 3 (11:00)
Team 1 Vs Team 2 (12:30)

Team 8 Vs Team 6 (12:40)
Team 5 Vs Team 7 (12:50)