Newsletter
September 2000
TELETHON - COMMUNICATIONS PHONE WIN - GREASE IS THE WORD - SLÓGADH
2000 - BUSINESS NEWS – BASKETBALL - MAKE A BOOK PROJECT - IF YOU GO
DOWN TO THE WOODS - SCHOOL MAGAZINE - SIXTH YEAR GRADUATION CEREMONY - GOOD WISHES FOR EXAMINATIONS - AWARDS ‑ 1999‑2000
TELETHON
This year we raised
£1,903.25p for children in need. A lot of effort went into the fundraising and
we would like to thank all who contributed. A sum of nearly £900 was raised
when staff dressed in uniforms and students in non‑uniform. The remainder
of the money was raised on May 5th when a Fun Day/Sports Day was held. Chanel
College contributed nearly £350 when our Sixth Year hockey team challenged the
boys to a sponsored hockey match. We are most grateful to Tesco (Artane) and
O’Riada’s (Coolock Village) for providing the prizes and refreshment for the
occasion.
Many thanks to everyone
for making our event a huge success.
Telethon Committee
COMMUNICATIONS PHONE WIN
A project organised by Ivor Callely TD had
the title, “Communications in the New Millennium”. Entries were invited from all classes in the form of a poem, an
essay, or a poster. Three entries stood
out, two posters and an essay. The
judges decided that the entry that best reflected the title was a poster by
Lucia Harrison. Lucia’s prize for winning the competition was a mobile phone
from Esat Digifone.
GREASE IS THE WORD
This
year’s Transition Year performed the play Grease on May 4th and 5th. It
was a fantastic success. We only started rehearsing about three weeks before the
actual performance nights, so we had a lot of hard work, but also a great laugh
at the same time.
At
the start, many people had their doubts about how it was eventually going to
work out, the main reason being the fact that all the members of the cast were
girls. We found that everything went
very well in the end. Everybody thought that all the characters were played
excellently. This took a lot of work.
However,
the actors on the stage weren’t the only people working. Sometimes people
forget about all the contributions people make behind the scenes. We had people
to paint the background of the stage, supply props, sell tickets, act as
ushers, and help with costume changes between scenes. Without all these people
the show would never have gone on. All I can say about Grease is that if
you didn’t go to see it you missed out on a really good night.
On
behalf of everybody in Fourth Year I’d like to thank all who were involved and
all the teachers who donated their time to help us with the acting, dances and
make‑up. I think I can speak for
everyone when I say that Fourth Year was a marvellous year for all of us and
performing the play Grease was a wonderful experience.
Rebecca Keogh
SLÓGADH 2000
This
year both the Second Year students in Room 12 and Ms. Butler’s Transition Year
class won first place in the Slógadh Leinster Final. Both classes entered a
radio show on tape and were delighted with the results.
I
mí Samhain thosaigh na cailíní as seomra 24 (ceathrú bhliain) agus na cailíní
as seomraí 11 agus 12 (dara bhliain) ag ullmhú le haghaidh an chomórtais
“Slógadh”. Is é príomhaidhm an chomórtais seo ná chun an teanga a choimeád beo
trí chomórtais filíochta, comórtais damhsa agus comórtais cóir. Rinne seomraí
24, 11 agus 12 téipeanna le haghaidh an chomórtais. Ar na téipeanna bhí a lán
rudaí suimiúla le cloisteáíl cosúil le agallamh le BWitched, Altan agus na
Corrs. Chomh maith le seo bhí an nuacht, fógraí agus réamhaisnéis na haimsire
le cloisteáil freisin. Sheol na cailíní
na téipeanna chuig na daoine i nGael‑Linn. Gnóthaigh seomraí 12 agus 24
an chéad duais sna comóirtais. Bhaineamar an‑taitneamh agus an tairbhe
astu agus bhí a lán spraoi againn.
Karen O’ Connor (Fourth Year)
BUSINESS NEWS
Every
year the Bank of Ireland sponsors our Business Studies students ‑ Senior
and Junior. Juniors had to do a project on a company of their choice, while
Seniors had to write an essay on a variety of topics. Congratulations to all
the prize winners.
BASKETBALL
Congratulations
to our U‑14 Basketball team who won the 3 on 3 Sunny Delight National
Championship recently. Anne Marie Butler, Mandy Hunt, Laura Richardson and Amy
Moore lead the team to victory over teams from Wexford, Donegal, Cork and
Galway.
MAKE A BOOK PROJECT
On
April 13th, 2000, Room 31 went to Make a Book Exhibition in the Writers’
Museum. The project had entries from schools all over Ireland. Room 31 wrote a
children’s book about a family moving house and designed and made a doll’s
house to accompany the project. The students in Room 31 were presented with
their certificate by Ray Darcy.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE
WOODS...
In
April, Third Year Science and Sixth Year Biology students went to Baltinglass
to visit a woodland habitat. During very cold weather conditions, they examined
the plant and animal life in the habitat. The trip proved to be very
educational and worthwhile.
SCHOOL MAGAZINE
Congratulations
to Fifth Year students Ashling Burrowes, Michelle Harris and Amy O’Donnell who
were the editors of this year’s school magazine. Let’s Talk contained a
wide range of material on poetry, music, the environment and much more, and was
well received by the students.
SIXTH YEAR GRADUATION CEREMONY
A
very special thanks to all the parents who helped prepare and serve the food at
the Sixth Year Graduation Ceremony in May. It was a thoroughly enjoyable occasion for all.
GOOD WISHES FOR EXAMINATIONS
We
wish all our students the very best in the Junior and Leaving Certificate Examinations
and would like to congratulate those students who completed Transition Year
this year.
AWARDS ‑ 1999‑2000
Congratulations to all students who
won awards this year.
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