DCW Annual Bake Off
Fabulous skills were demonstrated and festive cakes presented at the annual DCW Bake-off. Congratulations to all the finalists.
- Senior Bake-off winners: Molly McEvoy & Clara Dunne. Runners-up Aine Vize & Maebh Greene. 3rd Kiera deCourcy & Leah Doyle.
- Junior Bake-off winners: Muireann Ring & Lauren Wildes. Runners -up Aoife Marah & Zoe Brasier. 3rd Lynette Lorincsik & Jessica Chiriluta
TY Musical
Well done to all that were involved in the TY Musical ‘Matilda’. Five sold out performances that entertained and highlighted what an amazing production and what incredible talent DCW has.
U19 Basketball Southeast Regional Plate Runners-up
DCW was Final Bound after a well fought victory in the semi-final against Meanscoil Gharmain. Dominican college 50 to Meanscoil Gharmain 12. DCW was lead in scoring by Abbie O’Brien (12pts), Rebecca Brennan (12pts) Aisling Turner (8pts) and Sarah Thompson (8pts.). We placed runners-up in the Southeast Regional Plate final in a hard fought match. Well done DCW girls for a great season.
U16 Basketball Regional Final
DCW are Final Bound: Well done to the DCW U16 basketball team with a well fought victory in the semi-final against St Anne’s. Dominican college 26 to St. Anne’s 12. DCW was lead in scoring by Alice Hamard (16pts), Aoife Forsey (4pts) Isabelle Gray, Muireann Ring and Kotryna Globyte all had 2 points.
LCVP Cinema Day
Well done to the 5th year LCVP class who are organisng a cinema day for the entire school body. The students ran two viewing sessions in the day and the students thoroughly enjoyed the day. The students were raising money for the DSPCA, a very worthy charity and raised 1200 euro. Well done everyone!
DCW Christmas Carol Service
The school community would like to extend a huge thank you to Ms Gaffney and her choir and those involved with the orchestra for the wonderful carol service which was successfully recorded in the Convent Chapel on Wednesday, December 20th. It was a truly magical performance. Thank you to all that came out to celebrate this Christmas celebration with us at DCW
Careers Dress up Day
Well done to all of the students and teachers who dressed up for Careers Dress Up Day. Congratulations to the CAW winners, Jessica Lepek, Sophie Eccles and Emilia Coppola
TY Ice skating trip
TYs enjoy a day out in Dundrum, ice skating and a bit of retail therapy after a busy 2 weeks!
TY Enterprise Day
The Transition years have been working hard since September on their enterprise projects and on Friday the 15th of December they had the opportunity to showcase their hard work to the rest of the school. The TYs set up in the Fatima Hall in the morning and the rest of the school were invited to attend the fair where they had the opportunity to purchase the fantastic array of products on offer. We would like to thank Ms. Scahill, Lisa O’Shaughnessy and Mr. Fromholz for their work with the students but special congratulations goes to the students themselves.
6th Year Art Students Art Trip
Our 6th Year Art Students attended The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin today where they learned about Impressionism, Francis Bacon & Andy Warhol. A very engaging, colourful & informative day.
Ember Leaders Remembrance Day
The Ember Leaders prepared and held a beautiful November Remembrance in Fatima Hall for the whole school. After collecting names throughout the month of November, they read out some names to be remembered by our school community. Lilly and Louise played guitar as the school silently reflected on those we’ve lost.
Parents Association Barretstown Stand and Calendar Fundraiser
TY students have created a calendar to help raise much needed funds for Barretstown. Thank you to the PA for organising the display stand in Supervalu in November and well done to our students for promoting the sale of our Barretstown calendars and Christmas Raffle tickets.
DCW 6th Year Wellness Day
In DCW the wellbeing of our students is a priority, last Monday the 11th, 6th years had an opportunity to disconnect from the stresses and strains of normal school life and engage in a variety of wellbeing activities. Many thanks to the following who made such a wonderful day possible:
- Shane Martin- speaker
- Lisa Watson – Makeup
- Susan – Henna
- Tara from Wings – stress relief
- Brain Food – Ms. Woods
- Mindfulness- Ms. Gaffney
- Yoga with Lisa
- Dance with spotlight studios.
