YOUNG SCIENTIST SUCCESSES
Huge congratulations to all the girls who represented DCW in the BT ‘Young Scientist Exhibition 2018’.
All six students had a fantastic experience in the RDS. Catherine Moyseyeva and Rachel Werner won 2nd place prize for their project entitled ‘The physics of the trebuchet catapult’.
Well done girls on this fantastic achievement. Maria Ahmed and Alanna Mays won a ‘Best Display Award’ for their project entitled ‘ ’An investigation into the physics of a whirligig with the aim of producing a simple blood centrifuge that can be used in developing countries’. In this project the girls made a 20cent whirligig version of a blood centrifuge machine which can be used to separate out the components of blood. Approximately 2500 revolutions per minute are needed in a blood centrifuge and the girls managed to obtain over 4,000 revolutions per minute by spinning their version made from cardboard and ordinary string. Lilly Devitt and Isabelle Downey displayed their fantastic project on ‘Experimental and theoretical investigation of air resistance on falling coffee filters and ping pong balls’. The girls all really enjoyed the whole experience. A huge thank you goes to Mr. O’Brien for all his hard work and dedication working with all the students throughout the term.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Congratulations to the girls on the Student Council who raised €562.50 from their Christmas Jumper Day back in December.
Last week the Student Council representatives met with Warren Kavanagh, Captain of the Wicklow County Hurling team to present a cheque to him on behalf of ‘Gaelic voices for change’.
Gaelic voices for change is a voluntary group of past and present inter-county GAA players who, supported by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and Women’s Gaelic Players Association (WGPA), have come together to form a community action initiative that shines a light on important social issues.
Their initial focus is on the escalating housing and homeless crisis. All funds raised go to homeless charities north and south including the Peter McVerry Trust, DePaul, the Simon Communities, Focus Ireland and the Capuchin Day Centre, Cope Galway, Thomand House and Novas in Limerick, and the Welcome Organisation in Belfast. The Student Council were delighted to meet Warren and donate their contribution to this very worthwhile cause.
PARENT TEACHER MEETING
The second year parent teacher meeting will take place on Wednesday 24th of January.
All parents/ guardians are invited and encouraged to attend. It is a great opportunity for all to meet with their child’s teachers and discuss their progress.
We look forward to meeting with you.
CROSS COUNTRY
The DCW athletes are training hard in their preparation for the next cross country event, the East Leinster Schools Cross Country Competition which will be held in Avondale on January the 25th.
The second year team consists of Ellen Savage, Sadhbh Dolan, Direann Drennan, Alice Christie, Georgia O’ Connell and Mia Mc Cann. Saoirse O’Reilly will be competing in the senior race. We wish them all the best of luck.
HOCKEY
The hockey teams have been very busy this week with a few great games and close matches.
The Senior Team travelled to St. Marys, Naas on Tuesday 16th January. Congratulations to the girls for playing such a great game in sleet and snowy conditions!
Unfortunately they narrowly lost. The first year hockey match against St. Joseph of Cluny was cancelled due to the weather but will be rearranged.
Well done to the 2nd year hockey team who travelled to Donabate Community College on Thursday 18th.
The girls put up a valiant fight and played very well. Unfortunately they lost. Their next match will be in a couple of weeks so best of luck girls.
WELLBEING
The 2nd year students are enjoying a month of ‘wellbeing’ during January.
The theme for last week was ‘Kindness’. At assembly on Monday the girls were read a reflection about kindness.
Following this the girls all received the name of a student in their class and were encouraged to do a random act of kindness for them during the week.
The girls have also been enjoying doing ‘mindfullness’ exercises during registration each morning with Ms. Cremin.
This week’s activity was ‘FEACH’ (Forget Everything And Colour Happily). This involves the girls getting to do some mindfulness colouring each day.
The second years have really enjoyed these exercises in wellbeing and mindfulness and the importance of this in our busy lives is evident.
Thanks to Ms. Cremin for planning these activities for the girls.
FAMILY DOG WALK
The DCW Fundraising Group for the School of St. Jude, Tanzania are organising a ‘Family Dog Walk’ on Sunday the 28th of January.
The meeting point will be 1pm in the Murragh car park. The cost is €5 per person or €10 per family and includes a walk followed by tea, coffee and cakes. There will be lots of fun organised with face painting for the children and prizes for the pooches: best-dressed dog, best dog trick and best-groomed dog! All are very welcome and all proceeds will go to the School of St. Jude. We hope to see you there.
SPRING FAIR
‘Spring Fair’ will be held on Friday the 9th of February in Fatima Hall. It is run by the TY Enterprise classes.
The girls will be displaying and selling the products of the various enterprises that they have been working on all year.
All family and friends are invited to Fatima Hall to view and buy the girls products.
JUNK KOUTURE
Ms. Horans TY art class have been very busy putting the final touches to their ‘Junk Kouture’ outfits.
Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture is a national contest which encourages young designers in second level education to create striking couture designs and impressive works of wearable art from everyday junk that would normally find its way into the bin.
Fabulous outfits have been designed by: Jessica Ryan, Hannah Owens, Chloe Hobbs, Zara Hitchen, Sarah and Aislie Vickers, Leah Murphy and Maya Flynn. The outfits were modelled by Heather Bolger, Laura Burke, Charlotte Wallice, Sarah Cunningham and Kate Keaney.
Well done to all the girls involved and best of luck in the competition. We are really looking forward to seeing the final results girls.
MOCK EXAMS
Mock examinations will begin for all 6th year and 3rd year students on Tuesday and Wednesday 30th and 31st of January.
These exams provide a great opportunity for the students to experience a trial run at the Leaving Certificate.
We wish all students the best of luck in their preparation and exams.
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING
The Parent’s Association will be meeting next on Monday 29th of January.
The Parent’s Association play a very valuable role in the school community and we are very grateful to these parents for all the positive ways in which they contribute to our school.
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