DCW Lotto
Thank you to all that participated in our school fundraiser. The draw was March 30th. There was no winner of Thursday’s jackpot. Congratulations to Caimin Browne who was our weekly winner of 20
euro, the grand prize rolls over to next week. This is a fundraising initiative and the money raised will be used to directly support your children’s education and purchase resources for our school
including IT equipment, sports equipment, classroom and teaching resources.
Practicals and Orals
Well done to all of the 6 th year Music class who completed their music practicals this week. The practical makes up a percentage of the final LC exam. The students did a fantastic job and can be
really proud of themselves. This week also sees the beginning of the oral exams for 6 th years. We would like to wish our students the best of luck with Irish, French, Spanish and German. Remember
your best is good enough.
Easter Holidays
We would like to wish all of our school community a very happy Easter and hope that you all get a nice restful break. We return to DCW as normal on Monday the 17th of April
Show Racism the Red Card
On the last day of term, the Student Council and the Diversity Committee organised a Wear Red day, to show racism the Red Card. Students brought in a donation and wore non-uniform (with red!) for
the day. Students took part in in-class activities and quizzes around the issue of racism today.
Book Swap
The Book Club students organised a Book Swap event for the last Thursday of term. This was open to parents, staff and students. Students were encouraged to talk to any parent (or other
family member) who could not make the event and to swap a book on their behalf. Plenty of books were taken for younger siblings and there were many recommendations made by the students to
each other while browsing – and those students heading to Italy managed to get some good reads for the plane. The idea was to spark a conversation at school and in the home about likes and
dislikes around reading. The conversation continued in the staff room too and there’s going to be plenty of reading done over the holiday. We will be repeating this event for sure towards the end of
the year, so be sure to drop in for your summer reading!
Eoin O’Connor Visit
We would like to extend a huge thank you to the artist Eoin O’Connor and Denise for taking time to visit us in DCW this week. Eoin spoke with senior cycle Art students and shared his experiences of working as a professional artist in Ireland. It was both informative and inspiring learning about his artistic journey to date.
Worldwise Global Schools National Student Conference
The 2023 conference took place online on Tuesday 28th March. Students from 1st to 5th Year took part. There were some great freeze frame photos created during the day by Dominican students,
you can see these on our social media accounts. The speakers included award-winning journalist, Aoife Moore, and activists such as Blessing Dada. MC for the day was comedian Colm O’Regan. There
were many issues explored during the event and schools involved submitted short videos on their WWGS activities throughout the year. There was of course a video from the Dominican students too,
led by Alanah Dalton the team showcased their work around Global Citizenship themes. We looked at issues such as the Circular Economy, Greenwashing, the ‘Fix It’ Campaign (which ‘fixes’ newspaper
headlines) among others. There will be more about the conference in the upcoming issue of the school magazine, The Brightside, which this year is funded by our WWGS grant.
Great Irish Bake
Thank you to all of the staff who contributed and donated to the Great Irish Bake this week. This was a national fundraiser in aid of the Children’s Health Foundation which includes Crumlin, Temple
Street, Tallaght and Connolly. We held a coffee morning in the staff room at break time where staff kindly donated. We raised a total of €262.85 for the well-deserved children’s hospitals. Every little helps!
