DCW Basketball U16/ U19 Victory
Great day for DCW Basketball with two hard fought league wins against St. Mary’s of Arklow. The seniors(U19) were led to victory by their captain, Justin Cronin with 8 points, Rebecca Brennan with 8 points, Nicole Fogerty with 6 and Aisling Turner with 6 points. Final score 38-13. The Juniors (U16) were led to victory by Jessica Quinn with 10 points, Erica Byrne with 8 points and Isabelle Gray with 8 points. Final score 29-15.
Enterprise
Wicklow Enterprise came to support our enterprise students with support and advice on the development of their products. The TY’s will be selling their products at our Annual DCW Enterprise Fair on December 14th.
TY Geography Field Trip
4 bronze carried out their Geographical Investigation Coastal Study down at the Murrough today. They carried out a number of different investigations including
measuring a beach profile, sampling the beach fabric to see if waves sort the beach fabric and
measuring the wave frequency to see if waves are constructive or destructive. They also measuring the rate of longshore drift. Students really enjoyed their day out.
Senior Hockey Match Victory
On October 18th the senior hockey team travelled to Mount Temple comprehensive school to play Holy Faith Clontarf. This was their second away fixture having secured a comfortable 4-0 victory over Our Lady’s Grove earlier in the month.
The two teams were evenly matched in the first half with centre mid Jessica Healy finally breaking the deadlock before half time with a super shot from the top of the circle. In the second half the Dominican players upped the tempo and really applied pressure on the opponent’s defence. Jessica scored a second goal which was followed by goals from Eilish Lauder, Aisling Ledesma and Meabh Donellan. The final score was a well-deserved 5-0. Drogheda will be the venue for the next away fixture after midterm.
1st Year Art Club
Ms Gaskin and her team led by 5th year Art student Aisling Thomas is planning to do some Halloween inspired window painting around the school. Art Club meets on Wednesday at lunch time. If you are interested please let Ms Gaskin know.
Sugar Craft Halloween
Ms Whelan is beginning The Sugar Craft Club on Tuesday at lunch. This week’s theme was Halloween. Please let Ms Whelan know if you are interested
DCW Maths Week
Primary school visit DCW for Math Week. Dominican TY students (4 Bronze) hosted some energetic 6th class students from Holy Rosary for Math Week. The TY students really enjoyed teaching and having fun with the boys and girls, who played games and quizzes with a maths twist!
4 Gold hosted a quiz for 1st year students and 4 Silver hosted a quiz for 2nd year students on Friday. Students had a great time challenging themselves and working together.
6th Years Macbeth English Field Trip
All 6th Years enjoyed a great day out to see the Shakespeare classic ‘Macbeth’. A dramatic day for all involved.
One Good School Conference
Matilda Finnerty and Jessica Quinn were our student representatives at the One Good School conference held in Croke park and organised by Jigsaw, a mental health awareness initiative. They met with other schools involved in the programme and listened to talks given by former president Mary McAleese and CEO of Lidl Ireland, JP Scally. Well done to all involved.
DCW Lotto
Thank you to all that participated in our school fundraiser. The draw was October 20th. Congratulations to Siobhan Dunlop 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.
DCW Leo Group
Calling all TY students who wish to become members of the DCW Leo Group. A youth group for the Wicklow Lions Club. DCW Leo’s and Wicklow Lion’s Club will engage in project to support and give back to the community in Wicklow.
