Maths Week - October 2016

Well done to all those who organised such a successful Maths week in St. Mary's recently. Pupils were buzzing in classrooms each day in their efforts to solve the problems posted in classrooms on a daily basis. Congratulations to all the prizewinners pictured below. 

October Fancy Dress

Well done to the Wellbeing team and the Student Council who colaborated to organise a very successful Rag Day and Fancy Dress Competition on Friday 28th October. Teachers and students entered into the spirit of Halloween while contributing to a worthwhile charity cause. Here are the winners.

1st Year: Paula Cullen, Mitu Rashid
2nd Year: Róisín MacNamee, Grace McElligott, Abby Cahill
3rd Year: Grace Duffy, Isabel O'Dywer
4th Year: Jessica Allen, Alison Cox
5th Year: Grace Callaghan, Bonnie O'Halloran
6th Year: Erin Clausen, Eadaoin Rice

Overall Senior Winner: Rachel Doran
Overall Junior: Lara O'Heinigh

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Fancy Dress

• fancy dress 8.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 8.jpg

• fancy dress 2.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 2.jpg

• fancy dress 1.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 1.jpg

• fancy dress 4.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 4.jpg

• fancy dress 3.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 3.jpg

• fancy dress 5.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 5.jpg

• fancy dress 7.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 7.jpg

• fancy dress 6.jpg

  http://www.stmaryscollegenaas.ie/images/wellbeing/20162017/fancy dress 6.jpg

TY Jelling Trip to Manchester

Our journey began at 6:00am September 15th, as we headed for Dublin port where we would embark on a Stena Line ferry and cruise our way to Holyhead.

Upon our arrival in England we had a busy day ahead. Our trip to the museum of science and technology was followed by a much anticipated visit to the Trafford Shopping Centre. Each girl soon found their way to Victoria's Secret Pink, where along with Ms. Moloney we spent most of our time.... and money. Back in the hotel, Jury's Inn, we settled into our rooms to get some much needed rest before an early start the next day.

Our second day in Manchester began with a mouth watering trip to Cadbury's chocolate factory. The aroma of chocolate and the engaging displays throughout the factory made it an extremely enjoyable visit for us all!! In the afternoon, a guided tour of Stratford and a visit to Shakespeare's childhood home was followed by a promising hour of freetime in the beautiful town 'Stratford Upon Avon'. We saw red English telephone boxes, made friends with British locals claiming to have Irish ancestors and some girls even found themselves running through the streets of Stratford after two English policemen to ask them for a photo!

The day was highly enjoyed by everyone and and we went slept that night dreaming of the  following day's trip to Alton Towers. On arrival we received a map of the park and set out on our mission to conquer the most thrilling rides in the Park.  It's safe to say that everyone, including the teachers, faced their fears and had the best day possible in  Alton Towers. 

That evening we set out on the ferry back to Dublin, exhausted but delighted with our Jelling trip. by Cliodhna O'Neill and Rachel Steele

Poetry Award

Congratulations to Jane Rigby, 6th year who came 2nd  in the All Ireland 1916 Poetry competition.

Inspired by the centenary of 1916, the Department of Education and Skills launched a number of initiatives and programs to; commemorate 1916, celebrate Ireland in 2016 and imagine Ireland in the future. One of the competitions launched was the Libraries and Post-Primary Schools 1916 Poetry Competition. It invited post-primary students to submit a poem on the wide-ranging topic ‘Your Ireland’. There were many superb entries for this competition in St. Mary's but eventually a school winner had to be selected and sent on to the local library branch. The winner chosen was Jane Rigby, 6P, with her poem "An Tríú Lá de Mhí Bealtaine, 1916". A few weeks after submission we heard back that Jane had been selected as the Kildare entry to the national competition. Her poem will now be assesed by a panel of experts as they narrow the county winners down to eight lucky finalists who will read their poems at the grand final in Dublin Castle in May 2016.

An Tríú Lá de Mhí Bealtaine, 1916

The door creaks open before me,

 And I march.

Head held high,

They will not know my fear.

The grim, grey courtyard surrounds me.

The gravel, the walls, the atmosphere,

All is grey.

So this is where it ends,

The gravel crunches beneath my feet.

For a fleeting moment,

The leaden reality washes over me.

I panic.

I am about to die.

All the things I have never done,

All the people I have never met,

I have lost so many unmade memories.

I am led to the spot of my execution.

My mind races.

“In ainm an Athar agus an Mhic agus an Spioraid Naoimh, Áiméin”.

My last rights over

He is to blindfold me now.

Will it have made any difference?

Will I have died in vain?

As I take my final glimpses of this world,

Of my ashen surroundings,

I think perhaps I was foolish.

I was foolish to think that Patrick Pearse could liberate a nation.

But in that final moment,

As the blindfold is lowered over my eyes,

I look up.

And I spot a tiny pocket of briliant blue

Peeping out from behind the grey, Dublin clouds.

And I know.

I know in my heart.

All goes black.

Éire Abú.