Summer Exams
This is a busy time of the year in the school calendar. First Year summer exams were completed last Friday the 4th of May. Second and Fifth Year summer exams started today (the 9th of May) and will finish next week. Both of these exam timetables are available at the link below;
https://www.stmacdaras.ie/2nd-5th-year-summer-exams/
Best of luck to all of our students involved in these exams.
Countdown
The second year Countdown competition is coming to a conclusion. The standard has been exceptionally high and we look forward to the final next week. Best of luck to all participants.
Charity Ball Drop
The LCVP class ran a hugely successful “Charity Ball Drop” event last week. Click on the link below for a full report and pictures from the event.
Young Environmentalist People’s Choice Competition
Class Lagan have reached the final of the above competition after making a superb presentation to the judging panel last week. Their project is entitled ‘Gairdín Faoi Uisce – One Wave at a Time’.
A short summary of the project is detailed below;
“Plastic is a man-made object, it has no place in the environment, and the environment has no way of dealing with it. With this in mind, we redesigned a school garden using items that had washed up from our waterways. We upcycled items such as plastic lobster pots and fishing containers – turning them into flower beds. Our main aim is to make people consider the things that end up in our oceans, and how they can change that with their own actions”.
This competition is open to a public vote and you can vote for the Class Lagan Team by clicking on the following link;
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScknIo4vTqSMMxFP1DapJLYEae0Hsv_rQev3g-pZi6pgaO2eQ/viewform
GAA Success
The Boys Under 16 Gaelic Football Team won the County Championship on Tuesday with a fantastic win over Col Choilm Swords. Pictures from the game can be found at the following link;
https://www.stmacdaras.ie/dublin-u16-champions/
The First Year Girls Team are hosting a Dublin Blitz next Wednesday. They are a superb bunch of girls who always bring a great attitude to training and matches and we wish them the best of luck in their final competition of the year.
The First Year Boys Team have also had a succesful week qualifying for the Championship Semi Final. This will be played next Thursday in Oatlands College at 12:30. All support is welcome.