We had an extremely busy, but positive day in school yesterday. We had drumming workshops for 1st and TYs, study skills for 2nd years and the SRC led the sharing of positivity thoughts throughout the day. The star of the show was the visit of the 5 angus calves. Every class visited them and learned interesting facts from the students who are involved in the competition. Did you know that cattle have four stomachs? The students learned that these calves will put on 1kg in weight every day and many other interesting facts. They had the opportunity to feed the calves also. Many students shared that they have farming backgrounds in their families both in Ireland and abroad. The Sisters of St Louis were also very taken with the visit and came over to join us at the pen. After such strict segregation due to COVID over the past 18 months, it was lovely to chat and meet with the sisters on this occasion. As was shared on the 2FM radio interview yesterday on Jennifer Zemperelli’s radio show, when the order came to Rathmines and established the school in 1913, the convent had a small herd of cows on this very same field to provide it with daily milk supplies. How times have changed! All in all, it was a lovely busy day. We wish Ella, Mya and Niamh every success with their project and the next stage of this competition. Hope everybody has a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Tuesday. Reminder - no school on Monday.

There will be no school for all students on Monday 27th September. Have a lovely weekend.

We have had a very busy term so far and this week, in particular, has been full of additional activities: sports induction day for 1st Years; drumming workshops for 2nd & 3rd Years and a focus on Cairdeas and Sláinte. Many of the sports clubs got started and other extra-curricular activities are gradually coming on stream. Tomorrow will be particularly busy also: All 1st Years and TYs will have drumming workshops during the day. TYs will be treated to an event by the SRC 2nd Years will have a study skills seminar in the morning. As you know the school is one of 6 finalists in the Irish Angus Certified Beef Competition. We were awarded 5 calves last week at the Ploughing Championships and these calves are coming to visit the school tomorrow. Listen out for the girls on 2FM in the morning at 9.10am on the Jennifer Zemperelli radio show. All year groups will get a chance to visit the calves and the students who are doing the project will share their knowledge with all the students. An interesting piece of St Louis history is that when the school was established in 1913, the Convent had a herd of cows on the field for its own milk supply! The sisters in the convent are also excited about the visit tomorrow! We hope that everybody has a positive and enjoyable day tomorrow. We welcome our new French language assistant Maelle to the school community. Final reminder is that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday 27th September as outlined in the school calendar. Thank you.

Congratulations to the TY Social Innovator classes who created wonderful videos to represent the very important work they have done in their YSI projects during the course of the year. The groups believe that these very important issues have to be addressed,. Please click on the links below to watch their videos.. Well done to the TYs students for all the work they have done to create these powerful videos. Sincere thanks to Ms Howard and Ms Madden for their work in guiding the students through the process of creating these videos. WELL DONE TO ONE AND ALL. Tune your mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sucAYfnjve8 Speak out: See it, Sense it, Stop it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC6945ZXf98 Speak out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZaAXsgFJB0 How small changes make a big difference; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoVqujuYX_0 ENJOY.