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As we head towards the liturgical season of Easter 2016, plans have been afoot for some time to tap into the current
passion for commemoration to engage students and all members of the school community in an examination of life as
lived at Mount Anville a hundred years ago. This will happen closer to the historic date of the Rising on 20 April. In
preparation for this event, the History Department is ensuring that students are au fait with the background and 2nd
Year students have taken the lead in a team teaching initiative to brief 1st Years.
The expertise of the Society’s archivist has been engaged in the planning of an exhibition of photographs and
documentary evidence designed to stir the inner historian in all. Running parallel with this, some 1st Year students will
be recreating the flavour of the times in an exhibition of food and fashion while short plays will be performed to
further bring the period to life. Modern interpretations of Mise Éire and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, prepared
by students, will be read at a school event on 20 April. In addition, there will be a reading of the winning entry of the
Senior Debate on 1916, some ‘surprises’ and guest appearances.
Parents who would like to participate or contribute memorabilia to the Exhibition should contact our librarian Ms. Foley
at [email protected]
Patricia Bourden, Principal
TY Erasmus + in Barcelona
LCVP class meet Adi Roche
WBD - Blind Date with a Book
TY Musical - The WIZ
6Ys at IMTA Maths Quiz
Our National Flag awarded in Croke Park
OUR STORIES
2Y Basketball winners
cStudent ICT Committee
Chaplain’s Reflections
The “Faith Friends” programme was
delivered by some of our TY students to
the 6th class of the National School in
preparation for their Confirmation. This
offered a great opportunity for the girls
to bond in both faith and friendship, one
that will continue into the next school
year. when the 6th class join us as 1st
years in our Senior School Community.
Social Awareness
TY Erasmus + students travelled to
Zaragoza, Spain to participate in the
Erasmus + project. The students spent a
week in Zaragoza working with students
and staff from other Sacred Heart
participating schools in the project from
Catholic Schools Week (31st January – St. Catherine’s College, Armagh, La
6th February).e Some of the highlights
Perverie, Nantes, France and Santa
were our “Jubilee Year of Mercy”
Magdalena Sofia, Zaragoza, Spain. The
Reconciliation Service on 2nd March, our projects focuses on highlighting the topic
annual “Grandparents Service” on the
of migration within the European Union
3rd – which was prepared and delivered through the use of digital media. An
completely by a group of our 2Y students enjoyable experience was had by all.
– and the blessing of throats in honour of
the Feast of St. Blaise. A very special
Dargan
Sophia Hjeseth
thank you to everyone who worked so
Ella Walsh
hard to make this week a great success!
Aisling Cantwell
The “Lourdes Interviews” were held on 28 Barat
January with 21 of our 5th year students.
Aoife Corcoran
The following students will represent our
school during the Dublin Diocesan
Chadwick
Karen O’Flynn
Pilgrimage in September: Katherine
Chelsea Sandford
McDonald, Iseult McCrory, Lisa Lyons,
Claire Boyd, Ali McDonnell, Sophie
Duchesne
Laura O’Reilly
Stapleton, Emma Barton & Maeve Fahy
Sadhbh O’Leary
Our Lenten Season began with the
distribution of Ashes to all Schools on our Spring Concert
campus on Wednesday, 10th February.
Our 5Y Ministers assisted on the day and Congratulations to all who participated
and organised the Spring Concert. On
were a great help to our Montessori/
the night a total of €1763.30 was
Junior School, as well as the Senior
collected to take sick pilgrims to Lourdes.
School, including staff.
Our 6Y students attended their annual
“Overnight Retreat” at Ovoca Manor in
County Wicklow during the week of 22nd
February. The focus of their retreat was
“Mercy” and how we use the Gifts of the
Holy Spirit in showing “Mercy” to others.
One student’s comment sums the
experience up best: “I was challenged in
my faith for the first time in a long time
and I learned to overcome my fear of
heights. It was incredible!”
The 5Y LCVP class
raised €1318.86 in
aid of Chernobyl
Children
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, proclaimed
by our Holy Father Pope Francis, I pray
your Lenten journey continues to be
fruitful and reflective. May your Easter
celebrations be a Happy & Holy
experience for all your family and May
the Risen Lord, who is Central to our
Faith, be your peace and strength at all
times.
Mr. Mallon, Chaplain
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International. Adi Roche informed us that
the heart operation will take place
shortly in eastern Ukraine. Lara Barrett
won the Caffreys chocolate hamper and
Nicole Dawson won the Padraig
Harrington signed golf club.
School Matters
French Debating
Congratulations to the Senior French
Debating Team, Rachael
McLaughlin (Captain), Molly
Gray, Holly Healy O'Connor
and Isabelle Tierney who won their
debate against Loreto Balbriggin in the
quarter-final of the Alliance Francaise
National French Debating Competition.
The motion was, "Life is good for young
people in Ireland today", and the Mount
Anville team were arguing for this motion.
Holly Healy O'Connor also won best
speaker on the night.
The team competed at the semi-final
against St. Columba's College, and the
motion was, "Big sporting events no
longer represent anything". The Mount
Anville team were arguing for this motion.
Unfortunately we did not win, however
the team were superb on the night and
were the true winners in our eyes!
Congratulations to the team on reaching
so far in the competition. You were
fantastic.
Maths News
IAMTA Junior Problem Solver Quiz
Congratulations to Claire Hughes, Ella
Kearns, Ellen Moore and Leah Tadros
who came 3rd in the South Dublin
regional completion on 21 January 2016.
IAMTA Applied Maths Quiz
Well done to Portia Healy O'Connor,
Ellen O'Reilly, and Kate Williams who
made it through the regional finals to
represent us in the national final on 12
March 2016 in Portlaoise.
The top 12 regional winners from across
the country battled it out to bring home
the trophy. After 4 rounds our team tied
for second place, but when the entire 6
rounds had taken place, we came in a
respectable 4th place.
English Debating
Very well done to our Junior Public
1916 as we mark the centenary in Mount
Speaking team who took part in UCD’s
Anville.
WGA Public Speaking competition – Ella
Science News
O’Flynn, Alice O’Halloran & Millie
McCarthy. The girls spoke extremely well
but unfortunately just missed out on a
place at the national final.
Second Hand Uniform Sale
Thanks to the kind donations of many past
and current pupils the Students Office
now has a good stock of items for sale.
Please ask your daughter to call in to Ms
Pierse to request items. Prices depend on
the quality of the item. Hockey,
basketball and other miscellaneous items
also available for a small contribution.
Wesley Music Festival
Well done to all students who all took
part in the Wesley College MUN
conference. Two delegations attended
and the girls did extremely well winning
five awards in total. Mount Anville were
awarded Distinguished Delegation for
Germany (Ria Reddy, Tara Porter
McEvoy, Julie Leenane, Ellen
Walsh, Maeve Neavyn & Claire
Hughes) as well as a number of
individual awards. Congratulations to
Tara Porter who won Best Delegate from
the Political committee and well done to
Claire Hughes, Maeve Neavyn & Julie
Leenane who were all Highly
Commended Delegates in their respective
committees .
Well done to the following Senior English
debaters who debated against Muckross
Park – Ria Reddy, Sarah McGee, Claire
Boyd & Ella Kearns. They opposed the
following motion – ‘Sustainable
Development Goals are doomed from the
start’.
On 4 March, the Junior Choir took part in
the Wesley Music Festival held in Wesley
College. In the weeks leading up to the
competition, we practised with Ms
Minnock every Tuesday and Thursday
morning at 7:45am. We competed
against ten other schools throughout
Ireland. We took to the stage and sang
the song ‘Hallelujah, Get Happy’. We
then watched the remainder of the
performances and nervously awaited the
judge’s verdict. We were delighted to
come in second after narrowly losing out
to Holy Child Killiney, and we were
complimented for our enthusiasm and
vocals. It was a very enjoyable day.
Classical Studies
On 25 January, 5Y physics students
attended the annual Tyndall lecture in
UCD, The title of the lecture was 'Defying
Gravity' and the girls really enjoyed the
whole experience.
Gemma McCarthy came in to talk to TY
and senior Physics students about her
career as an Engineer on 1 March . She
gave the girls a great insight into the life
of an engineer and the qualities needed
to pursue such a career.
Transition Year
The Wiz
This year, TY students performed a
musical production of The Wiz. The
enthusiastic girls dived straight in to
preparations with Ms. Minnock
orchestrating the music, Ms. Molloy
directing the actors and Mr. Rice and his
team adding a splash of colour to
everything we did.
The Ides of March Table Quiz took
place in Mount Anville on the 14
March 2016. 9 schools took part,
making up 33 teams in all. Stratford
College was the lucky winner but a
great night was had by all.
Ms. Rally and her team of budding TY
designers co-ordinated costumes. From the
Wiz and Dorothy to the Winkies and
Munchkins, all the students were decked
out in fierce style. The cast had learnt
their lines and the songs were drilled into
everyone’s heads.
Groundlings & Drama news
On our first night, the Sophie room was
filled with excitement, nerves and
anticipation. We had put in so much time
and effort, we wanted our show to be the
best that it could be.
A Groundlings splinter group went to see
'Way Beyond the Blue' in the Theatre
Upstairs, written, performed and directed
by Nessa Matthews. This gripping one
woman show brought us on a journey
through small town America, witnessing
the heartbreak and triumphs of a young
girl. We also enjoyed the luxury of sitting
with the writer in this intimate
theatre after the show to ask her about
the writing process and the inspiration for
her work.
Many 1Y and 2Y students have written
and performed dramas on the theme of
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The spirit levels never dropped during the
performances. The show ended on
Thursday night with all of us exhausted,
but delighted with our performance. As
the final curtains closed we were sad it
was over, but knew the musical is a TY
memory we will have forever.
It was a real team effort and it was a
huge success. Well done to all involved!
Student Leadership
Amber Flag
Leaving Certificate. Combined with
virtual 5th year, transition year students
are also meeting their guidance
counsellor individually to discuss their
choices further.
In January, The amber Flag reps from
2nd to 6th year attended the Student
J Blayney & D Fitzpatrick
Leader’s Congress which raises
awareness about mental health and help
-seeking behaviours. Over 4,000
secondary school students attended from
all over Ireland. The girls were
particularly moved by Cork camogie
captain Ashling Thompson who shared
her story of overcoming mental health
difficulties. The Cycle Against Suicide
community is determined to let people in
every corner of the island of Ireland
know that; it’s OK not to feel OK and it’s TY Outdoor Pursuits in Killary
absolutely OK to ask for help!
Dawson who won the Mixed Doubles
tournament with De La Salle, Churchtown.
Library & Literacy News
World Book Day
WBD was celebrated on 3 March 2016
Sports News
with a Blind Date with a Book event and
Student ICT Committee
a Drop Everything and Read class.
Basketball
The student ICT committee presented the
There were lots of beautifully wrapped
findings from their survey on social media Well done to our U19B Basketball team books, each described using only a few
who won the South Dublin league final
use and online safety to the Board of
against Sion Hill in a very exciting match. key phases, left carefully around the
Management.
school waiting for a new partner. Don’t
Well done to all players.
forget to Rate your Date and submit
Guidance News
Many congratulations to the Minor A
your form to the library and you may win
Basketball team who won the East
Morgan Stanley Investment
Leinster league beating Loreto Bray 24 – a large Easter egg.
Banking Internship
20.
This year the criteria was higher than
ever for the Morgan Stanley Investment
banking Internship. Only 66% of
candidates applying for this programme
met the criteria. Here at Mount Anville
we had five students who met the criteria
and two who were accepted, Ellen O
Reilly and Portia Healy O Connor. This
is an excellent result, one of the highest
rates of any of the schools which apply
to the programme! Well done to all who Cross Country
applied!
Congratulations to Amy Rose Farrell who
MOVE medicine Workshop
finished 2nd and the Intermediate team
who finished 4th at the All Ireland Cross
In late January ten 5th year students
Country Championship in Sligo on 5th
attended the Trinity College MOVE
March, Julie Ringrose, Ciara Dillon,
medicine workshop at St. James'
Hospital. Students were introduced to a Grace Keane and Sarah Curtain.
Author Visits
Many thanks to the
award winning author
Donal Ryan who visited
our library on Tuesday,
19 January 2016.
Through an interview
with Ms Kent, he gave
an inspiring talk to our
5Y students describing
the cultural context of his book 'The
Spinning Heart'. This book is included in
the list of texts prescribed for
comparative study in the Leaving
Certificate 2017 exam.
Many thanks to the
award winning author
Sinéad Moriarty who
range of practical clinical skills, from
Hockey
visited our library on
basic life support to detecting a heart
Friday, 26 February
murmur. The HPAT experience was also
Well done to the Minor A, Minor B and
2016. Sinéad is a past
covered along with a discussion of what Junior B hockey teams for reaching the
pupil and gave an
one actually studies as an undergraduate finals. Congratulations to the Senior 3`s
inspiring
talk
to
our
TY students with a
and to the 1st Year A & D teams who all
medical student in TCD.
central message of how important it is to
won their finals.
follow your dreams. Sinéad won the Bord
TY Subject Choice
Badminton
Gáis Energy Popular Book of the Year
Transition year students are currently in
for her novel ‘The Way We Were’. She
the middle of virtual 5th year. This three Congratulations to Lisa Lyons, Laura
is also a columnist with the Irish
week programme allows students a
Carroll, Rachel Moore and Nicole
Independent.
taster of each subject available at
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