Vol.33 No.9 - June 2015 A final word from Ms. O Connor Here we are at the end of another wonderful chapter in the St. Oliver Plunkett story. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing staff for all of the hard work, care and dedication they have shown to the children this year. They are playing a huge part in making memories for these children and hopefully shaping our decision makers of the future. Thank you to our wonderful Parents Association, who have never been as busy as you have been this year, your hard work in organising the bunanza, garden fete, concert tickets, swap shop, communion and confirmation parties, book covering, the endless cutting and laminating, first aid, field trips, fruity Friday, healthy eating, stage building, runs in the park and the green team. Thank you to those of you that worked directly with the children in the classrooms, your input has really added to the educational experience of our students. A special thanks to Leone and Ciara, our chairperson and wingman. Please accept our heartfelt thanks for your invaluable support, cooperation and for trusting us with your most precious possessions. To the children. You have had a wonderful year, and have come in with a smile everyday. Have a lovely holiday. Keep safe and come back rested and ready for another great year. Sadly we must say goodbye to our wonderful sixth classes. It has been a pleasure and a privilege getting to know you over the past eight years and we are confident that you will be amazing ambassadors for Ollies as you move to your new schools. Our long association with many families ends also as many of our sixth class students are the youngest in their families. Thank you to you the parents for entrusting us with your children, and for the wonderful support and cooperation over the years. Cursive Board of Honour Congratulations to Adam Crean, Sam Hazeley, Ryan Noonan, Alayna Russell and Sadhbh Byrne (R.11) whose handwriting is celebrated on our board of honour. Well done to these boysand girls and to all whose work has been celebrated this year! Senior Infant Beach Trip - Ava Boyle & Lauran Davison R4 All the senior infants went to the beach with their buddies on Thursday 18th June. We made lots of sandcastles and we had great fun. We had a picnic on the grass and we played with our buddies. The sandcastle were great , it was such a fun day. Spelling Demons Congratulations to the following children who scored 100% in the spelling demons challenge: Marcus Fitzpatrick and Cian Prizeman (R8), Meadhbh Ryran, Sean Mitchell, Pierce Walsh, Adriana Wu, Matthew Johnston and Sophie O’Neill (R16), Fionn Butler, Ailish Timmons, Jack Brady, Abby Fitzpatrick, Victoria Lunin, Emer Symes (R2) Ben Alford, James Anglim, Wilhelm De Klerk, Aidan Donnelly, Louis Gaughan, Kristian Gregan, Matthew Hanley, Ben Kearney, Lorcan Loughrey, Eoin Timmons, Jamie Wynne, Alannah Brenner, Sáor-íde Dolan, Laura Furlong, Jane Geraghty, Amelia Jordan, Holly Maguire, Abby McCabe, Rachel McPartland, Bláthnaid Mulleney, Ciara Murphy, Hannah O’Keeffe, Mila Ring, Lisa Ryan, Emma Schaefer & Kate Sheridan (E2) Caiden Mc Loughlin, Elizabeth Harrold, Zoe Flynn, Lily Thunder, Anna Martin, Ellie Doyle, Laura Fleming, Jared Whelan, Maria Davison, Cormac O’Brien, Sophie Halpin, Saibh Mitchell, James Rock, Brian Mitchell, Craig Byrne, Charlie Goodliffe, Ali Keating, Eoin Murray, Alex Byrne, Moya Kelly, Darragh Hall, Rachel Walsh, Chole Ross, Conor MacAogain & Conor Coffey E1 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Page 1 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod School Savings Scheme The school Savings Scheme has had yet another successful year. Children and staff have saved forin the 25 weeks that we saved. Malahide & District can use these savings to help members of our community achieve their dreams. We encourage the children to use their savings to pay for school tours, treats or as holiday spending money. All withdrawals are made in the Credit Union on Main Street. Congratulations to the 44 Super Savers who saved for 20 weeks or more! They were presented with certificates in recognition of their efforts to save regularly. They are: Peter Byrne, Barry Corcoran, Gabriella Kelly, Karl Tuohy Éabha Lynch, Jack Brady, Keeva Byrne, AndrewStenson, Emma Dunne, Craig Byrne, Cormac Taaffe, Sophie-Jane Barry, James Barry, Shayne Barry, GabriellaLoci, Dylan O’Rourke, James Murphy, Éabha Farrell, Christian Scanlon, Abbey McCabe, Edward Stenson, Blaithnaid Mulleney, Kate Dunne, Keela Farrell, Luke Quish, Oran Costello, Amelia Tumulty, Chloe Barry, Alex Byrne, Shireen Ajmal, Lara Scanlon, Pierce Kelly, Sophie Law, Anna Shaw, Lydia Costello, Karl Dooley, Ethan Costello, Zara Murphy, Elena Brady, Amelia Preston, Sophie Ella Scanlon, Lucia Shortle, Emily Harris and James Lynch. We would like to thank the staff of Malahide and District for all the cooperation and support in running the scheme so successfully. We look forward to next year. Lollipop Lady Our wonderful lollipop lady Anne Magill will be retiring on 30th June after 12years of being a warden at the school gates. Anne, thank you for all your patience and dedication. I’m sure Margaret will miss and so will we. Anne asked us to include the following: Dear Parents/children, I wish to let you know that I am retiring on 30th June as school warden. I would like to give my heartfelt thanks, mainly to all the children but also the parents, teachers and staff for your kindness and generosity to me over the past twelve years I have been at the school gates. It was a pleasure to cross such mannerly and enthusiastic children every day. It did not seem like work at all, to see such smiles all the time. I have enjoyed my time immensely. Go raibh mile maith agaibh. Anne School Closures 2014/2015 February Mid-Term: Thurs Feb 19 & Fri Feb 20 Holiday Mon Mar 16 Public Holiday: Tues Mar 17 Easter: Fri 27th March - re-open Mon April 13 Public Holiday Mon May 4 May Break Tues May 5 - Fri May 8 June Bank holiday: Mon June 1 Holiday Tues June 2 Summer Holidays: Tues June 30w Coming Event Dates: Confirmation: Emmaus Retreat Thurs, Mar. 12 - Mr Molloy, Ms Tisdall, Fri Mar 13 - Ms. McBride, Ms. Rooney, Mr. Byrne Ceremony of Light: Wed Mar 25 - 7.30pm Confirmation Ceremonies Wed. Apr. 22 - Mr Molloy, Ms Tisdall Thur. Apr. 23 - Ms McBride, Ms Rooney, Mr Byrne First Holy Communion: Sat May 23 Infant Yard Buddies. The junior/senior infant children, SNA’s and teachers would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful yard buddies. These pupils gave up their own yard time to help make the infant yard a happy and safe one. They were busy tying laces, teaching yard games and making sure everyone was having a good time. A special thanks to the children who organised the rosters. There are plans to continue this next year so present third’s watch this space. Open All Hours Office will be open each day until the middle of July and again in August. If you wish to contact the school while closed, email office@ stops.ie this email address will be checked regularly. Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 2 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Happy Holidays Thoughtful Gift from Ms.White’s First class to all the school! Jack O’Flaherty in 2nd Summer holidays are on the way class bought a pair of Hip hip hup hurray! football boots with his Hope you had a magnificent year Holy Communion money Ours was full of fun and cheer! and donated them to We learnt about a lot of stuff Barnardos. Barnardos But now we think we’ve had enough! wrote to Jack letting him know that the boots were Time to put the uniform away given to a little boy who Two months we have to play all day! has never owned a pair We’ve talked in class and have agreed of football boots and was To get a book or two to read. eager to try them out. The little boy thought it was a “super and cool” present. Well done Jack Have lots of fun in the sun, Always look before you run! SVP Be safe, watch out, if you’re on a hike - Matthew Nolan, Sarah Fogarty, Zac Quinn ,Tom Morton But especially when you’re on your bike! On Sunday 14th June we raised €23.60 for the Be kind, be nice, and just remember SVP by selling lemonade and flavoured water. Save a smile for all in September! We had lots of fun. Rugby Congratulations to Cathal Rushe in First Class. Cathal was awarded with a medal for his commitment to rugby training and a great display of sportsmanship. Well done Cathal! Junior Soccer Well done to Enrique Curran and Cian Prizeman (1st Class) on their wonderful achievement of being awarded with two football trophies, for showing an improvement of skills and pace. Enrique and Cian have demonstrated great dedication to their football training which has most certainly paid off. Well done boys!’ Luke in senior infants Ms Dunne’s came 2nd in the Skills Competition for season 2014/2015 U7s and Jonathan in Junior infants Ms Leahy’s class was awarded his trophy as the most improved player over the 2014/2015 season U6s. Garden Fete. Well done to all the parents and pupils involved in this year’s event. The children had a fantastic day and incredibly raised €6000.00 for the School Equipment fund. The children worked very hard on their stalls and the PA were unbelievable. Thanks to all the ladies in the group who toiled hard all day specially the tea/coffee stall. Thanks to Jim Woulahan of Adventure Bounce who supplied and sponsored the bouncing castle which was busy all day. A big thanks to the ladies who stayed back to count all the money. €6,000 Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 3 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Mile Run On Thursday 4th June children from third to sixth class completed the fourth run a mile challenge. It was a great day for the event which was officiated by Pat Hooper who represented Ireland in the marathon at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Despite the difficult windy conditions the children all competed well and a huge amount improved their time from the September challenge! Massive thanks to the parents who helped to make it such a seem less affair. School Tours On May 27th Senior Infants went to Imaginosity for their school tour. It was their first time taking the bus! It was so much fun and they learned so much from all the great interactive games and activities. They can’t wait for their next adventure! Sailing on the Estuary—PC8 In June our class went sailing on the estuary. We left at nine oclock and walked down. When we arrived we got into our wet suits.We started off by playing warmup games on the grassThen we were put into groups and assigned to our yachts. We were very excited! There were four yachts, one JY, one Topaz and two Omegas.There was one instructor to each yacht. The main instructor was past pupil Colm Mc Caffery. We all helped with the rigging of the yachts which was great fun as it was very windy, which made it a little more difficult. Then we all set sail. It was brillant! We were going very fast. Two yachts capsized which was great fun. We all managed to get back into the yacht with the help of our instructor and the life boat. We learned about the gib, the boom, tacking, the trapeze and steering with the tiller extension. We had hot soup in the clubhouse for lunch and played more games and then headed back out for fun games in the yachts. We were divided into two teams and had to jump into the sea to collect balls and throw them into a basket on the life boat. It was a bit cold in the water but we hardly noticed we were having so much fun. We returned to the clubhouse for hot showers, hot chocolate and biscuits.It was the best tour ever! Winners for June €400 Fayle Family - Family No 753 €150 Farrell Faminly - Family No 68 €150 Banable Family - Family No 249 €150 Corroon Family - Family No 735 Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 4 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Cycle to Malahide Castle - Green School Committee Last October sixth class children completed a six week cycle training and safety course as part of our green school programme. On June the 11th they put those skills into practise and cycled from the school to Malahide Castle. Once inside the castle they cycled two loops of the castle and then back to school. Classes cycled in relays with their class teacher and parents. Mr Stephen Mac Donagh came back to lead the cycle and to instruct the children on the rules of cycling in large numbers prior to the cycle. As with previous years , it was a beautiful sunny FRIENDS for Life The 12 week ‘FRIENDS for Life’ programme wasundertaken by Mr Morton’s and Ms Rooney’s fifth classes this year. (The younger programme ‘Fun Friends’ was carried out in a Sen Infant class.) The fifth class children were asked to write a piece telling people all about this programme and how it has helped them in their lives. One piece was chosen to be printed in the school news. The winning piece was written by Lydia Costello in Mr Morton’s class. Lydia was chosen because of her excellent participation during the programme, both during the FRIENDS sessions in school and for the home activities. She was also chosen because of her super piece of writing which you are about to read. Well done Lydia. Well done also to Jamie Burke in Ms Rooney’s class who wrote an excellent piece of writing about his experience of FRIENDS for Life. FRIENDS for Life by Lydia Costello. FRIENDS for Life is a programme written by Dr. Paula Barrett. She explains that this programme helps many different people to learn positive skills to deal with numerous situations that you will deal with day and it was great to see the cyclists leave the school in their hi-vis jackets and cycle in a controlled and orderly way to the castle. Hopefully children will continue to cycle over the years and help reduce CO2 emissions ! Well done everyone and safe cycling! Many thanks to the parents association for their continued support of green school activities especially those involved with organisation of walking buses on WOW days. now and in the future. Our class (Mr Morton 5th) and Ms Rooney were the first people to experience this project in our school. We started at 1pm every Tuesday and finished at 2:25 pm. Ms Curry and Ms Delaney were the two teachers who started the programme. Without them I don’t think the project would have succeeded at all! So I’d like to thank the two ladies for all their hard work. I hope that this programme will go on to the next fifth classes, as I found it very useful. Here is what the FRIENDS symbol represents: F = Feelings You can recognise when you are worried about something when you have butterflies in your stomach, your heart is beating fast and your palms are sweating. This means you should calm down. R = Remember to relax. Have quiet time. I can practise some of my relaxation games, like the sports relaxation game or the face muscles game. Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 5 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Fireman Visit Ms Leahy’s junior infants were so lucky to have a visit from the Fire Brigade, during their visit they received an emergency call out and off they went leaving the children wondering what happened! Luckily Lauren’s Dad knew how disappointed they would be so they came back to a very excited and grateful class. Cricket All hail the Leinster champions! Earlier this month, the boys’ cricket team were crowned champions of all of Leinster, lifting the Leprechaun Cup for the first time. We played against St. Matthew’s of Sandymount in the final which took place in Malahide Castle on Friday 5th June. At first we were just happy to get to play because the rain was so heavy in the morning it looked like the match would be cancelled. Luckily at 10.20am, just ten minutes before the final was due to start, the rain stopped and the sun came out. Our captain, SJ de Klerk won the toss and he decided that we would bat first. We didn’t get off to the best start but then SJ and Binyam Keegan managed to get 36 and 37 runs each! That set us on our way and we ended up with 118 runs. St. Matthew’s needed to score 119 to win but our wonderful bowling meant that their task was very difficult. Finn Daly-Dolan got three wickets and Wilhelm de Klerk and Jack Grant got two wickets each. St. Matthew’s were all out for 57 runs. Andy Balbirnie from the Ireland team presented our medals! It was a long journey to get to the final and the whole squad played an important part along the way. We would like to thank Mr Lynch for coaching us, Ms O’Connor and all our teachers for allowing us to play the matches during school time and Ilse de Klerk and all the parents who came to support us along the way. Our trophy is on display in the cabinet in the main building – have a look at it the next time you are passing. Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 6 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Basketball Another great year for Ollies basketball teams! We are very proud of both our league teams and our tournament teams. We entered a new league this year. with 36 girls teams and 28 boys. Our girls won their section and went on to play in the A final, while the boys were runners up in their section and played in the B final. We enjoyed a great day out in the National Basketball Arena in February, when along with our fantastic supporters, we experienced two victories! Delighted players, coaches and supporters came back to Ollies in triumph! We also took part in 3 tournaments. The boys team were first to play, on June 4th, and had mixed fortunes. The 5th class girls were playing on June 5th, and were runners up in their section. They got into the pay-offs, but were narrowly defeated by St Olaf’s. Our 6th class team played in a very competitive section and qualified for the final. They played their hearts out, but ended up just one point behind when the final whistle blew. 7 Ollies girls played on a club team in a regional competition held in Kerry over the Easter holidays. They played really well and improved with every match, eventually winning a lovely trophy. Yet more honours were in store when 3 Ollies players, Isabelle Oppermann, Dearbhla Reid and Mia Symes were picked to play for Dublin in a competition held recently in Belfast. We were very excited when Isabelle was picked for the All-Star team along with one of last years players, Vicky Young. The whole basketball community is excited and proud of the girls. With such large numbers of children wanting to play basketball, we needed more than one coach. Ms Leahy is very appreciative of the help and assistance given by Carol Oppermann, Louise Young and Eric Westphal who volunteered to help out each week, training and coaching the players. Thank you also to all the parents and minders who gave lifts to matches and who supported us in any way. Girls 6th class Basketball Tournament On Tuesday June 9th, the 6th class members of our girls’ basketball team went to the National Basketball Arena to play in a tournament. We played well and won our section comfortably. We then had to play the final against a team from Hollypark. It was a well contested final and the teams were well matched. It was basket for basket and unfortunately, when the final whistle went we were just one point behind. We were presented with a lovely glass trophy after the game to mark our success. We really enjoyed the whole day and would like to thank Ms Leahy or organising the team during the year and Carol Oppermann who coached us. 5th class girls basketball tournament – Ella Johnston & Aoife Mitchell. St Oliver Plunkett’s Girls Basketball Team played in a one-day tournament in The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, on Friday the 5th of June. Erica Egan, Louise Mulcahy, Ella Johnston, Aoife Mitchell, Ellie-May Delaney, Laura Burke, Saoirse Mayes, Nicci Luijkx, Amy Farrell and Heather Mulcahy played very well in all of our games. Ms Leahy and her assistant coach Deirdre Delaney came with us to the tournament. We played five games; we won three and lost two. Our final game was against St. Olaf’s in the second place playoff. We spent the whole day in the Arena in Tallaght. Everyone played really well and all of us had a great time!!! Boys basketball tournament In early June we went to the National Basketball Arena to play in a tournament. We played 4 matches in one day. We had mixed fortunes and were unfortunate not to make the final. While we didn’t come back with any trophies we had a great day and really enjoyed ourselves. We would like to thank Ms Leahy for organising the tournament and Ms Brennan who coached us on the day. Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 7 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Girls Soccer The girls play in Divsion 1 and had a great campaign this year. We had to play 6 teams in the league stage of the competition. We won five and drew one with Lusk to finish top of our league. This set up a semi-final with Southside runners up, Scoil Aine Naofa from Lucan. Normal and extra time couldn’t separate us and we finished 2-2. We held our nerve and keeper Aoife Mc Loughney pulled off two fine saves to see us through to the final with Taney Girls. Taney had knocked us out of the cup earlier in the year on a comprehensive score line, but we were confident that we had improved greatly and gelled well as a team throughout the season. Katie O’ Sullivan got us off to a flying start and she and Ericka Egan added two fine goals. Taney however and in particular their no. 7 found their goal-scoring touch and they managed to reel us back in. Again, extra time couldn’t separate us and disappointingly we came out the wrong side of the penalty shoot out this time. Thanks to all the supporters who cheered us on, and thanks to all the mums and dads who provided the lifts during the year without whom it would be impossible to field a team. Boys Soccer - Don Flynn & Darragh Timmons It was a very successful season for the boys football team. They went through the whole league season undefeated playing 6 games. The highlight of the league season was the last game against Colmcilles in the Castle. Colmcilles went ahead with an early penalty but the the lads dug in hard an Finn Daly Dolan found the net from close range. Then with minutes left Darragh Timmons lofted the ball over the top of the defence and Jed Tormey popped up with a calm finish. The boys had won the Fingal League. The team also entered the Dublin Senior Cup. The first few rounds we played in the Cup we passed with ease. The boys made it to the final of the Cup. The Cup final was in Finglas and we were playing St. John Boscos from Navan Road. The pitch was in fabulous condition and many supporters came to see the match. They went ahead with one off-side goal and another dodgey goal. The boys upped their game in the second half and Brendan Crean scored a cracker which put us only one goal behind. With minutes to go the two managers put the tall centrehalf (Darragh Timmons) up top. We created a lot of chances and Darragh scored a deflected goal but the ref dis-allowed the goal even though the lines-woman said it was over the line. Then the ref blew his whistle and the game was over. The players were gutted and heartbroken about the controversial decision made by the ref. Over all it was a great season for the boys football and one they’ll never forget. Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 8 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod SPORTS AWARDS Basketball SPORTS AWARDS Coach’s Award : Basketball Coach’s Award : Aoife Mitchell, Christian Scanlon & Darragh Timmons Aoife Mitchell, Christian Scanlon & Darragh Timmons Most Improved Players Most Improved Players Amy Farrell, Finn Daly Dolan & James Barry Amy Farrell, Finn Daly Dolan & James Barry Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Player Isabelle Opperman, Dearbhla Reid & Mia Symes Isabelle Opperman, Dearbhla Reid & Mia Symes Boys Soccer Senior Player of the Year; Darragh Timmons Boys Junior of the year : Dan O’Leary Boys Soccer Coaches’ Award: Don Flynn Boys Senior Player of the Year; Darragh Timmons Man of the Match League final: Jed Tormey Boys Junior of the year : Dan O’Leary Boys Gaelic Football Coaches’ Award: Don Flynn Senior Player of the Year; Jonathan Ross Young Player of the Year: Harry Smith Man of the Match League final: Jed Tormey Coaches Award Junior & Senior : Don Flynn & Boys Gaelic Football Jed Tormey Senior Player of the Year; Jonathan Ross Girls Gaelic Football Young Player of the Year: Harry Smith Senior Player of the Year; Katie O’Sullivan & Aoife Mc Loughney Coaches Award Junior & Senior : Don Flynn & Jed Tormey Coaches Award; Kaithlyn Fitzgerald Hurling Girls Gaelic Football Senior Player of the Year; Ben Mooney Senior Player of the Year; Katie O’Sullivan & Aoife Mc Loughney Young Hurler of the Year; Luke Quish Coaches Award; Kaithlyn Fitzgerald Most Improved Hurler: Ciaran McLoughney SPORTS AWARDS SPORTS AWARDS Cricket Player of the Year Coaches Award Binyam Keegan/ Abby Mc Cabe Cricket Player of the Year Coaches Award: Binyam Keegan/ Abby Mc Cabe Senior Player of the Year boy: SJ De Klerk Senior Player of the Year boy: SJ De Klerk Junior player of the year boy: Wilhelm De Klerk Junior Player of the year boy: Wilhelm De Klerk Player of the Year girl; Rachel Mc Partland Player of the Year girl; Rachel Mc Partland Man of the match: Finn Daly Dolan Man of the match 5/6/2015: Finn Daly Dolan Badminton Player of the year: Harry O’Brien Badminton Most Improved Player: Matthew Ryan Player of the year: Harry O’Brien Tennis Most Improved Player Matthew Ryan Player of the Year Boy: Niall Moclair Player of the Year Girl: Lisa Ryan Coach’s Tennis Award Boy: Brendan Crean Coach’s Award Girl: Eadhba O’Reilly Player of the Year Boy: Niall Moclair Personalities of the Year: Player of the Year Girl: Lisa Ryan Boy: Jonathan Ross Coach’s Award Boy: Brendan Crean Girl : Katie O’Sullivan Coach’s Award Girl: Eadhba O’Reilly Personalities of the Year: Boy: Jonathan Ross Girl : Katie O’Sullivan Hurling Player of the Year Senior Player of the Year; Ben Mooney Young Hurler of the Year; Luke Quish Most Improved Hurler: Ciaran McLoughney Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 9 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 10 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 11 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 12 For breaking news visit our blog on www.stops.ie or follow us on twitter @stopscod Contact school on 01-8452052 or email [email protected] Page 13
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