Dominican College

MUSICAL

Huge congratulations to all involved in the super production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Transition year students put on a fabulous show. They performed two matinees on Wednesday and Thursday the 14th and 15th to the local primary schools and had full houses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The students have been rehearsing for this production since early August and their hard work really paid off with their fantastic performances.

Belle was superbly played by Kate Keaney and the Beast was played fabulously by Emily Bateman. Other parts played were as follows: Maurice – Maya Flynn, Gaston – Laura Burke, LeFou – Caoimhe O’Neill, Lumiere – Melrique Smith, Mrs Potts – Hannah Gormley, Cogsworth – Emma Coffey and Babette was played by Lucy Farrell. Well done to all who had parts and played them so well.

Huge congratulations also goes to the rest of the TY group as all were involved either as cast, crew or production team. It has been a super experience for the whole year group. Special congratulations to Mr Philip O’Neill as Musical Director and Ms Ann McIntyre (Producer and Choreographer) for the huge amount of work they put into the production.

Thanks also to Thady and John O’Brien for the set design and construction, to Joan Morton and the TY Art class for painting the sets, and to John O’Brien, Declan Cronin and Cora Maxwell for leading the backstage team; Freda Byrne and Noeleen Bolger for their assistance with costumes. Thanks to Ms Goff with her invaluable help as TY Year Head. It was a fantastic show and a credit to all involved.

TRIP TO MOSQUE

Third year RE students enjoyed a trip to the Mosque in Clonskeagh and to Christchurch in Dublin. Students had a really informative tour of the Mosque and had the opportunity to hear all about the prayer hall. Afterwards the girls all headed off to the beautiful Christchurch Cathedral for a tour. It was a very interesting and beneficial trip for all. Many thanks to Ms Byrne, Ms Bolger and Gale for organising and accompanying the girls.

YOUNG SCIENTIST

Well done to the following students who are through to the ‘Young Scientist Exhibition’ in January representing DCW – Lilly Devitt and Isabelle Downey, who are doing a project on air resistance; Catherine Moyseyeva and Rachel Werner, whose project is on the trebuchet catapult; and Maria Ahmed and Alana Mays, who are busy using a whirligig to make a blood centrifuge for their project. These students are working very hard in finalising their projects. They are really looking forward to displaying their projects at the Young Scientist Exhibition which will be held in January from the 10th to 13th. We wish the girls all the best of luck in their preparation.

CHRISTMAS MOVIE DAY

On Tuesday, December 19, the fifth year LCVP class are holding a fundraising ‘Christmas Movie Day’ for both ‘The School of St Jude, Tanzania, and a local charity. ‘Santa Claus’ will be shown to the junior students and ‘The Grinch’ to the senior students. The girls heading to Tanzania have been very busy fundraising and are really looking forward to their trip. Thanks to the LCVP class for assisting them with this fundraising.

STUDENT COUNCIL

The student council is organising a ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ for Monday, December 18. €2 will

SIXTH YEAR GAEILGE

Tráthnóna Máirt, an 12 Nollaig, tháinig Caith Amach É! isteach chun ceardlann a dhéanamh le muintir na Séú bliain don scrúdú cainte. Dhírigh siad ar na sraith pictiúir agus bhain gach duine, daltaí agus múinteoirí araon, sult as an spraoi a bhí ann. Ach I dteannta an spraoi, bhí comhairle ciallmhar agus tábhachtach acu chun cabhrú leis na daltaí sa scrúdú. Tráthnóna fiúntach gan amhras.

On Tuesday afternoon, 12th December, the company Caith Amach É! came in to the school to do a workshop with the 6th Yr students in preparation for the Oral exam. They focused on the Picture Sequence section of the exam and everyone, both students and teachers, enjoyed the fun! But along with the fun, they had plenty of sensible and important advice to help students in the exam. A worthwhile afternoon without a doubt.

TRANSITION YEAR NEWS

This week has seen much excitement around the school as out TY’s return from their first week of work experience full of stories and new experiences. Watch this space next week for a couple of personal pieces written by the students giving you the low down on the week they had in the real world of work.

Some notable placements included Trinity college law department, a Dublin animation studio, Ashford studios, home to the vikings and various vets practices where out students were lucky enough to get hands on experience of various pet procedures!

In tutorial this week we had the pleasure of having the guys down from Reptile Haven with a plethora of scaly friends. Notable examples included the 16 foot python and the delightfully hairy rose foot tarantula.

TY students completed their Cambridge Profile Aptitude and Eirquest Career Interest tests in preparation for choosing their subjects for LC.

Finally the students are looking forward to their end of year trip to Dundrum for ice skating. I’m sure there will be lots of stories from that!