Dominican College Wicklow

TASTE OF DCW

The TY group completed their food product design module where they had to design and make a low cariogenic snack suitable to be sold in the school canteen. After carrying out market research in school and the local shops the girls got creative. They packaged and labelled their food products as well as using Animoto to produce a promotional advert of the stages of their production. Oreo-K, Fruit Roll-Ups, Healthy Chocolate and Raspberry cookies and Pizza Muffins were some of the products created. Working creatively through the design process are skills the girls will continue to use in all aspects of their future school and work lives.

EAST LEINSTER ATHLETICS

The DCW athletes have been very busy with their latest training and competitions. On Monday, April 30, the girls headed to Santry for the East Leinster Athletics competition. Well done to all for doing so well and especially to Carla Kavanagh from1st year for winning the 100m sprint semi-final. The girls headed back to Santry on Thursday, May 3, for more competitions. Well done to all the girls for competing so well.

EVENING OF MUSIC

On Thursday, April 26, the DCW music department held their annual evening of music in the Dominican Convent Chapel. The

Twenty DCW students will head off to Glendalough on Friday, May 11, to complete their challenge for their Bronze ‘Gaisce Awards’. The students will have to do a 26km hike in Glendalough over the two-day period with an overnight stay in the Glendalough Hostel. Gaisce the president’s Award is a self-development programme that encourages students to find their passion, get active and make a difference in their community. It is a great challenge and experience for the girls. Enjoy it and good luck.

TY PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP

The TY photography students will enjoy a day out to Powerscourt Gardens and Waterfalls on May 10 to practise their photography skills learned to date. We hope they have a great trip and we look forward to seeing the resulting photos.

MINI MARATHON

Mr O’Brien and the ‘Tanzania Girls’ are looking for volunteers to run or walk the Women’s Mini Marathon for the School of St Jude. The mini marathon will take place on Sunday, June 3, Please contact Mr O’Brien for a sponsorship card. The group have raised €24,000 to date and look forward to your continued support.

SCHOOL WEBSITE

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Mary O’Brien – chairperson of Arklow Cancer Support Group visited the school recently and was presented with a cheque for €550 from Ms Marleene Burke and Meadbh Murphy. She was genuinely overwhelmed with the amount raised from our coffee morning. The money will go towards the costs involved in driving cancer patients for their chemotherapy treatment. Mary asked that her thanks and appreciation be given to all staff for their support and help.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE

Our Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education learners and teachers had the pleasure of welcoming Tusla’s Preschool Inspector Mona Condon and Registration Manager Colette McGlynn to Glenart College recently.

The ladies gave a talk on their role in assuring that Early years services are upholding the Preschool regulations in the best interest of the child. Ms McGlynn outlined the legislation governs Tusla first and Ms Condon then took us through the inspection tool. The talk went on to give examples of how settings are compliant or non-compliant. Discussions around record keeping, qualifications and how changes to the preschool regulations in 2016 impact on service were had.

This talk was very well received by the learners who will graduate with their full level five award short-

Some of our Legal Practice and Procedure class recently had a guided tour of Bray court house. The tour gave us a very real understanding of some of the theory the group have discussed in class such as the layout of the courtroom. We also got a comprehensive explanation of the role of each stakeholder in the court house. The Bray court house has a circuit court, a district court and a family court room we got to explore each one and even had a look at the cells. The group then sat in on the district court proceedings for the morning which was very enlightening. It was a very informative and interesting morning.

ART TOUR

On Friday, April 27, our group of fifth and sixth year art students visited the National Gallery of Ireland in Merrion Square and the National History Museum in Kildare Street.

We visited the Portrait Gallery in the National Museum where we were given a guided tour of the highlights of the collection. The students were particularly interested in the painting of Graham Norton which was painted by the Sky Arts Portrait Artist Gareth Reid and the paintings of Robert Ballagh. They also enjoyed the portrait of Arklow’s Olympic winner Ronnie Delaney.

In the National History Museum we saw the Egyptology room with its mummies and the bog bodies from Iron Age Ireland. We then examined the beautiful artefacts from Ireland’s Golden Age, the Ardagh Chalice and the Tara Brooch. Lunch and shopping in Grafton Street completed our trip.

PARENTS’ COUNCIL RAFFLE

The parents’ council have organised a summer raffle. There are some great prizes and all money raised goes directly into worthy school projects. All support is