The Cyber Skills Cyber Security Academy will take place online in June this year. 

The 5 day FREE Cyber Security Academy is open to all 4th and 5th Year students aged 16 years or above and is suitable for beginner and advanced students. 

• When: Monday 12th – Friday 16th June 2023
• Time: 11am – 3pm

·         Where: Online

·         Topics covered: Encryption, Ethical Hacking, Linux commands, Capture-the-Flag challenge

Students that complete the course are awarded a digital badge.

Who is delivering the course?

The Cyber Security Academy and Cyber Futures is an initiative of Cyber Skills and Cyber Ireland. It will be delivered by lecturers from the Cyber Skills project with lab support from research students at Cyber Skills partner institutes, Munster Technological University, University of Limerick, and Technological University Dublin.

To register your interest: www.cyberfutures.ie/cyberacademy/

Congratulations to Grace Millington, 6th Year, on coming 3rd in the Entry Exit & IBM Skills Build Challenge 2023!

We are delighted to share that Aoife Fennell M2 has been selected for the Under 15 Republic of Ireland Schools soccer team and will be playing an international tournament in the green jersey in Glasgow in a few weeks. This is an amazing achievement and we wish Aoife the very best!

Well done to our U14 Gaelic Football Team who had a fantastic time playing in an inter-schools blitz today in Stepaside.

Remember to buy your musical tickets for next week at lunchtime in the GPA before they are sold out!!

Well done to the TY Active Flag class who presented to the staff about the active walkway at their staff meeting after school today!

This year's TY Musical class is proud to present the beloved musical, ‘Fame’!

'Fame' will take place next Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th March.

The tickets cost €10 for students and €15 for adults and are on sale from Monday in the GPA during lunch. 

Paying by card is preferred, but if paying by cash please make sure that you have the exact amount needed. 

All remaining tickets will be sold Tuesday and Friday and will be sold on a first come, first served basis! 

As an added bonus, those lucky enough to attend will be entitled to a homework pass for the day following the show they attend!

Congratulations to the TY Active School Flag class and Ms Doran for organising a fabulous Sponsored Colour Run for the whole school today! We began our whole-school Wellbeing Celebration with a concert in the Sports Hall with Roe Byrne which was a huge hit! Each year group then mobilised to walk to the ETB grounds in Terenure where they took to the course with great gusto and emerged in a wonderful display of colour!! Well done everyone, happy St. Patrick's Day, enjoy the weekend and we will see everyone back in school on Monday!

Twelve 3rd Years represented OLS at the Annual Mathematics Pi Quiz yesterday. Congratulations to Hannah, Kate, Aoife and Estella for securing a 3rd place finish in the competition! 

 This on-line course (this evening) may be of interest to parents: 

https://www.ecwexford.ie/index.php?option=com_eventbooking&view=event&id=3325

Just Dance, drumming, Céilí Mór - a wonderful day of wellbeing & action!

We look forward to welcoming OLS students and families this evening for our inaugural Open Mic Night at 7.30pm.

Many thanks to all who joined us for our Transition Year information meeting yesterday evening. 

A recording of the session can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/aKBJz0Yh-KQ

The slides can be viewed here: Info Evening

Many thanks.

A final reminder to all students to have their sponsorship money in tomorrow! We’re looking forward to the Sponsored Colour Run! Money can brought in cash or paid by card/on EasyPayments. Parents, if there is a medical reason your daughter should not participate on Wednesday, please let her Year Head know so alternative plans can be put in place.

Many thanks!