On Monday 13th March, ten of our 5th year students travelled to Knock with Ms Halpin and Ms McDonald to attend the Le Cheile Trust Symposium. They showed a strong sense of 'Welcome, Wisdom and Witness' when interacting with over thirty other Le Cheile schools. 

Congratualtions to Niamh Hannan and Karina Walsh (5th Year), our Safer Internet Day Ambassadors, who featured in the Irish Times on Tuesday. Well done!

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/02/07/theres-a-lot-of-hostility-online-how-students-are-trying-to-make-the-internet-a-safer-place/

The Junior Rugby team qualified for the Leinster Metro Finals in Donnybrook.  The finals were held on the 8th of March to mark International Women's Day.  The team played against Mount Temple, Holy Faith Glasnevin, Kings Hospital and Wesley College.  The won two matches and lost two, so they didn't progress to the finals.  The team has progressed well this year and for most of the team it was their first introduction to rugby. 

Player of the day was awarded to Kate Higgins. 

Squad: Maggie O'Dea, Eve O'Grady, Eve Treacy, Aoife Boyhan, Rebecca Furey, Emily Ritchie, Ameé Mai McLoughlin, Kate Higgins, Louise Durkin, Maeve O'Neill, Faye Cullen, Zoe Kennedy, Rachel O'Dea, Emily Scott, Amelia McKay, Robyn Costello, Orla Kilfeather, Amelíe Silvestre, Keelin Boyhan, Aoibhínn O'Brien, Ellen Brazel. 

TY Helpers: Daisy Metcalfe, Suzie Haskins 

As part of the PE programme, 1st years have been participating in Indoor Rowing. Two teams were selected from each class to participate in an Inter Schools Blitz against Holy Faith Killester, which took place today.  There was great enthusiasim and energy from all participants.  Well done to all involved and the three medalling teams, that came from HFC.  Thanks to the TY helpers and Rowing Ireland for setting up and facilitating the event.

We would like to congratulate Nicole Carroll (4th year)  and Ava Kavanagh (5th Year) who got an amazing 2nd place with their team, DTC Dublin Thunders Cheerleading, in the UCA All-Star Championships in Orlando.

They want to say a massive thank you to everyone for all the fantastic support they received from Holy Faith over the weekend, it meant so much to them.

Congratulations to Síofra Corrigan of 5th year who won the National Final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking competition in Wexford on Saturday 4th March.  Síofra spoke on Peace and Democracy and was very impressive in the impromptu round where speakers had to talk for 2 minutes on “WAVE”.  

Thank you to Ms Conlon who worked with Síofra in preparing for the various rounds of the competition and who was in the audience with Síofra’s family and friends.

A snapshot of some of the literary characters in the school yesterday. 

Some of our students, who train with Clontarf Taekwondo, had amazing medal wins at the Leinster Championships last weekend. Molly Mack won Gold, Cara Groenwald won Gold, Orla Hickey won Silver and 1st year student, Grace Burton, won Bronze. Congratulations girls! If any of our other students took part, I would love to share this news with the school community, information can be emailed to deputy@holyfaithclontarf.com

Congratulations to the Under-14 Gaelic football team who had a hard fought victory over Moate Community School today.

Holy Faith Clontarf prevailed on a scoreline of 5-13 to 1-10.

Well done!