News & Events

Our 2nd years visited the courthouse today as a part of their CSPE learning. It was a very informative and educational experience for everyone. Thank you to the staff at the courthouse for facilitating our visit and Ms Lernihan for organising it. We are so lucky to have so many educational opportunities within such a short walk of our school grounds!

I'm delighted to let you know that there is an exhibition of students' artworks in the MTU gallery on Grand Parade. The exhibition consists of work from several schools including St. Aloysius second years. The exhibition is open from the 22nd of April until the 2nd of May between 10:00am and 5:00pm with an opening celebration on Wednesday 24th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. We'll be delighted to see you there. https://arts.mtu.ie/viewEvent?id=1506  

Transition Year Student Council members Kate Murphy, Ly O’Reilly and Tara Geaney, travelled to Dublin for the CEIST Student Leadership Conference. The theme this year was Making a Difference – Our CEIST Values in Action. There was a focus on the importance of student voice in our schools throughout the day. This is a wonderful event which brings together student leaders and teachers from each of the 107 CEIST schools to hear about and discuss examples of student leadership happening in CEIST schools. Students also got to see and experience DCU’s St. Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra.  Thanks to Ms Walsh for accompanying the students. 

Well done to all our students who competed at both junior and senior levels in todays Scifest held in MTU. We are so proud of the hard work and curious minds in our budding scientists and engineers! Thank you to their teachers for all their support. We'll done to all who competed today!

Huge congratulations to Aisling and Elsie, our 2nd year students who have won the Irish Science Teachers Association Student Award. They were presented with the prize for the Best Project in the Junior category at MTU Scifest. Well done to all of our students who entered Scifest today and thank you to their teachers who supported them with their projects.

Some more photos from our TY garden class which started again this week, even in the blustery weather on Monday. 

Congratulations to TY students, Elisa who placed 2nd and Ananya who placed 'Commended' for their entries to the AIB Careers Skills Competition 2024. We look forward to the official presentation ceremony to be held in early May. Full details are available here: https://careersportal.ie/news/Winners-AIB-Career-Skills-Competition-2024-Announced

Ms Walsh and Ms Howard travelled to the Oide Wellread Awards in Portlaois this week, where St Aloysius’ School was named a Readers for Life School. This acknowledges seven years of nurturing a culture of reading in our school community through hundreds of initiatives. Our Wellread journey began in 2017 with the wish to build upon the culture of reading and literacy which the St. Aloysius community has always embraced. It is something rooted in our foundations. Ms Walsh and Ms Gaine spearheaded the project from day one and we were named a Wellread School at the national awards in [...]

A wonderful beginning to TY Tour to Amsterdam. Students explored the UNESCO-listed Amsterdam Canal Ring with a Canal cruise followed by a trip to Madame Tussauds to encounter a wide range of celebrities from across the ages including a chance to get inside a Rembrandt painting!! A visit to the Anne Frank House and Museum is a must on any trip to Amsterdam, students spent this afternoon exploring the house Anne hid in during WWII. #history #culture

A number of our Fifth and TY students were invited along with their teachers Ms Walsh and Ms O’Shaughnessy to join Lecturers and Students of Politics along with Corks Lord Mayor and European Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness in the Aula Maxima this morning for the 2024 Monahan Lecture.  Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Mairéad McGuinness delivered a public lecture about why people should get involved in politics and her experiences in the European Institutions.  It was a very enjoyable and informative afternoon. Thank you to Mr Quinlivan Senior Lecturer in UCC for the invitation. 

Dear staff, students, parents and guardians,   I am attaching a pdf of which includes several links to help educate us all on water safety, which we have been asked to distribute on behalf of Water Safety Ireland.  Their focus is on public awareness and education. Tragically, over the last ten years, an average of 118 people drowned each year in Ireland, it is worth taking note of their guidance this Easter should you be near the beach or pools with your family.   Kind regards, Alex SavagePdf-1

Dear Parents / Guardians and Leaving Cert Students of 2024,   Please see attached the schedule of dates that have been assigned to us by the State Examination Commission for the Leaving Cert Oral, Practical and Coursework for the month ahead. note: previous pdf should have read Tuesday 26th for German Orals - see corrected version here.   Please note that these dates are deadlines in relation to coursework but they we encourage students to hand up their projects well in advance of these dates.   Also, please note that the dates for Orals and Practical exams are the set [...]