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Many thanks again to all who helped to make Garden Day on June 5^th such a success – especially all who volunteered their time or who donated prizes. Special thanks to Ms. Nuala Keane and Mrs. Gabrielle O’Herlihy who co-ordinate all the planning for Garden Day. Thanks also to the Teaching Staff, the Pupils (especially the Green Schools Committee) and all the Garden Committee who work hard to make the day run so smoothly.

St. Brigid’s Girls’ School was presented with our third “Excellence in the Sciences” award. Mrs. O’Connell, co-ordinated the work, (science experiments / records) for our entry and, once again, our School Garden has proved to be a great resource for the Science Curriculum.

Graduation Mass for our 6^th Class girls will be held on Wednesday next, June 24^th at 7.30p.m. We wish our 6^th Class all the best as they move on to Second level. They are talented and hardworking girls who, we know, will do very well in the future.

Congratulations to our athletes who took part in the Cumann na mBunscol Athletics Competition in Santry at the beginning of June 2009. Great success for St. Brigid’s Girls School yet again! All the girls in the team performed very well, but special congratulations go to:

Congratulations to the girls themselves and special thanks to Mrs. O’Connell, Mrs O’Farrell, Mrs Cusack and Ms Duggan, who trained the teams to such a high level.

It was a fantastic year for all our Gaelic football players! Ms Darcy and Ms Frawley have trained the girls to a very high standard and the girls have also benefitted from our association with Foxrock Cabinteely G.A.A. club, and training from our visiting coach, Mr. Pat Ring.

The Senior team reached the finals of the Division 1 league in the Cumann na mBunscol Competition again this year. They won all their league matches and narrowly lost the final to Scoil Colmcille, Knocklyon, in Croke Park in December. The girls were delighted with their silver medals though, which were presented to them, at a ceremony in the school hall in February by Dublin Senior player, Ciaran Whelan.

A team of ten players from St. Brigid’s (4^th and 5^th class girls from next year’s panel) are likely to meet Ciaran Whelan again next Sunday! We are honoured that a team of 10 girls from St. Brigid’s Girls’ School have been asked to represent Dublin in a mini-match against Westmeath Schools at half-time during the Senior Match, Dublin v Westmeath. Best of luck to Amy Donnelly, Anna Fisher, Ciara Crotty, Chloe Mc Donnell, Eimear Hickey, Lauren Hanney, Roisin Gallagher, Hannah Foster-Ryan, Robyn Mc Guinness and Doireann Shaffrey as they don the Dublin Jersey and represent their county and their school.

Next year’s Gaelic football panel had a trial run in the Foxrock / Cabinteely Inter-Schools Football Blitz on Wednesday 17^th June . The blitz involved teams from local schools including St. Patrick’s Hollypark, St. Anne’s Shankhill, and Our Lady of Good Council, Johnstown. After a wet start the sun shone on the blitz and on the girls from St. Brigids – all our teams did very well and St. Brigid’s Girls School overcame a strong St. Patricks G.N.S. Hollypark team to win the cup, in the final. Well done girls – the win gives us great hope for next years’ campaign. Thanks to Ms. Darcy, Ms Frawley and all the parents who helped on the day and congratulations to Foxrock Cabinteely on an extremely well organised event.

A most enjoyable musical evening was held in the School Hall on Wednesday 10^th June. We had a wonderful performance by the School Orchestra, conducted by Orchestra Teacher, Michelle Le May. The Orchestra also took part in the Córfhéile Festival in March.

The 6^th class choir sang the two songs they performed so well in the Wesley Choral Festival and the New Ross Choral Festival. The choir was conducted by our very talented choir teacher, Mrs. Orla Gillan. We had individual performances from our clarinet and flute players and group performances on the recorder by Mrs Gillan’s and Mrs O’Farrell’s 5^th classes.

The Senior Choir (5^th and 6^th classes together) sang a variety of songs from the National Childrens’ Choir Repertoire. It was a most enjoyable evening.

Thank you to the girls from the Senior Choir who were part of a magnificent performance of the National Childrens’ Choir in the National Concert Hall on Sunday, 7^th June, and of course to our own teacher Mrs. Orla Gillan, who conducted both the choir and the orchestra on the night.

Mrs Sheehan’s 6^th class entered an History Project in the “Business in the Community” Award Scheme run by Bank of Ireland. They took first prize with their project on the 1960’s They took an in-depth look at the politics of the time, and in particular at John F. Kennedy and his links to Barack Obama. They also had a visit from Neil Mc Ivor, (Alice O’Riordan’s granddad) to talk about life in the 1960’s. The class also treated the school to a 1960’s fashion show! A well deserved win for a very comprehensive and imaginative project.

Our fund-raising events held this year were : Trocaire €4,684.70, Wells for Zoe €1074.00 , €1500 towards the building of a school in Kitui, Stuart Mangan Appeal €661.50 and the National Rehabilitation Centre €530.24

Dates for your Diary

Graduation Mass 6^th Class – Wednesday 25^th June at 8p.m.

Sports Day Thursday next, 25^th June in The Park

-weather permitting – details to follow

School Closes on Tuesday, 30^th June at 11.50a.m

School Re-opens on Monday, 31^st August at 8.45a.m.

· LOST PROPERTY : All lost property will be on display in the school hall on Thursday next, June 25^th from 9.30a.m. – 3.00p.m. Any clothing not collected on this day will be sent to charity.