Newsletter - Spring Edition 2013

St. Joseph of Cluny Killiney
SPECIAL
POINTS OF INTEREST:

From the Principal’s
Desk

Papal Election

Article on Cyber
Bullying for Parents
Spring Newsletter 2013
S E C O N D
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A P R I L
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TY Enterprise Students Win
Junior Achievement Ireland
& Students

Sports Update

5K Run Challenge
National Competition
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
From the
Principal’s Desk
2
Junk Kouture
6
TY Enterprise
Achievements
8
Public Speaking
15
Sports Pages
16
Cyber Bullying
20
Ms. O’Riordan with Students from Álainn and
Deputy Principal’s
Diary
30
EERA4 Enterprise Groups with their recent
awards
Rebekah Butler, Aileen McGrath, Emily Kavanagh & Emma McSweeney chosen to represent Ireland in the European Challenge in Italy in May 2013. Good luck to all.
TY Musical Success ‘Back to the 80’s’ March 2013
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From the Principal’s Desk
Principal
Ms. Mary White
Check out our
newly designed
Hello everyone and welcome to the
post Easter edition of our school
Newsletter. There are lots of student
challenges and success stories included in this edition and updates on
school events that have taken place
since last term. As always it’s great to
see so many students contributing so
positively to school life and learning
some new skills along the way! To
find out more about recent school
events be sure to check out our newly
designed school website at our usual
website
address
i.e.
www.clunykilliney. ie. In our new
website we are hoping to include
timely updates and information on
current sports fixtures and sports results: develop the school blog across
the school curriculum and create an
active site for past pupils to log onto
and renew contacts with students in
their former year group. We are actively developing all of the above
presently.
website at
www.clunykilliney.ie
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On the subject of new developments
the planning for the construction of
the new Astroturf is moving full
steam ahead and according to schedule. The tendering for construction
went out over the Easter holidays and
should be finalised by the end of
April with a start up date for construction to commence during the month of May at a
date still to be confirmed.
The type of construction
work that will be permitted
during the state exams has
been considered carefully
and designed not to be in
any way disruptive. The only likely consideration to
take on board will probably
be access to the school
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grounds, which at that stage will
likely be through the convent Ballinclea entrance, as works will likely have commenced on the main
school avenue. We will give you
further updates over the next few
weeks. It will indeed be very exciting to see the works commence
after such a long wait.
Cluny
5K
Run
In relation to the end of term if any
of our parents are feeling particularly fit and have a particular interest in running you might like to
sign up for our 5k Mini Marathon
run in aid of the Marie Keating
Foundation for cancer research
which we are hoping to hold on 17
May next. The venue has yet to be
decided but the students have commenced training after school on
Mondays and Thursdays with past
pupil Grace O’Rourke former
school medal winning high jump
athlete and now qualified fitness
trainer. One dedicated student in
each class has elected to encourage
other students in the class to commit to training. If they are not able
to run students can also walk the
course/or part run and walk as the
event is for a good cause. We just
ask that students collect a minimum of 10 euro to enter. Sponsorship cards are available in the
school if you would like to participate.
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From the Principal’s Desk
Aileen Mc Grath 4C,Rebekah Butler 4L,
Congrats
to
Emma McSweeney 4N and Emily McHugo
the Transition
4C.The enterprise idea that the girls came
Years on the
up with involved importing iPhone accessosuccess of the
ry items from China and making up an acT.Y. School
cessory pack which they sold for 15 euro
Musical
each the school. Their prize for winning the
‘Back to the
competition is a trip to Italy in May to parEighties’. The show was a feast for the eyes
ticipate in the European finals of Junior
and great fun with great performances from
Achievement Europe at the GEP European
the girls and boys. Congrats to Cailin Finnie
Challenge 2013 in association with Smurfit
4L who played a great Sheena Brannagan, NiKappa Ireland. Special congratulations also
cole Richardson 4C as Tiffany and Emma Noto their teacher Ms.O’Riordan on this great
lan 4N as Cyndi. The boys from Gonzaga,
achievement for the girls and well done to
Clonkeen, Blackrock, Oatlands, St Michaels
the other T.Y. student teams who participatand Newpark also brought great commitment
ed in the enterprise challenge.
to the musical.
 The recent success of the T.Y Art students
A very special’ thank you ‘to the producer Mrs
in the recycling Fashion Design
Irene Burke,to Mr. John O’Farrell the director
competition known as Junk Couof music for the show,to the choreographer
ture. The standard of entry by stuDebbie Kirwan and to Sandra Mullen the stage
dents in the school is always amazmanager. We were pleased to welcome back
ing and event more so in the national
on one of the performances our visiting stucompetition so we are very pleased
dents from the Cluny College d’Avila in Lille
that 2 of the girls have qualified for
in France. Not only were these French students
the national competition i.e. Zoe Cahappy to make a return visit to Killiney but
ceres 4C and Alanna Lucas 4N.
they were very keen to see this years’ producCongrats to their teachers Ms Devation of the T.Y Musical! Great to know we
ney & Ms. Archibald. Hope you
have a fan base in Lille!
spotted the girls front page pictures
in a recent edition of the Dun Laoghaire GaThe T.Y. girls went on to enjoy very varied
zette which we have included in this edition
Work Experience programmes before Easter.
of the newsletter.
Many thanks to Ms. McPhillips for all the or
The following week no less the girls graced
ganisation involved in these placements. The
the cover of the Gazette again, this time it
girls were very resourceful also and came up
was the turn of the Fifth and Sixth Years
with some very interesting options. Many
six of who participated in the Linguistic
thanks to the many T.Y. parents who helped
Competition. The team of senior students
out during the nights of the Musical and to
are Eleanor McSweeney 6L, Eleanor O Mathose of you who contributed to any work exhony 6L, Anastasia Blinova 6C, Emma
perience placements also.
Crotty 6L, Ellen Ashe 5L, and Niamh Plunkett 4N. A total of 547 students took part
Recent student success highlights to note parnationwide, with the top 100 only going
ticularly are
through to Round 2. Congrats to their teach The T.Y. Business Enterprise students winer Ms Ryan on the success of these language
ning the Dublin Regional Final of Junior
students.
Achievement Ireland. The students are
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From the Principal’s Desk continue
Cluny Competing
Choir
Laura Lynam won
the Best Speaker
title in the All
Ireland
Universities
competition held
in Trinity in
March.
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 The school choir were invited to
perform again this year in the
Wesley School Choirs Competition in March. Mr O’Farrell prepared a stunning version of Kodaly’s ‘Ave Maria ’with the
Choir and with the assistance of
Mrs Higgins. Well done to the
group of 40 students who participated and received an excellent
result on the day.
 Congrats also to Mrs Coleman
and Ms Connaughton on the success of the Fifth and Sixth Year
trip to the historic city of Derry
in March. While Belfast is getting great visitor numbers to the
new Titanic Visitors Centre, Derry is equally a city steeped in history and also in more recent
times in terms of social upheaval.
Derry offers excellent walking
tours, a visit to the historic Guild
Hall and of course the tour of
the’ bogside’ with all of its recent
associations. The senior history
students thoroughly enjoyed their
overnight trip.
 The school Library has featured
two separate themed weeks this
term i.e. a Chinese themed week
which featured a calligraphy
workshop and a visit from poet
Tony Curtis. Running presently
we have an ‘At the Movies’
theme which has the Library decorated in Oscar style, the promotion of books that have been
made into movies and competitions with Cinema tickets to be
won. ‘Best in Show’ is the Red
carpet walk of fame! Great work
by Ms.Dillon.
 In the realm of public speaking/
debating it was great again this
year to see the Second years rep-
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resenting the school in the Dublin
Graduate Association Public
Speaking competition in February. The team consisted of Amber Barry 2X, Laura Lynam 2W,
Niamh Ring 2X and Emer Phelan
2Y. Laura Lynam was selected
to go forward as an individual
speaker and to the delight of all
here in the school and Mr. Byrne
in particular and Laura then won
the Best Speaker title in the All
Ireland Universities competition
held in Trinity in March. Well
done Laura!
 Well done also to Ms. McEvoy
and the Fifth and TY students
Concern debating team who
made it to the Fourth round of the
Concern debates and narrowly
missed going through on points
differential. Well done all.
 Well done also to
Niamh Brennan 3W
who was short listed on
a recent Fantasy Writing
Competition and was
subsequently awarded a
Certificate of Excellence for her piece. Well
done Niamh!
 Well done to the Fifth
Years who were recently elected
as Senior Prefects for 20132014 and many thanks to Inion
Ni Aodhagain for organising
their leadership day in March
which featured speakers and
presentations from the Institute
of Public Administration. We
look forward now to the applications from Fifth Years for Head
Girl and Deputy Head Girl this
month.
 In Hockey we had 2 wonderful
League semi-finals on a very
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From the Principal’s Desk continued
cold day in Mt Anville in March. The
Minor A team were narrowly beaten
by Mt Anville after extra time and penalties. Just as exciting a match was the
Junior B semi- final team who got a 1
-1 draw at full time but were narrowly
beaten on penalty strokes in the
League
semifinal.
Despite
the final
result
both
teams
played
wonderful hockey on the day which
was a joy to watch. Congrats to all the
players and the 3 coaches involved.
 In Basketball the U16A team had a
great run of wins defeating Dalkey
and Newbridge in February having got
to the all Irelands in January and won
through to the South Dublin League
Finals. They played a wonderful final
against Holy Faith Newbridge and
won the match becoming the South
Dublin League U16A title holders for
2013. Well done to Mr Randolph and
all the girls. In Badminton particular
congrats to Mrs Kelly’s team of Hannah McSweeney, Hannah Foster
Ryan, Becky Hackettt and Kate Doorly who reached Leinster Final Division 1 this year.
 Many thanks to all First Year parents
who completed our transition into secondary school First Year Survey recently. The feedback was very encouraging and all your comments have
been noted and we are looking into any
amendments/appropriate changes that
need to be made for next years’ First
Year group.
 Good luck to Mrs Smyth and the
Green School Committee who are
going for their biodiversity Green flag
this term. We enjoyed the tree trails,
the Bird Spotting competitions and
well done on the clean- up of Kilbogget Park as well as the the flash
recycling week and getting students to
use reak water bottles instead of plastic
ones. It is also great to see more and
more students making an effort to cycle too school. This would be the Fifth
Flag for Green Schools – what an
achievement for Mrs Smyth and the
girls.
As the Junior School sadly closes at
the beginning of June this year Sr.
Monica with the assistance of the secondary school hope to have an opportunity to mark its closure with a formal
ceremony and a Mass at a date to be
decided probably in September
2013.We would like to give all Junior
School past pupils and their parents an
opportunity to celebrate the many
memories of their years in or with the
Junior School. We would also like an
opportunity to recall the Principals,
staff and sisters who looked after the
girls so well over the years in a school
that made its own valuable educational
contribution to the community and to
hear from some of the students who
were fortunate enough to have enjoyed
their primary school days there. We
wish Sr Monica, Mrs Mary Casey and
the Sixth class girls and their parents
well in the conclusion of their work
over the next few weeks.
Go n’eiri an bother libh agus
beannach De oraibh go leir.
M.White April 2013
Good luck to
Mrs Smyth
and the Green
School
Committee
who are going
for their
biodiversity
Green flag this
term.
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Fashion Headlines
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Junk Kouture Regional Finalists
Well done to the students who reached
the regional finals of the Junk Kouture
Competition! All the hard work since
September, designing, drafting patterns,
collecting materials making the outfits
and practicing choreography with Debbie was put to the test. It was a nail biting day in the Helix on Monday the 11th
of March, as they prepared for the fashion show with the other 80 or so groups
from Leinster. It was a great night as
they saw the amazing outfits and performances from all the other schools.
Congratulations to Jigsaw Junkie! Zoe
Chandler and Alanna Lucas will be
heading to the National Finals in the
Bord Gáis Theatre on Friday the 19th of
April. A fantastic night will be guaranteed as they compete against the other 80
finalists.
The very best of luck to the girls from
everyone at Cluny!!!
A fashion show will be held on Friday
the 3rd of May to showcase all of the
Junk Kouture outfits made this year. It
will be a fabulous night with dance, musical performances and of course, the
models strutting their stuff! Tickets will
be on sale soon…
Jigsaw Junkie
Zoe Chandler
Alanna Lucas
Zoe and Alanna
collected unwanted jigsaws from
local crèches and
painstakingly
glued each piece
onto an exercise
ball, the corset
was created by
ironing fruit nets
together and spray painting them with
jigsaw stencils. The attention to detail is
impressive, with a giant jigsaw headpiece, jigsaw rings, bracelets and even
jigsaw shoes!
La Petit Robe
Noir
Sarah-Kate
O’Connor
Sophie Rhattigan
Walsh
Sarah-Kate and
Sophie created a
beautiful evening
gown from the
most unexpected
of materials...washed silage bags! Each
bag was cut into strips, braided and sewn
together with an elegant and tailored finish. A stunning piece!
Stolen Season
Olwen Wymer
Sarah Ayres
Clare MacHale
Olwen, Sarah and
Clare collected
the fallen Autumn leaves on
the grounds of
Cluny, pressed
each leaf and
then dipped them
in candle wax to
preserve them.
The leaves were then sewn together to
create a striking and original dress.
National Final
Bord Gáis Theatre
Friday 19th of April 2013
National Final
Bord Gáis
Theatre
Friday 19th
April 2013
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EERA4 Team
Emma
McSweeney 4N,
Emily
Kavanagh 4C,
Rebekah Butler
4L, and Aileen
McGrath 4C.
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Italy Trip Enterprise Mini Company
This year we got to set up a Mini
Company in our Enterprise class.
There are four of us in the group and
our company is called EERA4 – an acronym for our names. Our idea was to
set up an accessory pack for your iPhone 4/4s consisting of a case, earphones, earphone detangler and a
screen-cleaner which magnetises to
the back of the case all for €15.
We were entered into two main competitions, one with Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) and the other with
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board. We got to go to a couple tradeshows throughout the year
in The Liffey Valley Shopping Centre,
The Royal Marine Hotel, and got to go
down to Bank Of Ireland in Dun
Laoghaire to sell our product also
which was such a good experience.
The team showed tremendous team
work throughout the year, which
stood to us as we won a trophy for
our accounts in the Junior Achievement Ireland competition, and we
came 3rd overall in the senior section
of the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board competition and
won a glass bowl and €200.
This however wasn’t the end for EERA4, during Easter, we received an
email from our teacher, Ms
O’Riordan, to say that we had to prepare a 10-15 minute Dragons’ Den
style presentation which we had to
present to Ms White and Ms Lambert
the day we went back. We had very
strong competition, Alainn, the other
Mini Company in our class. Both
teams had to go head-to-head as
there was only one more place in the
finals. Ms White and Ms Lambert had
a very tough decision to make, as they
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were only allowed to pick one team
to go through. We had the honour
to go through to the finals which
was held in Smurfit Kappa Headquarters in Clonskeagh on Wednesday 10th April. We had to present
our PowerPoint to 3 judges along
with two other boys’ schools, St Aidan’s and St Paul’s. It was very nerve
wrecking going up there to do our
presentation.
After each group went up to do their
presentation, the judges left the
room to deliberate and choose the
winner. After what felt like about 10
years, the judges came back in to
announce the winner! “And the winner is......”
WE WON, and now have the privilege to go over to Turin, Italy on the
24th May, to represent Ireland in a
European Competition !!!
We are absolutely over the moon,
and it just shows us that all the hard
work we put in has paid off. Doing
Enterprise this year was such a good
experience, learning what setting up
your own business is like, keeping up
to date with the Finance which was
hard, and coming up with different
strategies on selling our product.
We would still be sitting there now
trying to choose an idea for our Mini
Company, if it wasn’t for all the help
and motivation we received from
our teacher. So thank-you Ms
O’Riordan.
On a final note, with all the modules
and new things we learnt this year in
Transition Year, our experience in
Enterprise is one that will not be forgotten.
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Enterprise Class Represent Junior Achievement Ireland in A European Youth Enterprise and
Globalisation Forum
Four students (Emma McSweeney, Rebekah Butler, Aileen McGrath, Emily Kavanagh) from St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School, Killiney will travel to Turin, Italy on the 24th May, to represent
Junior Achievement Ireland in a European Competition. The competition is the
GEP (Globalisation, Enterprise Programme) European Challenge. It is organised by Junior Achievement Europe
to raise awareness among young people, 15-19, about globalization, entrepreneurship and the skills they need to
succeed in the global economy. The best
60 students from the eleven European
participating countries: Finland, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and
Sweden are going to Turin to present
innovative viable solutions to a complex
Challenge designed especially for them.
As part of their enterprise class the girls
from St Joseph of Cluny took part in the
Junior Achievement mini company programme. The JA Company Programme is
a hands-on business learning experience, where students operate and manage their own mini-companies. Each
company is mentored by a business volunteer from a local supporting company
who provides the students with handson experience, advice and expertise. St
Joseph of Cluny girls were mentored by
Tomas Ryan, Operation Manager,
Smurfit Kappa.
The girls business idea was to set up an
accessory pack for your iPhone 4/4s
consisting of a case, earphones,
earphone detangler and a screencleaner which magnetises to the back of
the case all for €15.The company is
called EERA4. The name is an acronym
for the girls names and the 4 comes
from the fact that they have four acces-
sories in their pack
and 4 of them in
the group. The girls
also came third in
Dun
Laoghire
_Rathdown Enterprise competition
and they also came
second for their
finance in the Department of Education Mini company competition. They
have been and are selling their product
at school, outside of school through Facebook and local clubs and through
their friends and family.
Quote from Tomas Ryan Smurfit Kappa.
“Junior Achievement is a fantastic initiative, providing young students with real
life business experience. Smurfit Kappa
is delighted to play a part in encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit in young
people, the business leaders of the future. Congratulations to St. Joseph of
Cluny, Killiney and all schools that have
taken part in the programme.”
The JA Company
Programme is a
hands-on
business learning
experience,
where students
operate and
manage their
own minicompanies.
The girls with teacher Ms O’Riordan and representatives from
Smurfit Kappa after they won the trip to Europe.
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Papal Election
Pope Francis
The person to be
the potential
Pope must speak
a minimum of
three
languages...
Pope
Benedict
XVI
resigned
28
February
2013
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In the days approaching Easter we
were waiting in anticipation for the
election of our new Pope. This led
to a lot of discussion in our religion
classes. We learned a lot about
Pope Benedict XVI, the election
process and about Pope Francis.
Papal Election
Though it has not happened since
1379, there are no formal requirements needed to be elected pope
apart from that you must be a
Catholic male. Though there are
informal, unwritten rules to be
pope;
1.
One must be a Cardinal to
be elected Pope.
2.
There are no formal age requirements to be Pope but a Cardinal over the age of 80 is not allowed to vote for Pope and nobody over the age of 79 has ever
been elected as Pope, the youngest current Cardinal is 57 and Cardinals are rarely appointed before
the age of 50. So therefore the
window of opportunity to be elected as Pope, is really between one’s
early fifties and late seventies.
3.
The person to be the potential Pope must speak a minimum
of three languages; Latin, Italian,
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German are especially
good for a potential Pope to know.
A papal conclave is a meeting of
the College of Cardinals convened
to elect a new Bishop of
Rome, also known as the
Pope. The Pope is considered by Roman Catholics to
be the apostolic successor
of Saint Peter and earthly
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head of the Roman Catholic
Church.
On the afternoon of the first day,
one ballot may be held. If a ballot
takes place on the afternoon of
the first day and no-one is elected,
or no ballot had taken place, four
ballots are held on each successive
day: two in each morning and two
in each afternoon. Before voting in
the morning and again before
voting in the afternoon, the electors take an oath to obey the rules
of the conclave. If no result is obtained after three vote days of balloting, the process is suspended
for a maximum of one day for
prayer and an address by the senior Cardinal Deacon. After seven
further ballots, the process may
again be similarly suspended, with
the address now being delivered
by the senior Cardinal Priest. If,
after another seven ballots, no result is achieved, voting is suspended once more, the address being
delivered by the senior Cardinal
Bishop. After a further seven ballots, there shall be a day of prayer,
reflection and dialogue. In the following ballots, only the two names
who received the most votes in
the last ballot shall be eligible in a
runoff election. However, the two
people who are being voted on, if
Cardinal electors, shall not themselves have the right to vote. The
conclave needs 77 votes, or a twothirds majority from 115 cardinalelectors, for a single name to elect
a new pope.
The conclave takes place in the
Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel
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Papal Election continued
is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic
Palace, it is famous for its architecture and
its decoration. The ballots are burned after
each vote. Black smoke indicates a failed
ballot, white smoke means a new pope has
been elected. Since the cardinals meet in
isolation, it's the only way to inform the
public about the proceedings. On the evening of Wednesday 13th March, white smoke
appeared from the chimney signalling
‘Habemus Papam’, a new Pope had been
elected.
Pope Francis was elected as the new head of
the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, whose
birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was
born in Buenos Aires. He is one of the five
children of Italian immigrants, Mario José
Bergoglio, a railway worker, and his wife
Regina María Sivori, a housewife. Jorge Mario Bergoglio graduated from a technical secondary school as a chemical technician and
then, at the age of 21, decided to become a
priest. He became a Bishop of Buenos Aires
in 1992, Archbishop in 1998 and a Cardinal
in 2001. His inauguration as Pope took place
on Tuesday the 19th of March and Pope
Francis is now officially the leader of the
Catholic Church.
-Kirstin Higgins 2W
The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI resigned from his position in the Catholic Church on 28th February
2013. This came as a major shock to the
public. As soon as people heard this, many
began to question whether or not Pope Benedict XVI had really deserved the honour in
the first place. I believe we should be looking on it as a new opportunity. Maybe having a new Pope isn't such a bad idea. The
Catholic religion needs modernisation. Who
says that Pope Francis can't make the transition to connect the faith with modern technology? We saw what a huge ordeal it was
when Pope Benedict XVI started using
Twitter. Why can't Pope Francis take it
one step farther... maybe Facebook?!
Pope Benedict XVI was born on April
16th, 1927 in Marktl, Germany. His full
name is Joseph Aoisius Ratzinger. He was
ordained as a priest in 1951. He was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 1977. He was elected as a cardinal
in 2002 and was selected as pope in
2005. During his time as pope he has renewed the Catholic Churches relationship
with other religions. On February the
11th 2013, at the age of 85, he announced his resignation citing a 'lack of
strength of mind and body. Pope Francis
will have a very important and equally
difficult job ahead of him and we will wait
in anticipation to see what he brings to
the faith. This is an intriguing time for the
Catholic Church. We should embrace it.
Faith is important to us all, faith in ourselves and faith in our creator. Pope Francis faces challenging times and deserves
our support and encouragement
throughout his time as leader of the
Catholic Church
-Laura Lynam 2W
Key words and terms in relation to the
Papal Election
•The College of Cardinals: The main body
of all cardinals in the Catholic Church.
They advise the pope and elect a new
pope when one resigns or dies.
•The Papal Conclave: A meeting of the
College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope.
•The Bishop of Rome: This is what the
Pope is often called. He is the leader of
the Catholic Church which contains
around 1.2 billion Catholics.
•The Papal Nuncio: A diplomatic representative of the Pope. They have an ambassadorial status. -Eilidh Murphy 2W
The Papal
Conclave: A
meeting of the
College of
Cardinals to
elect a new
Pope.
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TY Enterprise: Álainn Trade Show
Department of Education Fourth
Year Mini-Company Competition
As part of TY Enterprise, this year
we had to set up a mini company. I
was part of group with 4 other
girls, Emily McHugo, Lauren Higgins, Maria Dowdall and Ciara Cyran. We called our mini company
álainn!
We are a service which provides a
service to buy second hand dressy
clothes. We also collect clothes
that you don’t want anymore and
give you 50% of the profit back if
we sell your clothes, 40% goes to
the company and 10% goes to our
chosen charity Rainbows!
After our musical, on March 12th,
2013 we went to a trade show just
for TY mini companys. Due to hav-
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We will having a
sales day in
school on
Thursday April
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ing work experience, only myself
and Lauren could go. The trade
show was in Lucan Spa Hotel. We
arrived at around 10 o’clock and
had to set up our stall. We hung up
our clothes on the rails and stuck
up our posters. We then had several judges come around to ask us
questions on our mini company.
They ask us questions about our
IDEA and our profit etc.
Later that day they announced
who won! We won 1st Price for
Sustainability! We were really surprised but happy of course!
Overall we really enjoyed the trade
show. We learnt lots and it was
great to meet people from different schools and see there ideas!
Orla Kavanagh 4C
Junior Achievement Ireland Mini Company Competition
One of the other competitions our
mini-company was in was the Junior Achievement Ireland company
competition. Our mini-company
álainn was lucky enough to be selected for the regional finals of this
competition. Only ten groups from
over 100 entries in Leinster were
selected for the regional finals. It
was a huge achievement for us.
For the regional finals we were
asked to write a business plan and
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view by the judges. The regional
final was held on Thursday March
14th in the headquarters of the
Charted Institute of Accountants
Ireland head office. On the day of
the competition we first had an
interview with the judges followed
by a presentation to the whole
group of fellow competitors, their
teachers and the judges. We cam
runner-up over all and were very
happy. We learned a lot from the
experience and enjoyed the day.
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Particle Physics Day UCD
On the 20th of March
2013, both of us
attended a Particle
Physics Day in UCD.
We were looking forward to going as our
physics class as a whole are very enthusiastic and the two of us are particularly
interested in CERN and Particle Accelerators.
When we got off the bus, we realised
UCD was a very big place. We found a
girl who looked as lost as us and we
managed to find our way to the Physics
building. We signed in and sat with fellow budding physicists in the daunting
lecture hall.
Dr.McNulty gave us an enlightening lecture on Particle Physic and all that we
needed to understand for the day that
lay ahead. He lectures in UCD and also
works in CERN. We got an opportunity
to talk to him one on one after and he
is very interesting to talk to. We then
got a lecture from one of his students,
Conor, who thought us all bout Acceleration of particles. This was a very informative lecture as it is something we
did not touch on in great detail in
school.
After a tea break we hit the computer
lab for an Applied Tutorial Session,
where we had to analyse the fundamental particles of the universe from
the data from Large Hadron Collider.
We recorded our results and plotted
them, using a sophisticated software
from CERN. It was incredible to get the
experience to use such advanced technology, that students doing phD’s only know
how to work. It was a difficult task, but
we made many friends through the medium of collective confusion.
A tasty lunch was supplied where we got
the chance to hear from a group of 3rd
year students who had visited CERN only
two weeks previously. They had photographs and many stories to tell. It was
great to get a first-hand account of their
experience.
We the collectively put all our separate
result together and analysed them. We
found that had the Higgs Boson not already been discovered, we would be collecting a Nobel Prize ourselves.
A Video conference was then held with
CERN where they helped us understand
our findings and answer any of our looming questions. We got to hear how other
schools did in France, Belgium, Hungry,
Chez and Italy.
To finish off our brilliant day we had a
mini quiz with the other students in the
other countries through the video chat
and realised how much we had actually
learnt that day.
We finished up at 4 after a jam packed
day, to find ourselves tired but thrilled at
how the day had gone. We made new
friend and learned a lot that will carry us
through the impending Leaving Cert. It
was definitely worth while!
By Heather Rainey and Nicole O’Hara 6C
… we had to
analyse the
fundamental
particles of the
universe from
the data from
Large Hadron
Collider
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Moothie Maddness
Therese Hussey &
Kirsten Morris model Moothie
T-Shirts
We had to make
a video pitch for
the NDC to
explain how we
were going to
promote
MOOthies and
calcium
consumption in
our school.
ST.
I’ve always been really interested in the
Business world. I am always keeping up
to date on the latest changes in big
companies and interested in how the
Business world works in general. There
are many different aspects to business,
my personal favourite area is Marketing
and Advertising. It has always appealed
to me! So when our business teacher
Ms.O’Riordan mentioned to our class
that there was an advertising competition for schools, I was well and truly
ready to take on that challenge. To
make it even better my enthusiastic
friend Therese Hussey decided to join in
on the project.
The competition was for the National
Dairy Council (NDC) and it was called
the ‘Milk It’ Awards. The aim was to
promote calcium consumption in the
diet of teenagers in our school. We
needed a constant message throughout
the advertisement and an agency name.
Our name was MM Advertising Agency,
‘MM’ stood for ‘MOOthie Madness’.
We choose to promote calcium by making up a product called ‘MOOthies’.
MOOthies are a mix of milkshakes and
smoothies which contain one of your 5 a
day of calcium including fruits and chocolate. We had to make a video pitch for
the NDC to explain how we were going
to promote MOOthies and calcium consumption in our school. We sent it off in
hope that we would make it through to
the next round.
Weeks had come and gone without any
news back from the NDC. Finally on a
Wednesday afternoon in our business
class Ms. O’Riordan announced that
Therese and I had qualified for the next
round. We were so thrilled and excited
to start on our project. We got our brief
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and began planning what we hoped
would be a successful campaign.
We had meetings with Ms.
O’Riordan about how we should advertise calcium consumption in
school and to other teenagers.
Therese set up a Twitter and Facebook account to promote our campaign and also organized t-shirts
with our MOOthie logo. I wrote up
a survey and handed them out to
the 1st, 2nd and 6th Business classes,
asking them about their knowledge
of calcium. We also held a focus
group with 2 students from each
year. This was all market research.
I designed a power point on calcium
consumption and we presented it to
the 1st years and 5th year Business
class. As another campaign idea we
held a ‘MOOthie Monday’. We gave
out free samples of ‘MOOthies’
which went down really well! We
shot our ‘MOOthie’ television advert as well. We finally compiled a
presentation to the NDC on power
point explaining what we did to promote calcium and our results. We
added in our T.V. advert and sent it
all off to the NDC.
We are now waiting to see have we
qualified for the finals. We are so
hopeful that we get through because we feel as though we did a
really good job.
We obviously
couldn’t have done all this without
the help and constant support of
our business teacher Ms. O’Riordan.
‘Why do I hate Mondays?’ ‘Cause I
haven’t had my MOOthie yet!’-MM
agency.
By Kirsten Morris 5L
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Regional & National Best Individual Speaker Recipient
Laura Lynam
holding her
Dual Crystal
Emblems
Laura Lynam who won the Best
Individual Speaker in both the Regional
and National Finals of the Irish
Federation of University Women Public
Speaking Competition for Girls
under 15 at TCD on March 2nd
2013.
Congratulations to Laura!
Public Speaking
Congratulations to the U15 Public
Speaking Team who represented the
School so positively in the Irish Federation of College on February 16th. The
team consisted of Niamh Ring, Laura
Lynan, Emer Phelan and Amber Barry.
All Second Year students.
Double congratulations to Laura Lynam
who won the Best Individual Speaker in
the Trinity College run off. She then
went on to represent Trinity in the National Final on March 3rd, where she
was joint Best Individual Speaker with
Shannon McKeown-Gilmore who represented Queens University Belfast.
Above: U15 Public Speaking Team
Below: Devoted supporters of 2nd Yr
Team
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Outing to All Ireland
Badminton
Championships
… Ireland’s
Badminton
Olympians, Chloe
Mc Gee and Scott
Evans, would be
playing on the
Badminton Update
At 8:45 on Friday the 7th
of December, instead of
settling into our seats for
class, we found ourselves
walking to the Dart station. It was freezing, our
fingers were numb and
our noses were so red
that we could have given
Rudolph a run for his
money, but we wrapped up warm and
braved the harsh winter weather. And
of course, nothing could distract us
from the fact that we were lucky
enough to be going to the All Ireland
Badminton Championships with Ms
Kelly, our Badminton coach.
After a brisk walk and a run in with a
faulty ticket machine, we managed to
get on the Dart. Comfy at last, the
Dart trip lasted 45 minutes and so we
arrived at Baldoyle around 10 o’
clock. Admittedly we looked slightly
strange wearing Santa hats and posing for the school camera in front of
the sports centre.
court directly in
front of us!
In we strolled, to see Badminton players from around the world lunging to
hit shuttles, warming up by doing a
comical-looking jig and saying “hello”
to their supporters that filled the
stands and provided much cheering
as each point was played out. The air
was literally buzzing with excitement.
We weaved our way over to
the seats assigned to us, taking in everything as we went
by, players stretching, coaches giving advice, the deep
voice of the Umpire sitting in
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OF
his tall chair above the chaos, calling
out the scores.
When we reached our seats, Ms
Kelly informed us that Ireland’s Badminton Olympians, Chloe Mc Gee
and Scott Evans, would be playing
on the court directly in front of us!
When Chloe walked onto the court,
we all stopped chattering and focused all our attention on her
match. We were willing Ireland to
win. It turns out that Mc Gee didn’t
need our will, she hammered her
Ukranian opponent. After her well
earned victory, she came over , gave
us all her autograph and then disappeared so she could rest before her
next match.
It wasn’t too long before Evans
showed up to play his first match,
again we watched intently, with
crossed fingers. Apparently he didn’t need our good will either, he’s
an Olympian for a reason and he
too had an easy victory and so Ireland celebrated a second win with
huge cheers and even more autographs. We were later informed
that Evans actually went on to win
the entire tournament!
After a great day of watching incredibly talented Badminton players
with our friends, we headed back to
Cluny, arriving just as school finished. What did we do then? Play
Badminton of course! Enthused by
the skill and determination we had
seen earlier. This is a day we will
remember for a very long time.
Kate Doorly 4L & Becky Hackett 4C
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Basketball Round-up—April 2013
The school year of 2012-13 is coming to
a close with a sense of sadness as some
of our talented Sixth Years prepare to
move on to the next chapter of their
lives. As always I would like to wish our
Sixth Years love, happiness and success
as they depart from Cluny. Hope you
have enjoyed your time here with us. A
special thanks to all Sixth Years who
stayed committed to playing sports right
to their final year and having to prepare
for their Leaving Cert in June. I’m sure
your days of training, being dedicated to
your team and wearing the blue and
white colours of SJC will you help you
through the exams J To the Sixth Years
who played Basketball a big THANK
YOU!! Please come be back next year
for our first Blue & White match that
will see next year’s Senior A team play a
past pupils team. Check out school Web
-site for info on the game. It should
take place around the first week we are
back in school.
All the teams did well this year, Quarterfinal, Semi-final, or League Winners. It
was great to have teams out competing,
trying to do their best! So if your team
didn’t do well this year, your season
starts now! So pick-up your individual
work-out sheet from Ms. Gillian Clarges
or ask Mr. Randolph for one. Next sea-
son starts with you planning what you
need to work on now for next year that
will help you become a better player.
First Year and Second Year teams well
done in your Leagues we still have playoffs in the South Dublin League. So
hang in there the league started very
late this year.
Our U16 A team without a doubt are the
toast of the school. Doing the double
this year. Winners of Dublin League and
South Dublin League Winners. The
team went all the way to All-Ireland U16
Cup Semi-final to be knocked out by
Glanmire Community School of Cork.
Next year we have to one step further
to the final J
A special thanks
In closing the Captains and I would like
to thank Ms. White and Ms. Lambert,
The Board of Management and our Cluny parents for their support.
Good luck to ‘C&C’ Ciara McKeown and
Ciara Crotty the Captains of the U16 A
team who made the Dublin U16 Gaelic
team. Best wishes in the Championship.
their Leaving Cert
to all Sixth Years
who stayed
committed to
playing sports
right to their final
year and having
to prepare for
in June.
Edward Randolph
L-R:
U16 Double
|League Winners
Junior B Team
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Hockey
Having played
ninety
three
matches since
we began in
September, the
long and very
busy
hockey
season has just
recently come
to an end, with
a number of
our teams successfully reaching the knockout stages of their
respective competitions.
Penalty shoot outs were a major
feature this year, with four of our
teams experiencing the nervous
tension that results from such an
event.
Our Senior Cs reached the quarterfinals where they unfortunately
came second to a strong Skerries
team. They had earlier beaten Wilsons Hospital in the previous
round in an exciting shootout, following a long trip to Co Westmeath. Led by Emma Higgins,
there was great credit due to the
team, as a number of Junior players had sub up to Senior level to
ensure we could field a team and
did extremely well.
Our Senior
A and B
teams,
while acquitting
themselves
very well
found the
opposition
in
their
leagues a little too strong. The As
Short Corner
Defence—Junior B v’s
Mt Anville
Supporters
turn Blue
and not
from the
cold!
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had notable displays against Loreto Bray and Jesus and Mary College in the league, while the Bs
had a very good performance
against Loreto Beaufort.
Special mention should be given
to the Senior A Captain Ailbhe
Cole, for her commitment to the
Seniors despite being unable to
play many games through injury.
She attended all matches and her
support and encouragement for
her team was admirable.
Our Junior teams had very good
seasons and were very unlucky
towards the latter stages of their
competitions. The As and Bs especially, were unfortunate – the As
reaching the quarterfinal of their
league before losing narrowly to
Newbridge College. They had
played some excellent hockey
along the way, with impressive victories in particular over Wesley
College and Loreto Foxrock (who
were the eventual winners)
The Bs were also very unlucky.
Having won all their matches comfortably, they qualified to meet Mt
Anville in the semi final. A very
closely contested game saw both
teams finish full time and extra
time in a 1-1 stalemate. A penalty
shootout resulted with Mt Anville
just gaining the upper hand. They
proved to be the eventual winners
of the league.
The Junior Cs also gave a good account of themselves – the highlight of their season undoubtedly
was a well deserved victory over
Mt Sackville.
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Hockey continued
Our Minors also had a very good seasons. Despite losing a number of players through injury
and illness, Minor As and Bs both did very well.
The As reached the semifinals of their league,
where they were drawn to meet Mt Anville. A
closely contested game resulted in a 0-0 draw,
after fulltime and extratime. Another penalty
shootout followed - the result narrowly in Mt
Anvilles favour.
The As also reached the semifinal of the Plate
following victory over Newbridge College.
Drawn to meet St Gerards, this proved to be a
very exciting game. Conceding two early goals,
Cluny fought back to level the game in the second half playing some great hockey. St Gerards
just managed to pull away in the end, and went
on to win the game and the final also.
The Minor Bs had some very good results, notably against Loreto Beaufort and St Marys Naas
and just failed to qualify from their section. They
were ably assisted by some First Year players
who subbed up to their team and played very
well.
Our First Years showed a lot of promise this year.
Its great to have so many of them playing club
hockey as it clearly benefits their game. The As
began with a well deserved victory over Mt Sackville, before narrowly losing out to Alexandra
College. They followed this up with a victory
over St Gerards.
The Bs began with victories over Sion Hill and
Loreto Stephens Green, before meeting Loreto Dalkey in their last group match. Following
full time and extratime, again we had the penalty shoot out with Dalkey just gaining the upper hand.
Well done to all our teams for their commitment and efforts this year. With the development of our new astroturf pitch we look forward to further success in the future.
Best wishes to Ciara Kelly and Miona Fogerty
who were selected for Leinster U16 trials. Julia
Buckley is attending the Leinster Development
Squad training for 2nd Yrs, and Emma Grehan,
Lara Grehan and Issy O Neill are attending 1st
Yr Development Squad training.
Ms M Seymour
Cluny Green Schools
Our Green Schools committee are working
hard in an effort to earn our fifth flag, this
time for Biodiversity. Ever mindful of the
damage caused to our wildlife by carelessly
thrown rubbish, the girls decided that they
would do yet another noble deed and clean
up a local park. As a follow-up to last year’s
clean-up it was decided to return to Kilbogget Park.
Two of our Fifth Year students, Zoe Byrne
and Kelly Livingston made the arrangements and after a postponement due to
weather on 24th Feb we went ahead on
Sunday 3rd March. A group of
fifteen girls, ranging from second
years to sixth years, all members
of Cluny’s Green Schools Committee, met up at 11 am. Under
the watchful eyes of Heather
(committee chairperson) and Mrs
Smith (coordinator) they worked
Kilbogget Park Clean-up
solidly until 12.30, collecting eight large
bags of rubbish. It was then time for a
well-earned rest and some refreshments
organised by Kelly and her Mum.
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A Note for Parents and Students on Cyber Bullying April 2013
parents do play
the primary role
in protecting
their children
from the effects
Social media, computer and mobile communication sites inclusive
of chat rooms and networks such
as Facebook are rapidly emerging
forms of communication. This year
has seen a huge increase in the
media on the issue of cyber bullying and its impact on young people. There is no specific legislation
governing Internet safety at school
level and complicating this issue is
the fact that the Internet functions
in a global context whereas the
law operates in a localised one.
There are a number of legislations
that have relevance to Internet
safety including the Data Protection Act and its amendments but
at the end of the day parents do
play the primary role in protecting
their children from the effects of
the misuse of social media and internet sites and in protecting the
wellbeing of other young people
who are using these sites and ensuring the safety of all involved.
of the misuse of
social media
ST.
JOSEPH
Cyber bullying is defined as the use
of information and communication
technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group that
is intended to harm or humiliate
others. It involves the abuse of another or causing damage to
the reputation of another and
circulating material recorded
without consent to damage
the reputation of another person. The effects may be deliberate or unintentional but the
results are at a minimum
hurtful and in the case of a
significant number of young
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people can be devastating for
them. Often it is difficult to prove
and is sometimes hard to get other
students to have the courage or
understanding to report it.
Because of the instant and potentially permanent nature of access
to material posted on social media
and its capacity to multiply exponentially the new guidelines for
schools are that a single inappropriate and offensive posting may
constitute cyber bullying. Also the
school, together with other relevant parties including parents/
guardians, social media providers,
Gardai etc, has a responsibility –
though not the sole one – for the
promotion of the responsible use
of social media and he prevention
of their misuse.
When a student engages in inappropriate use of social media, even
when not under the direct supervision of the school but where there
is a clear connection with the
school and there is a demonstrable
impact on its aims, work reputation and /or personnel it is incumbent now on the school to intervene.
All schools are consequently developing and reviewing policies that
relate to students’ use of internet
and social media at this present
time, our own school included. It
requires that all linked policies
have a consistent approach on the
issue including the school Code of
Behaviour and Discipline, the
school Child Protection Policy and
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wider policies on Dignity in the Workplace etc.
This school is presently drawing up a Cyber bullying policy with the assistance of all partners including parents and students and will make it
available to parents and students on completion.
In the meantime we continue to be committed to:
· The operation of a comprehensive web filtering programme
·
An IT acceptable use policy
·
A school Code of Behaviour and Discipline that
addresses bullying
·
an annual school programme that addresses
bullying issues from the school Tutor system,
the SPHE programme and outside presenters
including ‘Sticks and Stones’
·
outside speakers i.e. this year a presentation
from Child Watch Ireland on the subject of
Cyber bullying was made to various Year
groups, inclusive of the Parents Association
·
the Pastoral Care programme
In addition we are undertaking
· the drawing up of a dedicated policy on cyber
bullying as part of our computer and I.T. acceptable use policy
·
reviewing our various care policies to ensure
there is reference to internet safety
·
continuing to dialogue with all partners including the Student Council, the Parents Association and the B.O.M on internet safety generally
·
continuing the monitoring and filtering of
internet sites in the school
What parents can do
1. Speak openly to your children about cyber
bullying and internet
safety. It is primarily a
parents’ responsibility to
guide/educate their children in relation to bullying and cyber bullying
i.e. never doing anything
online that could hurt or
anger other people or
that is against the law
2. Monitor their online activity including the
posting of photographs. Remind them that
no messages on-line, texts e-mails or use of
photographs are entirely private. In many
cases now job applications involve testing
the applicants ’presence on-line.
3. It is best practice for parents to advise their
children against actions or comments that
may be construed as a form of bullying.
Agree sensible ground rules i.e. not giving
out personal information like home address,
school , credit card details: alerting you to
anything that appears on the internet that
makes your child uncomfortable or threatened, particularly in the regular mail from
internet friends: never sending pictures of
themselves or other family members to other people: never giving out their internet
password to anyone but their parents
4. If your daughter is experiencing any form of
bullying discourage her from responding to
the bully as it can antagonise the situation.
Keep evidence of the cyber bullying. Contact
the Internet Service Provider (ISPs) which
may result in the cyber bully having their
SNS suspended.
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5. Some sites that parents might
find useful are http://
www.internetsafety.ie and
http://www.webwise.ie and
Facebook operate a help centre on their site https://
www.facebook.com/help/
6. The Internet Service Providers
Association of Ireland is supervised by the Department of
Justice, Office for Internet
Safety (OIS) in cooperation
with An Garda Siochana

7. Inform the school following an
incident of cyber bullying. The
Gardai may be informed if the
cyber bullying involves harassment or threats of any kind.
Remember records must be
kept of any incidents.
Apply the
same
social
criteria of
face to
face
interaction
on the
internet as
in the real
world
What students should do

Be aware that you are out in
public when you are online

Just because you can post
anything doesn’t mean you
should: consider would anyone be embarrassed or hurt
by what I am posting and
how would I feel if someone
posted it about me?

Don’t share any content that
may call into question your
integrity: may be misrepresented as offensive or inappropriate or could damage
your reputation with your
friends

ST.
JOSEPH
Don’t log onto any site that
allows anonymous postings.
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By logging onto such sites
you are exposing yourself to
possible upset.

Don’t share things with people that you don’t know in
real life

Show great care regarding
the photographs that you
chose to place online. You
must not post an image of
anyone that would have the
effect of causing ridicule or
distress to them.
Students and Cyber bullying
If you receive unwelcome attention through social media or if you
are experiencing any form of bullying it is vital that you do not suffer
in silence. Also if you witness bullying including cyber bullying it is
important that you take action and
address the problem.

Do not reply to texts that
make you feel uncomfortable, frighten or insult you.
Don’t delete the messages:
you can use them as evidence for reporting the
crime. Block the sender and
tell someone you trust

Apply the same social criteria
of face to face interaction on
the internet as in the real
world

Silence, when others are being hurt, is not acceptable
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
If you don’t allow cyber bullies to use you to
embarrass or torment others, cyber bullying
will stop

Report the problem to your parents and
online to technology providers or http://
www.watchourspace.ie/report.aspx or
https://www.childline.ie
Students need to remember that if you are the
writer of any messages, particularly anonymous
messages, that cause distress to another student
or another member of the school community,
the school will have no choice but to take serious
action on the matter. If you are concerned about
an incident of cyber bullying in school be sure to
raise the issue with your Year Head, the Counsellor, your Class Tutor, Deputy Principal or Principal.
In a recent Bulletin the Joint Managerial Body had
this advice for parents and
students i.e.
‘Facebook’
‘Remember you can report
any type of content on Facebook – an image, a post, a
page, an ad, a video and more. You can also report users and groups. You do not have to be a
Facebook account holder to report a violation.
Each piece of content on Facebook has a dropdown ‘arrow’ menu beside it from which you can
select ‘Report’ and you will then be asked to provide detais on what type of violation it is. There is
a link on how to report a violation https://
www.facebook.com/help/?
faq=247013378662696. Facebook’s Community
Standards define expectations for appropriate behaviour when using the site. Reports of abuse
must be grounded in a violation of Facebook’s
Community Standards. The Community Standards
can be reviewed on https://www.facebook.com/
communitystandards
Twitter
You can report individual tweet,
photos, uses and more on Twitter.
You will need to submit a support
ticket with information aout the
violation. You will need a Twitter account to report a violation. For detailed steps on how to
report the different types of violations, please
see
https://support.twitter.com/groups/33-report-a
-violation/topics/122-reporting-violation/
articles/15789-how-to-report-violations# ‘
Other useful links offered are
· The Stay Safe programme http://
www.staysafe.ie
·
Think B4Uclick i.e. https://
ww.thinkb4uclick.ie
·
Facebook page on Cyber-bullying
·
Twitters guidelines on behaviour and privacy and the Twitter rules’
·
Bully4u Anti bullying services: https://
www.bully4u.ie
M. White 22/04/2013
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Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese Calligraphy:
Gráinne Fay 4C
To celebrate the Chinese New Year
and in conjunction with the Chinese module provided for transition year, the Transition Year students went to the library last
Wednesday for a Chinese calligraphy workshop organised by Ms
Dillon our librarian with the help of
Ms Ryan.
We watched as
Eoin painted out
a panda with
bamboo leaves,
Chinese flowers,
a frog and many
other traditional
pictures.
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Eoin was the name of the man
who was doing the calligraphy
with us. Firstly we all gathered
around a table and watched as he
showed us how the calligraphy is
done and how the different
strokes and thickness of brushes
can eventually create a finished
picture. We watched as Eoin painted out a panda with bamboo
leaves, Chinese flowers, a frog and
many other traditional pictures.
Before we began creating our own
pictures, we read through the history of calligraphy, the origin, the
brushes and the Chinese traditions
that accompany it. We learned
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about the techniques and the intricate skill that is needed for calligraphy, the study of it, the evaluation and appreciation of the art
and the influences.
Finally we got the opportunity to
try out doing the calligraphy. At
tables of around four there were
special brushes and palettes with
black ink and cups of water laid
out for everyone. We each got a
sheet of thick brown paper and
Eoin went through a step by step
guide of applying the ink to have a
finished painting of a panda and
surprisingly the calligraphy got
slightly easier as we began to get
the hang of it.
I really enjoyed the workshop as I
found learning about the Chinese,
Japanese and Korean tradition associated with calligraphy really interesting and I enjoyed practising
the art.
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History Trip to Derry—2013
On Friday 8th March, the 5th and 6th Year
History classes set off for an overnight
trip to Derry accompanied by Ms Coleman and Ms Ryan. After a four hour trip
(which included a short stop-over in
Monaghan), we finally arrived at the
‘wee city’ . We had an hour for lunch at
the nearby Foyleside Shopping Centre
before beginning our tour of the Walls
of Derry. Our guide was Gearbhan, a
native of the city, whose passion, enthusiasm and love for his city was felt by all.
We even managed to forget how cold it
was! During the course of the walk
which lasted about an hour, we were
given a great insight into the history of
Derry, past and present. We saw evidence of the Protestant/Catholic divide
which still exists today in one area
where a very large ‘peacewall ’separates
two areas. However, it was clear on the
tour that overall Derry was a city
‘looking forward’ not ‘looking back’.
From the walls, we looked down on the
famous Bogside with its now equally
famous murals. Full of stories and personal memories, and with a tour that at
times was emotional, Gearbhan left us
all wanting more and gave us a great
appreciation of the city’s history and
people.
Following the walking tour and a quick
hot drink, we headed to the Apprentice
Boys’ Memorial Hall. The tour focused
on the siege of Derry and the role of Apprentice Boys in that siege. As we sat in
the newly renovated Meeting Hall, we
gained a real insight into this Protestant
cultural organisation and the importance of their traditions such as the
annual burning of Lundy, the traitor, in
December of every year.
With the tour over, we were well ready
for our trip out to our hotel - the luxuri-
ous Hastings Everglades with the
biggest beds ever! After a lovely
dinner, enjoyed by all, in which
some sampled a delicious new
dessert called ‘lumpy bumpy’, we
shared some bonding in front of
the log fire before heading to our
rooms for a well deserved sleep.
On Saturday morning, after a lovely breakfast, we left the hotel at
10.00 and headed to the Museum of
Free Derry (Bloody Sunday Museum).
This was another touching and emotional experience. It told us about all those
who had lost their lives on Bloody Sunday. As we saw personal belongings of
those who died, letters to families and
newspapers recalling the events of that
day, the Troubles were very much
brought to life and became very real.
We finished our tour by walking through
the Bogside and taking in the now iconic
murals of the area. The last photo taken in the Bogside was of the group beside the wall that declares ‘ You are now
entering Free Derry.’ Our trip to Derry
ended with some free time for lunch
and shopping in what is really a lovely
‘wee’ city on the banks of the River
Foyle.
Overall, Derry was a fascinating and enjoyable trip. We all learned so much
and all took away something different.
The stories we heard and the people we
met will stay with us forever. We would
like to thank our teachers Ms Coleman,
Ms
Connaughton,
Ms Ryan for such a
great trip. It was
truly Legenderry !
Jemma Matthews,
Grace
Morgan,
Kirsten
Morris,
Eleanor O Mahoney
LASTING
MEMORIES
Hearing about
Bloody Sunday
first-hand and
being at the
actual site where
it took place
really allowed us
to connect with
their story Fiona Fagan
Visiting the
unique murals,
which portrayed
what life was
like living in the
Bogside, was
definitely one of
the highlights of
our legendary
trip - Jessica
Heade
It was brilliant to
see the places
that we had
been learning
about in class Amelia Leonard
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Spanish Inter School Quiz 2013
El lunes, once de marzo, dos equipos del sexto ano fueron al colegio
de Kings Hospital. The two 6th
Year teams included Eleanor
McSweeney, Abby Molloy, Tasya O
Connell, Fiona Fagan, Sadhbh
Frison Roche, Eleanor O Mahoney
and Niamh Casey. Over 20 teams
were taking part from all over
Dublin and the hall was decorated
with Spanish flags. Traditional
Spanish music was playing over
the loud-speaker which also added
to the atmosphere. Jose Cabello
was quizmaster as usual and read
out questions covering a number
of themes such as la comida
(food), los deportes (sports) la musica (music). There was also an
audio visual round where we had
to look out for the answers in a
video clip lasting a few minutes.
Our knowledge was greatly helped
by the fact that a number of us
had travelled to Salamanca and
Valencia last summer .These experiences helped us answer many of
! Lo pasamos
bomba - fue una
experiencia
fantastica. !
the questions asked. A short break
half way through the competition
helped us also to connect once
again with other students of Spanish.
While we did not end up in the
top three on this occasion, we all
really enjoyed the night as the entire quiz was carried out en espanol. We would definitely encourage other Senior classes to
take part, as for some of us, it is
sadly our third and last time ! !
Lo pasamos bomba - fue una experiencia fantastica. !
Niamh Casey
Particle Physics Day in Trinity College Dublin
We arrived bright and early at Trinity College, expecting to be the only girls taking
part in the particle physics day, to find
that in fact, the girls vastly outnumbered
the boys. We began the day with lectures
from a particle physics lecturer and a particle physics student. The student had
spent time interning in CERN in Switzerland working with the Large Hadron Collider and gave us a really good insight into
the daily lifeas a particle physicist. After a
delicious lunch provided by college, we all
headed to the computer room. Here we
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were given the task of analysing real data
sent to us from CERN. We then got to
share these results in a live video conference with students from Israel and Rome,
and with representatives from CERN itself. Overall the day was really enjoyable
and gave us a good taste of the world of
particle physics and an insight into the life
of studying physics as a student and as a
possible future career.
Alana Jones, Anastasia Blinova and
Eleanor McSweeney
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Wesley Interschools Music Festival
Cluny Choir includes
girls from 1st to 6th
Year competing in the
SSA Competition.
Performed Kodaly’s
‘Ave Maria’ attaining a
mark of 83%. Well
done girls.
Sixth Year Music preparation
The Sixth Year Music Class enjoyed a very informative performance workshop with Catherine Redding
ahead of their Performance Exams. The girls were
preparing for their Leaving Certificate Practical Exam
which took place in mid April. The exam is worth
50% of the overall grade, so good performance skills
are vital. Catherine is an experienced vocal coach
and performer, and gave some very good advice
about how to prepare for the examination, as well as
visualization, the importance of warming up correctly
and even how the humble banana can help to combat
nerves!
Sixth
Year
Music
Class
Outing
1st Years Social Lunch & Buddy Cinema Trip Photos
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Talent Show
Milo & Millie dazzle
on state!
Once the dogs
were unveiled
the shrieks and
cheers from the
audience made it
all worthwhile.
This year myself and two fellow
students Fiona Deegan and Ayodele Arogundade were given a fantastic opportunity to act as MC in
our school’s annual talent show.
We all decided that this event was
going to be one of a very high
standard, as well as lots of fun and
maybe even a surprise. We sat
through each audition and
watched future stars perform before us. I was delighted to see so
many talented people.
Once rehearsals began we decided
to prepare a special surprise. Objective? Surprise the audience! We
wanted this talent show to be remembered.
After hours of brainstorming ideas
we decided to bring on two of my
dogs- Milo and Millie to be exact–
to perform for us on stage. The
thought of getting my dogs to
jump through hoops and over hurdles on stage was stressful, to say
the least! The first thing I needed
to do was teach them how to sit. I
knew I had a tough task ahead me.
On the day of the talent show Fiona and I collected the dogs from
my house and brought them to the
school. After opening the show
with a rap and introducing all of
the acts it was the MCs’ turn to
put on our performance. We
blared the Lion King Song in the
background and covered the dogs
in blankets on stage. Once the
dogs were unveiled the shrieks
and cheers from the audience
made it all worthwhile. The act
went down a treat! There were no
accidents and we even managed
to get one of the dogs to sing for
the crowd. Mrs. Marren closed the
talent show with her favourite
song, “Impossible”, by James Arthur.
I thoroughly enjoyed my role as
MC in this talent show. It is an experience I would enjoy repeating.
Laura Lynam
St. Vincent de Paul Committee
with the Christmas School Collection
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Junior Certificate 2012 Celebrations
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Musical Memories ‘Back to the 80’s’
Back to the 80s tells the story of the
Senior Class in William Ocean High
School in their final year. We see it
through the eyes of Corey Palmer Snr as
he reminisces on his love for next door
neighbour Tiffany, who fancies the cool
Michael Feldman. So we meet their
friend and teachers and share their joys
and sorrows over that year until they
finally graduate
So many hours of planning, preparation, talents and skills have gone in to
give you this performance!! The rehearsal of the songs, dances and acting
with colleagues John, Debbie and Sandra has been arduous but very rewarding. Behind the scenes our Costume
Club have worked tirelessly and I think
you will agree our Principals, Sporties,
Sweeties, Queen Bees and Cool Dudes
have been transformed into a riot of
colour and glamour! Our set was created under the artistic eye of Ms. Fiona
Archibald.
We aim to give as many students as
possible, of the ninety involved, an opportunity to shine both on and off stage
- and there have been so many opportunities for those who took on the challenge! On stage - singing, dancing and
acting, of course - but just as importantly, behind the scenes students beavered away on Art work – painting sets
and posters, costume - organisation of
over 200 costumes, promotion - advertising and selling tickets & dance practice led by our Group leaders.
What a sense of achievement when you
get that dance right, that song soaring,
your poster on view, your set complete………your contribution to our communal endeavour!
‘Back to the 80’s’ has been a truly educational experience which I know the
Fourth Years will remember with delight
in the years ahead. It has been a pleasure to interact with the many talented,
delightful and noisy students in bringing
our musical from the dull page to vibrant stage show.
So dear TY’s it’s up to you now! It’s the
Final Countdown!!!
Irene Burke
M.A. (Drama) L.T.C.L.
Student Quotes:
Bill.... it was a great experience that we
thoroughly enjoyed so if the audience
enjoys it that’s a bonus to us, and just
the biggest thank you goes to the parents for waiting and driving us around
late into the unpleasant hours of the
night. It's sad that it's ending but I know
we'll all stay friends, although it's not
obvious to some we have worked really
hard on this show and I hope you all enjoy it. Mark "Why isn’t Roisin here"
McCormack and Conor "Dipper"
Maguire
It was such a revelation to see the
talents of the girls in our year!! Gemma
It was great fun getting to know lots
of lads from different schools and
getting to know the girls even more. I
wish we could do it again next year!!
Seeing Lars doing Mr Miyagi for the
first time …. He was so good… I think I
laughed for five minutes!!
I really enjoyed getting to know everybody and seeing how the musical
finally came together!
Quite an experience …with its ups
and downs… but overall it was great
fun!
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Deputy Principal’s Diary—Ms. O. Lambert
What a busy time it’s been. We had an inspiring
Leadership Day organised by Inion ui Aodhagáin
and we have now appointed our Prefects for
2013 -14. I want to wish them all the very best of
luck. Ms. White and I look forward to working
with them. They will be shadowing the outgoing
6th Yr. Prefects over the coming weeks to learn
how things are done. They have been very impressive so far! Best of luck. The 6th Yr. Prefects
are nearing the end of their time on duty. I wish
them every success in their Marie Keating Run.
Thanks to all the staff who are helping with training the girls and to all the staff who are training
as well!
how to survive the College Library - lots of
useful tips to make life easier at 3rd level! We
look forward to the next instalment on
‘Referencing’, the bane of every student’s
life!
It’s been a busy year for the 4th Yr. Enterprise
class as well - lots of companies formed, student banking set up, lots of wins and crystal
in a variety of competitions in Leinster.
Thank you Ms. O’Riordan and well done girls.
Italia here they come!
I want to thank the Student Council for
their hard work. They sent their 4th Yr.
representatives to the Le Chéile Catholic Schools Conference in January in
the City West Hotel. The two girls worked with
teams of students from all over Ireland on the
theme of ‘Educating the Soul’ and presented a
moving PowerPoint to the visiting Le Chéile Board
of Management representatives at the end of the
sessions. Student Council and parent representatives also did valuable work with the Staff Planning Team on updating and amending the Relationships and Sexuality Policy in March 2013. We
welcomed their fresh ideas and input. SPHE has
had an even higher profile this term with Guest
Speakers from Body Whys and from AWARE.
Both were very well received by the pupils.
Well done to the House Captains and Debating Captains for all
their hard work during
lunch times this term,
mustering up debaters,
supporters and organising the debates. It is so
impressive to see how
smoothly you run these
lunch time events which
were well supported—
lots of House points
gained (Come on St Lucia!) Now we await
Sports Day to see which house will finally
emerge supreme and claim the cup as their
own!!
As usual the Musical was a huge success.
Well done to Ms Burke, her team, the parents and all the girls.
A special thanks to Ms Dillon for all her hard work
in the Library. As well as her usual Book clubs,
quizzes and puzzles, she was busy working with
the students and staff celebrating the Chinese
New Year-lots of Fortune Cookies, Calligraphy
classes and good wishes’ Chinese style’. This complemented Ms Ryan’s Chinese module in fourth
year and I know that the girls all enjoyed the celebrations in the Library as well as their trip to the
Chinese restaurant and the Chester Beatty Library. Thank you Ms. Ryan and Ms. Dillon. The
Sixth Years were very pleased with their talk on
Thank you to the Parents Association who
have been working behind the scenes each
month supporting the school in so many
ways. We look forward to seeing you again
at the Prize Giving Night and the 6th Yr Graduation Mass. We were delighted with the
very positive feedback from parents on the
new appointment system for the PTM’s.
Many thanks to the wonderful 4th Yrs who
helped organise all the bell ringing, refreshments, rooms and ‘sign ins’ etc.
We bid farewell to the Junior School and
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Parents How Fit Are You?
Ballinclea Road
Killiney
Co. Dublin
Phone: 01 2855027
Fax: 01 2851310
E-mail: [email protected]
Please join us on Friday May 17 for
our 5K run in aid of Marie Keating
Foundation. Training @ 4.00p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Please join us!
www.Clunykilliney.ie
Deputy Principal’s Diary continued
Tree Trail
success..
look forward to meeting ‘rang a sé’ in August .Thank you for giving us the opportunity to use your very informative project
on ‘Sleep’ from the Young Scientist Exhibition .It was well presented and very informative.
Many thanks to all the teachers and pupils
who, under the baton of Ms Smith ran a
very successful Tree Trail and Education
morning for the pupils in Johnstown NS.
We hope that you have taken some time
to look at our new website which is under
construction. Please encourage any past
pupils you know to register on the site.
In the meantime we look forward to a
busy and rewarding final term with Junior,
T.Y. and Senior Prize Giving and the countdown for our Sixth Years. Thank you for all
your support and enjoy the bright evenings!