A short note to say that there will be a Staff Meeting to conduct Covid-19 Procedural Review this Thursday. Classes will finish 2:55pm.
Also, RE uniform...to repeat Mr Joyce's request:
"You can wear your tracksuit in on the day you have PE, you do not need to change into uniform afterwards but are encouraged to change T-shirt and into tracksuit bottoms. Plain navy tracksuit bottoms and a plain t-shirt - no jerseys or branded clothes if possible."
You'll find the following in this week's Newsletter:
Meet Your TY Reps
Sign Up to Gaisce
TY City Scavenger Hunt
TY Work Placements
Activities Week Street Art option
UCD School of Architecture & Engineering Workshop
Tall Ship Voyage Expression of Interest Form
Firstly, thanks to all of you that put your name forward to run for the position of TY Representative.
Meet your TY Reps
Charles Foley
Conor Reynolds
Garrett Hannon
Larry Kirkham
Luke Boyle
Max Connell
Richard Tobin
Mr Joyce and I are looking forward to working with such a great group in representing the opinions of everyone in TY.
Sign Up to Gaisce
What is Gaisce?
Gaisce is a direct challenge from the President of Ireland to all young people between 15 and 25 years
Gaisce is an opportunity for you to find your passion, get active and make a difference in your community!
Set yourself a challenge in 4 sections
Community Involvenment
Personal Skill
Physical Recreation
Adventure Journey
Complete an activity in each section to earn an award
For more information on Gaisce in St Michael's College click HERE
If you are interested in taking part; please fill in the form HERE
TY City Scavenger Hunt
The annual TY City Scavenger Hunt will start at the end of next week. This scavenger hunt will take you all over the city to locate famous places throughout Dublin for a prize €150 for the winning team.
I will be calling to classes on Monday to collect names & answer any questions.
To take part:
Make a team of 3
You will need to have your parents sign a letter of consent
Agree to the rules or the competition
TY Work Placements
Parents:
As you know, this year will have its challenges in terms of TYs finding Work Placements.
I'd like to ask if any families are connected to businesses that would be happy to accommodate boys who were unable to secure placements as a result of, for example, the number of large offices that are now working remotely.
I am building up a file of businesses who would be happy to take on TYs for a week long job experience during the Activities Weeks. If you would like to add your business to the list you can simply fill in the form HERE. I will follow up with a short phone call to talk through a few details and answer any questions. Please note that this is only a preliminary list and that you should not feel obliged to provide a placement having filled in the form.
All TYs are covered regarding Insurance from the school. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Activities Week Street Art option
I'm delighted to announce a 5th option for Activities week 1 (5 - 9 Oct).
Ink Fun, Street artists Kade and Vents (samples of their work is above) will be running a workshop in street art for a max of 14 participants. We will be working on creating a wall & ground mural at the side of the Swimming Pool building for the whole school to enjoy.
From this:
To something like this?
If you are interested in taking part just drop by the office and we can have a short chat.
This will not effect your places in Cookery, Bike Mechanics or Boxing Self Defence. You will be able to reschedule these to a different activities week. Work Placements can be moved to alternative activities weeks too but this may effect your Cookery, Bike Mechanics or Boxing Self Defence courses.
UCD School of Architecture & Engineering Workshop
1st October
We are looking for some sustainability conscious TYs who care about their local communities to work with UCD in collecting data on local traffic and air pollution.
Anyone interested in the sciences, geography, engineering, architecture, programming etc should seriously consider signing up for this hands on workshop.
Please drop by my office if you would like more information.
Tall Ship Voyage Expression of Interest Form
Parents & TYs:
Would you be interested in hearing more about taking part in a tall ship voyage? on either:
The MAYBE ▲
3 - 9 Apr, €550, Dublin to Belfast, Dublin to Belfast
OR
10 - 16 Apr, €550, Belfast to Dublin)
The PELICAN (3 - 8 May, €750, Dublin to Dublin) ▲
To express your interest and to join a mailing list for a Zoom information meeting please FILL IN THIS FORM
Click HERE for more information about Sail Training Ireland.
These voyages may/will be subject to Covid 19 measures at the time of departure. This will be discussed at the information evening.
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