Each week to celebrate the brighter side of school life we send a text to all staff and parents to let them know what happened during the week. Below are some of the weekly texts we've been sending out.

Friday 02 June 2023

Well done to all of our students who completed their summer tests today. We are proud of each of you! Best of luck to our sixth- and third-year students who will start their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams shortly.

We would like to wish Ms. Jacinta Joy the very best as she retires this week from Cluny. Jacinta began teaching in Cluny in 1985 and has been a stalwart of the school, a year head and taught French and German. Congratulations Jacinta on your retirement.

We are delighted to share that Alice Walker and Alana Hurley will be our Deputy Head Girl and Head Girl for the 2023-2024 school term.

Congratulations to our student Lily in second year who as part of the MGL South U-15 Girls team recently won the All Ireland Inter League Final against Longford 2-0. Lily scored one of the goals. Well done Lily!

We recently celebrated our sports end of year assembly here in Cluny. This assembly was a chance to reflect on the year’s sporting activities, highlight the achievements of our students and also announce the winner’s of the House Cup and Shield. Congratulations to all who were nominated for awards and a massive thank you to all of our students who took part in sporting activities over the year. Congratulations to Róisín O’Connor who won the senior sports person of the year award and to Mia McEntee who won the junior sports person of the year award. To see a full list of awards that were given, please visit our sports end of year assembly news piece.

Congratulations to our student Niamh who was interviewed by on Oliver Callan this morning. Niamh will star in the BBC drama 'Best Interest' which broadcasts on June 12th. To listen to this interview, please visit: https://buff.ly/3qgONkp

TYs celebrated their end of term assembly on Tuesday. Congratulations to Gwen who won the TY achievement folder award and to runner-up Firinne. We hope you all enjoyed this special event! To see a full list of the students who received awards during this event, please see our TY end of year assembly news piece.

After finishing Junk Kouture, students started a new textiles module which will continue next year. This year we based it on the locality and took photos of seascapes by Sandycove. Students then drew a design and made a textile panel based on their drawings.

The Ukrainian art club is taking a break over the summer months but they left this lovely thank you to us as part of Saturday's art class. This thank you message can be seen on our social media accounts.

Home Economics CBA1 required students to upcycle a household item to demonstrate the value of sustainability of textiles. Each student tie-dyed and embellished a plain cloth tote bag to create thus lovely selection of unique and creative designs.

We are delighted to have been included in the latest edition of the Le Chéile Connects newsletter. Recent news and events, accompanied by photos, were included in their newsletter on pages 17 and 18. If you would like to read this newsletter, please visit: Le Chéile Connects (lecheiletrust.ie)

First year students finished Picasso inspired themed self-portraits this week in art class. We are very impressed with their creativity!

We hope you all have a wonderful summer break. And remember, here at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 26 May 2023

We have one more week left in our school term; the weeks have flown by! We hope you are looking forward to hearing what happened this week at Cluny.

We would like to wish our fifth year students the very best of luck in their exams, which they started today.

Yesterday, we said farewell to the Class of 2023. We held a whole school ceremony to celebrate their six years here at Cluny. Well done to our Head Girl Grace and Deputy Head Girl Laura who gave speeches to our whole school. A massive thank you to each of our sixth years. Last night, we celebrated their graduation mass. Congratulations to Roisín O’Connor who won the Solas award and to Emily Daly who won the Outstanding Senior Student Award. We hope you all had a fantastic evening.

We also celebrated the junior subject awards this week. Our TY students received their certificates for their Junior Certificate exams. Students were also awarded by their teachers for their subject awards. Students who were nominated, received book prizes for their subjects. Congratulations to Sophia Kiefel and Hannelie Foley who won the Junior Certificate Achievement Awards.

Congratulations to our junior students who won €500 toward the continuation of their How Cool is Your School project.

Julia, Lucy and Gwen in TY raised money for St. Josephs Dementia home Shankill which they presented to them earlier this week.

We were delighted to be visited by Blue on Wednesday! It was a lovely surprise for all. Many thanks to Ms. Marren for organising this for us.

Congratulations to our Leaving Certificate computer science students who completed their computer exam on Wednesday. We are very proud of each of you.

Ava, Sofia, Lily, Grace and Aoife represented Cluny at an event in St. Joseph's Dementia Care Home to launch Alzheimer's Ireland teaching resources. While there, they also met with residents at St. Joseph's. Well done to all involved.

Fifth year chemistry students recently visited UCD school of Chemistry. We hope you all enjoyed your time there!

First year students finished Picasso inspired themed self-portraits this week in art class. We are very impressed with their creativity.

That is it for this week, we hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 19 May 2023

This week we started to celebrate our end of year assemblies. These assemblies are about gratitude for our school community and an opportunity to give thanks to one another for a fantastic year at Cluny.

On Tuesday, we celebrated our first year end of year assembly. Congratulations to Faye who won the Cairdeas award! This is awarded to a student who in the eyes of her peers has made a consistent effort to include every student in her year group.

On Thursday, we celebrated third and second year end of year assemblies. Well done to all involved. Ciara won the Léirgeas academic award as nominated by her teachers. In third year, Lucy recieved the Outstanding Junior Student award. Congratulations to Ciara and Lucy!

This morning, we celebrated the fifth year end of year assembly. We thanked our fifth year students for their hard work over the year and their participation in extracurricular activities including debating, our House system and student council. The winner of the Sr. Dolores Memorial award was Mimi.

We were delighted to welcome Sr. Teresa Rai, head of the Cluny worldwide order, to Cluny on Wednesday. Sr. Teresa lives in Paris and is currently visiting Cluny schools in Ireland. Sr. Teresa spoke to our whole student body about the important work of the Cluny Sisters and where she has visited worldwide. Thank you as well to Sr. Mary who is accompanying Sr. Teresa during her time here.

On Tuesday night, we were delighted to welcome parents and guardians to Cluny for our TY exhibition night. TYs were busy creating colourful displays showcasing the fantastic year they have had. These displays included photos from trips, projects from modules and lots more. Well done to all involved. A massive thank you as well to TY co-ordinator, Ms. O’Riordan.

Yesterday, students in TY enjoyed a kayaking trip.

Recently, fifth years took part in a qualitative study for ecology where they examined what organisms can be found in grassland areas.

That is all for this week! Next week, we will celebrate our Class of 2023 graduation here at Cluny. We hope you all have a relaxing weekend and will be ready for the week to come!

And remember, at Cluny, we grow and succeed together!

Friday 12 May 2023

Our annual sports day made its return to Cluny today! Students and staff enjoyed an array of activities including a 3km walk, dodgeball, bouncy castle, novelty and multi-sports. We were delighted to fundraise for a variety of charities throughout the day. Well done to all involved in running this event!

We were delighted to welcome the Class of 2003 back to Cluny last Friday for their school reunion. It was great to see you all. We hope you all had a fantastic time being back!

Second year Home Economics and Green Schools students enjoyed a trip to Shankill Community allotments on Monday. It was a very informative visit which all thoroughly enjoyed.

We were delighted to welcome Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Latvian Ambassador, HE Mr. Juris Štālmeistars to Cluny on Monday. TY students learned about the role of the European Union and also took part in a questions and answers session after the talk.

Students in first year Home Economics created an array of dishes for their end of year assessments. Culinary skills are a big part of the Junior Cycle course and it is wonderful to see the progress that these young people made in just one year.

Eleven TY French students went to the Alliance Francaise last week to take the DELF A2 exam. This was a great way for them to complete their year in French and get their language skills ready for the Leaving Certificate next year. And they had an authentic treat in the Chez Max cafe too!!

Fifth years took part in a qualitative study for ecology where they examined what organisms can be found in grassland areas. Well done to all!

Our first-year students raised €1000 for Goal in aid of the Syria and Turkey earthquake appeal. A fantastic achievement for all involved! Thank you as well to Ms. Kavanagh, Ms. Doyle and Ms. Rooney for helping the students organise their fundraisers.

We would like to invite all students, staff and parents/guardians to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge! Like last year, we have created a prompt list for you. Participants are tasked with reading something that matches each prompt over the summer and to compile your own unique reading list. This can be a great way to read something outside of your normal reading preferences.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we believe, we belong and we become!

Friday 05 May 2023

We hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend!

Well done to all of our TY students who completed their work experience this week. We are looking forward to hearing about your placements on your return next week.

We were delighted to welcome past pupil Naomi Cunningham back to Cluny this morning. Naomi received an award for achieving the highest result in applied maths in the country. Congratulations to Naomi and her teacher Ms. Delahunty! A major achievement!

A massive thank you to past pupil Isabel Lawlor Plazas who visited us this morning. Isabel spoke to students about her work as with a grassroots organisation called Second Tree. They provide education to refugees in remote parts of Northern Greece.

Second- and third-year students enjoyed a day out yesterday in Emerald Park! We hope you all had a fantastic day. Thank you to all involved for organising this trip.

Congratulations to Doireann Dowdall in first year who came third in her race at the East Leinster Athletics this week. Well done to all of our students who took part! We are proud of you all.

Our first-year students raised €1000 for Goal in aid of the Syria and Turkey earthquake appeal. A fantastic achievement for all involved! Thank you as well to Ms. Kavanagh, Ms. Doyle and Ms. Rooney for helping the students organise their fundraisers.

Well done to members of our Ember Team who graduated yesterday in DCU St. Patrick’s campus. We are proud of each of you.

We recently played against a match Dalkey as part of the Super Tennis Bowl Trophy. We hope you all enjoyed the match!

We would like to wish all of our TY students the very best of luck as well with their DELF exams next week.

We hope you all have a relaxing weekend! And remember, at Cluny, we believe, we belong, and we become!

Friday 28 April 2023

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of April already here at Cluny! The weeks are flying by. We hope you are excited to read the latest edition of Good News Friday.

Congratulations to our TY students Emma Jane Hughes, Lucy McElheron Woods and Rose Adams who won the Rubbish Film Festival yesterday with their short film! We are so proud of you! Well done to all involved in this film. Members of Green School collected this award on behalf of our TYs who are currently away on a trip.

Congratulations to Ms. Torpey and her first-year science class who have been invited as award nominees for the Cool School Competition ran by the Globe Program. A fantastic achievement for all involved!

Our TY students are in Waterford taking on the Greenway! We hope they are enjoying their cycling trip.

Well done to our sixth-year art students who completed the art practical exam for their leaving certificate exams yesterday.

We would like to say a massive thank you to pharmacist and entrepreneur Laura Dowling for talking to our TY students earlier this week. Laura spoke to students about her career as a community pharmacist and the founding of her brand. Students thoroughly enjoyed this talk. They also took part in a library RNLI talk earlier this week.

TY students applied their knowledge of the salad formula as well as their culinary and creative skills by planning and preparing a range of hot and cold salad dishes in Culinary Arts with Mr. Geraghty this week. Photos of their work can be found on our social media accounts!

Ms. Curtin announced the winners of the House Reading Challenge earlier this week. Well done to all of our staff and students who took part in the House Reading Challenge. Our teams collectively read 59,651 pages! What an achievement! Congratulations to Tahiti who were our overall winners. The winning House had a mini party in the library on Tuesday to celebrate. Thank you to all who took part.

We would like to wish Ms. Torpey and her 2Y science class the very best of luck in the Budding competition. They collected data over the last 2 months on budding and the effect of climate change. They submitted their entry this week to the Globe program.

That is all for this week! We hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend. And remember, here at Cluny, we believe, we belong and we become!

Friday 21 April 2023

Welcome back to all of our staff and students. We hope you all have a restful Easter break and are excited for the weeks to come here at Cluny.

Well done to our third-year music students who completed their junior certificate practical exams yesterday.

We were delighted to welcome the parents and guardians of our first-year students to Cluny yesterday evening for our first-year parents evening. We hope you enjoyed your time here with us! Many thanks to all who attended.

Students in second year, as part of their guidance class, visited IADT yesterday with Ms. Lambert and Ms. McFarland. They were brought on a tour of the campus and even had a chance to see the student art studios. Thank you to the IADT team for facilitating our visit.

This week, TY students took part in several workshops and talks including topics such as aquaculture, women in leadership and medicine, and a photography walking tour in the city centre.

We were delighted to welcome members of St. Joseph's Dementia Care Center, our sixth-year students' chosen charity for this year, to Cluny earlier this week. They spoke to TY students about dementia and dementia care. It was an informative talk about an important topic.

Students in TY are collecting food, toiletries and baby products for the homeless. This is a community action project part of the Dermot Early Leadership course. Donations are welcomed. All donations can be brought to the oratory. A suggestions list can be found on our school Instagram page.

We would also like to wish 2Y the very best of luck with their entry into the Budding Competition next week after months of data collection.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, here at Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 31 March 2023

Congratulations to our UCD Entrance Scholars who all received over 560 points. Well done to Emer Bolger, Naoise Curry, Ella Jones, Amy Kelly, Caoimhe Brady and Anna Healy. We are proud of you all.

This week we highlighted Autism Awareness Week here at Cluny. Each day, a different event took place to raise awareness on this important topic. On Tuesday, teachers made the effort to reduce the use of projectors in classrooms and on Wednesday, the school bell was not used in between classes. On Thursday, at lunchtime, a fundraiser "Tuck shop" took place to raise money for our sensory room. Finally, today all students took part in a silent disco. Thank you to all who took part and to those involved in organising each event.

Students in first year presented their findings from the Globe Program Project on how to keep the school cool during a heat wave this week. This was part of an international science research project competition. Congratulations and well done to all involved!

Congratulations to our third year Home Economics students who did fantastic work in their practical cookery exam on Monday and Tuesday. Their teachers, Mr. Geraghty and Mrs. Wolahan, are very proud of them.

Congratulations as well to our sixth-year music students who also completed their practical examinations on Monday and Tuesday this week.

Today we said goodbye to our French exchange students who are returning to Nantes, France. Students in TY held a farewell party for them during the week. We really hope they enjoyed their time here with us at Cluny.

Our past pupil Caoimhe Dempsey featured in the Independent recently for her success on winning the women’s Boat Race with Cambridge. This is her third successive win. For more information and to read the article, please see: https://buff.ly/3ZfGTDH

The latest edition of our school newsletter is now available to view on our website. Please see the following to access the newsletter: https://buff.ly/3PNQI8Y

That is it for this week, we hope you all have a lovely Easter break. We are looking forward to seeing you all again shortly. And remember, at Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 24 March 2023

Today we have an extended edition of Good News Friday to catch up on school news from the last three weeks. We hope you are looking forward to hearing what has been happening in Cluny.

Today we welcomed 100 Danish students from Mellerup Musikefterskole to Cluny. These students are currently touring and performing around Europe with Cluny being one of their Irish stops. This was a wonderful concert that all enjoyed. Well done to our own students who also performed during this concert. Thank you to all involved!

On Wednesday, to mark World Water Day, 1W ran an awareness campaign about how to save water. They created posters which featured key tips including by not running taps and taking shorter showers. In CSPE, they created a handy list of tips which is available on our website for all to access: https://buff.ly/3LJFL8p

It was Enterprise and Business Week at Cluny. Students across each year group enjoyed a multitude of themed activities and guest speakers. We welcomed journalist John O’Shea to Cluny who spoke to TY students about social entrepreneurship. Yesterday, we welcomed author John Lowe who spoke to students about his book Money Doctor and provided them with tips on financial management. Students in fifth year attended an online talk about fraud. First and second year students attended an online junior financial literacy talk. Fifth year students enjoyed a Business Breakfast today. A busy week of events! Thank you to our business department for organizing this week of fun events.

Fifth year students visited UCD earlier this week for a campus tour and information session. We would like to thank UCD for facilitating our visit.

Congratulations to sixth year music student Ellen who came second in the song-writing competition at the Wesley Inter-schools Music Festival. She was commended for the originality of the song. We are delighted with your success Ellen.

On Wednesday the 8th of March, we celebrated International Women’s Day. TY students took part in a women in STEM webinar in the morning. Later, they welcomed relatives of current students to Cluny library where they learned about their different careers and career paths which included animation, HR, music and banking. Thank you to all who joined us for this day. Ms. Marren also invited all students to a celebratory singalong session before we finished the day.

We were delighted to hold an international student festival in the school foyer. Our international students set up stalls representing their home countries which included information on their histories and cultures. Students also prepared fun activities, games and made snacks for all to enjoy. Countries represented included Ukraine, Germany, Japan, France and Spain. Well done to all involved.

We recently celebrated Harry Potter week at the library. A collection of themed displays, raffles, activities and quizzes were available to students to take part in. We were delighted to welcome students from Johnstown and The Harold to Cluny library to take part in these events. Well done to our TY students who were their buddies throughout their time here. A shout out to Laura in second year and Lucy in TY who won the two raffles as part of Harry Potter Week. We hope you all enjoyed the week’s activities.

We were delighted to welcome Simone and Nigel to Cluny to run a sound bath meditation session with our first-year students. Featuring Tibetan bowls, this was a relaxing and peaceful event which all thoroughly enjoyed.

Fifth- and sixth-year students recently enjoyed a biology trip to Dublin Zoo.

Well played Cluny first- and second-year basketball teams split matches with Teresians. Minor team came up short and the junior team won their match. Win or Loss we are proud of you girls!

Fifth year students with Ms. Keenan and Mr. Geraghty attended the Le Chéile Student Symposium in Knock a few weeks ago. Well done to all involved.

We are delighted to have featured in the 1st of March edition of the Southside People. To read more and see the photos taken from the day, please visit: https://buff.ly/3YpZ2y7

That is all for this week. We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 03 March 2023

Today we welcomed parents and families of current, past and incoming students to Cluny for our sixth-year coffee morning and book sale. All donations received will be donated to St. Joseph’s Shankill, the sixth years chosen charity. We were delighted to welcome you all to Cluny and we hope you enjoyed your time with us here.

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day with lots of different themed events. A fundraiser dress up as your favourite book character event was held with funds being collected for St. Joseph’s Shankill. A literature themed Kahoot and a visit from the Cluny Book Fairy also took place! Well done to all who took part.

Our Leaving Cert students Susan, Eimear and Naomi have been awarded the Entrance Exhibition this year at Trinity College Dublin. Well done girls, a fantastic achievement!

Students in first year raised €450 for the Syria and Turkey Earthquake appeal last week during their bake sale. An absolutely fantastic initiative! Well done to all involved.

Our senior hockey team is through to the semi-final of Leinster schoolgirls Hockey League and our minor hockey squad through to the Quarter final of Leinster Schoolgirls Hockey League. Go, Cluny, go!

Junior Cycle Home Economics students are practicing in earnest for their practical exams coming up in March. Best of luck to all!

We are starting our Globe Program Research project here at Cluny. We will be examining how to keep our school cool during a heatwave. This involves real life data collection which we will be doing throughout March.

We were delighted to welcome ceramic artist Orla Kaminska to Cluny. Orla will be designing an artwork in the Cluny grounds. She met with TY students to explore her creative design processes with an interactive drawing workshop in the library. We are looking to seeing Orla again shortly.

Students in second year enjoyed a trip to the national art gallery this week with Ms. Egan and Ms. O’Keeffe. They saw the Zurich portrait prize and then went to Merrion Square for some fresh air! We hope you had a fantastic day.

On Wednesday, students in TY took part in an energetic drumming workshop in the study hall. Students also completed first aid training this week. Well done to all of our TYs.

That is all for this week. We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, here in Cluny we learn and we grow together.

Friday 24 February 2023

Welcome back to all of our staff and students! We hope you all had an enjoyable midterm break.

On Wednesday, we were visited by Minister for Education Norma Foley and TD Cormac Devlin. Minister Foley spoke to our whole school community in the concert hall. Afterwards she held a questions and answers session with our students. After meeting with students, Minister Foley was brought on a school tour. We would like to say thank you to Minister Foley and TD Cormac Devlin for visiting us.

Well done to our first-year students who organised a bake sale today. All funds raised will be donated to the Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal.

Today, we did a Drop Everything and Read event as part of Ireland Reads. All students and staff read for 15 minutes from books of their choices. Ms. Curtin, school librarian, also held a pop-up library to facilitate book borrowing and reading awareness as part of this DEAR event. We hope you all enjoyed this reading time!

Congratulations to our first year Under-14 Badminton players who became Dublin Champions this week! Well done to Tifera, Gala, Patricia and Sarah.

Senior history students enjoyed a trip to Belfast this week with Ms. Byrne and Ms. Joy. Students had a chance to visit historical landmarks around Belfast city and visit Stormont. We hope you all enjoyed this trip.

Well done to our Senior Hockey team who played a very successful Leinster League Hockey Match today. Go, Cluny, go!

Well done to TY students Grace Groarke and Emma-Jane Hughes who presented Cluny last Saturday at the PhilSpeaks Schools Mace Debating Competition in TCD where they competed with students from all over the country.

Three Third Year students succeeded in reaching the Octo-finals of the Junior Leinster Schools debates and competed last night in UCD. Well done to Aimee Walsh, Layla Gavigan and Ellen Kearns in reaching this stage of the competition and a special congratulations to Ellen who has made it through to the quarter finals!

Well done to our Amber Flag Committee who made pancakes on Pancake Tuesday for all of our second year cohort to recognise all of their hard work on their CBAs.

The very best of luck to our three Second Year students, Eimear Keogh, Lilith Fitzgerald and Ciara Fitzpatrick who are representing Cluny at The Irish Federation of University Women Public Speaking Competition on Saturday in Trinity.

Next week we will celebrate World Book Day! On Thursday 02 March, all students are invited to take part in a school-wide dress as a book character day. €2 donations for St. Joseph’s Shankill will also be collected.

Next Friday, our sixth years are looking forward to welcoming you all to Cluny for a coffee morning and book drive, in aid of St. Joseph’s of Shankill.

That is all for this week! Wishing you all a fantastic weekend. And remember, here at Cluny we dream of the days ahead.

Friday 10 February 2023

We are finishing today for our midterm break. Well done to all of our junior and senior students who completed their final mock exams today. We hope you have a lovely and well deserved break.

TYs were away on work experience this week. We are looking forward to hearing about your experiences and placements.

Fifth year students enjoyed a trip to Berlin with Ms. O’Keeffe, Mr. Moore and Ms. Wolahan this week. They explored many of the city's historic landmarks and tourist attractions. We hope you all have a fantastic time.

Second year students enjoyed a trip to the DLR Lexicon Library in Dún Laoghaire today for a library tour. Many thanks to librarian Emma for showing us around the fantastic facilities in the Lexicon. There was even time for ice cream at Teddys afterwards! The second years thoroughly enjoyed this day out.

Our Chairperson Ms. Margaret O'Donoghue, Alison and Abigail in TY and our Principal Mr. Ben Healy attended the Le Chéile conference last week in Mullingar. The theme was harmony of hearts, hands and mind in Catholic Education.

All that are taking part in the House Reading Challenge are reminded to record their total number of read pages in their team reading logs. The deadline for entry is the 17th of March. If anyone is unsure on how to record their read pages, let Ms. Curtin know.

On Friday the 24th of February, we will have a Drop Everything and Read event as part of Ireland Reads, Ireland’s National Day of Reading. Be sure to bring something to read on Friday or call into the library to pick up something to read!

We hope you all have a fantastic midterm break. And remember, here in Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 03 February 2023

On Tuesday, our sixth year students started their mock exams. They were shortly followed by our third year students who started their mocks on Thursday. We continue to wish them all the very best of luck.

The Ember Team and The Cluny Chaplaincy Team created small gifts for each student doing their mock exams which included a prayer, sweets and pen. Thank you to the fifth year students and members of the Ember Team for putting together these thoughtful gifts.

First year buddies were also thinking of their sixth years as they created good luck cards to attach to their buddies lockers. Well done to all.

This week we celebrated St. Brigid’s Day - Lá Fhéile Bríde - and welcomed in the start of spring here at Cluny. St. Brigid’s Day is a day of hope, strength and remembrance for one of our patron saints. Students made St. Brigid’s Crosses from a variety of materials, even pipe cleaners. Well done to all who took part.

Amber Flag practised making pancakes in preparation for pancake Tuesday after the midterm when we will surprise a year group with a treat!

TYs had a busy week that included a sushi making workshop and a talk from marine zoologist Danielle Crowley. We hope you enjoyed these events!

TYs will celebrate their successful School of Rock musical performances today.

Congratulations to the under-14 Badminton players who are through to the Dublin League semi-finals! We wish you the best of luck. Well done to our under-16s badminton players who came in second place as part of the Dublin League this week.

On Tuesday 07 February, as part of Internet Safety Day, there is a free online talk for parents, guardians and educators on the topic of internet safety for tweens and teens. For more information, please visit: https://buff.ly/3Jwb99j

We would like to wish all of our TY students who are completing work experience next week the very best of luck. We are looking forward to hearing about how your work placements are.

Our fifth year students will be on a school trip next week to Berlin. We hope you have a fantastic time.

That is it for this week. We hope you all have a relaxing weekend. And remember, here at Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 27 January 2023

This week we celebrated Catholic Schools Weeks and held multiple performances of our TY school musical The School of Rock. We were delighted to welcome so many people to Cluny to celebrate these events with us.

To mark the beginning of Catholic Schools Week 2023, we were delighted to welcome Sr. Maeve, former principal of Cluny. Sr. Maeve spoke at a whole school assembly to students about the important work of the Cluny Sisters, inspired by the life and work of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey.

On Wednesday, we held grandparents and person of commitment day at Cluny Library. Students were asked to invite someone important to them, a person of commitment or a grandparent to join us for some refreshments and a chance to get to know one another. This was a fantastic event. Thank you to all who attended and many thanks to our Chapliancy Team for their hard work in organising it.

From Tuesday night until tonight, our TY students, as well as students from Blackrock College, were busy rehearsing and putting on performances of our school musical The School of Rock. This was a massive success which was met with overwhelming positivity. Students received standing ovations after their performances and some members of the crowd even got up to dance along during the encores! To see photos and clips from the performances, be sure to visit our social media accounts. Well done to all of our students, Ms. Masterson and Ms. O’Dwyer for putting together this unforgettable show.

We were delighted to welcome our 60+ incoming first year students to Cluny this week for an information evening. We look forward to welcoming you as our new first years in the new term.

TY students who are taking part in Junk Kouture had their photos taken this week of their final costumes. Well done for all of your creativity and hard work on putting these costumes together.

Congratulations to our Under 19 A badminton team who came in second place this week in the Leinster Finals. Well done as well to our Under 19 B badminton team who came in first place in Dublin. We are proud of you all.

House Captains and Vice Captains are recruiting students and staff for their reading teams in the return of the House Reading Challenge. Teams are tasked with reading the most number of pages from now until the 17th of March. Whichever team reads the most pages will win a prize! If you are interested in taking part, let your House Captain or Vice-Captain know or you can email your House and name to library@clunykilliney.ie and Ms. Curtin will add you to the team.

In conjunction with the sixth-year coffee morning event in March, we will be holding a book drive to raise funds for St. Joseph's of Shankhill. For this, we are looking for donations from staff and students. If you have any second hand books that you would like to donate, you can drop them into the oratory where there are donation boxes set up. Thank you to all who have donated so far.

That is it for this week! Students will be starting their mock exams here next week and we would like to wish them all the very best of luck. And remember, here at Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 20 January 2023

Another week over here at Cluny and it has been a busy one! With final rehearsals underway ahead of our TY musical production of the School of Rock, in conjunction with Blackrock College, we are excited for the week to come.

If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet for the School of Rock, tickets are on sale for the 25, 26 and 27 from our Eventbrite. Tickets are available for shows on Thursday night. Please visit our Eventbrite for more information.

Congratulations to second year student Emma Mooney who was selected for the Dublin Ladies Basketball Board Under-14 Girls Team. Well done, Emma!

Students in sixth year were presented with their certificates and medals of accomplishment for their success with the Silver Gaisce. Congratulations and well done to all! We are proud of each of you. Thank you to Ger for visiting us today to present these medals to our students.

The House Reading Challenge is back! Teams are challenged to read as much as they can between now and 17 of March. Teams record the number of pages they have read to the team reading log. At the end of the challenge, all pages are added together for the team's total score. Whoever reads the most, wins! Let's get reading!

Our first horse riding lessons took place last Wednesday. Students were delighted to visit Brennanstown Riding School. Horse riding lessons will now take place every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks. Well done to all involved!

Students in TY enjoyed a trip to see a Spanish film at the Mermaid Arts Theatre in Bray. This was followed by Tapas in Greystones. We hope you all had a great time! Thank you to Mr. Moore for organising this trip.

On Wednesday the 25th of January, as part of Catholic School's Week, students are invited to ask their Grandparent and or a person of commitment in their lives for a tea and coffee morning in Cluny library. See here for more information: https://buff.ly/3w6WdGH

Religious sisters and Sierra Leone featured in this week's Irish Times. This letter features the important work done by the Sisters of Cluny, including that of Sr. Teresa. To read the full letter, please visit: https://buff.ly/3QLRZhm

That is all for this week, we are looking forward to welcoming you all to Cluny next week as part of Catholic Schools Week and for our TY production of the School of Rock. We hope you all have lovely weekends. And remember, here at Cluny, we dream of the days to come.

Friday 13 January 2023

Welcome back to our first edition of Good News Friday for 2023. We hope you all had a lovely festive period and would like to wish you all a very happy new year.

Our students took part in a fantastic talent show before we finished for our Christmas break. Students from every year took part. Acts included singing, dancing and even some water aerobics. Thank you to Ms. Marren and our judges for their help in organising this event.

We are proud to present our TY Show, in association with Blackrock College, The School of Rock The Musical. This show will take place on the 25, 26 and 27 of January. Tickets are on sale now. Get yours today from our Eventbrite: https://buff.ly/3Qu5Usb

Congratulations to first year student Alannah O'Neill Byrne who recently became a champion ballroom dancer. She has returned from Blackpool after competing in a final Champions of Tomorrow where she won a trophy.

First year students enjoyed a trip to the BT Young Scientist exhibition yesterday with the science department. We hope you had an enjoyable day out.

On the 6th of January, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. This feast commemorates the visit of the wise men to worship the baby Jesus. As a school we marked this day by adding the Three Wise Men to the crib and with prayers led by Mr. Healy, Mr. Geraghty and Ms. Keenan.

Congratulations to our Senior A Hockey Team who won their game against St Raphaela's in the Senior Plate Cup Match at Cluny on Wednesday. Go, Cluny, go! Thank you to St Raphaela's for a great game.

TYs had a talk from Breast Cancer Ireland on Tuesday. They raised €288 for the charity during their Christmas Fair. They presented the cheque to Olivia Carpenter from Breast Cancer Ireland. Thank you to Olivia for coming to talk to us on this important subject.

A huge thank you as well to Hannah Collins-Rigney, author of The Bee Bops, for her informative talk to our TY students.

That is all for this week. We hope you all have a wonderful week. And remember, at Cluny, we succeed and grow together.

Friday 16 December 2022

We are approaching the Christmas break here at Cluny. We hope you all had a wonderful week.

This week we celebrated our annual Christmas Carol Service. This was the first time we have been able to celebrate in person in three years. We were delighted to welcome you all to Cluny for this festive occasion. Congratulations and well done to our students who performed fantastically at the event last night. A big thank you to Ms. Masterson and members of the religion department for helping make this event the success that it was.

The TY Christmas Cheer committee commenced their events to bring Christmas Cheer to Cluny. They are running events for each year group as well as whole school events. There will be lots of surprises, treats and fun over the next week. Fifth years had a surprise hot chocolate and treats class organised by Christmas Cheer Committee this week. Second and third year students enjoyed a movie as well as part of Christmas Cheer.

TYs had an inspiring talk and kick boxing workshop from past pupil Aoife Byrne who is a personal trainer and stunt performer. Thank you to Aoife for visiting us and for running this fantastic event.

The library has released a Christmas Reading Guide today. This guide includes book recommendations based on library recommendations, what is popular in the library, BookTok and books that have recently been adapted to film and TV. This reading guide is available here on the website.

Today was the deadline for donations to the Saint Vincent de Paul Christmas hampers. Members of the VDP team will be on site tomorrow to create the final hampers. Well done to our Ember Team for their hard work in organising and collecting for this initiative.

Next week, students have the opportunity to participate in our annual talent show. Auditions will take place on Monday.

Green Schools will be running a Christmas Upcycling Workshop at the TY Christmas Fair next week. Students are reminded to donate materials for this to the donation box. Gentle reminder, students will need to bring the material they would like to upstyle with them to school on Monday for this workshop.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 09 December 2022

Well done to all our students who completed their Christmas tests this week. We are proud of you all. Yesterday, we celebrated the feast day of the Immaculate Conception.

Our Ember Team started their collection for the VDP hamper collection on Wednesday. All donations should be brought to the oratory. This collection is taking place until the 16th of December. The Ember Team created a helpful list on what can or should be included in hampers which is available at the following link: https://buff.ly/3P7kOUs

Sports fixtures for December and January are now available to view on our website. Visit the following news article for more information. Please note, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have issued a closure notice for all pitches from Monday 12 December until 15 January 2023. Therefore, soccer matches scheduled for Monday 12 December and Tuesday 13 December are postponed until the new year.

We are delighted to share that our Carol Service will return next week here at Cluny. This event will take place on Thursday, 15 of December from 19:30 until 21:00 and include 60 students. Tickets are selling fast! For more information on this event and to purchase tickets, please visit out Eventbrite page.

Our sixth-year students are selling Christmas cards to fundraise for Saint Joseph’s Shankill, this year's chosen charity. A packet of 5 cards costs €10 and all proceeds will go towards this worthy cause.

The TY library committee were busy decorating the library for Christmas this week. Well done for all of your hard work!

On Monday, we launched a survey for our past pupils. This survey investigates how our past pupils prefer to stay in contact with classmates and up to date on Cluny news. This survey is specifically examining your thoughts on our Facebook and past pupils' website. If you are a past pupil and you would like to take part, please visit our Microsoft Forms survey here.

That is it for this week! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, in Cluny, we succeed and grow together.

Friday 02 December 2022

Christmas tests began this week in Cluny and we welcomed in the start of the festive period. We hope you are excited for today’s edition of Good News Friday.

We would like to wish all of our students who started their tests this week the best of luck.

Advent is a reminder that our life on earth is a preparation for the life of eternity in heaven; and that we wait for the coming of Christ to take us home. Thank you to our Chaplaincy Team who set up out advent space in our school foyer.

Congratulations to our first-year student Amelie Hetherington who won the confined championship for Under-13s at feile Rince Corpus Christi last weekend.

We are delighted to have held a themed week in the library this week on Inspiring Women from Irish History. The TY library committee created posters on Irish women who inspire them. They made posters on Vicky Phelan, Rosie Hackett, Grace O’Malley, Mary Robinson, Constance Markievicz and Dr. Kathleen Lynn. There was also display boards featuring activities and biographies from inspiring Irish women. Well done to students in 3Y who completed a Kahoot quiz on inspiring women during the week.

Congratulations to our first-year students Gemma McAteer, Lily O Gara, Sadie Grant and Isabella Högger for their recent nominations to Leinster Under-14s Hockey Development. If successful, they may be selected for a Regional or National Hockey festival in the new year. Best of luck!

Sixth years tried building clay heads for the first time this term and produced some amazing results. Well done everyone involved! You can see photos of their artwork on our Twitter feed.

We had a celebration for TY students on Tuesday to celebrate their fantastic Junior Cert Results. TY students also had a very engaging CSI Workshop on Wednesday.

That is it for this week! We hope you enjoy your weekends. And remember, in Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 25 November 2022

It is hard to believe that we are almost into December! With exams starting for some students next week, we are sure to have a few busy weeks ahead!

Congratulations to our current TY students who received their Junior Certificate results on Wednesday. We are so proud of each and every one of you.

Today we said goodbye to Ms. Trish Shanley who has been with us for 18 years. We held a whole school assembly to say farewell to Trish. We will miss her here at Cluny but wish her all the very best in her new role.

We celebrated Science Week here at Cluny. Thank you to our science department for running a week filled with fun activities. Thank you to marine biologist Aidan Long who spoke to students about conservation of fish and jellyfish populations. Well done to first years Abigail, Isabella, Doireann and Sarah who won the first-year measurement relay. Congratulations to third year students Sara, Aitana and Christina who won the bridge construction challenge. On Wednesday, we had a deadly dinners session in the lab with fifth years. Yesterday the whole school took part in a big science quiz with all years taking part at the same time. Today, we also had the riddle race. A massive well done to all and we hope you all enjoyed the week!

This week, we also highlighted College Awareness Week. Thank you to Ms. McFarland for organising a range of educational events and outreach sessions for our students. Past pupils Emma Nolan and Grace Power returned to Cluny to talk to our fifth and sixth years about their college experience. Thank you to Emma and Grace, we were delighted to welcome you back to Cluny.

Thank you to Dr. Emily Mark-Fitzgerald who spoke to our senior students today about UCD’s new BA programme in Creative and Cultural Industries.

Well done to Emma Jane and Grace in TY who represented Cluny last Saturday at the Soroptimists Dublin heats. Emma Jane spoke about how our prosperity should be measured by our health, rather than wealth, and Grace spoke about the role social media plays in promoting peace and democracy in our world. Well done, girls!

Our sixth-year students held a fundraiser pub quiz in aid of Saint Joseph's Shankill, a dementia care centre. This quiz took place in Brady’s Pub, Shankhill, last night. Well done to our sixth-year students for organising this fantastic event and thank you to all our teams who took part.

The library launched its Winter Readathon this week. Students are invited to read as much as they can and whatever they’d like between the 23rd of November and the 9th of January. Whoever reads the most from each year will receive a prize in January. All who are interested in taking part should let Ms. Curtin know.

Last Friday, our students attended an event at the Harold School. The Harold were attempting to break a record for the most Christmas crackers pulled at the same time. This was a lovely event that we all thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to the Harold for hosting this fun day.

That is it for this week! We hope you all enjoy your weekends. And remember, in Cluny, we succeed and grow together.

Friday 18 November 2022

It was Anti-Bullying Week here at Cluny. This week, students learned about inclusion and awareness for others and the effects bullying has on those who are exposed to it. Inclusion was a central theme for the week. As part of this week, we also celebrated Stand Up Awareness week. Throughout the week, Ms. O’Keeffe organised an excellent week of activities for all students. Thank you to Ms. O’Keeffe and the LGBTQIA+ group for all your hardwork.

Our junior students attended a talk from As I Am today as part of our anti-bullying week. Students were taught about autism awareness and understanding during this interactive workshop. Thank you to Finbarr for coming to talk to us on this important topic.

We are looking forward to welcoming our Class of 2010 back to Cluny tonight for their school reunion.

Our school foyer was decorated by student made rainbow umbrellas and decorations. They also created an informative display board highlighting some inspirational Irish members of the LGBTQIA+ community and famous quotes from them.

Our Rainbow Bake Off featured fantastic work of our students on Monday. Ms. O'Keeffe, Ms. Wolahan and Mr. Geraghty had a tough choice to select our winner! Congratulations to Sinead Finkielman in first year who won today. Well done to all of our students for their fantastic entries!

Yesterday we held our rainbow flag colours day. All years were invited to wear their assigned rainbow colour. At lunchtime, we then recreated a rainbow flag in the school car park. Well done to all!

Last night, we held our Parents’ Council AGM. We were delighted to welcome Joanna Fortune to this event. We would like to thank Joanna for talking to and for her Q&A session afterwards. It was incredibly interesting and insightful. For more information on Joanna and her work, please visit her website: www.solamh.com

On Tuesday, we welcomed Emer O’Neill who spoke to students about her experiences growing up with racism and bullying. She discussed with our students the racism that she has faced both in the past and in recent times. This was an eye-opening and impactful talk. Thank you from all here at Cluny to Emer.

Students took part in a bracelet making workshop on lunchtime on Tuesday in the art room. They made some lovely bracelets which can be seen on our social media accounts.

Well done to our Senior Concern team debaters who competed against Clonturk Community School in the second round of the Concern debates.

Cluny TYs recorded their own radio show for Blackrock College Radio which goes live this week. Well done to all involved, particularly to our student producers who made it all happen.

Our first-year students enjoyed a trip to the National Art Gallery this week. Ms. Egan led students in discussing and analyzing paintings through exploring their five senses. Thank you to Ms. Egan and Ms. O'Keeffe for organising this fun day out!

Well done to TY students Ava Mulcahy, Grace Larkin and Keela Murphy who represented Cluny at the annual Comhairle na nÓg at the Talbot Hotel this week. The focus of this year’s AGM was Seldom Heard Voices.

Some fantastic sporting events took place in the last week. Our Hockey Senior 1 had a great win over Lucan Community College, 6-0 win for Cluny as part of the Leinster League. Our Hockey Senior 2 also had a great win over Mount Anville at the final whistle 2-1 in their first Leinster League match. Our Under 19 A Badminton players defeated Maryfield, 6-0, in the Dublin South League.

Next week is science week here at Cluny. Keep an eye out for all of our fantastic themed events. It is also College Awareness Week (CAW) and we will have a plethora of educational and informational resources available to our students in relation to this.

That’s it for another week! We hope you all enjoy your weekends. And remember, here at Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 11 November 2022

Welcome back to all our staff and students. We hope you have all settled back into school after the midterm break. We have an event-filled term ahead of us and we hope you are looking forward to it.

Congratulations to our class prefects, vice prefects and ABC committee members who received their badges this morning at a whole school assembly. We wish you the best in the weeks to come.

Last night we welcomed our third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year students as well as their parents and guardians to Cluny for a careers fair. A massive thank you to all speakers and third level institutions which came to discuss further education opportunities with our students. As part of this event, there was a CAO talk in the library at 20:00. We would like to especially thank our Parents Council and Ms. McFarland for all of their hard work which made this event possible.

Our Principal, Mr. Healy, wrote about our upcoming Anti Bullying week which will occur across all 700+ secondary schools in Ireland. He highlights the importance of inclusion in school alongside our planned events next week. To read this message, please visit: https://buff.ly/3hkFJXc

Yesterday, the ABC Committee held a free baking event called 'take-a-cake'. This event encouraged students to bring in cakes to share with their peers under the principles of it is nice to be nice. This event was a great success. Thank you to the ABC Committee and Ms. Marren for organising this lovely event.

Congratulations to our student Mia, who has been selected for Ireland's Under-16s 32 player basketball team for the 2022-23 season.

Leaving Cert music students enjoyed a trip to the IFI this week to see the Irish National Opera‘s screening of Alice’s Adventures Underground. This talk included a Q&A with Gerald Barry, who composed the music for the opera and is a composer of one of the pieces on the Leaving Cert course.

Congratulations to our Under-19s and Under-14s badminton players who had fantastic games recently. A win for our Under-19s against Holy Faith Clontarf and a draw for our Under-14s against Woodland Academy. Well done to Sofia, Grace, Aoife, Ally, Ava, Sophie, Seren and Lexi!

First year students recently visited the De La Salle Retreat Centre in Ballyfermot for their first annual retreat. The day focused on providing a space where all could explore their faith, who journey and search for meaning.

Well done to TY students who successfully participated in the Outdoor Pursuits Module this autumn. Special congratulations to both Lucy C. and Lucy W. who both finished in joint first place!

Congratulations and big shout out to TY students Holly Porter and Lucy Campbell for being awarded during the Dublin GAA Trials.

Well done to our Minor A hockey team who played against Our Lady's Terenure in their first Leinster League Hockey Match. They achieved a fantastic final score with a 0-0 draw.

Sporting fixtures for upcoming games and matches in November and December can now be viewed on our website! Visit the following page for more information: https://buff.ly/3A2Pb8k

Next week, we will welcome the class of 2010 back to Cluny for their school reunion. We look forward to seeing you all.

Our Parent Council AGM will take place next Thursday, November 17th from 19:30 until 20:30. We will be joined by special guest Joanna Fortune, Psychotherapist, Author and Parenting Consultant for Newstalk FM. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to Cluny.

That is it for this week. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, here in Cluny we support and cheer for each other every day.

Friday 28 October

We finish for our midterm break today and what a busy week we have had! We hope you are looking forward to the latest edition of our Good News Friday!

Our sixth-year students are currently enjoying a trip to Paris! Students arrived in France on Wednesday and since then have been enjoying a variety of cultural pursuits including visiting the Eifel Tower and the Louvre, taking part in walking tours, doing a street art classes and today they have ventured to Disneyland Paris. We hope they are all having a fantastic time.

Our transition year students are away this week on their first work experience placements. We are looking forward to hearing about their experiences after the midterm break.

Students in first, third and sixth year all took part in Study Skills workshops this week. During these sessions, students were given tips on how to study in preparation for their upcoming exams.

Well done to our senior hockey team who played against St. Gerards last Saturday. While the score was 0-3, the loss does not deter us. We will fight on!

Students are reminded that our Team Hope Shoebox Collection is now open for donations. Completed boxes must be handed in after we return from midterm break on Monday the 7th of November. All boxes are being collected on Tuesday the 8th of November from the school.

Our Careers Evening for TYs, fifth and sixth year students will take place on Thursday 10th November 2022. Join us for 19:00 for a chance to meet career and college representatives. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Our Parent Council AGM will take place on Thursday, November 17 from 19:30 until 20:30. We will be joined by special guest Joanna Fortune, Psychotherapist, Author and Parenting Consultant for Newstalk FM. For more information, please visit: https://buff.ly/3TDhh16

That is it for this edition! We hope you all have a safe and relaxing Halloween break. We look forward to seeing you all back again in November. And remember, in Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 21 October

It is Maths Week at Cluny and to celebrate, we held a math treasure hunt around the school this morning for our first- and sixth-year buddies. Students had to solve all the maths puzzles around the school to reveal their next clue location. Well done to all! Congratulations to buddies Nina Tandy and Alannah O'Neill who came in third place, buddies Nicole Ryan and Sarah Merrigan and Aoife Mac Neill and Alice Fitzgerald who came in joint second, and to buddies Laura O'Leary and Niamh McGorrian who came in first place. Thank you to Ms. Davis and the maths department for organising this fun event.

Students in second year enjoyed an outing today to Wicklow Gaol and Bray Bowl. TY students also enjoyed a day out today as they went ziplining at ZipIt.

Our House Captains, Vice Captains, Mr. Randolph and Ms. Seymour were busy this week organising our Halloween Fundraiser on Wednesday. Students and staff wore their best Halloween costumes and entered our annual fashion show as part of our House System’s fundraiser. Well done to all.

Congratulations to Mimi Birchell, Isabelle White, Paula Wassondela, Shauna Brocklesby, Alison Wolahan, Abigail Byrne and Rebecca Nolan who received their Ember badges yesterday after their training with Sister Concepta Foley from the Ember Faith Development programme.

On Monday, students in TY attended a Q&A Zoom with the Chairperson of the Afghan Council of Ireland to learn more about the refugee crisis and the challenges girls are currently facing in Afghanistan. Thanks to Ms McNamara for organising this wonderful opportunity.

Also on Monday, students in first year took part in a creative writing workshop with Poetry Ireland. Students learned about writing haikus and went on a nature walk around the school grounds for inspiration. Several students then entered into a haiku competition being run by Poetry Ireland. Thank you to Maeve for delivering this workshop for us in the library.

Our Leaving Certificate English students attended a performance of The Gaiety School’s ‘Macbeth’ at the Clasac Theatre yesterday.

We are delighted to welcome our new Student Council for the 2022-2023 term. Well done to each of our students who were elected to the council by their peers: Grace Watson 6N, Roisin O'Connor 6L (Chairperson), Laura O'Leary 6C, Clodagh O'Donnell 6N, Saoirse Whelan 6C (Public Relations), Mimi Birchall 5C (Treasurer), Sarah Grumley 5N (Secretary), Ava Watts 4N, Grace Larkin 4C, Niamh Sheehan 3W, Corina Ng 3Y, Lexi O'Brien 2W, Emma Mooney 2Y, Tifera Newenya 1W and Hannah Byrne 1Y.

There are lots of new books available for students to borrow in the library ahead of the midterm break. Next week, students will also be able to collect reading bundles – a collection of books put together by Ms. Curtin on a theme or genre. These books will be available for collection from Monday onwards. Students are reminded they can borrow up to 4 books for 3 weeks.

Our Headstrong Committee placed chocolates and positive quotes on everyone's lockers on Tuesday morning. Thank you to all involved for the lovely surprise!

Our annual shoebox appeal is starting next week! Students can get leaflets from Ms. Keenan in room 2. The first day of collection for the shoeboxes is next Friday 28 of October and the final day for bringing your boxes is Monday the 07 of November.

Our senior hockey team will play against St. Gerards in the senior cup tomorrow morning here at Cluny. The match is due to start at 11:00 tomorrow morning. All are welcome and encouraged to come and support the team! Go, Cluny, go!

That is all for this week. We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny we celebrate our achievements and successes.

Friday 14 October

This week we highlighted Mental Health Awareness Week as well as Climate Action Week.

As part of Climate Action Week, we held several themed day activities including Meat Free Monday, No Trash Tuesday and Walk on Thursday. Well done to all our staff and students for taking part.

To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, we had live music every lunchtime as everyone was invited to play musical instruments, busk and sing karaoke in the school foyer. On Tuesday, students made bracelets in the labs. On Thursday, we had free hot chocolates and fresh fruit for all to enjoy. A massive thank you to the mental health committee for all of their hard work in organising each of these wonderful events.

On Wednesday, we welcomed pupils from the class of 2022 and their parents back to Cluny to celebrate a prizegiving ceremony. Alongside the class of 2022, our current fifth year students received their junior cert completion certificates and the senior prefects, deputy head girl and head girl received their badges. Students from the class of 2022 were nominated for subject awards for their leaving certificate exams. Students who achieved 625 points in their leaving certificate were also awarded during this ceremony. Congratulations to all! We would like to thank our wonderful choir for performing during this ceremony. Thank you as well to the Sisters for joining us in this celebration.

Cluny basketball teams continue to impress with two wins at Holy Child Killiney's home court. The under-19s team tipped off with a 34 to 43 points win. Then the under-16s team brought the curtain down on Holy Child Killiney's under-16s team with a 30 to 59 win! Congratulations to Mia McEntee, for being selected for the final round of the U/16 Irish basketball team selections. Well done, Mia, we wish you well going forward.

Great success as well for our soccer team who had a fantastic win this week.

TY students enjoyed a trip to visit the W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney exhibitions at the National Library of Ireland on Thursday. Afterwards they went to see My Fair Lady. Senior art students also went on a trip to Belfast to visit the MAC Gallery. We hope you all enjoyed your trips.

Well done to the Senior Concern Debate team who competed in the first round of the Concern debates against Tallaght Community School.

Well done to the following First Year students who designed lovely posters and took part in an SPHE class competition to promote Healthy Eating Week: first place Gala Pete, second place Faye Bennett, and third place Amy Dickson and Emily Woods.

TY students went to the Shine Festival on Wednesday. This was an excellent opportunity for students to hear from inspiring speakers on a diverse range of topics.

Fifth year students enjoyed a trip today to St. Andrews to see a play adaptation of the beloved classic “Le Petit Prince”.

That is it for this week! Another busy week here at Cluny. We hope you all have a good rest over the weekend and are ready for the week to come. And remember, here at Cluny we grow and succeed together.

Friday 07 October 2022

The first week of October has already ended and what a busy week it was!

Yesterday, we held a lunchtime club sign up day to allow students a chance to see the array of clubs and activities available to them. Lunchtime clubs this year include debating, green schools, boards games club, unique minds, dungeons and dragons, LGBTIQA+, mental health and lots more.

Third Year Cluny Debating teams competed in the 1st Round of the Junior Leinster Schools Debates in UCD yesterday. Well done, girls!

We celebrated World Teacher Day this week. We would like to say a massive thank you to all of our teachers here at Cluny who do so much for us every day.

Well done to our basketball teams who played two fantastic games against Temple Carrig College this week.

TY students enjoyed a trip to the Mermaid Center in Bray yesterday to participate in a creative writing workshop with Fighting Words. Earlier this week, students also took part in a movie making workshop with Movie Magic. Students were given the opportunity to film their own short films, learning about the editing process as well as using special effects with a green screen. We hope you all enjoyed this experience.

Third years enjoyed a trip to the Botanical Gardens this week. First years also went on a trip this week to Active Outside, Killruddery House, Bray, Co. Wicklow. We hope you all enjoyed your trips!

The library launched a new reading initiative this week with the Cluny Community Reading Tree. This 3D printed tree reflects the number of books borrowed throughout the year at Cluny. For every five books borrowed, a leaf is added to the tree.

Next week, we will celebrate Positive Mental Health Week and Green Schools Week.

We hope you all enjoyed the weeks activities and are excited for the weeks to come. And remember, at Cluny we believe in achieving our full potential every day.

Friday 30 September 2022

We hope you are all looking forward to another edition of our Good News Friday!

TY students had a very busy and eventful week as they enjoyed their trip to Achill. Students took part in outdoor pursuits and lots of fun activities including surfing. They thoroughly enjoyed their time in Achill. Thank you to all who made this trip possible.

Congratulations to the Senior A Under 19's and Under 16's A basketball teams as they were run away winners with both opening league matches against Rathdown Under 19's (32-44) and Under 16's (16-37). Well played everyone!

Congratulations to our sixth-year music student Ellen Donnelly on the release of her single ‘Everything Pales’. If you would like to listen to Ellen’s song, please visit the following YouTube link: https://buff.ly/3LPuMIB

Well done to our first-year students who played in their very first hockey matches this week against the Teresians. They also played St. Andrews in recent days. Well done!

Blue visited us this week as part of ABC Wellbeing Wednesday. Thank you to Ms. Marren for bringing Blue to see us!

Last week our TY French students started a new creative activity to help their oral French skills. "Sounds like French - noise, sounds and poetry" is a series of workshops led by writer Juliette Saumande and is part of our BLAST cultural programme, allowing students to work closely with established artists and develop vital creative and critical thinking skills. The first session already proved a great success, with tongue twisters and rhymes. Over the coming weeks, students will begin to create their own poems in French.

One of our coaches, Emma Meir, wrote a fantastic article that has been featured in the Irish Times. This inspiring article can be read at the following page: https://buff.ly/3fAEtyA

Lots of books have been borrowed and returned from the library this week. More than 35 books were borrowed this week alone! Happy reading to all. A new reading initiative will also be launched in the library in the coming days. For every five books borrowed, a leaf will be added to the new Cluny Reading Tree on Ms. Curtin's desk.

We hope you have a nice weekend. And remember, in Cluny we dream of the days to come.

Friday 23 September 2022

Welcome to our newest edition of Good News Friday! We would like to say a massive thank you to all parents, guardians and primary school students who visited us yesterday during our open night. We hope you all had an enjoyable tour and experience. Well done to all involved in organising this wonderful event.

First year students enjoyed a trip to the DLR Lexicon library in Dún Laoghaire on Monday morning. They went on a tour and learned about the services offered by the library including how to borrow and return books, study facilities and navigating the library space. Afterwards, students were brought to Teddys for ice cream before returning to school.

Congratulations to our first year students who played their very first hockey game this week against Teresians. Go, Cluny, go!

It was healthy eating week in Cluny. Students were encouraged to make and select healthier foods this week for their lunches. On Thursday, students enjoyed freshly made smoothies and a selection of freshly cut fruit at lunchtime.

All fifth and sixth year students attended Higher Options 2022 on Wednesday. A great opportunity for students to research third level options. Our next event will be our own Cluny Careers Evening on Thursday 10th November!

TY and fifth year students also enjoyed a trip to the ploughing match this week. Fifth year students also enjoyed their retreat on Monday.

Next week, we will have a photographer visiting the school to take photos of our year groups and sports teams. All students are reminded to have their full school uniforms, sports gear and uniforms ready for next Friday.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 16 September 2022

Congratulations to our class of 2022 who celebrated their Debs last night. They had their reception at Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel. A big thank you to Suzanne MacNeill, Catherine Meehan Doyle, Deirdre Kelly and Annette Holly from the Parents’ Association for all of their help and preperations for this event. We hope all our past pupils had a fantastic night.

The elections for our House Captains and Vice Captains took place this morning. Best of luck to all who entered and very well done on your excellent speeches.

The deadline for the library summer reading challenge readings lists was today. Congratulations to Ava Daly, Niamh Sheehan and Grace Watson for completing each reading prompt and creating their own unique reading lists. Each student will receive a prize in the coming days.

The deadline for applications for the TY library committee was today. Thank you to all who applied! The new committee will be announced next week.

After-school choir returned this week! Choir takes place every Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. in the concert hall. Well done to all involved! All are welcome to join.

It is Climate Action Week in Dublin from the 12-17 of September. The library held a special themed display of books on climate change, our world, weather systems, geography and more here to help guide students in their reading of this important topic.

All here at Cluny would like to wish the very best of luck to Alannah O'Neill who is taking part in the All Ireland Championship this coming weekend. Go, Alannah, go!

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. At Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 09 September 2022

Welcome back to our Good News Friday series! For those new to Good News Friday, every Friday we record the news and events from the week to share directly with you. This includes special events, achievements, news and more from Cluny. We hope you enjoy it!

Welcome back to all our staff and students. We hope you are all excited for the new term and are settling into your new timetable. A massive welcome as well to all of our new students who have joined us this term. Welcome to Cluny.

A massive congratulations to our class of 2022 who received their leaving certificate results last week. We are so proud of every one of you. All here at Cluny would like to wish you all the best in your future endeavours and careers. Our students achieved fantastic results with 16% receiving 625 points, 51% receiving 500+, 19% receiving 400+ and 14% receiving 300+. We are extremely proud of each and every one of our class of 2022.

We celebrated Mass yesterday to mark the beginning of the school year. We would like to thank Fr. Peter McVerry for his wonderful sermon and for talking to our sixth-year students about the work of the Peter McVerry Trust. Congratulations to our chaplaincy team for organising this wonderful morning of prayer and well done to our choir who performed beautifully.

The library is now accepting applications from transition year students who would like to be part of this year’s TY library committee. Call into the library for a copy of the application form. Deadline for applications is Friday the 16th of September.

Board games club started back at the library on Tuesday. We were delighted to see so many tables full with students playing jenga, cards, chess and lots more! Board game clubs will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday at lunchtime. All are welcome.

We hope you all have a restful weekend and are excited for the week to come. And remember, here at Cluny we strive, we believe, we become.

Friday 27 May 2022

It is the second last week of term here at Cluny. Yesterday, we said goodbye to our graduating class of 2022. We would like to wish them the very best of luck in their Leaving Certificate exams in June and our best wishes for the future. We are proud of you all.

Congratulations to Aoife Whelan for receiving the Solas award and to Ella Jones for receiving the Mary White Outstanding Senior Student Award last night at our sixth-year graduation.

Exams have started today with our fifth-year students. We would like to wish all our students sitting their exams the absolute best of luck in the coming days.

Sixth year computer science students sat their Leaving Certificate exam this week. Well done to each of you.

Dominique Boizeau from Lycée Lorient in Britanny, France joined us for three days this week as part of her Erasmus. She visited our school to participate in classes and observe the Irish educational system. Thank you for visiting us Dominique, we hope you enjoyed your time here.

Fiona Clancy and Emma Jane Hughes in third year completed The Neighbourhood Time Machine Project and raised €100 for Carmona House. Well done girls!

Our first-year students had a short story they wrote, as part of workshops with Fighting Words, published in an anthology this week. This anthology was created in connection with the DLR Libraries who ran a project for schools in their catchment area to take part in this creative opportunity. Our students wrote a historical fiction piece entitled “1941”. Well done to all!

First years also held a play this week in the library with Ms. O’Dwyer. They performed “Into The Woods” after weeks of rehearsals. Last week, first years enjoyed an end of year retreat to Jump Zone and Go Quest Junior. We hope you all enjoyed it.

We hope you enjoy the weekend and are ready for next week’s activities! And remember, at Cluny we support one another in every endeavor.

Friday 20 May 2022

We have had an eventful week here at Cluny. We are reaching the end of our term, but our wonderful events continue!

Yesterday, our annual sports day returned here at Cluny. Students enjoyed the lovely sunshine with a variety of outdoor pursuits and activities. In the morning, all years took part in a 5K marathon after a Zumba warmup. On their return, they took part in their House teams to earn points for the House Cup. This was a fantastic event. A big thank you to everyone involved in making this day the success it was.

This week, students in first, second, third and fifth year had their end of year assemblies. These assemblies are a chance for us to give thanks to all for a wonderful year here at Cluny. This year, the recipients of our annual awards were:

• In first year, the recipient of the Cairdeas award was Lilith Fitzgerald.
• In second year, congratulations to Lucy Burns for winning the Léargas prize.
• In third year, the winner of the outstanding junior student award was Keela Murphy.
• In fifth year, the winner of the Sister Dolores Memorial Award is Grace Watson.

On Wednesday, we held an international students fair. Students from Spain, Ukraine, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and France set up decorated tables in our Foyer. Students were invited to come chat to them about their home countries and take part in fun activities including an international themed quiz. This event was a wonderful platform for students to learn about different cultures and explore their fellow classmates home countries.

Congratulations to the Amber Flag Committee on their success on achieving their Amber Flag for the first time this year. Throughout the whole academic year, they had a meeting every Tuesday at lunch and devised ways in which to encourage Positive Mental Health within our school community. In celebration, we raised our amber flag today.

We are delighted to welcome exchange students Rose, Jeanne and Louise from La Blanche de Castille school in Nantes, France to Cluny as part of our successful Erasmus+ programme with this partner school. Students have made a video about their time here: https://buff.ly/3LsSgBy

It was UNESCO Eco Week this week here at Cluny. Second year students participated in an Eventbrite fast fashion event during the week to learn more about this important topic.

And that is it for this week! We hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to the next edition. And remember, here in Cluny, we do fun!

Friday 13 May 2022

We are approaching the final weeks of term here at Cluny. With exams coming up and closing activities being ran, it has been a busy time!

Students in fifth year are on their outdoor pursuits retreat this weekend in Achill. Our TY students are also enjoying a trip to cycle the Waterford Greenway. We hope they all enjoy their activities.

Well done to the third years who raised €400 for the Ukrainian Saturday Art Therapy classes through their Vintage Clothes sale. Fantastic work!! Neila in TY also presented Art Supplies for the Ukrainian children at the Saturday Art Therapy Class bought by TYs.

Our Spirit of Sports Day returns next Thursday, May 19th, with a fun day of sports and friendly competition through the Cluny House System. We are also proud to fundraise for St. John of God's Carmona School to help them to build a sensory garden.

Ms. Torpey and Ms. Carroll's classes were learning about gravity today with some fun activities! Students played tug-of-war and other games to learn about force, thrust and gravity.

Our library summer reading challenge is now available! Over the summer, try and read books that match the reading prompts below. Students should compile a list of the books they read that match them. The prompt list can be found here: https://buff.ly/3sdaznq

Thank you to the Literacy Trust for hosting the Women in Leadership series. Our TY students joined on Thursday in the Library to watch this insightful and informative talk which included roles in publishing and campaigns.

Our P.E. teacher and basketball coach, Ed Randolph, has been selected for the FIMBA Irish team! Well done, Ed!

Second years demonstrated the skills they have acquired in their end of year practical cookery exam this week. Students created an excellent array of main course dishes suitable for specific dietary needs including osteoporosis, obesity, and anaemia.

Our fifth-year student Clodagh had great success at the Irish Orienteering Championship in Kerry recently, placing third in three of the events - the sprint, the middle distance, and the long distance. Well done, Clodagh!

TY students held a tuc shop on Thursday at lunchtime to fundraise money for Safehouses for teenage girls in Zambia. Thank you to all involved in this important fundraising event.

That is it for this week! We hope you all have a relaxing weekend. And remember, here at Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 06 May 2022

The first week of May is over! We hope you all had a lovely May bank holiday weekend.

Sixth years held a fundraiser coffee morning today, welcoming parents to the school in aid of Carmona House, their chosen charity. Over the morning students, staff and parents visited the bake sale. Well done to the sixth years!

Also today at lunchtime, to celebrate our time with Artist in Residency Claire Garvey, we held a fashion show at lunchtime. We will highlight creations from our students alongside Margaret Aylward Community College and St Joseph's CBS students where Claire also worked. Claire also brought some of her own creations and designs to this show. This was a wonderful event for all!

Over the bank holiday weekend, we featured on Virgin Media News at 17:30. Reporter Tania Reut visited our Ukrainian art therapy class last Saturday. Art therapy classes for Ukrainian children runs every Saturday in our art room. Thank you to all who made this initiative possible. To access the playback of this report, please see the following link (coverage starts at 08:10): https://buff.ly/3LB6C3m

Our library summer reading challenge is now available! Over the summer, try and read books that match the reading prompts below. Students should compile a list of the books they read that match them. The prompt list can be found here: https://buff.ly/3sdaznq

The Chaplaincy Team is changing into an Ember Team from September. This is an exciting development in our school life. Several Senior students will receive training in September and application forms for current 3rd Year/TYs are available. Those interested should speak to Mr. White for more information.

On Wednesday, fifth year students visited Trinity college and enjoyed the sunshine. We hope you all enjoyed the tour!

TY students took part in a first aid training course this week and are now certified in it! Also on Wednesday, TY students received a talk on careers in law. Barristers spoke about their career paths and experiences in their roles.

A big thank you to Bord Iascaigh Mhara for visiting TY and 5th year students with their Aquaculture Remote Classroom on Thursday morning. The students thoroughly enjoyed this experience.

Congratulations to Anna, TY, for another Gold medal at the 1500 meters Under-17s at East Leinster Championships on Tuesday. Congratulations from all here at Cluny!

That’s it for this week, we hope you all have a relaxing weekend. And remember, here in Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 29 April 2022

We had lovely weather this week and we made the most of it! Students in third year enjoyed a retreat this week with Anita from I Am Retreats as they walked the pilgrim’s path here in Dublin to visit four beautiful cathedrals and churches.

We would like to welcome our three French exchange students Rose, Jeanne and Louise who have joined TY for the next 6 weeks. We hope you enjoy your time here with us at Cluny!

Well done and congratulations to our third-year students who completed their Food Literacy Cookery Practical exams this week.

Congratulations to Anna Watson, TY, for winning the East Leinster Championship for under-17 girls!

All of our first-year students participated in a skipping workshop on Monday.

TY students had a busy week! They enjoyed a trip to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to see the stage production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Students thoroughly enjoyed the show. On Thursday, TY students attended an online conference hosted by the GAA on leadership, learning and overcoming challenges. Today, students took part in a first aid training course.

It was Poetry Day Ireland on Thursday. To highlight the day, a selection of poems were displayed in the library alongside a poetry book display featuring famous works including T.S. Elliot’s The Wasteland, William Shakespeare’s sonnets, poetry by William Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney.

We would like to highlight that Pieta House's Darkness into Light will take place on Saturday May 7th. This important event raises awareness and gives hope to people impacted by suicide and self-harm. Details for the Darkness into Light at Kilboggert Park, Cabinteely can be seen below. Registration is now open.

We hope you all enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend. And remember, here at Cluny we dream, we believe, we become.

Friday 08 April 2022

Today is the last day before the Easter break. We hope you all have a lovely day before some well deserved time off. We would like to wish all our students and staff a lovely break. Students enjoyed a school wide Easter egg hunt today at lunchtime.

The Cluny Staff Chaplaincy Team and some 5^th year helpers were busy this morning preparing for Le Chéile Day before students came into school. Every student received a positive or inspiring message and a treat on their locker. Thanks to Ms. Keenan, Ms. Keenaghan, Ms. O'Brien, Ursula, Mr. White, Neysa Mates Dunne, Aoife MacNeill and all our helpers that made this possible!

Leaving certificate practical exams and orals will take place over the Easter break. We would like to wish the very best of luck to all students in their language orals and subject practical exams.

This week our TY students, joined by students from Clonkeen Secondary School, put on a wonderful musical production of the beloved classic Grease. Shows took place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. It was wonderful to welcome you all to Cluny. The show was a stunning success. Well done to all members of the cast and crew involved in this production. All here at Cluny are proud of you.

Fourteen Ukrainian children took part in the first art therapy session here at Cluny on Saturday. Thank you to Olga Vnukova and all else involved. Thank you to all who donated and made these art classes possible.

Fifth years visited Sisk Construction joinery workshop yesterday. Students gained an insight into the world of creativity and engineering. A massive thank you to Victor O'Shea, Ronan Murphy and their team at Sisk Construction for welcoming us yesterday.

This week we celebrated Autism Acceptance Week. All students attended a webinar from As I Am on autism. A themed book display featuring characters with autism was available in the library. Thank you to all involved in organising this important week of events.

Congratulations to our TY Enterprise students who participated in the Student Enterprise County Finals last Friday. Well done to Lea and Jessica who placed 4th with their mini enterprise Beauty Sleep and Mimi who received 3rd place for her mini enterprise Toteally Tote Bags.

Fifteen of our former Cluny students received Entrance Scholars Awards at a ceremony in UCD yesterday. These students were from the classes of 2020 and 2021 and are currently studying in various disciplines in UCD. Well done to: Ella Cautley, Yael Dunne Camacho, Sinead Kelly, Rachel Kenny, Kate McAteer, Aisling McGloin, Emma Nolan, Ella O'Keeffe, Lily O'Mahony, Astrid Pettersen, Elizabeth Pettitt, Emma Power, Grace Power and Ava Walker.

The library has lots of new materials available to staff and students. This new library stock are on display just inside the library doors and includes popular fiction and non-fiction titles. Students are reminded they can borrow up to four titles for three weeks!

First years added their fairy doors to our new wellbeing garden initiative. Lovely to see them!

We ran an anti-bullying poster competition here in Cluny. Congratulations to Emily Cotter (2Y) who won with her poster entry. Well done Emily and well done to all who entered!

On Tuesday, TY students took a break from musical rehearsals and went for a lovely walk to Killiney Hill.

The students of St. Lucia, who won the house reading challenge by reading a fantastic 23,000 pages, celebrated in the library on Thursday with a pizza party! Well done again to all teams who took part and we hope you enjoyed reading!

Reminder there will Athletic training days the second week of Easter break holidays. If any student is interested, please contact Mr. Randolph through Teams.

TYs had an amazing opportunity last Thursday to work alongside a professional makeup artist and witness a professional photoshoot with costume designer Claire Garvey and her wonderful team. Here are some behind the scenes footage of the day!

That is all for this week. We hope you all have a wonderful Easter. We look forward to welcoming you back to Cluny in the weeks to come. And remember, in Cluny we stride and grow together.

Friday 01 April 2022

April has arrived! The months are flying by. We are looking forward to the long evenings and bright mornings ahead. We have had a busy week here at Cluny and are looking forward to sharing it with you!

We are delighted to welcome Anna, Iryna and Karina our Ukrainian students to Cluny. We hope that they will be very happy in our school.

Many thanks to everybody who contributed to our Ukrainian Art School appeal. We are delighted to announce that fourteen Ukrainian students will have Art therapy classes starting from tomorrow Saturday April 2nd at 11a.m

This weekend we celebrate World Autism Day, a designated UN awareness day to celebrate autistic people and promote inclusion within society.

The TY production of Grease starts next week! On Wednesday 06 and Thursday 07 of April at 19:00 we look forward to welcoming you all to Cluny. Our cast this year is joined as well by students from Clonkeen College. Tickets are still on sale if you haven’t gotten yours yet! Tickets cost €15 each and are available on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/grease-tickets-300884382287

Dr Carroll's TY STEM class visited UCD Science Centre to analyse and present results of their sustainability projects. Student teachers from the UCD School of Education have been mentoring the TYs for the past few weeks. They also treated TYs to goodies and a UCD campus tour after their science was done!

TY students had Gender Diversity and Ethical Consumerism Workshops from Hope Foundation on Wednesday. Thank you to the Hope Foundation for delivering these important workshops to our students.

Our Under-16 and Under-19 Badminton Teams won the Dublin League Competition 2022 in Division 2. U16's won by 2 points and U19's won by 1 point against top schools Holy Faith Clontarf and St. Marys, Naas. Well done to all! Go, Cluny, go!

Our student Ella Jenkins played in the Under-14s County football Leinster final against Westmeath on Saturday. Dublin beat Westmeath with Ella scoring the first Dublin goal of the game, winning 8:7 to 2:6. Ella scored 2 goals in the game. Well done Ella!

Congratulations to the Monkstown Under 18 Girls Team who won this week as part of the Under 18s Leinster Cup run by Leinster Hockey! Our students Roisin, Aoife and Emily were part of the winning team. Well done!!

As part of our Amber Flag Initiative, the wellbeing garden has started here on school grounds. Martin was busy putting up fairy doors today. Thank you to Martin and the Amber Flag Committee!

The library has updated their recommended reading guides. These guides include lists for first, second, third and senior students. An additional guide on books that have been adapted to TV/film is also available. Please visit the following news post for more information and to access the reading guides.

TY students have been busy rehearsing for the musical! They also enjoyed a women in leadership webinar where they heard women leaders in a range of industries success stories and career progression.

Our Inter Year Sports Championship is well under way! Students across every year group are taking part in sports events and challenges. Whichever team wins is in with the chance to win some lovely prizes including a picnic, mystery trip and ice cream!

Fifth Year members of the Headstrong Committee completed their first mental health awareness activity with First Years on Monday.

Students in third year held a clothing drive this Wednesday and Thursday. All profits from the clothing drive will be donated to Ukraine and Trocaire with the leftover clothing being donated to Trocaire. Well done!

Fifth years had a wonderful day visiting galleries and museums with Ms. O'Keeffe and Ms. Jennings last Friday. They went to the RHA gallery, the National gallery, and the National Museum of Ireland with a picnic in St Stephens Green!

As always, we hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the longer evenings. And remember, here at Cluny, we shine, we believe, we become.

Friday 25 March 2022

We hope you all had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day long weekend and are excited for the weeks to come here at Cluny. We have had another busy week!

Our TY students are excited to present Grease the Musical this April 5th to 7th (inclusive)! The show will run at 19:00 each evening. Tickets are now on sale and are selling fast! Be sure to book yours soon to avoid disappointment. Tickets cost €15 each. For more information on the show and to buy tickets, please visitour Eventbrite page.

The results of the House Reading Challenge are in! Wow! Collectively, we read 84,653 pages and 233 books! The winning house was.... St. Lucia who read a grand total of 23,762 pages as a team! Congratulations to St. Lucia. Well done to all teams who took part.

Last Wednesday, Cluny hosted local primary schools to take part in a hockey blitz. A total of four zones were held around the school grounds. Primary school students took part in lots of different hockey themed games including indoor hockey, skill zone and keeper skills.

Also in sports news, our provisional summer sports timetable is now available to view! Please see the following file to access it: Summer Sports 2021-2022.

Congratulations to our second-year basketball team who beat Woodlands Academy in a quarter-final thriller 24-22! Next, the team will play against Teresian's in the semi-final. Top scorer overall Mia McEntee with 21 points. Well done team. Go, Cluny, go!

On Thursday, science and maths undergraduate students welcomed our TY students to UCD. This on-going collaboration looks at sustainable materials and practices in the home.

A massive thank you to Patrick Cumisky, Krav Maga Self Defence, for his fantastic Mum / Daughter workshop in Cluny this week. It was very enjoyable. Patrick also donated his fee to Ukraine.

We were very lucky to welcome Professor Luke O'Neill to Cluny on Tuesday. Professor O'Neill delivered an insightful and educational talk to our TY students.

First Years were celebrated St Patrick’s Day by learning how to make traditional Irish Soda Bread in culinary arts class.

Well done to students 1Y who completed a SPHE project asking them to choose and research a female role model! Projects included Malala Yousafzai, Marie Curie and Cathy Freeman.

Students from 1W finished their creative writing workshop with Fighting Words this week in the library. Their short story will be published shortly alongside other stories written by schools in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area. We are excited to see their finished pieces!

Some lovely origami work done was done last Wednesday at Art Club. This week, students made caricatures. Art club is every Wednesday after school, all are welcome to attend!

That’s it for this week. We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny we work and succeed together.

Friday 11 March 2022

It was Seachtainn na Gaeilge this week here at Cluny. Students got to participate in lots of exciting activities to celebrate! Each day, we posted a Focal agus Seanfhocal an lae! These can be found on our website and on social media. Students in TY, fifth and sixth year took part in a céilí during the week in the concert hall. Students learned popular songs as Gaeilge and lots more is yet to come!

Students contributed to a schoolwide supply drive for Ukraine. Donations included medical supplies, food, baby products, hygiene care and lots more. All contributions were brought to the collectors yesterday. A massive thank you to everyone who donated.

To support the Irish Ukrainian community and Ukrainian refugees arriving to Ireland, Cluny will offer space in the Art room for Art therapy sessions for young Ukrainian children across south Dublin. We are looking for material donations. Please visit: https://buff.ly/3vV4tuG

This week we also celebrated International Women’s Day 2022. MSD Leopardstown and Junior Achievement held a STEAM Webinar for TY and fifth years. The Shine Festival was also available online where students could hear from lots of excellent speakers.

TY students took part in a virtual work experience this week with the Irish Guide Dogs. They learned about how puppies are trained to become guide dogs and lots more. TYs also had a talk from the Hope Foundation on their work in Kolkata and a talk from Jennifer Carroll McNeill. What a busy week!

Fifth- and Sixth-year Economics classes attended the Chief Economist webinar with the Banking Payments Federation on Tuesday afternoon.

Our provisional summer sports timetable is now available to view! Please see the following file to access it: Summer Sports 2021-2022.

We are approaching the last days of the House Reading Challenge! We will be calculating which team read the most pages between January and March next week. Don’t forget to add your read pages to your House’s reading record!

That is it for this week! We hope you have a lovely weekend. And remember, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 04 March 2022

Welcome back! We hope you all had a restful midterm break. March has arrived and we are delighted to start back into school activities here at Cluny.

Our fifth-year student, Sofiia Katasonova, has been reunited with her mother and brother who fled from Ukraine yesterday. We are doing a supply drive to help Ukraine. A Go Fund Me has been created to help Sofiia and her family by Sharon and Suzanne. To donate to this cause or for more information, please visit: buff.ly/3tvFvz6

Students are reminded to bring in the supplies as listed on social media for the support drive for Ukraine. For more information, please see the following post: https://bit.ly/3sIq9bn

On Wednesday, we celebrated Ash Wednesday and welcomed in the start of Lent. We also celebrated History Week. On Monday, first and second years watched the movie “Hidden Figures”.

Fifth- and Sixth-Year History and RE students visited Belfast on Tuesday. The students went on a West Belfast walking tour and later visited the amazing Crumlin Road Gaol. Beautiful weather and a beautiful city! The students were fantastic and many thanks to Ms McAnenly, Mr White and Mr McLaughlin for organising the trip.

On Thursday, TY students had a history bake-off! Well done to all who took part.

Well done to Mr. White and Mr. McLoughlin who won the Mr. & Mrs. competition held today by the Amber Flag Committee for Pieta House! Closely followed by Ms. McEvoy and Ms. Rooney, students thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. A big thank you to all who took part!

Students from UCD School of Education came to work with TY students on Thursday. Over the last few weeks, they have been working on STEM projects focused on sustainability in the home. They will present their finished projects in UCD next month.

On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day! All students received their book tokens for €1.50 off any book or a free book from the 2022 longlist. We were also visited by the Cluny book fairy who hid two books around the school. Well done to the students who found them! They got to keep the books. There was also a world book day Kahoot quiz. Students and staff also did a school wide drop everything and read in the afternoon.

Mme Kavanagh's French classes celebrated World Book Day by looking at the classic Antoine de Saint-Exupery book, Le Petit Prince, published in 1943. Some students even tried to draw the elephant being eaten by the snake that is on the second page!

Our Past Pupil Kate P. Regan, Leaving Cert 2021, has been awarded the Trinity College Dublin Entrance Exhibition Award as the incoming student with the highest points from their Leaving Cert from 2021. Kate is studying Medicine in Trinity College. Well done, Kate!

Congratulations to Cluny First year and Second year basketball teams who split matches vs St. Andrews. First years played but lost and the seconds had a comfortable win led by Mia McEntee who scored 23 points, Èlodie Lambert 10 points, and Lucia Escalada Garcia 6 points. Well played girls!

Musical rehearsals are in full swing! TY students had a Sushi Workshop on Tuesday. They also started a 5-week online make up course this week which they are excited for!

Summer sports is returning! Leinster Tag Rugby Starting next Thursday 10th March after school - signup sheet in the Team "Sports". Tennis Starting Soon - signup sheet in Team "Sports". Athletics and Running Club starting soon - signup sheet in Team "Sports". Hockey, Rounders, Frisbee, Crazy Golf will all be available too.

At Cluny, we do summer, we do summer sports!

Friday 18 February 2022

Today we finish for our mid-term break. We would like to thank all of staff and students for their hard work over the past few weeks. Well done in particular to our sixth- and third-year students who finished their mock exams today and our TY students who have just finished their second week of work experience.

Fifth year students participated in a Model United Nations event today with other students from around the world.

On Monday, we celebrated St. Valentine’s Day here at Cluny. Fifth Year students spreading the love of their local area on St. Valentine’s Day! Students climbed Mullins Hill to collect rubbish with Ms. Lambert, Ms. Seymour and Ms. McEvoy. First and second years in Cluny Park also shared the love for their local environment by collecting rubbish.

For this week only and to celebrate St. Valentine's Day, the library featured a fun event called "Blind Date with a Book". Read a snippet of the mystery book and if they wanted to read more, students could then borrow the book from the library over midterm!Students in Green Schools collected wrapping paper from Christmas to create St. Valentine's Day decorations.

Fifth year French students enjoyed a trip to The Irish Film Institute on Tuesday to see 'Petit Pays' - An African Childhood. This beautiful film adapted from the book by Gael Faye and directed by Eric Barbier, won Best Film at the 2021 Barcelona International Film Festival.

A big thank you to Bread 41 who came in yesterday to do a bread baking demo with second years. They baked some fantastic loaves of bread and baguettes!

Well done to our first- and second-year basketball teams. Second years got a win and first years lost by just 3 points. Both games were very well played! On to the next round of matches after mid-term break.

Congratulations to Anna Watson (TY) for winning the Irish Life Health Inter 3,500 for St Joseph of Cluny.

The newest edition of our library newsletter, for January and February 2022, is now available to view on the library website.

Fifth years made fairies for the Cluny fairy garden as part of their wellbeing activities. We are all looking forward to the fairy garden!

The parent/guardian-daughter/ward book swap is still ongoing if anyone would like to join. Select a book that you enjoyed and swap a book with your daughter/ward that they enjoyed. Read the books and have a chat about what you read, how you enjoyed it and more. For more information please visit: https://buff.ly/3qKPtwe

We hope all of our staff and students enjoy their well-deserved week off. We will see you again soon! And remember, here at Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 11 February 2022

The mocks have begun here at Cluny. Best wishes to all our sixth-year students who started their mocks earlier this week and to our third years who started theirs today. We would like to wish our TY's all the best for their two weeks work experience.

A big thank you to our 1st Year students who left well wishes for their 6th Year Buddies ahead of their mock exams today. First years also made their buddies good luck books with Ms. Curtin in the library for their mocks.

This week was also online safety weeks. On Tuesday, we highlighted Safer Internet Day. This week, students took part in workshops and classes about how they can protect themselves and others online. Our librarian also ran workshops with years groups about finding reliable information online and how to identify false information and media.

On Monday, we welcomed Minister Simon Harris, Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill and Senator Barry Ward to Cluny. Minister Harris spoke to our sixth-year students about further education, university and apprenticeships as well as holding a Q&A session.

In sports news, our Under-14 Badminton team are in the Dublin Schools Badminton Semi Finals versus Holy Faith Clontarf on Monday 14 February. Best of luck to our team Ciara Fitzpatrick, Eimear Keogh, Sophie Lynch and Rosa Troughton!

Our Minor Soccer Team are in the Minor B Cup Semi Finals versus Mercy Inchicore next Friday, 18 February. Best of luck to all involved. Go, Cluny, go!!

Anna Watson in TY will be competing in the Irish Life Health Schools Cross Country Under-17s 3,500 meters race on Wednesday 16 February in Santry Stadium. All here at Cluny would like to wish her the best of luck.

Students in 1Y were busy making concrete poems in Ms. Regan's English class during the week. A snapshot of their work can be seen on our social media pages.

We were delighted to welcome the September 2022 cohort for aptitude tests and school visit last Saturday. Many thanks to Ms. McFarland for all her hard work and to our 5th years Laura, Saoirse and Eabha for giving up their morning to show the girls around.

Prior to Work Experience, TY's had a most enjoyable and fun Ski Lesson in the Kilternan Ski School. TY's enjoyed an excellent informative talk from John O'Shea on the issue of refugees / migrants.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and are looking forward to the week to come. Remember, here in Cluny we study and succeed together.

Friday 04 February 2022

Our first week of February is finished!

We are delighted to have celebrated St. Brigid’s Day here at Cluny. Students took part in a making crosses workshop first thing on Tuesday. Members of the TY Chaplaincy Team attended a Showcase and Share Student Action event organised by Le Chéile Trust. They were asked to discuss opportunities for student leadership in school with other students throughout the country.

A huge thank you to Niall Hatch from Birds Watch Ireland who spoke to first year students and our Green Schools Committee on conservation and how we can protect our native bird species. Students got a chance to learn about our garden birds and what we can do to protect them.

Clodagh in fifth year won the library St. Brigid’s Day creative competition. Clodagh created a wonderful watercolour painting of a St. Brigid’s Cross.

A big thank you to Ronan Murphy and Victor O'Shea from Sisk Construction for visiting us. We look forward to the careers/apprenticeship presentation on March 7th that they will be delivering.

As part of their Textiles and Craft module, TY’s learned how to felt while using other skills such as Hand Embroidery. Well done to everyone!

Our Under-16 badminton team who are taking part in the Dublin Schools Badminton Tournament. They have won their section of the tournament and are through to the Leinster Finals! Well done to Lucy, Sofia, Grace, Aoife and coach Ms. Kelly who came fourth in the Leinster finals.

Our Senior 1 team are in the Senior Semi Cup Final next Monday against Our Lady's Grove. Best of luck to the team!

The gym reopens on Monday for fourth, fifth and sixth years. The gym opens at 07:30. Booking is essential on the booking form in Cluny Gym Teams.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 28 January 2022

We have had another busy week here at Cluny!

Congratulations to Anna Watson in TY for coming second in the Leinster Schoolgirls Cross Country Championships 2022. Well done to all of our other students who also took part in this event.

It is Catholic Schools Week 2022, all week our Chapliancy Team have been busy creating thoughts of the day. All themes and topics were discussed throughout the week in religion classes. Well done to our Chapliancy Team for all their hard work.

Well done to our Under-15s soccer team who have successfully made it to the semi-finals after defeating Dunamase College this week! Go, Cluny, go!

Congratulations to our TY Enterprise students, Anna Watson and Heather McGowan on winning the Student Enterprise “Idea Generation” competition for their Haloskin Enterprise. Well done!

A huge thank you to Ms. O'Keeffe, Martin, The Blooms Project and the TY students for painting a wonderful mural in the music room.

First years were busy creating Acrostic Poems this week in Ms. Regan’s class. To see a selection of their wonderful work, have a look at our social media platforms. 1st years also made a selection of pastry dishes including apple tarts and sausage rolls. Well done to all.

It is Harry Potter week in the library! Themed decorations, competitions, activities and more were happening in the library. Students enjoyed movie screenings of the popular Harry Potter films and took part in a Harry Potter trivia quiz.

TY students participated in a barista training course this week and are now certified baristas! TY students were also busy knitting hats as part of the Innocent Smoothie Knitting Hats initiative to support older people.

Students were delighted by a surprise visit from Cluny Blue! Thank you to Ms. Marren for bringing Blue for a visit to the school.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. And remember, here in Cluny we strive, we believe, we become.

Friday 21 January 2022

We have nearly reached the end of January! It has been another busy and eventful week here at Cluny.

We received a letter from SVP Sallynoggin thanking our Fifth Year SVP society for their donation of €1585 raised through their pajama day event. Well done and thank you to all involved!

Thank you for all donations to our raffle in aid of Carmona School. Congratulations to our winners; Lucy Mooney, Gerry Hughes, Andria O'Donovan, Maedbh Moore, Jo Sheehan, Collette O'Keeffe, Ailbhe Larkin, Lexi O'Brien, Sophie Maloney, Ava Mulcahy, Lauren Foley and Ava Daly.

The library and House Captains have launched a joint reading challenge for the school community. House Teams, consisting of students, captains, vice-captains and staff members, will compete to read the highest number of pages throughout this term. The first milestone is St. Patrick’s Day! Teams have been formed and now the reading begins! Best of luck to all.

Congratulations to our Senior Hockey Team who made it to Leinster Schoolgirls Hockey Semi Finals! They played against Drogheda Grammar yesterday and after a well fought game succeeded. Well done to Drogheda Grammar and thank you for a great game. Go, Cluny, Go!

In library news, Ms. Curtin and the TY Library committee have started a new reading initiative. Each week, they will recommend a book in the library for staff and students alike to read. These books are chosen by the TY library committee and Ms. Curtin. Keep an eye out on social media for weekly recommendations.

This week the library also launched a parent/guardian-daughter/ward book swap. Select a book that you enjoyed and swap a book with your daughter/ward that they enjoyed. Read the books and have a chat about what you read, how you enjoyed it and more. For more information please visit: https://buff.ly/3qKPtwe

The Amber Flag Committee are initiating the development of a Cluny Wellbeing/Fairy Garden! This will be a lovely addition to our school. We are looking forward to it.

TY's have been busy this week designing and painting the new mural on the Music Room Wall with The Bloom Art Project. TY students also had a talk on Dementia from St Joseph's Dementia Home in Shankill. Thank you to St. Joseph’s Dementia Home for giving this talk to our students.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend! Remember, here at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 14 January 2022

Our first full week back is now over here at Cluny. Welcome back and Happy New Year to all of our staff and students. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas break.

Musical rehearsals have resumed! We are all looking forward to seeing the full production soon.

Music students and the choir enjoyed a trip to see the Lion King at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. It was a fantastic show and a memorable day out!

We have launched a Cluny Past Pupil’s Facebook group! Take a look at our Facebook page to see how to access it. Past pupils interested in writing a blog about their academic paths and careers should email library@clunykilliney.ie.

Our library Christmas readathon has come to an end! Between the 06 December and 10 of January, we read 75 books. Well done all! Congratulations to Ava (1W), Jane (2Y), Sofia (3Y), Alice (4C), Clodagh (5N) and Jennifer (6C) for reading the most in their year groups!

Ms. Regan’s first years wrote some fantastic haikus which can be seen on our social media platforms! Be sure to have a look.

It was a busy week here at Cluny! TYs had a talk from John Lonergan, Former Governor of Mountjoy Prison, on Tuesday. This was an insightful and interesting talk, a big thank you from all here to John. On Wednesday, TYs took part in a hair workshop in the concert hall. Jackie Fenlon, Cocos Law, gave a talk to TYs on online bullying and harassment on Thursday. Thanks again to all of these wonderful speakers for coming in.

The Library and the Cluny House are launching a joint reading initiative this week to read as many pages as possible in two milestone events. The House’s will each form a reading team of 25 who will read as much as they can between Monday the 17th of January until the 17th of March, and then again from the 21st of March until the end of term. Whichever House team reads the most will be the winners! Best of luck and happy reading!

To celebrate St. Brigid's Day, the library is inviting students to be creative and do a piece of creative writing, artwork or craft something on the theme of St. Brigid and/or spring. All submissions will be displayed in the library throughout February.

Ms Torpey's 2nd year SPHE class practiced some mindfulness during class. They reflected on understanding the concept of gratitude, positive intentions and moving forward in this new year. Meanwhile, Ms. Torpey’s first years looked at density in different substances during science class!

And that is it for this week! We hope you have a nice weekend. And remember, here at Cluny we learn, we grow, we become.

Friday 17 December 2021

Students have completed their Christmas exams here at Cluny. Mock language exams have also been taking place throughout the week for senior students. Well done to all for their hard work and dedication to their studies.

Rehearsals are well underway for the school talent show which will take place next week. Best of luck to all who are practicing their pieces for the show. We are all looking forward to it!

At the library this week, students took part in Christmas bingo at lunchtime. We hope you all enjoyed bingo! The competition for naming the library elf on the bookshelf ended today. We are now picking the winning name and the winner will be announced Monday. Well done to all for their excellent suggestions.

Jule Hoefer International Student presented with Dita indoor hockey stick and Cluny Hat for her outstanding contribution to hockey in Cluny during her time here. We wish her well in her future hockey career.

We would like to wish all our international students who are returning to their home countries for Christmas a wonderful time and a safe trip.

The library is running a Christmas readathon until the 10th of January. All staff and students are welcome to join. Whoever reads the most from each group will receive a prize! You can read whatever you would like to read. If you are interested in joining, let Ms. Curtin know.

The sixth years were busy making Christmas cookies in Home Economics class to share with their classmates. All here at Cluny would like to wish them and their families a wonderful Christmas. We hope that their last Christmas in Cluny is a special one.

Our Transition Year Culinary Arts class produced amazing and creative Christmas Cakes this year. Take a look at our social media pages to see their wonderful creations. Well done everybody!

Students in Ms. Torpey’s fifth year biology class were busy making mitosis models today. Well done all!

With only a few days left before our Christmas break, we hope you have a lovely weekend and are ready for the days to come. Remember, here at Cluny we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 10 December 2021

Christmas exams have started this week here at Cluny. TY students and Fifth years started their exams on Thursday. TYs finish their exams today. Well done to all who have done their exams. First year and second years start their exams next week. Best of luck to all!

Well done to our fifth year students Lola, Emily and Izzy who were in the Junk Kouture Grand Finale last night on RTÉ 2 with their amazing costume "Blast from the Past". All here at Cluny are proud of you!

On Monday, we recorded our Carol Service in the concert hall. Members of our choir and carol service have been practicing extremely hard for weeks. Well done to all. We are looking forward to seeing the end result!

Best of luck to the Senior A hockey team who are playing against Loreto Stephen's Green tomorrow at 10 a.m. Go, Cluny, Go!

The library is running a readathon until the 10th of January. Students and staff are invited to read as much as they can and whatever they like until the deadline. Whoever reads the most from each group will win a prize.

Second years have worked so hard this term! They made Picasso inspired self-portraits done in cardboard relief. So colourful and fun!

Green Schools are holding best recycled Christmas decoration competition! There will be a prize for the best entry per year group. You can bring your entries to the table set up in the foyer. Be sure to add your name and year group too!

We have had some amazing name suggestions for the library name the elf on the bookshelf competition. Don’t forget, the deadline for entries is the 17th of December!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, here at Cluny, we create, we learn, and we grow.

Friday 03 December 2021

We are into the first week of December now and with Christmas fast approaching, it is a busy time here at Cluny.

A massive congratulations to six basketball volunteers, including our very own Basketball Coach and PE teacher Ed Randolph, who will receive nationwide recognition next week for his dedication to sport in the 2021 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport Awards. Well done Ed!! To read more: https://buff.ly/3ElIgXG

Advent has begun in Cluny. This year our TY Chaplaincy Team prepared a Jesse Tree display. This includes a combination of handmade symbols and some explanations to help us remember the lineage of Jesus. For the first week of Advent, representatives from 1st Year lit our first candle, the candle of hope, on our Advent wreath.

TY's had another busy week! A huge thank you to Garry Burke who spoke to our TY students today about Nutrition in Sport. We would also like to thank Catherine Ann Cullen for speaking to TYs on Tuesday about life as a poet and the inspirations behind her poems. Catherine Ann even performed an original piece of music at the end of the session.

Well done to the TY Christmas Cheer Committee for decorating the hall for the Carol Service and for planning lots of lovely activities for us over the coming days!

Senior A basketball team bounce back with a dominant performance against neighbours Rathdown winning 54 to 32. Earlier in the week the team lost to HCK 26-29 in a very close hard fought contest in Holy Child’s gym. The win keeps the Seniors play-off hopes alive. Well done! Congratulations as well to our Minors who won against Our Lady's Grove- 3-0 in South Dublin League on Saturday. Well done girls!

Well done to all who took part in the MS Readathon. Throughout November our school went on a magical quest filled with adventure and mystery – all for one incredible cause. We raised €135 for MS Ireland! Well done to our winners: Ava Daly (1st Year), Niamh Sheehan (2nd Year), Paula Rubio (3rd Year), Mimi Birchall (TY), Laura O'Leary (5th Year) and Ms. Curtin (Staff).

Well done to Ms. Wolahan's second year home economics class who made a wonderful selection of Christmas chocolate logs. First years were also busy creating hand-stitched felt decorations ready for their Christmas Trees!

Throughout December, the library is running a competition to name the Elf on the Bookshelf. There will be a prize for the best name. If you have a name suggestion for the Elf, let Ms. Curtin know!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, here at Cluny, we celebrate the days to come.

Friday 26 November 2021

We are almost at the end of November already. We hope you are all enjoying the ongoing term here at Cluny. We have had another busy and eventful week!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, we hope all who celebrate it had a lovely day. Today is pajama day in aid of SVP. Students were allowed to wear pajamas today to raise money for SVP. Well done to all who are taking part.

This November, students were given the opportunity to remember loved ones who have died. During RE class, students took time out to remember these people using leaves. Ní imithe uainn atá siad, ach imithe romhainn. They are not gone from us, but gone before us.

On Monday, we celebrated Think Languages Day. The students enjoyed a series of workshops and presentations. The opening ceremony was followed by a yoga workshop in Italian in the concert hall. This activity was followed by a series of presentations in the library including one on languages and politics. Individual groups of our students enjoyed workshops on Italian cooking, languages, coding and construction of international landmarks. The afternoon included presentations on the language and culture of Germany and Japan and Islamic culture in the west of Ireland. The students also participated in the ThinkLanguages national quiz. The day wound up with a lively flamenco dancing session.

Well done to Mr. McLaughlin’s Fifth Years who taught a Reformation Revision class to our Second Years ahead of their Christmas Exams. Many future teachers in this Fifth-Year group!

The Business Department ran Finance week this week. The TY's ran the school bank at lunchtime. There were various talks for each year group on Financial Topics which will help improve their financial literacy.

This week, in the library, Ms. Curtin organised a history of animation week for students to enjoy. Well done to the TY library committee who made wonderful posters for the event. A display board filled with facts was displayed all week as well as the option to watch animated classics in the library at lunchtime. On Tuesday, Boulder Media came to the school and gave a talk to TY students on working in animation. On Thursday, TY students Neila and Sarah ran an animation workshop for the first year students using flipaclip. Second years, third years and TY students also took part in a themed quiz. Well done to all who took part!

Our House Captains have raised a fantastic €275 for the Cluny Houses so far this year! Congratulations!

The students from TY Enterprise ran a bake sale this week to raise finance for their start up mini company Business. The TYs enjoyed had great fun improving their drumming skills at their Drumming workshop from Neil Dowling Drumnature on Thursday.

In sports news, well done to our Under-19s and Senior Hockey teams who played this week. Our Badminton Under-19s team won their first match today against Holy Faith Clontarf 6 - 0. Well done! This was their first match event in months. Hard luck to our Senior Hockey Team who played against St Gerards yesterday in the Leinster Senior Cup. You did us proud!

Our TY culinary art students were busy again this week! Students made a wonderful selection of biscuits. Well done to all!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, here in Cluny we grow and succeed together!

Friday 19 November 2021

It was Stand Up Awareness Week at Cluny. Starting on Monday and finishing today, students and staff took part in lots of activities, including a fundraiser for BelongTo. Well done to all who took part in this week’s events.

This week’s events included a rainbow bake sale on Monday, won by Ava Daly in first year, a drag make-up workshop, making bracelets and a school-wide flag day event where all students and staff were assigned a colour of the rainbow. On Thursday afternoon, everyone gathered outside to recreate the rainbow flag. Today, students will get to enjoy a surprise event to close out this week of activities.

Well done to The Senior Concern debating team - Kara Cummins (Captain), Ellen Donnelly, Isabel Callaghan and Roísín O'Connor who won their first debate and are eagerly awaiting the result of their second debate which was held on Zoom this week.

In Junior debating, well done to 3rd Year students Tia Harford, Gwen Nolan, Lauren Foley, Sofia Kiefel, Grace Groake and Emma Jane Hughes who have all placed in the opening rounds of the Junior Leinster Schools debates. Well done, girls!

5th Year students Aisling McGorrian and Summer Murphy represented Cluny at the Soroptimists Girls Public Speaking Competition at the Carmelite Centre last Saturday. Both students made eloquent and insightful speeches, with summer speaking on the environment and Aisling on the empowerment of women. Well done to Aisling who was selected as runner-up.

Well done to 5th year students Aela, Laura and Emily who competed in Gael Linn debating competition on Thursday.

Be sure to check out Blackrock Radio on Spotify to tune into Cluny's guest spot, produced, written and performed by our fantastic TYs. They also got an exclusive interview with Irish soccer star, Stephanie Roche!

This week TY really impressed with their excellent eclairs and proper profiteroles in Culinary Arts class.

In sports news, congratulations to our senior hockey team who defeated Dundalk Grammar in their Leinster League match yesterday afternoon here at Cluny. Well done as well to our junior team who were narrowly defeated yesterday by Dundalk Grammar. Congratulations as well to our basketball teams who won both of their matches yesterday! Our Cluny Senior’s won 49 vs Loreto Dalkey 27 and our Under-16's Team won with 36 vs Loreto Dalkey 35. Go, Cluny, go!

Well done to our student Maedbh who was selected as player of the match at the weekend in the U17s shield final vs shelsfc.

Our senior soccer team will be playing Ramsgrange on Monday 22nd in Quarter Final senior soccer cup. Best of luck girls!

Don't forget, there is still time to participate in the MS Readathon. Read as many books as you can this November to raise money for MS Ireland. Choose whatever books you like! To donate, please visit https://bit.ly/3obeePV

Next week, we will have a history of animation week themed week in the library. Be sure to call into the library to learn about the origins of animation and the founding of some of our household name studios!

Remember, here at Cluny, we support each other through the good times and the bad alike.

Friday 12 November 2021

Another busy week here at Cluny. We hope you all had a wonderful week and are excited to see what happened this week!

Congratulations to Kara Cummins, Naoise Curry, Alanah Walsh, Cara McCrystal, Lillie Brown, Eva Murray, Aoife Whelan, Meabh Moore and Anna Healy who were presented with the Silver Gaisce Award at a reception in Ratra House, Phoenix Park. Well done to all of you!

A huge thank you to Olivia Carpenter from Breast Cancer Ireland for her informative talk to TY's and fifth years.

Thursday, we held a celebration for last year's 3rd year students to mark their achievements at Junior Cycle. We are very proud of each and everyone of them for the hard work they put in over the three years. Thank you to Debbie Deegan, To Russia with Love, our keynote speaker.

This week is Science Week. Ms. Torpey’s students were busy enjoying all kinds of scientific experiments and activities. Sixth year students took part in Deadly Dinners. Well done to Robyn, Suzie and Alicia who won! Second years completed a Kahoot quiz for Science Week. Well done to Ellen Kearns for winning. Other students created jewelry from biodegradable plastics and learned about the memory and the muscular skeleton system. Third years made catapults! Today, students completed relays around the school and riddle challenges. What a busy week!

Congratulations to Mia McEntee in second year on being selected for Basketball Ireland’s Under-15 Leinster Academy. Fantastic achievement, well done Mia!

TYs worked hard to make pasta from scratch! They made several types of pasta such as Fettuccine, Farfalle and Ravioli. TY students also finished their Home Economics module with a fabulous feast of delicious delicacies - sausage rolls, mini pancakes, filo pastry, chocolate crackers, flower fairy cakes and chocolate muffins. Yum!

Well done to Mr. White and Mr. McLaughlin's second year history students who taught first year students about the Reformation in the library. Each group created a presentation and activity to teach their peers.

All fifth- and sixth-year students attended TU Dublin's presentation on Tuesday here at Cluny. Many thanks to Edel for coming in and delivering this talk to them.

Well done to the TY's on hosting an extraordinarily successful coffee and cake event with Irish gifts to welcome the international students to Cluny.

Thank you to Isabel, our Spanish teacher (from Burgos), for all her support with the Cluny girls in recent months. She will be missed! Señor Moore would also like to express his gratitude for everything she has done. Muchas gracias!

Next week is Stand Up Awareness Week here in Cluny. We will have lots of events and activities for students including a rainbow bake off, flag day and lots more. Check out our social media for more information!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we strive, we grow, and we succeed together.

Friday 05 November 2021

Our first week back after midterm flew by! We hope you all had a lovely break and Halloween. We are delighted to welcome you all back to Cluny.Over the midterm, our past Leaving Certificate students had their Debs in Fitzpatrick Castle. Everyone here at Cluny hopes they had a wonderful day.

Seventeen students and two of our staff trained as Eucharistic Ministers this week in the Chapel. We are very grateful to Mrs. Mary Calvin (MA Theology) who trained our staff and students. Well done to all.

A total of 75 Shoeboxes were collected this morning as a part of Team Hope Ireland’s shoebox appeal. These boxes will be sent to children affected by poverty around the world. Soft Toys made by Ms. O'Brien's TY Textiles class were also donated which could be added to shoeboxes. Well done to all involved and a big thank you to the fifth year Team Hope Shoebox Appeal Committee.

The chaplaincy team have been busy creating a remembrance display for November. All religion classes will have the chance to create and add something to this display in memory of their loved ones who have passed away.

We are taking part in the MS Readathon. This fundraising initiative will run throughout November. Students and staff are invited to read whatever they would like and as much as they can throughout the month to raise money for MS Ireland. If you would like to join, please let Ms. Regan know. If you would like to donate to our fundraiser, please visit our fundraising page.

Congratulations to our past sixth year students Tara and Liz whose Leaving Certificate art won prizes in the Specialist Craft Catalogue Competition. Liz Pettitt was a runner up with her stunning etching and Tara Watson was one of the winners with her beautiful painting.

In sports news, congratulations to Anna Watson, fourth year, who won the Leinster under 18 and under 20 cross country competitions last week. Best of luck in your upcoming races! Congratulations to Tara Leahy, fourth year, who is now on the Dublin GAA team panel!

Well done to our senior soccer team who have qualified for the quarter finals of the Senior B Cup. Go, Cluny, go!

The library has lots of new book titles available for students! A selection of the new books are on display at the entrance to the library. Let Ms. Curtin know if you would like to borrow any books from the library.

All our students have participated in a private study skills workshop with Inspire Education in 2021. We are now running an initiative aimed at helping students understand how to study each subject! We hope to involve teachers, parents, and the students themselves in this effort which will be rolled out next week 15 November.

TY students enjoyed a visit from Dogs Trust today! Students participated in a workshop on ethics and the important activities done by Dogs Trust Ireland. Yesterday, TY students had a talk from Cashel Blue Cheese. They learned about the origins of the farm, business and the manufacturing process for making blue cheese. Students even got to sample some afterwards. Thank you to both Dogs Trust and Cashel Blue Cheese for delivering these talks.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we explore, we strive and we grow.

Friday 22 October 2021

Today is the last day before midterm break! To highlight the Halloween festivities, we had lots of events and activities today here at Cluny. Students and staff dressed up as some of their favorite characters. We will have a school wide Zumba session and fashion show, amongst other things!

TY students were out on work experience this week. We hope you all had a wonderful time and gained valuable insights into the working world.

The winners of the Mental Health Awareness Week poster competition were announced yesterday! Well done to Clodagh in fifth year and Paula in third year for winning the senior and junior categories. All of the posters are being displayed in our foyer. Well done to all who entered. For the end of mental health week, we also had a whole school busking opportunity event to encourage music students to play music to larger crowds and increase confidence.

Sixth year and first year buddies had a lunch event on Monday. Sixth years brought in lots of treats for their first year buddies. It was a wonderful event for all. Thank you to all.

Congratulations to our fifth year students who completed their Bronze Gaisce awards. Stephanie Roche took some time from her busy schedule to present the girls with their medals and spoke with praise and encouragement to the 11 of these girls who are going on to do the Silver Gaisce. Mr. Healy, Ms. Lambert, Ms. Joy and Mrs. Wolahan also took part in the awards ceremony.

Second year students went on a trip on Wednesday to Wicklow Gaol and Bray Bowl. They all thoroughly enjoyed the day out! Thank to Ms. Torpey and Ms. McEvoy for going with them and to all who helped organise the day out.

The Mental Health Committee has started a worry box located next to the bean bags upstairs. Students can put their worries or problems they have seen around the school in it anonymously, worries will be confidential. Ms McFarland and Ms Torpey will read through them regularly.

Congratulations to students in third year Spanish on completion of their CBAs!!! Authentic and creative roleplays; all students put in a huge amount of hard work in recent weeks. A great success. Well done to all for their participation!

Sixth year students went on a trip to Kippure Estate to examine aspects of physical geography including transportation and deposition from the River Liffey.

Well done to Paula (3Y) for winning the library Inktober Halloween competition for her drawing on the art prompt ‘raven’. First year students also took part in a Halloween quiz at the library. Well done girls!

Our first years have been busy designing original book cover illustrations inspired by the late great Eric Carle during art class. Mrs Wolahan first year Home Economics class produced some very creative Halloween cupcakes on Monday.

Sixth years produced some really interesting lino prints this term. Printing with both two colours and also using the chine-collè technique.

Fifth years attended "Do Statisticians have Superpowers?" this morning as part of Maths Week 2021. Thank you to Professor Rafael de Andrade Moral from Maynooth University for delivering this talk.

Grace and Clodagh, two 5th year art students, made a stunning piece celebrating the key symbol in the Le Chéile crest. It will hang in the Le Chéile office with artworks from all of the Le Chéile schools. Well done Grace and Clodagh!

We hope you all have a lovely midterm break. Remember, here at Cluny we create and celebrate together.

Friday 15 October 2021

This week was extremely eventful here at Cluny! With Mental Health Awareness Week and Climate Action Week taking place, students enjoyed lots of activities and themed school wide events.

As part of climate action week, students were invited to pledge to make one change for sustainability. Students chose a wide variety of things to try including one meat-free meal this week, using light switches less, trying sustainable versions of products such as soap and shampoo bars and using metal reusable water bottles.

In aid of the 6th year charity, Carmona School, we ran our first fundraising event today. Students were invited to donate €5 for donation to Carmona School. As part of the day's events, students took part in a silent disco wearing the colours of the Carmona School logo. We hope you all had fun!

Today, Green Schools Committee members and TYs with the help of Sharkira, took part in Gaisce's 'Bulbs for Bees' Challenge, where they planted bulbs in the meadow around the beehives.

On Wednesday, students chose sustainable means to travel to school. Walking, cycling and taking public transport were some of the options taken!

Our TY students were busy on Wednesday down at Sandycove beach cleaning and collecting rubbish with Flossie and the beach cleaners. Well done girls! Also on Wednesday, the TY students had a talk from Dr. Norah Patten, a space scientist, on STEM learning and careers for girls. A big thank you to Dr. Patten and the DLR Library for hosting this wonderful event.

Thank you to the Student Council who organised a hot chocolate event for all students on Wednesday. It was a lovely treat for all!

TY's held a fun pumpkin carving competition and pumpkin parade on Thursday. Well done to all the teams on their innovative creations. Thanks to Ms. McEvoy, Ms. Keenan and Ms. Regan for judging. We also had our second workshop with the amazing Claire Garvey on Thursday. Claire shared her design ideas and process with us and involved the students in making her elaborate Met Gala costume!

Congratulations to our soccer team who won 5-3 in their first match on Thursday! Onto the next round we go! Thank you to Stephanie Roche for coaching the team. We are all looking forward to your next game!

Well done to our third-year students who completed an introduction to referencing workshop with Ms. Curtin, our school librarian! Students referenced novels using the Harvard referencing style.

Congratulations to 3rd Years Grace and Emma Jane who represented Cluny in the first round of the Junior Leinster Schools Debates this week over Zoom.

The first philosophy club meeting with Mr. McLaughlin took place on Thursday afternoon in the study hall. Well done to all who took part!

Best of luck to all of our TY students on work experience next week. We hope you all enjoy your placements and gain some valuable insights into the working world!

Only one more week to go before midterm. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we believe, we belong, and we become!

Friday 08 October 2021

The first week of October is finished already! The days are flying by. We celebrated World Teacher Day this week. We would like to say thank you to all of our wonderful teachers! We are delighted to work with you all every day.

Next week, we are excited to be taking part in both Climate Action Week and Mental Health Week! We have lots of events and themed days planned to mark both of these very important days.

We all wish Clodagh O'Donnell the best of luck for next weekend when she travels to the South of England, as part of the Irish squad, to compete in the Junior Home International Orienteering competition against England, Scotland and Wales.

TY students enjoyed a “Movie Magic” workshop on Tuesday. They learned about film making techniques and then got to make their own movie trailers, mockumentaries and music videos. Huge thank you as well to Katie, entrepreneur, for giving a talk to our TYs on setting up and running her business. It was very informative and the girls really enjoyed it.

The library delivered introduction to research workshops for senior history students. Students learned about how to find reliable information online, using library catalogues to find information and how to use Google Scholar.

Well done to our past pupil Claire Buckley, Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone pictured below with Sr. Amala. Sr. Amala spearheads a huge project for the Hearing Impaired begun by Sr Mary Sweeney, from Donegal and a past pupil of Mount Sackville.

The TY library committee were busy this week decorating the library for Halloween! The library is adorned with all kinds of spooky decorations. Keep an eye out for upcoming themed events and competitions that will be running over the course of the month.

As next week is Climate Action Week, we are inviting students to pledge to make one change to fight against climate change. This could be using a bamboo toothbrush, make a meat free meal or use public transport, cycle or walk to school. Students are invited to take a photo of what they choose and send it to greenschools20201@clunykilliney.ie. Students are invited to participate in No Trash Tuesday and Walk on Wednesday or Cycle on Wednesday!

First years produced some delicious healthy breakfast muffins today. Perfect recipe for blackberries abundant in the hedgerows around Killiney hill right now.

The library started its puzzle of the week on Monday with a riddle! Well done to Lauren Hardiman, Ava Watt, Kara Cummins and Emily Cotter for getting the correct answer.

We hope you all have a lovely and restful weekend. And remember, at Cluny we strive, we believe, we become.

Friday 01 October 2021

We welcome in the first day of October today! September flew by. There is a chill in the air that reminds us that Halloween is just around the corner. This week's Good News Friday is a bumper edition which includes news from last week as well as this one just gone by.

Congratulations to the following 5th year students who all successfully completed their DELF exams: Caoilinn Divilly, Aisling McGorrian, Kate Lysaght Walsh, Mia Ryan, Ellen McGibney, Emily Doyle, Louise Tyner, Grace Watson, Ellen Donnelly, Róisín O'Connor, Aela Cronin, Aoibhe Doyle, Lauren Doyle, Maedbh Hanney, Eilís Kelly, Eabha McNamee, Evie Miller, Clodagh O'Donnell, Laura O'Leary and Nicole Ryan.

Third Year students have begun preparations for their CBAs in modern foreign languages!!! There are some amazing and creative ideas in the pipeline and they will commence shortly and wrap them up before the October midterm break!

Well done to Anna Watson who represented Ireland last weekend in the 3,000m track race at the Schools International Athletic Board Track & Field International 2021 in Derbyshire, England.

We would also like to say well done to all our 1st years for sitting their CAT 4 tests last Friday!

TY students enjoyed a sailing course last week.

On Thursday, we welcomed the acclaimed costume designer Claire Garvey to Cluny. Students modelled their entries for Junk Kouture alongside some of Claire’s original pieces. We were delighted to have Claire visit us and are looking forward to working with her as our artist-in-residence over the next few months. Please see the wonderful photos below from the day.

From Monday 20th to Friday 24th of September, we celebrated Healthy Food Week here at Cluny. Students learned about eating in moderation and the benefits eating of cocoa instead of chocolate. Ms. Carroll's SPHE class made a delicious fruit and cheese platter to celebrate the week as well! All transition year students had a presentation, via zoom, in the library on Friday. The speaker Aine Shannon is a Marine Biologist who works with BIM. The talk was about the health benefits of fish, the Irish fishing Industry and careers in the industry. Many thanks to Trish Leahy, mother of Tara who helped arrange this. The students learned a lot and enjoyed the presentation.

Last Friday, we also celebrated the European Day of Languages. We shared messages in more than 8 languages spoken in the school, from staff and students and many students enjoyed quizzes and other new language-based activities and games in their classrooms, across all subjects.

In sports news, Senior GAA training for TY, fifth and sixth year students returned on Thursday at Thomastown Pitch. Training will be from 16:00 until 17:30. Details for junior training will be available shortly.

Sixth year students enjoyed an ecology trip today to Airfield House with Ms. Torpey, Ms. Davis and Ms. Carroll. They even found a frog during their search!

Film club has now moved to every second Monday in the library! Students are invited to watch Alice in Wonderland, the Disney animated classic for this coming Monday’s meeting.

What a busy two weeks it has been! We have loads more planned in the coming weeks. Remember, here at Cluny, we celebrate and dream of the days to come!

Friday 17 September 2021

It is hard to believe we are already more than halfway through September here at Cluny. It has been another busy but rewarding week!

We are delighted to announce our senior prefects for 2021/2022 here at Cluny. Congratulations and well done to our senior prefects: Emma O’Keeffe, Lillie Browne, Eve O’Toole, Meabh Moore, Avril Ryan, Alannah Walsh, Kara Cummins, Robyn Dowling, Ella Jones, Naoise Curry, Daisy Gavigan, Aoife Whelan (Head Girl) and Alicia McCoy (Deputy Head Girl).

All here at Cluny would like to say a huge congratulations to Anna Watson for her athletics event last weekend! Anna qualified to represent Ireland at the International Athletics Meet in the UK. Go Anna Go! All here at Cluny are proud of you!

We are well underway now in preparing for our Amber Flag Initiative with Pieta House. A huge thank you to Windy Ridge for donating apple trees to mark the beginning of our activities.

The TY Library Committee 2021/2022 had their first meeting on Thursday. Well done to Shauna Brocklesby, Neila Rek, Sarah Grumley, Lucy Turley, Tara Leahy, Keelin O'Byrne, Shannon Downing and Mimi Birchall. Keep an eye out for upcoming special events and themed weeks at the library!

Thank you to Ursula Schler for delivering an informative talk about foraging for wild food to our TY students on Monday. Ursula has a wealth of knowledge and stories to tell that kept us all entertained!

Our House Captains for 2021/2022 were announced this week. Well done to Kate Lysaght Walsh and Aisling McGorrian (Tahiti), Ella Hardord and Sadhbh McGlinn (Gambia), Emily Doyle and Grace Watson (Ghana), Aoibhe Doyle and Laura O’Leary (St. Lucia), Eve Miller and Katie Waters (Fiji), and Laragh Clancy and Emma Foy (Sierra Leone). Thank you to everyone who entered and gave speeches, you all did a fantastic job!

Our artist in residence, Claire Garvey, will visit us for the first time on Thursday 23rd September. She will visit one Thursday a month for the entire school year. Students are reminded that if you are interested in Costume Design and would like to work with Claire, please email Ms O'Keeffe or Ms Wolahan.

We are looking forward to seeing you all again next week. And remember, here at Cluny, we plan, we dream and we succeed!

Friday 10 September 2021

Another busy week here at Cluny. We hope everyone is enjoying being back!

TY students are out on their Outdoor Pursuits trip to Carlingford today. We hope they enjoy the planned activities.

All here at Cluny would like to wish the very best of luck to Anna Watson, 4th year student, in the 3,000m race at the National Championships in Santry on Saturday 11th September at 12 noon. During the summer, Anna won the Athletics Ireland 3000m National Title in Tullamore, and thereby qualifying for the National Championships this weekend. Anna will be competing against athletes from Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht. The top 2 winners will represent Ireland in an International Athletics Meet in the United Kingdom.

Well done to students who took part in the first library book and film clubs during the week. Keep an eye out for the next meeting dates!

First and sixth year students did a buddy day event on Tuesday. Students enjoyed a picnic and got to know one another. The House speeches and election took place on Thursday morning at 08:30 for all houses. Best of luck to all who took part in the election!

We are delighted to have Stephanie Roche, Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Peamount United of Dublin and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team as our soccer coach. Soccer pratice started this week! Well done to all.

We would also like to welcome Azhar Syed, National Under 15 Coach of Ireland. Azhar is doing badminton lessons and practice with students here at Cluny.

We are super excited to have Ursula Schler visit our school on Monday 13th September when she will speak with the Transition Year students about Food Sustainability and Foraging.

We are looking forward to the days to come! We hope you have a relaxing weekend. And remember, at Cluny, we learn, we strive, we grow.

Friday 03 September 2021

We are delighted to restart our Good News Friday series!

Welcome back to all students and staff her at Cluny. All staff and students returned on Tuesday, it was great to see everyone back. We hope you all had a nice summer break.

Congratulations to our Leaving Cert class of 2021 on their outstanding results today. You have shown great resilience and determination over the last two years, and everyone connected with St. Joseph of Cluny is extremely proud of you.

Our new cohort of TY students enjoyed a team building workshop today with Ms. O’Dwyer and a sailing course last Friday. Well done to all for taking part. Transition year Culinary Arts class cooked up a storm today with their Italian themed dishes. We had Bruschetta, Carbonara, Pizza, Biscotta and Tiramisu. See the photos below! Well done to all.

Our extracurricular sports schedule is now underway here at Cluny. Students can take part in basketball, hockey, soccer and badminton. For more information on the afterschool sports, please view the timetable here.

Library inductions began this week. Students learned about what they can do in the library and upcoming clubs – including book and film club. Students are reminded, they can borrow up to 4 books for 3 weeks from the library. Thank you to all who have done their induction so far.

Congratulations to our past pupil Isabelle who was awarded the Regan Medal and who came top of her class in Pharmacology this year. Isabelle graduated from University College Dublin. Well done from all at Cluny! We wish her every best success in the future.

We hope you all have a nice weekend!

Remember, at Cluny we celebrate our achievements and successes.