Maryfield College

Miriam’s Writing Wins

Congratulations to Miriam Onwule, 5th year, who has been selected as the winner of the secondary school category in The Irish Times Africa Day Writing Competition. Miriam’s piece will be published in The Irish Times and she has been invited to attend an award ceremony in The Irish Times in early June.


Maryfield’s Radio Debut

Six students from Maryfield were recently selected to have their poetry and short stories featured in a series on Near Fm called “Telling Tales.”   The series features creative works from students around Ireland.

You can find a link to the podcast series where you can listen in here http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?series=telling-tales

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Sports Fun Day 2016

The Prefects held their third fundraiser to coincide with Maryfield Sports Day on Monday the 16th of May. They raised the sum of €957 which will be sent to Bressie’s charity, A Lust for Life. This is a charity that supports youth mental health issues. Thanks to all for your support.

We all enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of wellie throwing, sack races, three-legged races, tug of war, relay races and bean bag waddles. The sun shone on what was a memorable and fun day in our beautiful playing fields.

 


Jackie Clarke Foundation Poetry Award

In November 2015 Ms. Townshend’s First Year computer classes entered a poetry competition that was run by the Jackie Clarke Foundation. Jackie Clarke, from Ballina Co. Mayo, was a business man and collector of Irish historical material. Events such as this poetry competition are run by the foundation to promote a knowledge and love of Irish history in our young people.

To our delight Amy Noonan, Ellenjane O’Brien and Seána O’Grady from 1K received first prize for their poem about the 1798 rebellion.

 

1798 Rebellion

by Seána O’Grady, Amy Noonan and Ellenjane O’Brien

 

 

United Irishmen searched for

Equality and liberty in the hope they would

get unity

 

Protestants, Presbyterians and Catholics

shared the belief of a better life but at times

it was hard for them to do it without the

grief

 

Men struggling to survive, men dying on all

sides

 

Screams of pain, a dusty cloud

Struggling to survive crawling on the ground

 

The inhumanity of it all one last breath, one

last wish one last fall


Maryfield College gets the Green Light

Maryfield College Green Schools Committee is delighted to announce that we have been awarded our second Green Flag under the theme of energy.
For the past two years the Green Schools Committee along with the whole school community have been attempting to reduce the amount of energy that we use in the school through 5 simple steps.

  1. turning off the lights when they are not needed
  2. pulling up the blinds to allow natural light into the room
  3. switching off the data projectors and P.C.’s when not in use
  4. turning down the radiators if the room gets too hot
  5. closing all windows and doors to avoid draughts

To achieve this award, the Green Schools Committee, with the assistance of the Transition Year Green Schools classes and the rest of the school community, had the difficult task of completing all of the 7 steps to getting a Green Flag.

  1. form a Green Schools Committee
  2. complete an environmental review
  3. put into place an ongoing action plan for energy reduction
  4. monitor and evaluate the action plan continually
  5. inform and involve the school community and the wider community of our action plan and achievements
  6. write a green code

On the 2nd of March 2016 Audrey Duff from Dublin City Council visited the school and met with the Green Schools Committee to ask them about the 7 steps that had been completed and to ensure that the school had met all of the criteria necessary to achieve a green flag. Ms. Duff was very impressed with the committee and the work that the school and completed. As the Green Schools Coordinator I would also like to compliment all of the members of the Green Schools Committee on their participation during the Green Flag renewal visit. Each committee member was keen to show off our school and explain to Audrey all the work that we had done in relation to both our Litter and Waste Theme and Energy Theme.

The official application for our second Green Flag was submitted on 11th of March to An Taisce and I am delighted to announce that our application was successful and a group of representatives from the Green Schools Committee will be attending The Green Flag Award Ceremony on May 24th in The Helix.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff, students and parents of Maryfield College for their contribution to the work involved in achieving our second Green Flag. The Green Schools Programme can only work if the whole school community get together to implement change and sustain good environmental habits. Congratulations to us all and I look forward to starting work on the third flag under the theme of water conservation.

Ms. Rebecca Carroll

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Green Schools Committee 2015/2016

Back Row L to R: Juste Rusteckaite, Julie Dory, Charlotte Cashel, Kesenja Ustimenko, Alannah Grace, Bronwen McDonagh, Samantha Balandevituite Alexandra Ciolan, Catriona Murray,
Middle Row L to R: Chiara Patton Fea, Michaela Castro, Sayeh Mohamedi, Julia Grezlak, Marielle Bernardo, Olivia L’estrange, Mairead McHugh
Front Row L to R: Sinead Bala, Amber Madden Doyle, Sophia Downes, Eve Boyle.
Not pictured: Andrea Lafford, Anna Ando, Mikee Astudillo


The Global Issues Group in Maryfield was recognized for it’s outstanding work

The Global Issues Group in Maryfield was recognized for it’s outstanding work in Global Issues at an award ceremony in Limerick this week.  The Global Issues Group led by Ms. Mellon and started initially by the members of the Concern Debate Team have initiated a number of projects within the school including a Global Issues Noticeboard, special assemblies, awareness raising, fundraising and focus groups.  Some members of the group participated in the Concern Debates and others attended workshops on taking action to tackle global issues.

It is the first time Maryfield has been recognized for contributing to Global Issues Education in Ireland. Watch this space for more ideas and innovations coming from the group next year.

globalissuesPictured from left to right: Jenny Finlay, Ms. S. Mellon, Orla Reardon and Maria Lee.