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Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people.

It is promoted in Ireland by Oide Technology in Education and Webwise.

Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on Tuesday, 6th February 2024 with the themeTech in our World.

Our girls have been hard at work creating projects to promote Safer Internet Day. Please check back regularly to see what they have created.

Click here to see some of their work.

As part of our Human Rights campaign day, we raised 370€ for Amnesty Ireland and engaged in whole school awareness raising on Human Rights. Congratulations to all of the students involved!

Congratulations to the winners of our Human Rights Quiz. The prizes were beautiful, reusable bottles from Amnesty Ireland.

Congratulations to the winners of our Human Rights Poster Competition. These wonderfully creative posters are displayed around our school to celebrate the importance of Human Rights.

We are delighted to inform you that Jigsaw is hosting a webinar on the topic of Friendships and Mental Health. It is for parents and teachers and will happen on February 6^th at 7.30-8.30.

In this webinar parents and guardians will:

• Consider the impact friendships can have on their child’s mental health
• Explore ways in which they can support their child to build positive friendships ​
• Learn supportive strategies to navigate conversations about friendships with their child

Sign up and registration is through the OGS Learnupon portal and the link is in the poster

How to register:

1). Go to One Good School Learnupon

sign up and log in.

2) You will be asked to select your school from a drop-down range of options. When you have selected your school and the “parent” option, you will have access to the course. You can get started by selecting the down arrow to the right of the dashboard button, then selecting Catalog- you will then see the available course on the Courses tab.

Friendships and Mental Health Webinar for Parents and Guardians

The results are in for Week 1 of Maryfield’s Fittest Class (first years). 1S has raced into the lead! Well done to everyone involved.

The ASF Maryfield’s Fittest Class challenge began in earnest today with 1K and 1S battling it out for each available point. Well done to each participant and to the girls from 4S who organised it so effectively.

The TY Japanese group went to our local Japanese restaurant to try the food as part of the module.

Ms. Keating arranged a trip to the 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in the RDS for all 1st years. Students should be praised for their excellent behaviour and a really enjoyable day was had by all. Thanks to the teachers who attended.