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Senior Cycle Options 2022-2023

Well done to the second year A team who marked their debut with a 10-6 win over St Dominic’s, Cabra.

Check out the posters our first years created to raise awareness about safety on the internet. Safer Internet Day is Tuesday, 8th of February.

#SID2022

Safer Internet Day 

Next Tuesday, February 8th, is Safer Internet Day. In preparation for this day, students will be learning about the importance of online safety, respectful communication on social media platforms and managing their wellbeing online, in Digital Media Literacy. 

This week, students are asked to create a digital poster promoting online safety and include their top tips for developing positive online habits to manage their wellbeing.  

This competition is open to all students in the school. Digital posters should be submitted to Mr Smith via teams by Monday 7th February. The winning poster will be announced on Tuesday the 8th and displayed on the school’s website and twitter account.  

If you have any questions regarding this competition, feel free to ask Mr Smith, Ms Clancy or Mr Dempsey.  

Good Luck!

Student Council Update Newsletter

This year’s current Student Council members are a determined and dedicated group of Maryfield students. Over the past number of months the Student Council have had weekly meetings discussing topics such as organising competitions,, events and coming up with new ways to resolve any issues that arises in school. Since forming in October, this year’s Student Council have accomplished several achievements so far:  

At the start of the year, we carried out our weekly toilet checks to each year group’s toilets as well as wire checks to ensure a safer and cleaner school.  

We had a meeting with Ms. Ryan who spoke to us about CAO booklets for the future and current senior cycle students. We also discussed the school’s digital learning strategy with Ms. McCoy. 

We have informed students about the ISSU survey on Covid in schools. We have discussed issues that year groups have brought up including eating arrangements. We have had several meetings with Ms. O’Rourke about issues that have arisen in school. One of the major policies we have discussed has been the new uniform policy of the introduction of trousers. As a group we have discussed potential designs and ideas for the new trousers.  

We organised our 12 Days of Christmas competition in December in collaboration with the music department. The competition was a huge success, each year got involved with answering the festive questions. We would like to say a massive thank you to all the students who got involved in our competition.  

Most recently, we have begun the process of organising ISIC cards for Maryfield students, which will begin this week. If you would like an application form make sure to come and collect it from us before the due date.  

If you any issues or concerns please make sure to inform your student council representative.  

Sincerely,  

The Maryfield College Student Council 2021-2022.  

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As part of our approach to whole-school wellbeing, we have launched the Drop Everything and Exercise initiative.

What is it?

• It is the use of physical activity breaks during lessons.
• Pupils and teachers stop what they are doing and engage in a little bit of exercise.
• New exercises are tried out every week.

Why?

• These physical activity breaks allow you to clear your mind, get some fresh air and energise yourself.
• They will increase your focus in a fun and healthy way.
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We are very proud to say we are enrolled in Jigsaw’s One Good School initiative.

Jigsaw is the national center for youth mental health in Ireland.

The One Good School Initiative involves a whole school approach, aimed at supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people and those around them.

OGS will involve:

• A wide range of activities, based on the school’s needs. These include face-to-face classes, events and online learning options.
• Topics include managing exam stress, anxiety in the classroom, how to get help and self care.
• Young people are the experts in what affects them. Therefore, pupils will have the opportunity to lead, support and promote mental health in Maryfield.

What’s next?

• Right now, we are establishing a One Good School team, made up of school management, teachers, pupils and parents. Their job is to roll out the programme in the school.
• Team members will receive training from Jigsaw. Between now and the summer, they will complete 5 team tasks. One would be to assess the needs of the school in order to plan for September.
• Pupils and parents will start with an online course.

For more information, click here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xd1Q-jVyU

The week before Christmas, the Transition Year students made chocolate yule logs. Thank you to Ms McAuley and Ms Gordon for organising this for us. We all had great fun and it definitely got us in the festive spirit!

Áine Bolger & Róisín Kelly

This year the Transition year students took part in the Care Pack initiative during November and December. The aim is to spread joy and goodwill towards senior citizens who are residents in a care facility in Ireland. Many of these residents, have had limited visits from family and friends during this time, so when we heard of the opportunity to get involved and make a difference, we couldn’t wait!

55 students from our year volunteered to participate in the project. On completion of our application, we received a list of residents currently residing in local nursing homes within the Drumcondra and Glasnevin area. We wanted to support the residents by wrapping them in a blanket of kindness andwhile they may have to isolate away safely during the pandemic, they most certainly are in our thoughts. We sent letters, cards, gifts, handcrafted items, and treats. All parcels were individually wrapped, packed, and posted. Each package is a unique representation of how we are keeping our senior citizens in our thoughts and prayers over the festive season.

Many thanks to Ms. McAuley for supporting us on this project and well done to all Ty students on thewhat has been a great success– great team work!

Ava Cleary, Megan Savage, Sarah Preston & Louise Hennessey