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Summer News 2012 - News Summary Page

An End of Year Message From Ms Cavanagh
      
Best Wishes to all students in the forthcoming exams and congratulations to all who have participated in and organised recent school events.
      
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The School Centenary, 2012
        
Santa Sabina will celebrate the centenary of the foundation of the school in September 2012. A number of special events are planned.
      
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AstroTurf Pitch Fundraising Update
        
Learn more about fundraising for Santa Sabina’s fantastic new AstroTurf pitch from Ann Cameron (Coordinator of Fundraising for The Spórtlann and AstroTurf Pitch, Santa Sabina).
        
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Circus Fancy Dress Day
      
Our Fundraising Fancy Dress Days continued this spring with our Circus Fancy Dress Day on Friday, March 30th.
      
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Sixth Year 2012 Awards
      
A number of special events took place in the school at the end of May in honour of Santa Sabina’s Class of 2012, including the presentation of The Sixth Year Awards and the Graduation Mass, held on the evening of Friday 18th May.
      
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Transition Year ’11 – ‘12
      
Congratulations to the Transition Year Award Winners who received their awards at the Transition Year Certification Ceremony on May 25th.

Thank you also to all Transition Year students for your cooperation, hard work and good humour and Best Wishes for the summer.
      
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Transition Year Trip to London 2012
      
A number of our Transition Year students recently enjoyed a wonderful end of year trip to London.
      
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Gaisce Awards
      
Congratulations to all Transition Year Bronze Gaisce recipients who received their awards at a special end of year school assembly and well done to the Fifth Year students who are working hard towards their Silver Gaisce awards.
      
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The Student Council
      
The Student Council had a very busy year and were involved in a variety of activities which proved very beneficial to Santa Sabina’s student body.
      
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Science Reports
      
The school hosted its inaugural Scifest event, First Year students attended Salter’s Chemistry Festival, Physics students met Prof. Bill Phillips (Nobel Laureate) in DCU and Prof. Liz Parfin gave a fascinating talk in the school on x-ray imaging.
      
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The Spring Fair 2012
      
The Spring Fair, in aid of Trócaire, was held in the school grounds on Sunday March 25th. It was a fantastic day and the success of this year’s event resulted in Santa Sabina raising €6387 for Trócaire.
      
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RE Projects
      
4O welcomed a visitor from Uganda as part of Trócaire’s Pamoja Project and Santa Sabina participated in the St. Brigid Peace Cross Campaign raising the sum of €500 for Afri.
      
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Fifth Year Céilí
        
Santa Sabina’s 5th Years attended a céilí in St. Fintan’s Boys School as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.
        
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French
      
Thank you to Audrey Merdy who has been with us since last October as a French Language Assistant. Last term we also welcomed French teacher Stephanie Allemand to our school.
      
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Music
      
It has been another busy but rewarding year for our Music Department starting with a trip to the National Concert Hall in October and our first Santa Sabina’s Got Talent Variety Show in November.
      
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CSPE
      
2E have done fantastic work this year on their Junior Cert Action Project which is inspired by the work of The Simon Community. In February 2S visited The DSPCA as part of their Junior Cert Action Project.
      
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History
      
The classes of 1O and 1E displayed wonderful models of medieval stone castles in the school canteen as part of their study of the medieval period in History.
      
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Geography
      
First Year students have been learning about Saudi Arabia.
      
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Sports Update
        
Several Santa Sabina teams reached finals this year and once again our girls did us proud with their efforts on the courts and the pitches.
      
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PSA News
      
Santa Sabina’s Parents’ School Association continues to promote its fundraising initiative with Wise Owl Bookshops. The PSA is also looking for volunteers to help with the school’s centenary celebrations and would like parents to send them their email addresses should they wish to receive the PSA e-bulletin, NewSStop.
      
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