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TY Weekly: Climbing Centre, Incinerator field trip, Orwell Lodge visits, Kinia Paired Reading training and Women in STEM talk

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NEWS / 27 March 2026

The TYs have been really busy throughout March! Every Friday they've been going to the BLOC Climbing Centre near Tallaght, a number of students visit Orwell Lodge Nursing Home every Tuesday at lunch, a field trip to the Incinerator in Sandymount with Ms Skehan, completed a Kinia Paired Reading training morning, attended a Women in STEM talk when past-pupil Olivia Foley returned to Stratford and more! Plus the very cool TY 2025-2026 hoodies arrived - thanks Mr Eppel!

  • Purim and World Book Week, 2nd - 6th March. See Purim & World Book Week blog.
  • BLOC Climbing Centre: 6th/13th/20th/27th March.
  • TY Subject choice, 4th - 11th March. TYs could sit in 5th and 6th Year classes to get a better sense of Leaving Certificate subjects
  • Tuesday, 10th March: TY JCPA (Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement) presentation. See blog.
  • Every Tuesday: visit to Orwell Lodge Nursing home before lunch.
  • Tuesday, 10th March: TY Walking Tour of Dublin. See blog.
  • Friday, 13th March: Chinese Tea Party. See blog.
  • Monday, 23rd March: Dublin City Student Enterprise Finals. See blog
  • Tuesday, 24th March: Kinia Paired Reading Training programme
  • Wednesday, 25th March: Geography Trip to the Incinerator, Sandymount. (see photo below)
  • Thursday, 26th March: Women in STEM - completely inspiring past pupil - Olivia Foley. Multimedia (DCU), Masters in Music & Technology (TCD) (see photos below)

Meanwhile TYs had three major Digital Portfolio deadlines:

Deadline #1: Sunday, 1st March. 

  • Have all experiences noted (September - February)
  • Have all reflections completed (September - February)
  • Review/update your goals and progress
  • Reflection on your second week of work experience

Deadline #2: Friday, 13th March

  • Term 2 - example of work you're most proud of in each of your TY subjects (Agriculture Science to Gaeilge)

Deadline #3: Friday, 27th March

  • Term 2 - example of work you're most proud on each of your TY subjects (Gaeilge Cumarsáide to SPHE, including Extra Curricular)

Thanks to Ms Maxwell for co-ordinating so many TY events.

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