- 26 Oct, 2023
Inter Loreto Hockey Blitz
1st Years enjoyed a great afternoon at the Loreto Hockey Halloween Blitz in Loreto Foxrock. All teams put great engery into their games and had a spooktacular time!
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- 25 Oct, 2023
Paralympian Guest Spaeker
Today the TYs had a very special guest speaker today! Greta Streimikyte – who is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres at international level events. Greta was invited to the school…
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- 24 Oct, 2023
Extra Curricular Basketball
It was a great week in basketball for the cadet and senior teams! They were both victorious against Loreto Beaufort with the cadets winning 26-57 and the seniors winning 19-47.The seniors fought a hard game…
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- 23 Oct, 2023
Transition Year Trip to Delphi
Many thanks to the PE department and Transition Year team who organised a very successful adventure trip to Delphi in Co Mayo over the wekend. The girls participated in Big Challenges, Archery Tag, High Ropes,…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated every October for the last 90 years. It is called “Pink October” as people around the world adopt the pink colour and display a pink ribbon to raise…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Maths Week
This week we celebrated Mathematics in various ways. From famous women mathematicians, maths games, quizzes and competitions, even corny jokes, every angle was covered!!! 1A enjoyed a lesson from TY computer science class on the…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
3J Visit Dáil Eireann and Seanad
Ms. Agnew’s CSPE class was invited by Darragh O’Brien T.D. to visit the Dáil and Seanad on Friday. The girls found the whole experience to be very informative, igniting a possible career in politics for…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Joutes Oratoires Comprtition
Félicitations to Senior French Debaters Hannah Waters, Grace Anderson, Kayan Butt and Isoken Ugiabe, who won their first round of the Alliance Française Joutes Oratoires, against St. Conleth’s College. They were praised for their strong…
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- 18 Oct, 2023
Alliance Francaise Trip
Ms Kearney’s sixth year French class visited the Alliance Française in Dublin for an oral prep course on Thursday. The students then received a talk from Trinity College’s linguistics department on the opportunities that are…
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- 18 Oct, 2023
Amazing Junior Cert Results
Congratulations to our Transition Year students who received their Junior Cycle results today. It was wonderful to see everyone’s excitement as the students along with their parents eagerly opened the envelopes. It is true to…
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- 17 Oct, 2023
Loreto Swimming Gala
Loreto Balbriggan had great success at the Loreto Swimming Gala, which was held at the National Aquatic Centre on Tuesday. Students competed across all age and stroke categories, with many students progressing to the finals….
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- 17 Oct, 2023
Future Leaders 1st Year Olympics
Loreto Balbriggan is proud to provide the Future Leaders Programme in Transition Year. The programme is a joint initiative from the GAA and the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). It is a cross-curricular programme comprising…
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- 15 Oct, 2023
Killossery Interschools Competition
Congratulations to our school equestrian team who placed 2nd at today’s Killossery Interschools competition. Our team members this week included Ruth Barrett, Eimear Keogh, Gráinne Delany and Ailbhe Hartford.
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- 13 Oct, 2023
Focus Ireland
On Friday 13th of October over 150 Loreto Balbriggan Transition Year students joined in solidarity with schools, clubs and other groups throughout Ireland to raise awareness and vital funds for homeless charity Focus Ireland. Despite…
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- 13 Oct, 2023
Inter Schools Hockey Tournament.
On Friday 13th Loreto Balbriggan hosted an inter schools hockey tournament, Skerries Community College and Leighton Park School from the UK were the other two schools that participated. The games were very competitive and showed…
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- 13 Oct, 2023
1st Year Geography Field Study
1C, 1D and 1H participated a mini field study on Balbriggan beach this week after studying The Sea in Geography. The students studied coastal erosion through measuring wave frequency as well as conducting a beach…
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- 13 Oct, 2023
Senior English ‘Hamlet’
‘What a piece of work is… Hamlet!’ 6th year English students enjoyed a memorable trip to the Clasac Theatre in Clontarf on Friday, 13th October. Thanks to the Gaiety School of Acting players for their…
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- 13 Oct, 2023
Senior Student Leadership
Congratulations to the Senior Leaders from 5th and 6th year who officially received their badges today. They were the first cohort of students to assemble in our new auditorium, ‘Amharclann’ We wish them the best…
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- 12 Oct, 2023
Minor Hockey League Begins
The minor team began their Leinster Hockey League campaign on Thursday playing their first match against St Colombas College. Narrowly beaten in a fiercely contested game, the team is taking a lot of positives from…
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- 11 Oct, 2023
L&H Law Society Junior Schools Debating Competition
Congratulations to our new and experienced second year debaters who displayed excellent debating techniques in the first round of the Junior Schools, debate competition which took place in UCD on Wednesday evening . A special…
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- 10 Oct, 2023
JPIC visit to Irish Aid Centre
Transition year JPIC classes visited The Irish Aid Centre today as part of their TY module. They participated in a workshop that gave them an understanding of the Irish Government’s overseas development projects. They were…
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- 6 Oct, 2023
Extra Curricular News
Horticulture and Gardening Club. The gardening club has been very busy over the past few weeks, working with succulents(any plant with thick fleshy tissues adapted to water storage). They have planted and have been attending…
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- 6 Oct, 2023
Faith Leaders
Ember Training in beautiful Wicklow Congratulations to Teagan Linehan, Maria Ferguson, Eimear Beggs, Rejoice Agbator, Melissa Abodunrin, Alison Forde, Amy Higgins and Oge Nmoh members of this year’s Ember Team who were commissioned…
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- 3 Oct, 2023
Transition Year
All of our TY students had a great morning on Tuesday at the ‘Xplore your Future’ event in the Helix. The TYs met with and chatted with representatives currently working in Industry or training with…
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