We also held a fundraiser in support of the local Down Syndrome Centre in Sandyford, and we are delighted with the generosity shown by our school community.

Thank you to everyone for your fantastic support in making the day so special.

On Friday 28th November, INTO and Forsa members from our school staff joined workers across the country to take workplace actions in solidarity with the people and workers of the Occupied Territories in Palestine and Gaza.

Our first medal of the day was won by Joseph Oyekanmi who won gold in the U12 80m sprint competition. Joseph ran superbly in the final and showed wonderful acceleration in the final 30 metres to get his head across the line in first place. This is a fantastic achievement for Joseph and one he should be very proud of.

Only a few minutes later, Cara Fortune won bronze in the U14 600m. Cara ran a great race and showed fantastic determination and endurance in the last 100 metres to pick up the bronze medal. Well done Cara.

Finally, after two brilliant runs, our U12 boys relay team took home bronze in a fiercely competitive final. This team consisted of Joseph Oyekanmi, Eoghan Harney, Arthur O’Shea, Dylan Geraghty and Benji Mico Avomo. Well done to the boys and once again they should be very proud of their fantastic achievement in Santry.

A huge well done to all our athletes who represented St. Attracta’s so well on the day and a huge thanks to Ms. O’Leary, Ms. McDonagh, Ms. McCormack and Vigetta Moran who all gave of their time so generously to help prepare the children for the various events.

After a long bus journey to the Limerick venue, the girls were straight into a round robin group competition that would determine the pairings for the upcoming semi-finals. Our first game was against Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers from Cork and after a fiercely competitive game, the girls came out on the wrong side of a 7-5 scoreline. The group stages also pitted our girls against St. Patrick’s Primary School from Portrush and Corrandulla National School from Galway. The girls fought exceptionally well in these games and came away with two vital victories, beating St. Patrick’s 8-1 and Corrandulla 5-2.

These results meant the girls finished 2nd in the group and were pitted against Corrandulla National School in the All-Ireland semi final. They proceeded to produce one of their best performances of the day winning comprehensively with all ten panel members contributing handsomely. In the other semi final, Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers from Cork came out on top meaning the All-Ireland final would be a repeat of our first game of the day.

After an exceptionally competitive game, the girls came out on top with the final score reading St. Attracta’s SNS 7 Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers 3. Our girls played exceptionally well and scored some fantastic goals with Katie Darcy getting three of these and Amy Clarke scoring four.

It is a superb achievement for the group and their coach, Ms. O’ Gorman. It is the first time in the school’s history to achieve success at this level and the girls should be so proud of their success. A huge thanks to Ms. O’Gorman for all her hard work throughout the campaign.

Back row (L-R): Katie Darcy, Amy Clarke, Sophie O’Toole, Elyse Delicato, Abbie Rowland, Ms. O’Gorman.

Front Row (L-R): Lucy Morris, Aisling O’Brien, Alannah McLoughlin, Íde Humar, Laura McGarrigle.

Junior Credit Union Quiz Team

Secondly, on Thursday March 21st, Divine Word in Marlay held their Inter-Schools General Knowledge Quiz for sixth class pupils from the surrounding area. After eight rounds both of our teams did very well and finished in the top six. The St. Attracta’s SNS teams consisted of Oisin Coleman, Katie O’Neill, Barra O’Baoill, Dara Farrelly, Elliot Gallagher, Luke Shorten O’Reilly, Arthur O’Shea and Jamie Keenan. These boys and girls represented our school so brilliantly on the day and they should be very proud of themselves also. Well done.

6th Class Quiz Team representing St. Attracta’s SNS