STEAM Eyes Winners 2024
I want to say a BIG thank you to all of the girls who entered the STEAM eyes competition. I had lots of wonderful entries but could only pick three winning entries. We announced our winners at assembly this morning and you can look at these fantastic entries below.
STEAM Week 2024
This week we will be celebrating STEAM in OLVGNS. The girls will take part in a range of science, technology, engineering, art and maths activities. The poster you can see below is for our STEAM eyes competition. The girls are asked to take a picture that demonstrates STEAM in the world around them. They explain how their picture relates to STEAM and parents can send their entry to their class teacher or [email protected]. Closing date is this Friday 3rd May with prizes to be won!
Below is the link to the slideshow that was used to explain the concept to your daughter in class that you can refer to
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Below is the link to the slideshow that was used to explain the concept to your daughter in class that you can refer to
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Our Difference Day 12th October 2023
Breaking News!!!
🏫✏️Back to School for 2023/2024 🖊️📚
Fáilte ar ais ar scoil!
[fall-cha air ash air scull]
"Welcome back to school!"
We are back to school here in Our Lady of Victories Girls' School!
We have met our new teachers, settled into our new classrooms and have caught up with all our classmates after the summer holidays.
Our school day is 8:50am - 2:30pm.
We are off to a great start for our new school year,
Tús maith, leath na h-oibre.
[Toos mah, lah nah hib-ra]
"A good start is half the work"
[fall-cha air ash air scull]
"Welcome back to school!"
We are back to school here in Our Lady of Victories Girls' School!
We have met our new teachers, settled into our new classrooms and have caught up with all our classmates after the summer holidays.
Our school day is 8:50am - 2:30pm.
We are off to a great start for our new school year,
Tús maith, leath na h-oibre.
[Toos mah, lah nah hib-ra]
"A good start is half the work"
🔬💻📐STEAM WEEK 22nd - 26th May🎨🧮👩🔬
OLV Girls are having our first ever STEAM week. There are lots of events and activities planned to get us engaged with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. Click HERE to see our fantastic STEAM page for more details on what's in store!
Testing Week 15th - 19th May
We've all been working so hard in school this year.
Standardised tests are a way for our teachers to see our progress, to see if we might need some support in English or Maths or if we need to be challenged more.
We can't really prepare for this tests, but, what we can do is get a good night sleep beforehand and try our best on the day.
We try to stay calm and breathe if we're feeling nervous. We can do breathing exercises or grounding exercises if we're feeling anxious.
It's only May so not everything has been covered just yet and you may have forgotten stuff covered from Term 1!
These tests do not measure how kind you are, how good you are to your friends, how much you help out at home, how hard you work in school, how good at sport you are, how creative you are. They do not measure your worth.
Try your best, breathe - your teacher is proud of you no matter what!
Standardised tests are a way for our teachers to see our progress, to see if we might need some support in English or Maths or if we need to be challenged more.
We can't really prepare for this tests, but, what we can do is get a good night sleep beforehand and try our best on the day.
We try to stay calm and breathe if we're feeling nervous. We can do breathing exercises or grounding exercises if we're feeling anxious.
It's only May so not everything has been covered just yet and you may have forgotten stuff covered from Term 1!
These tests do not measure how kind you are, how good you are to your friends, how much you help out at home, how hard you work in school, how good at sport you are, how creative you are. They do not measure your worth.
Try your best, breathe - your teacher is proud of you no matter what!
St Patrick's Day Note
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February Newsletter
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Google Workspace for Education Notice to Parents and Guardians
Google Workspace for Education Notice to Parents and GuardiansThis notice describes the personal information we provide to Google for these accounts and how Google collects, uses, and discloses personal information from students in connection with these accounts.
Using their Google Workspace for Education accounts, students may access and use the following “Core Services” offered by Google (described at https://workspace.google.com/terms/user_features.html):
Google provides information about the information it collects, as well as how it uses and discloses the information it collects from Google Workspace for Education accounts in its Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice. You can read that notice online at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html You should review this information in its entirety, but below are answers to some common questions:
What personal information does Google collect?When creating a student account, Our Lady of Victories Girls’ School may provide Google with certain personal information about the student, including, for example, a name, email address, and password. Google may also collect personal information directly from students, such as telephone number for account recovery or a profile photo added to the Google Workspace for Education account.
When a student uses Google services, Google also collects information based on the use of those services. This includes:
In Google Additional Services, Google uses the information collected from all Additional Services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and its users. Google may also use this information to offer tailored content, such as more relevant search results. Google may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services.
Does Google use student personal information for users in K-12 schools to target advertising?No. For Google Workspace for Education users in primary and secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not use any user personal information (or any information associated with a Google Workspace for Education Account) to target ads, whether in Core Services or in other Additional Services accessed while using an Google Workspace for Education account.
Can my child share information with others using the Google Workspace for Education account?We may allow students to access Google services such as Google Docs and Sites, which include features where users can share information with others or publicly. When users share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines, including Google.
Will Google disclose my child’s personal information?Google will not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google unless one of the following circumstances applies:
What choices do I have as a parent or guardian?First, you can consent to the collection and use of your child’s information by Google. If you don’t provide your consent, we will not create a Google Workspace for Education account for your child, and Google will not collect or use your child’s information as described in this notice.
If you consent to your child’s use of Google Workspace for Education, you can access or request deletion of your child’s Google Workspace for Education account by contacting [email protected]. If you wish to stop any further collection or use of your child's information, you can request that we use the service controls available to limit your child’s access to features or services, or delete your child’s account entirely. You and your child can also visit https://myaccount.google.com while signed in to the Google Workspace for Education account to view and manage the personal information and settings of the account.
What if I have more questions or would like to read further?If you have questions about our use of Google’s Google Workspace for Education accounts or the choices available to you, please contact [email protected]. If you want to learn more about how Google collects, uses, and discloses personal information to provide services to us, please review the Google Workspace for Education Privacy Center (at https://www.google.com/edu/trust/), the Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice (at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html), and the Google Privacy Policy (at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/).
The Core Google Workspace for Education services are provided to us under Google Workspace for Education Agreement (at https://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/education_terms.html) [if school/district has accepted the Data Processing Amendment (see https://support.google.com/a/answer/2888485), insert: and the Data Processing Amendment (at https://www.google.com/intl/en/work/apps/terms/dpa_terms.html)].
Using their Google Workspace for Education accounts, students may access and use the following “Core Services” offered by Google (described at https://workspace.google.com/terms/user_features.html):
- Gmail
- Calendar
- Chrome Sync
- Classroom
- Cloud Search
- Contacts
- Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms
- Drive
- Groups
- Google Chat, Google Meet, Google Talk
- Jamboard
- Keep
- Sites
- Vault
Google provides information about the information it collects, as well as how it uses and discloses the information it collects from Google Workspace for Education accounts in its Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice. You can read that notice online at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html You should review this information in its entirety, but below are answers to some common questions:
What personal information does Google collect?When creating a student account, Our Lady of Victories Girls’ School may provide Google with certain personal information about the student, including, for example, a name, email address, and password. Google may also collect personal information directly from students, such as telephone number for account recovery or a profile photo added to the Google Workspace for Education account.
When a student uses Google services, Google also collects information based on the use of those services. This includes:
- device information, such as the hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number;
- log information, including details of how a user used Google services, device event information, and the user's Internet protocol (IP) address;
- location information, as determined by various technologies including IP address, GPS, and other sensors;
- unique application numbers, such as application version number; and
- cookies or similar technologies which are used to collect and store information about a browser or device, such as preferred language and other settings.
In Google Additional Services, Google uses the information collected from all Additional Services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and its users. Google may also use this information to offer tailored content, such as more relevant search results. Google may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services.
Does Google use student personal information for users in K-12 schools to target advertising?No. For Google Workspace for Education users in primary and secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not use any user personal information (or any information associated with a Google Workspace for Education Account) to target ads, whether in Core Services or in other Additional Services accessed while using an Google Workspace for Education account.
Can my child share information with others using the Google Workspace for Education account?We may allow students to access Google services such as Google Docs and Sites, which include features where users can share information with others or publicly. When users share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines, including Google.
Will Google disclose my child’s personal information?Google will not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google unless one of the following circumstances applies:
- With parental or guardian consent. Google will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google when it has parents’ consent (for users below the age of consent), which may be obtained through Google Workspace for Education schools.
- With Our Lady of Victories Girls’ School. Google Workspace for Education accounts, because they are school-managed accounts, give administrators access to information stored in them.
- For external processing. Google may provide personal information to affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for Google, based on Google’s instructions and in compliance with the Google Workspace for Education privacy notice and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- For legal reasons. Google will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google if it has a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
- meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.
- enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.
- detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
- protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, Google users or the public as required or permitted by law.
- meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.
What choices do I have as a parent or guardian?First, you can consent to the collection and use of your child’s information by Google. If you don’t provide your consent, we will not create a Google Workspace for Education account for your child, and Google will not collect or use your child’s information as described in this notice.
If you consent to your child’s use of Google Workspace for Education, you can access or request deletion of your child’s Google Workspace for Education account by contacting [email protected]. If you wish to stop any further collection or use of your child's information, you can request that we use the service controls available to limit your child’s access to features or services, or delete your child’s account entirely. You and your child can also visit https://myaccount.google.com while signed in to the Google Workspace for Education account to view and manage the personal information and settings of the account.
What if I have more questions or would like to read further?If you have questions about our use of Google’s Google Workspace for Education accounts or the choices available to you, please contact [email protected]. If you want to learn more about how Google collects, uses, and discloses personal information to provide services to us, please review the Google Workspace for Education Privacy Center (at https://www.google.com/edu/trust/), the Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice (at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html), and the Google Privacy Policy (at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/).
The Core Google Workspace for Education services are provided to us under Google Workspace for Education Agreement (at https://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/education_terms.html) [if school/district has accepted the Data Processing Amendment (see https://support.google.com/a/answer/2888485), insert: and the Data Processing Amendment (at https://www.google.com/intl/en/work/apps/terms/dpa_terms.html)].
New Admissions Policy December 2022
In line with the Commencement of the Education (provision in respect of children with special educational needs) Act 2022 and commencement of the remaining sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 which was published last Friday, the school's new Admission Policy can be viewed below .Feedback on such should be emailed to the school office- [email protected].
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Choir Songs
Nov/Dec Newsletter 2022
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Policies to be ratified at the next Board of Management Meeting
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October Newsletter
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🧮 ➖📐✖️⚖️ Maths Week 2022 📉 ➗ 📏➕⚖️
Maths Week was from 13th - 21st October 2022
Here in OLV we had a math-tastic week! Ms Haughton made a Maths Week Board which was so fun! There were riddles, quizzes, Guess the Teacher (using maths facts). We all had a good look at her sweet jar and tried to guess how many sweets were in it!
Here in OLV we had a math-tastic week! Ms Haughton made a Maths Week Board which was so fun! There were riddles, quizzes, Guess the Teacher (using maths facts). We all had a good look at her sweet jar and tried to guess how many sweets were in it!
On Monday the whole school played bingo! Sixth Class girls, called out the numbers carefully - some of them had funny phrases! Room 4, Ms Reid's 6th class won when all their numbers were called out!
On Tuesday, we explored Maths Trails around the School Grounds. We gathered data in the car park, did traffic surveys on the street and looked at shop receipts. Maths is all around us!
On Tuesday, we explored Maths Trails around the School Grounds. We gathered data in the car park, did traffic surveys on the street and looked at shop receipts. Maths is all around us!
On Wednesday, we had OLV's first ever Measures Day! Each classroom had it's own Measure - Length, Weight, Money, Time, Capacity and we all got to move around for experiments and activities! It was so fun
On Thursday, we had Maths 4 Fun! Some of our parents came in to play Uno with our classes and teach us how to play. It was so nice having them getting involved and seeing us in our classes!
On Friday, the 'Guess the Sweet' challenge was announced. There was a whopping 274 sweets packed into that little jar! Savanna Dolan in 5th class was the closest in the whole school with her guess of 269. She won the ENTIRE jar of sweets! Congratulations Savanna!
We also had a fun Maths quiz, with questions from sums, symbols and shapes to number of singles of pop singers and TikTok Stars! We listened as our Quiz Mistresses Lorena and Emma from 6th class went through the questions over the intercom!
We listened closely as Ms Haughton announced the winners! In 3rd place was Room 10, joint 2nd place were Room 4 and Room 1, and the MATHS QUIZ CHAMPIONS in Joint 1st place were Room 9 and 16! They won a Movie and Popcorn Party Pass, congratulations!
Finally was our Maths Eyes competition, you could send in an example of maths in the world around you or making maths and sums using things around your house! Check out these AMAZING entries from Lucy, Amelia and Róan! Well done, girls!
We also had a fun Maths quiz, with questions from sums, symbols and shapes to number of singles of pop singers and TikTok Stars! We listened as our Quiz Mistresses Lorena and Emma from 6th class went through the questions over the intercom!
We listened closely as Ms Haughton announced the winners! In 3rd place was Room 10, joint 2nd place were Room 4 and Room 1, and the MATHS QUIZ CHAMPIONS in Joint 1st place were Room 9 and 16! They won a Movie and Popcorn Party Pass, congratulations!
Finally was our Maths Eyes competition, you could send in an example of maths in the world around you or making maths and sums using things around your house! Check out these AMAZING entries from Lucy, Amelia and Róan! Well done, girls!
Thank you so much to Ms Haughton for organising such a fun Maths Week for us all!
🥳 First Assembly of the School Year! 🥳
On Friday 30th September, we had our first OLV GNS assembly of the school year 2022/2023 together in the hall.
🙏 Ms Fleming and 6th class, Room 9, led a prayer service welcoming us all together. We gave thanks to all who help us in the school, we welcomed our 2nd class students and any new students that have joined our school community this year!
🙏 Ms Fleming and 6th class, Room 9, led a prayer service welcoming us all together. We gave thanks to all who help us in the school, we welcomed our 2nd class students and any new students that have joined our school community this year!
🏅 What a crowd!! We had awards for good attendance in September, well done to the girls coming to school on time everyday! We are so proud of our 6th class girls setting a great example for the whole school!
Ms Greene asked that if you are absent to bring a note to your teacher to explain why. ✍️
❤️💚 We cheered on the GAA Team as they prepare for the Cuman na mBunscoil Quarter Finals! GO ON OLV!
📜 Ms Greene's Principal Awards were announced! There was excitement around the hall as girls cheered for their fantastic friends when their names were called. These girls were so proud of themselves with awards going for friendship, hard work, manners, getting a good start to the school year and super attitudes to learning! Well done!
What a start to our new school year! Well done everyone!
Policies to be ratified at Board of Management meeting 3rd Oct 2022:
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Child Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment 2022
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September 2022 Newsletter
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End of Year Newsletter
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May Newsletter
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March Newsletter
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February Newsletter
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January Email
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Our Christmas Door Entries 2021
December Newsletter
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November Newsletter
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September Newsletter
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Back to School 2021/22
Please see below the booklists for those who do not wish to pay book fees.
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