Friday 21st November
Dear Parents & Guardians
Another Friday has come around at St Seton’s and we have had a great week celebrating Bi Cinealta.
Thank you especially to all the parents / guardians who completed our Bi Cinealta Surveys or participated in our focus group. We were especially thrilled to have Daniel Dolan and Conor Palmer, two of our Bí Cinealta Ambassadors, record our first ever podcast, ‘Gan Script’, where they interviewed Catherine Ardagh. The first episode will shortly be available on Spotify for you all to listen too and I can attest that it is a fantastic listen. We are so proud of these two students and this new venture for St Seton’s! Thanks are due to their teacher, Ms Mollison who coordinates our Bí Cinealta programme along with Ms Murphy, our Wellbeing Coordinator.
Please continue to keep Dympna Bynre, our much loved staff member, and her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. We miss Dympna everyday in school and will always remember how impactful she has been and what a champion she has been for some of our students and their families. If anyone needs support at this difficult time, please reach out to our HSCL teachers or to me. We are a large school community and we are here to support each other, especially at difficult times like this. I will keep everyone in our school community updated on any developments.
Please find below some important notices, reminders and information.
Thank you for taking the time to read this weekly bulletin and keeping up to date with all that is happening in St Seton’s!
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Sarah Green
Principal
Bi Cineálta Policy Review
There is still time to complete the parent / guardian survey as part of our review of our Bí Cineálta Survey. Please click the link below to have your voice heard!
Bí Cineálta Policy Review – Parent/Guardian Consultation Survey
Policy on Students’ Use of Toilets & Policy on Regulation Breaks
These two policies will come into effect on Monday 24th November. Thank you to all those who engaged in the consultation process as part of the drafting of these policies.
Reminder – Staff Meeting – 24th November at 8.45 – 9.45
There will be a brief Staff Meeting on 24th November. Classes will commence for all students at 9.45am instead of 8.45am. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Attendance Challenge – 10th November – 9th December 2025
Our current Attendance Challenge in school is ongoing until 9th December. Please encourage your child to attend school regularly! Please review the attached information on our Attendance Challenges which are all about focusing on positive and improved school attendance! Lets Talk Attendance Parent Info.pdf
Christmas Card Competition
Reminder! The closing date for the Christmas Card Competition is Monday 24th November. Please leave any parent / guardian entries in at reception marked for the HSCL teachers. Students are asked to leave their entries with one of our Art Teachers! Judging is taking place on Tuesday, 25th November and we will announce the winners thereafter!
Table Time Initiative – 1st Years
From Monday, all our 1st year students will be carrying out a ‘Table Time’ initiative as part of our Whole School Approach to Numeracy. The project runs from 24th November to 4th December and is coordinated by our Numeracy Lead teacher, Ms Rochford. During this time, at 10am each day, al our first year students will drop everything and practise their tables.
Celebrating School Community Success
- Our Student Council Representatives were all presented with their badges on Monday and gave us great feedback on the new Policy for Students’ Use of Toilets. It’s great to have a strong voice representing the opinions of the student body to improve the school for everyone.
- Well done to all the 2nd Years who achieved +20 positive points! They were rewarded with a Reward Walk and yummy Hot Chocolate! Keep up the great work!
- Well done to our 1st Year Girls Rugby Team who had great success at their blitz in Clontarf on Monday. Thank you to Ms Murray and Ms McFadden who led them to victory in three of their games!
- Congratulations also to our U19 boys soccer team who had a glorious victory against Firhouse CC this week. Thanks to Mr Eustace and Mr Whelan for their leadership of this team.
- We were so proud of Leah (2nd Year) and Tori (6th Year) who represented St Seton’s at the NCSE Spotlite Student Voice Training on Tuesday. There were wonderful ambassadors of our school.
- Daniel Dolan and Conor Palmer made history recording the first Podcast of our Bí Cinealta Ambassadors – ‘Gan Script’. Thanks to Ms Mollison for supporting the students and this great initiative.
- Thank you to Joshua Lawless (TY) who represented St Seton’s at this week’s Comhairle na n-Óg event in the Mansion House. Well done Joshua – you are a champion for Student Voice!
