It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Michael Meade the first principal of St. Aidan's Community School. Mr. Meade was principal of the school for over 22 years from its founding in 1984 until his retirement in 2007. An educational visionary. May he rest in peace
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved caretaker Theresa Hogan. For almost 30 yrs she looked after us all here in St. Aidan’s. She was a staple of our school community and she will be sorely missed by all. Please see arrangements attached below. RIP.
Out of the blue VIP guest today
@staidanscs
! Ryan just wanted to visit the school we spoke about on
@RyanTubridyShow
last week. He spent hours taking selfies & chatting to everyone. No fuss, no media, no frills, born teacher! Really lifted our spirits today! Thank you Ryan 💛
The student council stayed back after their Christmas exams this week to make up 94 Christmas Care Packs to be given to rough sleepers in Dublin City Centre. This is the 5th year in a row they’ve done this with
@SimonCommunity
. Thanks to students and staff for donations.
This beautiful mosaic mural has been installed in our
@staidanscslib
today. This was a collaborative project between 6th Year LCA St. Edith & Junior Cycle students.
Thank you to Ms. Murphy, Dave West & Creative Engagement for working and funding this project.
Ben asked "could
@DollyParton
&
@RyanTubridyShow
launch our
@staidanscs
40,000,000 word literacy milestone?" As educators, we tell students: if they reach 4 the stars, believe & work hard, anything can happen. Can you help us prove this is true? Pls watch, like & RT
#dollyparton
Neurodiversity Week 2023. This was a collaborative project between St. Gabriel’s class and the student council.
It is important to celebrate this and neurodiversity and all the traits so no child feels expected to change or mask who they are!
Check out the thread below ⬇️
The Board of Management, Principal and Staff of Saint Aidan’s Community School send their congratulations and best wishes to Board Member Andrew Cody on his appointment today as a Judge of the District Court by the Government.
@KevinShortall5
St. Aidan’s Community School Sports Day 2022. What an incredible day. Well done to our amazing PE Department especially Ms. McGuinness 👏🏼
@KevinShortall5
@AmyMcGuinness8
Follow the thread for more photos and videos 👇🏻
Happy Midterm from all at St. Aidan’s. We wish everyone a happy and safe break.
Some pics from our dress up fundraiser today. Money to be donated to
@CHFIreland
Well done to the student council and the prize winners!
Last year, Student Council and St. Gabriel’s Class raised money during Neurodiversity Week to buy sensory toys for the school community.
Today, two of our first year students handed out gift bags of sensory toys to each staff member. Thanks to
@bc_books_ducks
for this idea 😊
We had the pleasure of having the student council from St. Aidan’s National School over to meet our student council here in St. Aidan’s Community School.
Lots of ideas and tips shared between the two groups, looking forward to working together.
@aidanssns
@KevinShortall5
Stand Up Awareness Week 2023
Thank you as always to all staff and students involved. Our school is a safe, inclusive space for all and we had a suggestion box this week to see how we can be even more inclusive!
#standup
#lgbt
+
#inclusive
2nd and 3rd year students today at Blood Brothers in
@BGETheatre
today. This is their studied drama text for their Junior Cycle English course. A great outing was had.
Thank you to
@staidanscslib
for organising tickets and Ms. Tully, Ms. Abbey and Mr. Casey
We would like to thank Minister Foley for a wonderful visit today. The feedback from students was that they felt appreciated and heard today and really enjoyed the time spent with you. Thank you!
#studentvoice
#letsmakeadifference
@NormaFoleyTD1
A truly memorable visit to
@staidanscs
this morning with
@JohnLahart
,
@CharlieOCFF
and public reps. Thanks for the reception, the drumming and for the brilliant tips on nail care 😜. It was a pleasure to hear of your literacy successes and see your innovative podcast series.
We have a weekly “Bingo Loco” here at St. Aidan’s and yesterdays winner was Ms. Audrey Tully a past pupil and the best school receptionist/office manager❤️ Well done Audrey 👏🏼🥳
@KevinShortall5
#bingoloco
At a recent meeting, the staff
@staidanscs
collaborated to create this wordcloud on
@Mentimeter
. The good people
@GraphPrintIE
made it into a stunning picture for our staff room to remind us every day what we're about. Zoom in to see how our team describes this incredible school!
Great work being done by the 1st year Wood Technology classes here in St. Aidan's. Working alongside Stepping Stone Forest and other volunteers, they have done the initial groundwork for preparation of planting native trees and scrubs in the coming spring
@KevinShortall5
Yesterday in school we celebrated the Hindu fesival of Holi, the festival of colours. This Religious holiday celebrates the beginning of Spring and the triumph of kindess and goodness over hatred and discrimination.
We had our most successful year ever at Santry on Wednesday. Follow the thread for our list of winners and photos
Emmanuella Sogoba 1st 200m
Vaselessa Haurick 1st Javelin
Jo Oloshuto 1st High Jump
Zara Quirke 3rd High Jump
Ava Byrne 3rd Javelin
Siobhan McKillion 2nd Javelin
The student council celebrating all of their incredible achievements today with their end of year lunch.
They were also presented with their certificate of achievements by Mr. Casey.
The best student council ever 👏🏼👏🏼
@KevinShortall5
@ire_edu
The very best of luck to our class of 2023 receiving their leaving certificate results today. No matter what happens you are all superstars and we are always here should you need us!
We braved the snow on Friday to visit
#MSDreamSpace
as part of
@MaynoothUni
's Digital Wealth project. Students had a great time as they took part in STEAM workshops. This was a fantastic learning experience for our budding computer scientists, engineers and mathematicians!💻😀☃️
I'm in awe of our students & staff. Today, following 6 years of inspiring work,
@staidanscs
were 1 of only 4 schools in Ireland awarded the
@PDSTLiteracy
Readers for Life National Award. Take a bow
@ShaneCasey1
& Martina from
@staidanscslib
. You have made reading cool in school!!
We are so proud of our rowers today. What an achievement and incredible memories for our students.
Thank you to all involved for your time and effort. Go St. Aidan’s! 👏🏼👏🏼
So proud of our 26 rowers today
@staidanscs
They won 12 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals, coming top three in all 7 races.
They dug deep and earned every medal ❤️ proud coaches
#martinaandpaula
🙌
Thanks to Aoife
@RowingIreland
and Una Maloney for paving the way ❤️
Explaining student participation Mary & Aileen from
@Education_Ire
brilliantly quoted Hamilton: it was bringing students into the "room where it happens". Thank you
@ProfLauraLundy
for inviting
@staidans
to
@QUBelfast
into the room where it was happening! Genuine Honour!
@accsirl
Set up going well ahead of multicultural day tomorrow.
There will be:
✅Student displays on the history & culture of their background
✅ Food samples
✅ Singing from Le Cheile
✅ Traditional dance performance
We are looking forward to a great day 🌎🌎
@KevinShortall5
"Sir, do ya want a hand?"
#studentparticipation
is strong here in
@staidanscs
&
#numeracy
too: 246m of paths cleared in 1 hr, that's just over 4m per minute! Best of all is the friendship, the cup of tea & sausage rolls in the staff room afterwards.
#snowdays
are great
@accsirl
Congratulations to Ava McCabe 2nd year student from St. Josephine’s who was crowned the 45kg Leinster Champion over the weekend. What an achievement. Well done Ava!
@KevinShortall5
The very best of luck to our 5th year students who will be receiving their junior cycle results tomorrow. No matter the outcome know that you all worked very hard over the past 3 years and we are always very proud 👏🏼
The very best of luck to all of our students sitting state exams today. You have all worked extremely hard now show them what you’re made of 🙌🏻
@KevinShortall5
Introducing "The Sacsapellas" brought together in 1 hour today because we believe in
#staffwellbeing
@staidanscs
. Thanks to
@marg_malone
for creating this group. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful team!
5th year peer mentors completed their level 1 leadership training yesterday presenting their SMART leadership goals to 1st and 2nd year students
#leadership
#studentvoice
Last week we celebrated
#EngineeringWeek
in SACS. It was an educational and interactive experience for all. Well done and congrats to the Engineering deparment Mr.Drummond and Mr. Bible. A fantastic week.
1st years won 32-14 yesterday against
@Pres_Terenure
and our 2nd years lost by 3pts..all the lads were fantastic! Great games. Well done to all involved 👏🏼
Never miss a moment to have fun in school.
@staidanscs
is the place to be everyday. Thanks to all the staff and students who shared joy and created laughter this morning. Happy Halloween!
En route back from a spectacular showing of Beauty & The Beast at the
@BGETheatre
. A group of 1st & 2nd year students who are doing very well at
@AccReader
went as a reward. Thank you to
@staidanscslib
, Mr. Casey & Ms. Wosser. Students were amazed by the production!!
Congratulations Una- we are delighted, as are our students and wider community. Thank you to Head Student Anthony McKeown who was delighted to announce the news of the appointment to his fellow students.
#studentvoice
@accsirl
Well done to the eight fifth year students who completed the Bridge to College programme last week in conjunction with Trinity Access Programme and Citywise Education.
And as always, a big thanks to our wonderful Guidance Department headed by the wonderful Ms. Am McDonnell
First Year Prize-giving. We celebrated and rewarded positive behaviour, perfect punctuality, great attendance and super readers. Thank you to parents for coming in with Ms Coyle and Year Head Ms. O’Reilly & Deputy YearHead Mr. Casey for organising. Well done👏🏼
@KevinShortall5
Theme of the week is inclusion, awareness & diversity 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ . Past pupil and former head student Anthony McKeown spoke today about the importance of awareness around the issues LGBTQ+ students face and how we can stand up for them & with them.
#standupawarenessweek
The primary aim of education is not to learn a subject that someone else thinks is important, but to learn about ourselves and realise that we are important.
#standup
week 2022
@staidanscs
As part of Engineering week we had a poster competition for Ist yrs. The poster was to be based around a famous inventor!
1st Place Natalia Gajebska
2nd Place Katenyna Hromova, Diana Sharigina and Kostiantyn Zhelliezniak (group)
3rd Place Dylan Metcalfe
Delighted to be in
@staidanscs
today to meet newly appointed Principal and Deputy and see how they are implementing their vision for a high functioning school.
@NAPD_IE
are always here to support school leaders and listen to their voices.
May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations in your life. From all of us here in SACS ,we wish everyone a year fully loaded with happiness. Wishing every day of the new year to be filled with success, happiness, and prosperity.
Congratulations to all schools who received the
@AccessTCD
Trinity Access:
#SchoolsOfDistinction
award today. 🥳
These fabulous schools are leading the way in actively developing student-centred, innovative learning environments that support a college-going culture for all! 🏫
👇
A wise Irish poet once told me "don't write poetry until you've read 3000 poems!" Our 1st years have just reached 10 million words read since Sept. & are totally ready to write cool books with
@AlNolan
in our
@jcsplibraries
. Full story in
@TheEchoOnline
next week!
@ShaneCasey1
1st Year boys had a successful win today they won 6-4.
- 2 goals for John Mcgregor
- 1 goal each for Leon Green, Michael Olushoto, Jayden Marshall & Michael Green!
Well done lads 👏🏼
Christmas Care Packs being made up by our student council. An annual appeal which is student led. Thanks to parents staff and students for donations. They will be donated to rough sleepers Christmas week in partnership with Simon Community
@accsirl
#homeless
#appeal
#studentled