St. Aidan's C.B.S

St. Aidan's C.B.S.,
Whitehall, Dublin.

Scoil Aodháin, Fionnbhrú, Baile Átha Cliath

News Update
Spring 2009
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33 students and 5 teachers left Ireland on February 13th to go skiing in Austria.We all took our seats in the plane and you can imagine the fun we were having and the noise we were making. So after a 2 hour plane journey we got our bags and then got on a bus for a 4 hour bus drive.We got to the hotel and had our dinner and then we had a huge snow ball fight and we did get the teachers down into the snow, no matter what they said.

We learnt how to stop on the first day.This is called a ‘snowplough’. But some of us didn’t get the hang of it until the middle of the week such as Mr. Deneher.We started on the easy slopes, but Carmo thought he was too good for that.The beginners got onto the harder slopes on the second day.

We changed slopes on the third day and it had tougher and longer slopes.We learned how to parallel turn and this was a great help to a lot of us. On one of the slopes there was a cabin on one of the off piste jumps and Mr. Deneher wanted to call in for a chat so he went straight into it.The amount of people that spent a lot of time falling into the snow was uncountable.We dubbed this the ‘Lowry Flop’. The funny thing about having Mr. O'Neill and Mr. Deneher in the same group was that whenever one fell the other thought he could help out and there was only one thing going to happen- both would end up in the snow!

We learned a lot on that trip like how to ski down a slope and how not to turn on a slope. We also learned great team-work skills.The teachers had something planned for each night, like one night we went to an ice hockey match and another night we went to a disco. On a certain night we played a game of bingo and that was great fun. I enjoyed taking Mr. Deneher’s money. On behalf of all the students that went on that trip I would like to say ‘thank you’ to all the teachers involved. It was great craic and an experience I will never forget.

Senan O’ Sullivan (2 South)
Ski 2009

T.Y. Update

As always, the T.Y. boys have been working hard on projects, presentations and subjects. They recently completed the English Speaking Board International Examination and they all did a great job and the examiner was deeply impressed. Another impressive addition to the lads C.V. was the E.C.D.L. Computing Examination, and again they impressed on this occasion. A large number of the T.Y.

pupils took part in the Young Social Innovators Project in the R.D.S. and they were very well received by the judges and fellow competitors alike. After all the hard work the T.Y. troopers can now look forward to a fabulous week in Spain where they will tour the city, visit Monserrat, tour the Nou Camp, visit Port Aventura, ice skate and have lots of team building exercises. Happy days for the T.Y. boys!
TY Mini-Company

Crafty Calendars

TYPN’s minicompany this year is a real recession buster!!! They have designed and produced a wooden everlasting calendar.They are available in three colours - red, green and blue. Choose your favourite colour - blue for Dublin, green for Ireland, red for St. Aidan’s. Your choice!! They can be ordered from TYPN students or Ms. Kealy.They will be visiting classes to take orders and they will also be present in the GPA at lunchtime. Each calendar costs €10. Maybe it could be a nice Easter present for somebody!!
Thanks and Happy Easter,
Ms. Kealy
P.S. well done to all involved in crafty calendars who reached the National finals of the Mini-company trade competition. A truly fine achievement