There will be a 1st year match today at home at 2.30 against St Davids.

Dear Parents In January the most spectacular musical ever performed by transition year students in Ireland will be held here in Mount Temple. Hairspray is a riotous extravaganza of humour, music, dancing and songs and is being performed for the first time ever in the gym, making it the biggest musical in Mount Temple history with seats for 500 people every night. Nearly the whole of Transition Year is involved in some capacity. The cast is busy learning lines, dance routines and perfecting accents. The business crew has done great work promoting and marketing the show and showing financial and business acumen that would impress the judges of The Apprentice. The art and woodwork departments have done fantastic work on designing posters, flyers and parts for the set while the costume department has been busy taking measurements and sourcing wigs! The students have been fantastic but there is a long way to go and lots of hard work ahead. We would implore you to book tickets to come along and support the show. It is going to be brilliant. The Mount Temple Musical Team

Classes finish at 3.05 this Thursday due to the 5th Year Parent Teacher Meeting.

Mount Temple's contribution to the St Vincent De Paul Food Drive and Giving Tree Campaign has begun. All contributions can be delivered to G8 Ms Rock, by Wednesday 12th December at 11am for delivery. Gift Tags are available from the Mall noticeboard and lists of non-perishable items are on the posters around the school. No pre-loved gifts or soft toys please. The campaign will close with a Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 20th December. Thanks a million in advance for your support again this year.

Reminder: 5th year Parent Teacher Meeting on Thursday 13th December from 3.30 - 6pm. Look forward to seeing you then.

Mount Temple is one of 40 schools participating in a review of senior cycle education in Ireland. As part of this, The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) will conduct a focus group with some randomly selected students next Monday Dec 10th. Please ask you son/daughter if they were selected, id so maybe discuss with them and also complete the consent form and return by Friday. More information for those interested can be found on www.ncca.ie.

As of Monday 3rd December the Finglas bus will collect the students at 3.45 outside the school gates. This bus will only operate the return journey for next week and from Monday 10th Dec the full service be resumed.

Gagné avec brio! Félicitations to the French debate team who went through to the quarter-finals of the Alliance Française Joutes Oratoires, beating St Mac Dara’s Community College in a lively and often very funny debate. Opposing the motion that ‘La télé-réalité nuit a nos valeurs’ (Reality TV is damaging our values)’ The team for this round were (capitaine) Maria Van Kampen, who was also awarded Meilleure Oratrice (best speaker), Sorcha Garner, Ciaran Boylan and Henry Williams. Bravo!