Loreto Secondary School | 10th Oct 2025

Junior Cycle Results

Congratulations to last years 3rd year students on your exam results! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have truly paid off. Whether you achieved the results you were hoping for or learned valuable lessons along the way, remember that every step is part of your journey. Celebrate your accomplishments and be proud of your efforts.

Inclusion Committee

We were delighted to welcome 22 students and two staff members to our first meeting this year.

Secretary:

Roisin Reynolds was elected as secretary to the committee for the 2025-26 academic year and will be responsible for taking the minutes at each meeting.

Th Inclusion Committee got off to a busy start this term. We had many events to plan, for example The School of Sanctuary Awards Ceremony, Open Night, Stand Up Week and Diverse Voices to name a few.

School of Sanctuary Awards Ceremony 19^th September:

‘All are welcome, all belong!’

We were delighted to receive an invitation to attend the School of Sanctuary Awards Ceremony at Wexford County Council on Friday 19^th September.

Six schools across Wexford and Wicklow were celebrated as they joined us in being recognised as Champion Schools of Sanctuary.

It was an inspirational event where students shared their experiences through speech, poetry, song and music.

Congratulations to St Mary’s Secondary School, New Ross, Bridgetown College, St. Cronan’s NS, Bray, St. Mary’s College, Arklow, New Ross Educate Together and Colaiste Bride, Enniscorthy on receiving this prestigious award

Open Night 25^th September:

The Welcome Committee was re-established to provide tours of the school in different languages to parents and children on the Open Night. These volunteers will also be available to new students arriving at the school during the school year.

If you would like to join the Welcome Committee, please email michellejordan@loretowexford.com

This year, The Inclusion Committee had a stand at the Clubs & Socs event in the PE Hall on the 25^th of September. Current students visited the stand in the afternoon while parents and incoming students had the opportunity to visit during the Open Night. We decorated the stand with posters, flags and information to reflect the work of the Inclusion Committee and Schools of Sanctuary.

Stand Up Week 2025:

LGBTQ+ Stand Up Week will be marked in our school from the 3-7^th November. We will work with the Wellbeing Committee this year as we plan our celebrations. There are many plans being made which will be finalised at our next meeting. Ideas include a rainbow bake sale, face painting, and pride songs to be played on the intercom. It was also suggested that students could be taught about the history of the LGBTQ movement. The school will be decorated with photos and flags and our inspirational wall will showcase LGBTQ+ role models.

We are still looking for a member of our school community to be interviewed for our school newsletter ‘Diverse Voices’. Please let us know if you are interested.

If you would like to take part in Stand-Up Week, please email michellejordan@loretowexford.com.

Multicultural Week 2025:

Multicultural Week will be celebrated this year on the week beginning Monday 2nd March. The group was excited to organise the Fashion Show and Stands again this year.

Spotlight on issue of our Choice:

During the last term, we organise an awareness raising campaign for a cause of our choice. This year we will focus on Neurodiversity.

Presentation from Caoimhe:

Caoimhe Collins, TY delivered an excellent presentation to the group on her hopes to make our Sports Day more wheelchair friendly now that we have a number of wheelchair users in our school. Caoimhe will liaise with Ms. Jordan and Ms. Kennedy on this.

Caoimhe also hopes to deliver a presentation to 1^st years and TYs during the year where she explains the challenges facing wheelchair users.

New members are always welcome!

Next meeting: 3.10pm, St. Kevin’s, Wednesday 15/10/25

Le Chéile Mentoring

Yesterday marked the second week of our Le Chéile initiative in TY helping the elderly. Thank you to all who volunteered and attended.

Camogie

Yesterday our junior camogie team participated in the annual Leinster Junior A 7’s Tournament.

Well done to the A team who won all their matches and made to the final. They were beaten by a strong Loreto Kilkenny side.

Well done also to the B team who made it to the semi-final stage, and were beaten by our A team after a tough battle.

A great day was had by all and we now turn our attention to our first championship game next Tuesday.

Soccer

Loreto Wexford beat Blessington CC 8-0 yesterday in the Leinster Schoolgirls Cup. Aoife McEldowney, Keeva Molony, Heidi O’Shea, Meabh Hegarty, Aoibheann Clarke & Tara Devereux all got themselves on the scoresheet. Loreto Wexford are now into the last 32 of the Leinster Cup and will face St Mary’s Naas in the next round.

Stand Up Week 2025

The inclusion committee are preparing for Stand Up Week. Please see the attached image for details if you’d like to get involved.

3rd Year History Trip

On Tuesday, as part of their Junior Cycle History course, our third-year students visited the museum at Johnstown Castle. They enjoyed fascinating educational tours of both the castle and the museum, guided by excellent tour leaders. The girls represented the school wonderfully and were impeccably behaved throughout the visit.