11 Oct 2024
Junior Cycle Results:
Huge Congratulations to our Junior Cycle Students! We are incredibly proud of the outstanding results achieved by our Junior Cycle students this year! Your hard work, dedication and resilience have truly paid off and we couldn’t be more delighted with your success.
Walk for Rumbek:
We are delighted to announce that we have raised just over €10,000 for Loreto, Rumbek. We thank all members of the Loreto community for their commitment in fundraising so much. This money will have a huge impact on the students in South Sudan.
Students’ Council:
We congratulate the students listed below on their election to the Students’ Council for the 2024/25 academic year. We wish them all the best in this important leadership role.
| 1st Year | Kayla Peters | Mia Prokpoaki | Stella Smith |
| 2nd Year | Siobhan Codd | Kirsty Maenzanise | Isobel Porter |
| 3rd Year | Vivienne Moran | Lexi Murphy | Veronika Tuz |
| 4th Year | Caoimhe Hayes | Ruby Hynes | Hannah Roche |
| 5th Year | Sofia Barron | Jill Murphy | Alisha Sheppard |
| 6th Year | Josephine Ilunga | Lilly Kelly | Hanin Al Kasem |
| LCA | Emily Connors | ||
| Head Girls | Ciara Enright | Ruby Kavanagh |
Sports Updates:
- Well done to senior soccer team following their thrilling 6 – 5 victory over Creagh College, Gorey.
- Hard luck to the senior football team after defeat to Presentation, Wexford last Wednesday.
Diverse Voices
An important job of the Inclusion Committee is to give everyone a voice. Sometimes we might unintentionally overlook the voices of those from a minority group and miss a valuable chance to learn more about our wonderfully diverse school community. In this new regular feature, we hope to share the interesting stories of students from diverse backgrounds.
As we begin our work for the year, we hear this month from second year student Avril Allwin.
Name: Avril Allwin
Age: 13
Class: 2.1
Country of birth: Kollam, Kerala, India
Parents Country of birth: Father- Maharashtra, India. Mother- Kerala, India
Tell us about your homeplace: I was born in Kerala but moved to Bahrain when I was three years old as my father got a job there. After we moved, my mother also got a job in Bahrain. When I was around 11 years old, we moved to Ireland because my mother secured a very good job here as a nurse in Wexford General Hospital. My mother came to Ireland around a year before the rest of the family. She needed to sort out accommodation for us before we arrived. We were very glad to be back together as a family when I came here in 2022.
My favourite memory:
I have many memories of India because we went on many vacations there while we lived in Bahrain. My favourite cousins live in Kerala, and I also have cousins that I visit in Maharashtra. Unfortunately, I have no relatives in Ireland. I do miss getting to visit relatives regularly. After Covid19 hit, we could no longer go to India, but we got to visit again last year, which was wonderful.
If you asked me what I missed most about India, I would say my cousins. I remember us climbing Jatayu hill together and taking in the fabulous views when we got to the top. We would stay with them in their houses, cycling and travelling around every day.
The climate in Kerala in June and July is cold and rainy, so very like Ireland! There are many hills, forests, greenery, and farm animals-many cows and stray dogs. Maharashtra is the opposite. There are a few trees but there is a lot of pollution- noise, air, water-any pollution you can think of! I think I may have got asthma there! Mumbai is the main city in Maharashtra. It is a very industrial city with lots of things to see, like monuments and museums. When we were on holidays in India, we visited the India Gate and the Victorian Memorial Taj mahal hotel BDL museum plaza Juhu beach which are very popular tourist sites.
Why I joined the Inclusion Committee:
I joined because I took part in Multicultural Week last year and I wanted to raise awareness about celebrating our differences. I really enjoy all the other events celebrated as part of the Inclusion Committee like Stand-Up Week and being part of the Schools of Sanctuary community. It feels nice to be included and I want to make sure everyone in school feels as included as I do.
Life at the moment:
It is very cold here, there aren’t many Indian restaurants, and I really miss my cousins, but I really like school life in Loreto. It is very different to schools in Bahrain and India. The teachers are extremely nice here. There are many optional subjects here to choose from which different from Indian schools There are many clubs in the schools such as Green School Committee, Inclusion Committee and etc. While I miss my family in India, I am very happy to be a student here in Loreto, Wexford.
If you would like to feature in ‘Diverse Voices’ please contact michellejordan@loretowexford.com
Brief Reminders and Dates to Note:
- Information in relation to the enrolment process for 1st year, September 2025 can be found under the ‘Admissions’ tab. The deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday, 22 October at 16.00.
- Monday, 14 October – Study Skills Talk for 5th year students
- Tuesday, 15 October – 1st year CAT Testing
- Wednesday, 16 October – Order of Malta Restart A Heart training with 1st year students
- Monday, 21 October – Start of Year Mass in Clonard Church
- Tuesday, 22 October – 6th year Parent – Teacher Meeting (16.15 – 18.45)
- Thursday, 24 October – Information Meeting for 2nd and 5th year parents/guardians (18.00 – 19.00).
