What a fantastic week at St. Aloysius’ College as we celebrated Belonging & Anti-Bullying Week! It was a wonderful opportunity to highlight the importance of connection, kindness, inclusion and respect, while celebrating the many ways in which we work together to ensure that every student feels valued and welcome in our school community.
Launch of our Big Sister Initiative
Our incredible Transition Year Treoraí officially launched our ‘Big Sister’ Initiative for our First Year students. Each Treoraí will support a small group of 4 – 5 First Years throughout the school year, providing them with a familiar, friendly and approachable older student they can turn to for guidance and support. A huge thank you to Ahern’s Centra, Carrigtwohill, for kindly providing juice and pain au chocolat for all students to enjoy during the morning's event.
Empowering Our Students
Our Second Year students enjoyed an inspiring workshop with The Shona Project, focusing on mindset and confidence. The Shona Project works to educate, empower and inspire today's girls in Ireland to become tomorrow's strong, confident and curious young women. The workshop provided a wonderful opportunity for our students to reflect, build confidence and recognise their own potential. A huge thank you to our wonderful speaker for such an engaging and uplifting session!
Promoting Inclusion and Respect
Our wonderful School of Sanctuary Student Ambassadors visited all First to Sixth Year classes to share and promote our school's ethos of anti-racism, inclusion and respect for all. Our students worked incredibly hard throughout the week to deliver such an important message: St. Al’s is a place where everyone belongs, everyone is valued and everyone is welcome.
Online Safety; Community Gardaí Visit
We were delighted to welcome our Community Gardaí, Garda Lorraine and Garda Rose, to St. Aloysius’ College. They spoke with all of our First Year students about online safety, highlighting the importance of responsible social media use and raising awareness of the potential dangers and legal implications of posting negative or hurtful messages online. A sincere thank you to Garda Lorraine and Garda Rose for taking the time to meet with our students and share such valuable advice.
Building Positive Relationships
Our Check and Connect initiative was also in practice throughout the week, providing opportunities to check in with our students, listen to how they are feeling and strengthen the connections that make our school community so special.
Connection and belonging are at the very heart of our school ethos. We believe that every student deserves to feel seen, heard, valued and supported. Our dedicated staff work hard every day to build positive, trusting relationships with students, creating an environment where everyone feels comfortable, included and able to be themselves.
A Huge Thank You!
We are incredibly proud of our School of Sanctuary Student Ambassadors and Transition Year Treoraí for their commitment, enthusiasm and dedication throughout the week. They have been fantastic role models, demonstrating how student leadership, kindness and positive action can make a real difference in creating a more inclusive and welcoming school community.
Belonging and respect are not just themes for one week; they are values we strive to live every day at St. Aloysius’ College. Together, we continue to build a school where everyone feels safe, supported, respected and, most importantly, that they belong.
Because at St. Al’s, everyone belongs 💕
