Surfing DCP!


This term saw the establishment of our first ever surf school organised by Mr Coils.

Pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 took part and the club was a great success. Such was the demand that two groups were necessary. Mr Coils was delighted by the skills developed by the pupils , some of whom had never surfed before.

He is very much looking forward to repeating this activity in the 2019-20 school year.

A special thank you to Surf Alive for helping to facilitate this event.

Well done, everyone involved.

View a video clip of DCP Surf Club click here

Today Mr Tony Osborne, a past Dominican parent, came to school to collect a cheque for 500 pounds for the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance. The school are delighted to be able to support this most worth cause and the money donated will go a small way towards the average daily cost of 5500 pounds to run the Air Ambulance Service.

Tony, an ex- fireman and keen motorcyclist, was inspired to become a fundraiser for the NI Air Ambulance following a motorbike accident involving his son Simon. At the beginning of this year Simon was involved in a very serious accident just outside Bushmills and, due to the speedy intervention of the air ambulance team who arrived on the scene in less than 20 minutes, was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and brought to the team of surgeons who would save his life.

Realising the vital role played by the Air Ambulance team, Tony was inspired to fundraise to help support this valuable service and set himself a target of 100,000. Tony plans to return to DCP later this year to tell pupils Simon’s story and to pass on vital road safety messages and the school hopes to continue to promote and support the work of the NI Air Ambulance
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Mr Tony Osborne is pictured receiving a cheque from Dominican Principal, Ms Ronan and three Year 8 pupils:
Sorcha, Lea and Holly.

This week saw the first Surf Club at DCP giving our students the opportunity to develop their surfing / paddleboarding skills on the beach. The initiative is organised with the National Trust and Ocean Warriors and Mr Coils is accompanying the pupils. Such has been the demand from pupils that two groups have been set up with one group attending on Wednesdays and one group on Thursdays for the next four weeks. Thirty-four Dominican pupils are taking part.

The two-hour sessions will include full surf tuition from a qualified surf instructor. There will also be RLNI Beach Lifeguards present during the sessions as well as Mr Coils as supervising teacher.

Eco Initiative

Our Eco Club and Media Club are working alongside the National Trust to help raise awareness about plastic waste, as part of the project we are building a sculpture from plastic bricks (made by local primary schools and ourselves) which will be displayed on the beach.

To help we are would like some bottle caps (milk or water bottles) and some old clothing or cushion pads; we would really appreciate it if you had anything you could donate. We are asking the students to put their plastic tops in a box in Miss Thompson’s room when they are finished with their bottles.

The sculpture will be unveiled on 8th June on the Portstewart Strand by Sarah Travers at 11.00 AM.
We look forward to welcoming you there.

Opportunity for Dominican pupils to take part in Pirates off Portrush.

Kerry McFadden- Newman, a Dominican parent and past pupil, had contacted us about an opportunity for our pupils.

Pirates Off Portrush is due to take place on Saturday 29th June with a new adventure in store for Tavish Dhu. Please follow link to the outline of this years adventure with Tavish, ‘The Doctor’ and the Leprechauns. https://www.ireland.com/events/music-and-theatre/concerts/destinations/northern-ireland/county-antrim/portrush/all/2-83311/
In order for this adventure to take place we need assistance from x10 teenagers (aged 13 +) who would be happy to take part in the procession on the Saturday 29th June from approx 2.00- 5.00 PM. This would involve wearing a costume (see photos) and taking part in the procession around Portrush town.
If you are interested please contact Kerry McFadden-Newman via this email address and/or my mobile 07714001267 by 30 May 2019

Bishops Athletics May 2019.

Good luck to our Year 8 athletes who will be competing in the Bishops Athletics competition held in Coleraine Grammar School on Friday 31st May.

For competitors list click here.