Welcome to Week 32 of The Buzz Newsletter!
It’s Week 32 of The Buzz Newsletter, & we hope you had a wonderful weekend! Starting the week off strong, lets congratulate our 3 speed-cubing competitors: 4th year William Carey & 6th years Namun Natsagdorj & Prabhav Rajaram Nayak for their achievements. Speed-cubing is a competitive sport where the aim is to solve a Rubik’s cube as fast as possible. There are multiple variations of puzzles held at the official World Cube association (WCA). The 3 of them have gathered over 70+ podiums each and have been competing since 2019, having great success in the past few months.
Namuun Natsagdorj:
- Won overall female of the 3×3 champion at the Irish championships
- Achieved a 2.88 National record single for “clock”
Prabhav Rajaram Nayak:
- Runner-up in “Mega-minx”
- Achieved a 30.75 National Record average for “mega-minx”
William Carey:
- Is the Irish champion for “Skewb”
- Achieved a 2.39 National record average for “Skewb”
Another congratulations is in order to 5th year Genevieve Morrisey & 4th year Aisling Lawlor, who have both been selected for the U19 Irish Cricket Team. The girls have been training 4 times per week & going to camps in preparation for tours this summer, & for the U19 world cup in January of 2027. It takes a lot of dedication, commitment and motivation to compete at this level, & we wish them the best of luck in their upcoming cricket competitions this summer!
4th Year Spotlights:
As our 4th year term comes to it’s end, we’ve been overwhelmed with a massive amount of achievements this year- too many to capture fully in time for this Buzz, but all deserving the utmost recognition and congratulations.
Well done to the following:
- Sarah McCormick for receiving work experience with the Irish Times after winning 2nd place at Irish Young Journalist Awards
- Radu Pamfil for participating in the Romanian National Championships, he performed very well considering the amount of well-known swimmers at the event
- Emilia Aherne for competing in the Athy Duathlon
- Kate McConnell coming 2nd in the Woodbrook Inters golf competition
- Katie Zheng who’s essay made it to the final of the Grainne O’Neil Legal essay competition & who’s science project won 1st in the John Hooper Statistical Poster Competition 2026, now meaning that Kate is eligible to enter the European Statistics Poster Competition.
We hope all of the above are as proud of their achievements as we are, and enjoy your graduation this Friday!
CAO Change Of Mind Opens:
- Ensure you have made your choices in genuine order of preference on both Level 8 & Level 7/6
- Closes: July 1st @5pm
- CAO will send confirmation email to you on any changes made
- Log into your CAO account in the coming days to ensure correct changes have been applied to your application.
CAO Statement Of Record :
- CAO applicants will receive vital CAO Statement Of Record email this month
- Ensure the following are correct: Leaving Certificate Number, any exemptions granted to you from NUI, TCD & UL, current course choices in correct order
- Any inaccuracies should be reported to the CAO immediately
Summer Open Day :
RCSI: Friday 26th June
- Registration opens mid-May
- Any updates on the event can be signed up to on the RCSI mailing list
- Capacity at the event is limited
- Priority will be given to those applying to join the University in September
UCC: Wednesday May 13th @ 4pm
- Live Q&A CAO Change of Mind webinar
- Register in advance
5th Year Lunchtime Talks:
There will be 2 Lunchtime Talk this week covering CAO, UCAS Europe & US College applications:
Monday & Wednesday, Room 2-3 from 11-11:50am:
All 5th year students are expected to join one of these talks, as very important information will be explained by the guidance team in relation to application processes across different countries, some aspects of which will require preparation over the summer months. 4th years are not required to attend this event. Bring your lunch and don’t be late!
Masterclasses:
- Monday 11th May @5pm : Leaving Cert English Masterclass for 6th years with David Enright , link on Moodle.
- Wednesday 13th May @4:30pm: Leaving Cert Chemistry Masterclass with Enda Dowd, link on Moodle.
Revision Classes:
- Every Monday – Thursday we host drop in revision classes in HL Maths. For 6th years from 7:55-8:27am in 2-3 (Mon, Wed, Thurs) & in H1-1 (Tues) & for 5th yrs 8:30 – 9am (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs) in L2-2.
- Every Wednesday we have a drop in revision class in HL
Maths with Aidan. It is for 6th years in H1-0 /
3:30-4:30pm. Aidan covers a new topic each week. - Every Monday we have a drop in revision class in Economics with Rob. It is for 6th years in HG-0 /4:30-5:30pm. Rob covers a new topic each week.
- Every Tues & Fri we have drop in revision in Biology
with Roisin in G-4. For 6th years from 7:57 – 8:27am.
Bring a set of Biology past papers with you to get the most out of the workshop.
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