Well done to our First Year Girls: Erica Ryan, Áine Nicklin, Éile Cronin, Isabelle Murray, Caoimhe Burke, Shanaz Saman, Caitlin Keadin & to our Transition Year Student Katie Heneghan who represented our school in the Regional Poetry Aloud Competition. The girls travelled to Salerno & competed against 60 students where they had to recite two poems …
Read MoreBest of luck to our First Year student Seán Monaghan who competes with the Tuam Headford Special Olympics club in Sligo tomorrow. He will be swimming 15 meters freestyle.
Read MoreOur 3rd Year Parent-Student-Teacher Meeting takes place this Wednesday, the 6th of November starting at 4:15. Prior to this meeting, we will be presenting a short information session on the New Junior Cycle for parents who wish to attend. This will take place @ 15:50 in the auditorium.
Read MoreWell done and thanks to all who participated and contributed to our annual fun Run/Walk yesterday. Your support was greatly appreciated. Thanks also to the students from Ballygar who came to participate. A huge thanks to our LCA class who organised and ran the event as part of their task, they did a fantastic job. …
Read MoreDunmore CS 4-16 Ballygar CC 0-2 Dunmore carried on there winning ways against Ballygar with a comprehensive win to top their group.The only change to the starting team was Darragh Heneghan in for the injured Shane McGrath. Dunmore were ruthless from the start with all parts of the team on top. Our midfielders got control …
Read MoreCongratulations to our maths week puzzle winners – Niamh Doorey 6th year (Monday), Emma Blighe 3rd year(Tuesday), Mick Donnellan 3rd year (Wednesday), Gabriella Oliveira 1st year (Thursday) and to Kyle Leonard (LCA) who had the closest guess for how many sweets in the jar (correct answer was 87). Solutions have been posted up on notice boards outside the office. …
Read MoreWe welcomed Des Sheehan Galway GAA to our school this week to give a GAA coaching course to our Transition Year students. As part of their PE programme, the students learned about the qualities of a good coach & the importance of being organized & a good leader. The students will use these skills to …
Read MoreOur Annual School Run/Walk will take place on Thursday 24th October at 1 pm sharp. This is a really enjoyable event that involves students staff & community. The 6.2km scenic route gives athletes a chance to compete while the less competitive can enjoy the walk & chat along the way. Our Leaving Cert Applied class …
Read MoreThursday saw us travel to Bekan Centre of Excellence to take on Balla in our second round of the Juvenile boys league. Playing on the astroturf was something we had to be conscious of and presented different advantages and disadvantages to playing on the regular pitch and one was the bouncing ball. We foresaw these …
Read MoreAs part of “Math’s Week”, our first years took part in a rapid revision maths quiz. In groups of 4, they had to answer as many questions as possible within the time limit at each station before moving onto the next. Topics included natural numbers, integers, fractions, sets and decimals. A special word of thanks …
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