LCVP Trip to Caffrey’s Chocolate Warehouse
On a cold and crisp, sunny morning, Fifth Year and Leaving Cert LCVP students travelled to Caffrey’s Chocolate Warehouse along with their teachers Ms Wilson and Ms Jordan. As soon as the girls entered the doors, they were in awe and wonder of the magical chocolate warehouse, whilst they said the smell of chocolate was […]
Dr Fergus Heffernan is coming to Currylea Wednesday 19th October
Renowned Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Dr. Fergus Heffernan, who is a leading educator in the area of stress management and how it connects to our mental health, will visit the school on Wednesday 19th October to deliver his workshop ‘Creating Resilience in Teenagers’ to all student year groups. He will have a follow up talk for […]
Congratulations Niamh Daly, Connacht Junior Schools Player of the Year for 2016
Well done to Niamh Daly Third Year of Presentation College Tuam, Kilconly and the Galway Minors. Nimah was recognised as being the Connacht Junior Schools Player of the Year for 2016, a fantastic achievement well done Niamh!
Road Safety Week with the RSA Shuttle and ‘Roll Over’ roadshow
Last week Transition Year students helped improve road safety awareness by organising a “Road Safety Week” for the whole school. All of the students and teachers were put to the test as the RSA (Road Safety Authority) Shuttle and ‘Roll Over’ roadshow visited the school for two days. The roll-over demonstrated the importance of always […]
It’s a sign!
Our TY students embarked on a new learning adventure this week; they began a ten week sign language course with Martin from the Center for Sign Language Studies (CSL), Galway. It was fabulous seeing such excitement for learning among the girls and to be honest, it was the quietest hour in the TY block since […]
Green Schools host the ‘Bin Your Gum When You’re Done’ Workshop
This week the Green Schools committee hosted the Wrigley’s ‘Bin Your Gum When You’re Done’ Workshop. At this workshop all of the Second Year students had a very enjoyable and interesting workshop, which highlighted the serious issue of chewing gum littering in our communities. Hosts Rebekah and John encouraged the students to think carefully about where […]
TY’s raising awareness for the RSA Road Safety Week.
This week, 3rd – 7th October, Transition Years were raising awareness for the RSA Road Safety Week. As part of this, various groups have undertaken different aspect of Road Safety. Here’s a short clip highlighting farm safety on the road. Farm Safety Video
Congratulations to the winners of the September numeracy challenge
Well done to this month’s winners Clara Muller the Junior, Emma O’Malley the Senior and Megan McCabe the Minor winner. Congratulations, and well done to all the students who entered September’s numeracy challenge. We’re looking forward to seeing who will be October’s champions.
Congratulations to Emma for wining an individual Best Speaker Award
Well done to Emma Kenny, won an individual Best Speaker Award, at a Public Speaking Soap Box Competition held in Ballinasloe Town Library, on Friday 30th September. The topic for the evening was “The EU: United in Diversity”
Congratulations to our Senior Basketball team
Well done to our Senior basketball team and Ms Jacobsen, who had a great win today in the John Kenny memorial match in Pres Athenry.