Wicklow and Bray People weekly School Report

TRANSITION YEAR BANK

Our Transition Year Bank is now successfully up and running, thanks to the dedication of Ms. Kelly and the nine students who make up the team: Michael Gaffney, Aoife Carey, Megan Carroll, Amy Diviney, Chloe Doyle, Darragh Browne, Shauna Byrne, Jossy Cairns and Tadhg Bentham.  The bank opens for business every Thursday lunchtime.  The skills of the team were put to the test last Friday, March 6th in the Build a Bank Challenge regional finals, which took place in the Fitzpatrick Hotel Killiney.  For the past two weeks, the students have been working hard to make their presentation the best in the regionals.  All the hard work paid off when they were awarded first prize for ‘Best Customer Loyalty’.  Each student received a MP3 Player and a plaque for the school.  Well done to all!

 

TALENT SHOW

The annual Talent Show is due to take place on Friday March 20th.  Application forms are available from reception this week.  All students are invited to get involved.  Please contact Ms. Mitchell for further details.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME

The judges for the County Wicklow VEC Environmental Awareness Programme visited the school on Wednesday last, March 4th to interview students involved in the competition.  The school is entering fourteen projects this year, spanning all six categories – natural, built, social and cultural environment, litter awareness and the Ed Fogarty Road Safety award.  Best wishes to all students involved!

 

UNDER 13 BOYS SOCCER

Heartiest congratulations to our U13 Boys’ Soccer team who had a marvelous 16-0 win over Arklow CBS ‘B’ Team on Friday last.  All players put on a magnificent performance on the day.  The goal scorers were: Aaron Byrne (4), Stewart Synnott (4), Luke Martin (4), Gareth McDonagh (2), Hugh McDaid (1) and Adam Hill (1).  Well done lads!

 

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to Úna Britton in sixth year, who qualified for the All-Ireland Cross Country Championships, which took place in Jordanstown on Saturday last, March 7th.  It is a great honour for Úna to have represented her province at such a high level in the discipline of cross country. 

 

YOUNG SOCIAL INNOVATORS

Well done to the Transition Year students who recently took part in the Young Social Innovators Speakouts in the Red Cow in Dublin, where they represented the school speaking about ‘Working and Learning with People with Special Educational Needs’.

 

SCHOOL SHOW

Best wishes to all our students who are taking part in the school show, ‘Annie’, in the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

 

TRANSITION YEAR

Best wishes to each of the four mini-company entries for the Enterprise competition in Wicklow County Campus on Thursday March 12th.  The four companies are: Key Times, A View from the Dyslexic, Santa’s Little Helpers and Lametta chocolates.