Wicklow and Bray People weekly School Report
PRIVATE MEMBERS DRAW
The first and second draw in the Parents’ Association Private Members Draw took place last week at morning assembly. The prize winners in the first draw were: 1st Prize – Mr and Mrs Flood, Newcastle; 2nd Prize – Ms Patricia Clarkson, Ashford and 3rd Prize – Ms Carmel Byrne, CCA. The results of the second draw were as follows: 1st Prize – Ms Johanna Finnegan, Kilcoole, 2nd Prize – Ms Karyn Burgess, Kilpeddar and 3rd Prize – Mr John Short, Newtown. There are eight more draws, with the tenth draw offering a first prize of €1000. Tickets may still be bought from the school at €20 each.
OPEN NIGHT
Open Night will be held on Thursday 4th December from 6.30pm to 9.00pm. Open Night affords parents and children from the community and beyond an opportunity to visit the school, view its facilities and meet with staff and students. We hope it will be a fun filled, eventful and entertaining evening for all who attend.
U14 GAELIC BOYS FOOTBALL
The u14 Gaelic Football Boys team faced a tough challenge against St Kevin's, Dunlavin last Friday and despite the best efforts of the Kilcoole side, Dunlavin came out on top. A strong wind propelled St Kevin's to a big lead at half time and it was always going to be an uphill struggle to overcome the deficit but thanks to good performances from Daniel Argiriu, Steven Kelly and Owen O'Brien, the Colaiste Chraobh Abhann side made Dunlavin work hard in the second half. St Kevin's did indeed emerge as the winning team but the boys of Coláiste Chraobh Abhann can be proud that they put in a decent performance against strong opponents. Man of the match - Jake Ryan of 1KRN.
COMENIUS PROGRAMME
Colaiste Chraobh Abhann was proud to host 16 students and 19 teachers from all over Europe as part of our ongoing Comenius school partnership. Teachers and students came from Estonia, Turkey, England, Spain and Germany for a four day visit which included project meetings, Irish dancing, cookery and trips to Glendalough and Powerscourt estate. We welcomed the visitors with a performance from some of our student musicians and dancers, and all attended a celebration dinner at the Martello restaurant in Bray on Friday night, where we were joined by members of our Board of Management and Parents Council. The students were hosted by Transition Year and 5th Year Colaiste Chraobh Abhann students, and had a wonderful time joining in in lots of different activities with their host families. Our students will travel to Spain in March and to Germany in May as part of the partnership. They will produce an eco-brochure promoting the Kilcoole and Wicklow area and present it in Germany to the other schools.
INDOOR HURLING TOURNAMENT
This week Andrew Burke’s Waterford team beat an under strength Cork side. Waterford were easy winners, with the final score being 12 goals to 2 goals. There were good performances from Cillian Molloy and Danny Nolan. On Monday next, Shane Molloy’s Galway side take on Dermot O Brien’s Kilkenny team.
CRAFT FAIR
The annual craft fair will be held in the school on Sunday November 29th from 11a.m. to 5p.m. All are welcome to come along.
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
There will be an Information night for parents and guardians of fifth year students next Thursday, November 26th at 7.30p.m. The meeting will focus on careers, colleges and applications.
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
The school website has now been updated with photographs from 2008-2009 for parents and students to view.
PARENT TEACHER MEETING
The fifth year Parent Teacher meeting, which was cancelled on Tuesday November 24th, will be rescheduled in the near future. Apologies for the inconvenience.
TRANSITION YEAR
Transition Year students have received their characters as part of the ‘Be Real Game’ and will attend for interview with the various staff members within the next three weeks.
COLLEGE OPEN DAYS
6th year students have attended a number of open days over the last few weeks in the various colleges and universities such as NUI Galway, University of Limerick, Dundalk IT and UCD. There will be a number of other colleges and universities hosting open days during the month of November which students will attend.
COMPUTER CLASSES
Transition Year students are involved in a pilot programme for the Young Social Innovators. There are twelve schools across the country involved in this pilot project and the aim of the project is to highlight Coláiste Chraobh Abhann as an innovative school.
As part of this project, a group of Transition Year students are delighted to offer free computer classes to the over 60s. The classes will take place from 2.30p.m. to 3.30p.m. in the school, beginning on Friday November 27th. The classes will continue on December 11th and 18th. Further dates will be added in the New Year. For further information, please contact the school on 01-2870198 or email conor.black@colaistece.ie.
PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
A 1st year photography competition is being held before Christmas. The theme for this competition is “Animals”. There will be another competition before Easter and a final one before the summer break. This competition is being organised by Ms Murray.
DEBATING WORKSHOP
A group of 8 students from 3rd, 4th and 5th year took part in a debating workshop in Trinity College, in preparation for the Phil Speaks debating competition which will take place in January.
On the same day, Joseph Bradley and Emma Loughran made it through to the second round of the Leinster Schools Debating Competition in UCD.