Students Charlotte Carroll, Amy O’Donoghue amd Orla Lyons pictured recently at BT Young Scientist at RDS with Denis Naughten TD Roscommon. The students got special mention from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar who also attended.
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Ollie Cox Injury Fund Presentation
The 5th Year LCVP Class presenting Mr. Tony McKiernan, Chairperson of the Ollie Cox Injury Fund Committee, with a cheque for 1168.40 euro.
Enrolment 2020
Enrolment to 1st Year for September 2020 closes on Friday, 31st January 2020 at 1pm.
School notes 12-19 December
Ice Skating
TY students had a wonderful day out at Dundrum on Ice. Thanks to the teachers involved.
Boys Football
Well done to the senior boys who put up a gallant display against St. Finians Mullingar but were pipped at the post. Looking forward to more fixtures in the New Year.
Credit Union Draw
A draw for some fantastic prizes will take place on Thursday. This is to reward our consistent savers. Well done.
Attendance awards
Congratulations and well done to Samanta, Roisin, Conor, Oisin, Meadhbh, Gavin, Chriswin, Edgars, Katie and Conor who have had full attendance at school since September. The class group with highest attendance rate was 1B. Well done to all. Remember, ‘Every school day counts’
The buzz
Well done to the TY students who put together the 2019 Christmas Buzz. Featuring a selection of poems, puzzles, articles and artwork, this magazine is not to be missed.
Fashion Fusion
Congratulations to the Fifth Year LCVP class who recently presented a cheque for over 1000 euro to the Ollie Cox Injury Fund which they raised in a unique fashion !!
Christmas Exams
We wish all our students good luck in their Christmas Exams which are running this week.
Holidays
We would like to wish all of our students and staff a Happy and Peaceful Christmas. School will re-open on Monday January 6th.
Christmas Panto
A wonderful time was had by all on Thursday last, 5th December, with local primary schools attending a matinee performance and a packed house for the evening performance. Featuring characters like Shrek and Donkey, Princess Fiona and the Ugly Sisters, the TY students did themselves and the school proud. Well done to all involved.
School Notes Nov 28 – Dec 5
TY Christmas pantomime:
The Transition Year students are currently rehearsing for their Christmas pantomime, which will take place in St Marys’ Hall, Lanesboro on the 5th of December. They are very excited and are working very hard to ensure the show will be a success. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there on the evening!!!
Quiz:
Well done and congratulations to the TY quiz team who came second in the County Finals of the “Battle of Wits” 2019. They are now through to the Regional Finals on the 4th of next month!
Garda Drugs and Alcohol Awareness videos:
Our TYs went to the Longford Arms Hotel this Thursday for a screening of their Garda Drugs and Alcohol Awareness videos. Earlier in the year, the students split into groups and made videos highlighting the dangers of drugs and alcohol after being visited by Garda Mullally from Longford Garda station. Their videos were shown along with videos from students from all over Longford and we are very proud of the students’ hard work.
Ericsson talk
On Thursday the 27th of November our Transition Years received a visit from Ericsson Athlone. Ericsson are a leading software producer in both Ireland and the world and provided a fascinating insight into the world of business and careers in software engineering. Thank you very much to the speakers from Ericsson!
Hamlet:
On Wednesday the 26th the Leaving Cert Higher Level English class went to see the Cyclone Rep production of Hamlet at the Mullingar Arts Centre, as part of their Leaving Cert course. They were accompanied by their English teachers, Ms. Farrell and Ms. Dalton.
Romeo and Juliet:
On Thursday, 27 November, the 3rd year group went to Mullingar to enjoy a spectacular production of Romeo and Juliet. They are studying this play for their Junior Cycle examination and we hope seeing it live will be beneficial to them. Thanks to Mr. McElgunn their English teacher.
By: Jeron Kok, Orla Lyons, Bláithín McElgunn and Tonya O’Brien
School Notes 21-28 Nov
Battle of the Wits
Four TY students will attend the Battle of the Wits TY quiz in the Longford Arms hotel on Thursday. They will be competing against schools from all over Longford. We hope they do their best and represent our school well.
Open day
On Wednesday the 20th of November our school hosted its Open Day and Open Night for the upcoming first years. For the Open Day, 147 of local primary school pupils attended and received a full tour of the school. Along the way, they saw many familiar faces as all 1st year students were in classrooms showing what they had learned since leaving primary school. There was an excellent turnout to the Open Night as well, with a huge number of parents and 6th class students attending the event. Just a reminder that enrollment is now open for the incoming first years. Well done to everyone who helped make the event such a great success!
Christmas Ty Show:
Our TY Christmas show will take place in St.Mary’s hall Lanesboro on Thursday the 5th of December 2019. The theme of our Christmas show is fairy tale characters. We hope you will all come out and enjoy the show!
Taekwondo
The TY class began their 3-week taekwondo training programme under the guidance of Grand Master Jan Bartel who is an 8th dan in taekwondo. They will be learning the basic principles of the art such as self-defence and discipline.
Football
The under 16 boys team drew in their Gaelic football match last Friday. Well done!
AIT
The sixth years received a talk this week from representatives of the Athlone Institute of Technology. We hope this informed them about the opportunities available to them at AIT and helped them decide on a future path.
History library
Dr Mel Farrell gave a talk on County Longford during The War of Independence and The Civil War, in Lanesboro Library on Thursday. It was attended by 3rd and 5th year history students.
Inland Fisheries
On Thursday the TYs received a talk from the inland fisheries given by Sarah Healy and Fisheries Officers. They will continue to receive talks for the coming weeks.
Scifest 2019
Hugely successful Scifest@School STEM Fair at Lanesboro Community College. Well done to all the students and the participating primary schools With nearly 50 projects entered, this was a great day. Congratulations to Lanesboro Primary School, who won the Primary section and to the Overall Winners Joint First awarded to Bláithín McElgunn and Conor Lyons. Well done to all!
