We are offering a variety of Further Education courses for the year 2021-2022. Please browse the Further Education section of the website to find out more. If you wish to apply for a course please click here
If you have any questions, you can contact the school for further information.
This time last year, the entire country was in lockdown. Little did we know what was ahead of us. People hoped that the lockdown would only last for a few weeks. Students and teachers across the country believed they would return to school after Easter. That wasn’t to be and it was September before schools re-opened.
We hope that after Easter this year, we will be able to welcome back the remaining year groups to join our fifth and sixth year students. In the meantime, I wish everyone in our school community a very happy and safe Easter.
Pauline Duffy
Principal
My Girl (1991)
The film My Girl which was released in 1991 is a genuine classic. It was directed by Howard Zieff. The main actors are Anna Chulmsky, Macaulay Culkin,Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykrod.
Vada Sultenfuss who is played by Anna Chulmsky is an 11year old girl whose father is a widowed funeral director. Her mother died when she was a baby so he is a single parent. Harry begins dating Shelly, she is a makeup artist and works with him beautifying the bodies of dead people. Vada isn’t fond of their relationship and attempts to ruin it.
Vada and best friend Thomas get up to adventures during the summer months and spend a lot of time hanging out with each other. Their humorous friendship is a very important aspect of the film and shows the importance of friends for young people.
‘My Girl’ is a film you and your family can sit together and watch. It has a lot of topics like single parenthood, death and losing a close loved one. It is one of those coming of age movies you could watch again and again and never get tired of. It is a very heartwarming movie that will suddenly have you in tears.
I would recommend this movie because it has romance, heartbreak and deals with phobias and in a mature way. It’s a movie anyone can watch, young or old.
My Rating: 5/5
Chloe Behan – TY Press
This year all students doing Leaving Certificate in sixth year MUST enter for their exams through the Student Portal which opened today 10th March at 12 noon. It will remain open until 6:00 pm on Tuesday 16th March. After that no student can apply to do the Leaving Certificate.
When the student has set up their account he or she needs to click on the link and follow the instructions depending on whether they are doing the Leaving Certificate Applied or Leaving Certificate.
For a brief summary of the information and important dates click here
For detailed instructions in using the portal click here
To see a short information video click here
The State Examination Commission has issued an updated video (Friday 12th March 15:45) on using the Portal. click here to view it
If you have any questions about the process or need to access information please contact your Year Head Ms Mohan or Mr Doolin the Exam Secretary.
As the pandemic continues to rumble on slowly it is becoming more and more apparent that the way out of it all is through the vaccine. In Ireland the government has faced criticism for their slow rollout. A lack of supply has been blamed but we are behind lots of other European countries.
People are currently getting vaccinated against COVID-19 though. At the moment the main focus is to give the vaccine to those aged 65 years and older who live in long-term care facilities, frontline healthcare workers and those aged 85 and older living in the community first. The total of vaccines given so far are 446,474 they are now vaccinating at hospitals and community services sites around the country,and at special clinics for GPs and their practice staff.
There are 3 COVID-19 vaccines licensed for use in Ireland; they are Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, Moderna vaccine and AstraZeneca vaccine. It is not mandatory but it is recommended you get your vaccine when it is offered to you, the vaccination will be offered to the next group soon as possible. That group is people aged 16 to 69 who are at very high risk of COVID-19.
Chloe Behan – TY Press
Support your child in school – If you would like to find out more about supporting your child please go to the parent’s pageand find out about supports you may find useful to help your son/daughter through these challenging times.