Sonder
Congratulations to Reece Tobin, this year’s winner of the SCC Edna O’Brien Award, for his poem “Sonder” . Derry born writer Kerri ní Dochartaigh presented Reece with the beautiful award, 100euro and a place on a writing workshop during the Mountshannon Arts Festival. Well done also to James Bugler and Hailey Claasan whose work was highly commended and to Ella Treacy who won the prize for best short story. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the writers who supported this event on the day, Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Ruth Marshall, Greg Dinner, Eric McNamara, Nicki Griffin, …
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Scariff Library was the location for a fascinating talk on ‘Our Sun, the nearest star’ that our 3rd year science classes attended today. This talk was given by Tony O’Hanlon to coincide with Irish Astronomy Week and to compliment the students Earth & Space unit of Learning. It featured how stars are born, how they are fuelled, what nebulae, sun spots and solar flares are, and also how our sun compares to other stars in the universe. There will be a partial solar eclipse on March 29th – but remember, never look directly at the sun – it emits so …
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Well done to our 1st and 2nd year girls who took part in the basketball tournament today. Great sportsmanship shown – unfortunately no wins but close scoring games with a great overall performance demonstrated from the girls!
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Our Leaving cert agricultural science students attended an Agri-aware walk and talk today in Gurteen agricultural college. Here the students got to put there theory into practice as they got to witness farm safety demonstrations and obtained key information related to there agricultural science studies. Huge thanks to both Agri – aware & Gurteen agricultural college for hosting the event.
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Huge congratulations to our 4 TY students Laura Danaher, Aisling Murnane, Conor Lynch & Cian Gavin on progressing to the next round of the certified Irish Angus school competition in Croke park on the 7th of March – where they will have to present their project idea to a number of judges and experts from the Agri-food industry.
Certified Irish Angus, ABP and Kepak, run the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition. 188 schools entered the competition this year with 46 groups making it through to the 3rd roun
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Final Push to Bring the Astro Sports Facility to Life – Join Us for “Nourish and Flourish”!
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are excited to invite you to “Nourish and Flourish”, an afternoon of fun, fashion, food, and entertainment, on Saturday, February 1st, 2025, from 2:00–6:00pm at the Lakeside Hotel, Killaloe. This event has been organised by a small but dedicated committee of teaching staff and parents.
Thanks to funding from the Sports Capital Grant and the generous contributions from parents, the local community, and businesses, we are now in the final stages of raising the remaining funds needed to bring the new astro …
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Comhghairdeas and well done to our Irish quiz teams – namely : 1. Josephine Garnsworthy, Aoife Wilms, Maebh Guilfoyle, Emma MacNamara. 2. Joanna Grady, Seoidín Minogue, Seán Hannon, James Bugler. 3. Rachel Danaher, Lorna Reilly, Progress Falola and Muireann O’Brien. We travelled to Ennis on Tuesday 21st January to other Clare schools in the annual national tráth na gceist ‘Feachtas’ where all participants gave a strong account of themselves and volunteered their time with good will and enthusiasm, beir bua!. Comhghairdeas to St. Flannan’s College who progressed to the next round. We look forward to our next event. Feicimid sibh …
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After the excitement of Christmas, there might be some quiet time to turn your attention to a little creative writing. The deadline is the end of next term but it’s never to early for a first draft. Interpret the theme, “Life”, as liberally as you like… and then just write!
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Nourish and Flourish Tickets are available via the Ticket Link or from Centra Scariff. Buy Tickets for Nourish and Flourish
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