All Transition Year students visited this year’s BT Young Scientist exhibition in the RDS, Dublin on Thursday, 10^th January. Accompanied by Science teachers Mr. Moran, Ms. Dunne and Ms. O’Connor, the students enjoyed almost 550 student-based projects and four exhibition halls filled with exciting and innovative science and technology based exhibits and entertainment.

Staff and students celebrated the end of the first term with a very seasonal and festive Carol Service on Friday, 21st December before heading off for the Christmas Holidays.

Transition Year students depart early Thursday morning for their annual Christmas trip to Dundrum on Ice, followed by the now much anticipated trip to Jedward and the Magic Lamp. Starring past-pupil David Doyle and current pupils from Spotlight Stage school in Carlow this promises to be a fun filled day at the end of a very busy term!

The Senior Boys Football team's South Leinster Colleges campaign came to an end when they were beaten in a highly competitive match by Colaiste Eoin, Hacketstown in Hacketstown on a scoreline of 3-7 to 2-4.

All Third Year students sat their Differential Aptitude Tests on Monday 17^th December. Designed to assist students in making a choice of career, the DATs test students in verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning, perception, speed and accuracy, mechanical reasoning, space relations, spelling and language usage. DATs, however, do not take into consideration all intelligences - interpersonal, intrapersonal, social, artistic, musical or kinaesthetic.

A special word of thanks to all the local businesses who helped with providing work placements for our Transition Year students. All forty eight students spent the week beginning Monday 10^th December out on work experience. This was a break from their school mini company ventures where students have been involved in varied entrepreneurial activities from baking gingerbreadmen and chocolate balls to customising guitar picks.

Presentation College 5-9, Gaelcholaiste 4-11.

The Active School Flag Committee consists of four Sixth Year Prefects; Stacey Farrell, Sam Corcoran, Demi White and Richard Mynhardt. The role of this committee is to provide sports equipment such as footballs, rugby balls, basketballs and frisbees to students at lunchtime. In encouraging our students to be physically active the Committee is living up to the Active School Flag status which Presentation College Carlow achieved last year.

All First Year students enjoyed a morning at the cinema on Tuesday 4^thDecember. The school Meitheal group and teachers accompanied almost 130 students to a viewing of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger as a reward for their good behaviour and hard work during their first term in secondary school.

Well done to Katie Cullen and Lauren Byrne, Second Year, who participated in Carlow Institute of Technology’s debate recently.