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Ecology Trip

Sixth Years recently went on a very enjoyable and educational trip to Castlecomer Discovery Park with Ms. Kinsella and Ms. Canning. Click on heading for more photos!



Happy Birthday #EU50

Mar 28 2023
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Ireland celebrates 50 years as a member of the European Union this year. This Tuesday our Junior EU Ambassadors from 2AT planned and organised an awareness raising day. Students made quizzes, designed posters, conducted surveys, decorated the school entrance and a team did face painting during break time on the 28th March... For more click on the heading and check our tweet. 


Unconsious Bias

Fifth and Sixth Year Politics and Society students with teachers Ms. O’ Doherty and Mr. Carley participated last week in a very interactive conversation around Unconscious Bias, titled “Together Against Racism: Exploring Unconscious Bias” with a key address by Emer O’Neill. This event organised by Carlow College was held in the Visual, Carlow. Click on the heading for more..

 

Art Trip

Mar 21 2023
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On the 20/3/23 the Art Department brought a group of Fifth Years to The Van Gogh Immersive Art Exhibition in Artane, Dublin. The exhibition blends art and technology, bringing the most iconic works of Van Gogh’s to life. On the day the students enjoyed a combination of visuals, light and sound in an innovative new way to experience art. It gave students the opportunity to be able to step into famous paintings like Starry Night and Sunflowers and view them in a new exciting way. Click on the heading or: More Photos to see the rest ot the lovely photos.


Enterprise Awards

TY Mini Company #StudentEnterprise Programme! ‘Cover Up’ is an innovative method to protect cups from unwanted visitors. Transition Year students Lexi Mia, Kayla and Jan have enjoyed their entrepreneurial journey with teacher Ms. Vanessa Byrne. They received the Best in School Award this week. Click on the heading for more photos.



EPAS Monitoring Visit

Second Years had a monitoring visit via Zoom on Friday. Presentation College is one of the European Parlament Ambassador Schools. Ms. U. Byrne and her CSPE class are preparing for an EU awareness raising day on March 28th. This is in advance of Europe Day on May 9th. Our three Junior Ambassadors answered questions on the programme and all were present for the meeting.


National Problem Solving Finalists

Two talented Sixth Year Presentation College Students competed at the National Problem Solving Final. Congratulations to Brandon Jaroszczak and Jake Baker who were two of the 100 Students from 49 Schools who competed at the National Linguistic Problem Solving Final in DCU on Wednesday....Four winners from the Final will go on to represent Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad held in Bulgaria in July.

Sample puzzles from the Olympiad can be downloaded at https://ailo.adaptcentre.ie/sample-puzzles. Contact Ms. Cumiskey if you are interested. Just click on the heading for more information and photos.

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