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Ms Vanessa Byrne's First Year SPHE students while studying the topic of 'Appreciating Difference' took part in a 'show and tell' class where all students actively participated using props from home .... Among the many talents showcased included one student who provided baked cupcakes for her entire class to demonstrate her love of baking. Aoife is a Business and Home Economics student ...
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Some of our Transitiion Years were involved in the second day of the ‘Get going, get rowing’ coaching session in St. Laurence O’Tooles club house on Monday October 14. TY students from schools around Carlow are being upskilled and trained as indoor rowing coaches so that they can bring what they have learned back to their schools to coach First Year students. This is being done in conjunction with ...
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Last Thursday evening The ‘Career Paths’ Career Seminar took place at Presentation College Askea Carlow. There were 30 Career Areas for the senior cycle students from all the Secondary Schools in the County to choose from. Each student attended three half-hour talks from a selection of thirty.. The career areas were ...
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Student made posters were spotted recently around the school. These all had positive messages focusing on mental health. Click on the heading to see a selection. Perhaps your poster is one of them.
Presentation College Carlow School Blog - Presentation College
Congratulations to Emma from First Year who was nominated Carlow’s SHINE Hero. The competition which was organised by Beat and the Shona Foundation involved looking for inspirational girls from around the county. Emma has donated sixteen inches of her hair on TWO occasions to Rapunzel Foundation. This foundation specialises in making wigs for girls who have lost their hair due to illness....
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Our Green Schools Committee continue their quest for a water flag this year. The year started out well for members of the committee who decided to go on a trip on the Barrow to explore the beautiful river. The committee split into two groups, with two teachers and about eight students in each group. They met the guide and boat driver, Cliff, and were kitted out with life jackets. The group got into the boat one by one and tried not to rock the boat too much!....
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Due to adverse weather warnings our Careers Seminar planned for tomorrow has been rescheduled. It will take place on Thursday 10 October.
Presentation College Carlow School Blog - Presentation College
Monday 30 September saw the German and European flags raised at the entrance to the College. The German Ambassador HE Deike Potzel, Michael Hauke from the Goethe Institut and Louise Reeves the President of the German Teachers Association were among our honoured guests. In total we had thirty-seven speakers from four schools...
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Fifteen students came from Spain to attend school in Presentation College, Carlow. In an interview with a number of them we asked about their reasons for coming to Ireland, their experiences of life and school in Ireland and also about school and life in Spain....
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On Monday the Sixth Year Geography students travelled to Kippure, Co. Wicklow to carry out experiments in the river Liffey for their Leaving Certificate Geography Project. Despite some showers in the morning the weather held out for the rest of the day. Some of the experiments carried out were: 'Calculating the Velocity of the river', 'Calculating the Slope of the River' and 'Analysing the Bedload'. The project will be worth points for their final Leaving Certificate Geography exam.