First Year Irish Quiz and Céilí. Third Year Treasure Hunt - As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge the Third Years completed a treasure hunt. Ms. Ryan carefully devised a range of clues and hiding places all over the school. The students were divided into teams of three and had to translate the clues and go to various rooms all over the school... 

There was a Fairtrade recipe competition for First Years in Home Economics using Fairtrade products. The winners were Ally O’Brien and Hannah Coakley with Hanna Lambe being the runner up. During the week there was also a staff hamper raffle to thank teachers for highlighting Fairtrade throughout Fairtrade Fortnight.

Ms. Owens recently brought her Second Year History and CSPE students on an educational trip to Dublin. The following is a compilation of reports written by Allanah, Ella, Shane, Mikee, Terry and Molly.

“First of all we went to Dublin Castle, where we learned that .. (click on heading for more)

AILO is the acronym for The All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad. This is a problem solving competition, which uses obscure and unfamiliar languages. This year the languages were: Oscan, Pitjantjatjara, Slovene, Maltese and Ndebele. Congratulations to Julie Becherova who is one of the top one hundred students from all over Ireland. 

Last week our third parcel from the Anne Frank Realschule in Ahaus, Germany arrived. Eighty-eight students have a pen pal with whom they correspond through both German and English. The German students also write in both languages with the theme of each letter  (Click on heading to read more)

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Thirty-two First Year Science students received certificates in Presentation College on completion the five-week Futurwize programme. With hands-on activities, students journey through Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and uncover the future possibilities within Science.

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Presentation College was selected by Carlow County Council for some very exciting workshops to be given by Eco-Unesco. Last week students enjoyed a very interesting and thought provoking workshop on “Food Waste and Water Security”. This links very well with “Water” which is the current theme we are working on as part of our Green School Programme.

The Junior and Leaving Certificate Music Classes visited The National Concert Hall this week to see the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Gavin Maloney, perform their prescribed works. They took part in a o ...