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Today the Student Council organised “tea and chats” for the Leaving Cert students. They were able to enjoy one class off during their stressful preparations for the exams and enjoy tea, buns and biscuits and a bit of banter. Thanks a million to everybody involved. Junior Certs - you’re up next 😊

Our sixth year Ag Science class paid a visit to a local pig farm today. What a fantastic, educational, hands-on, practical experience it was for us all. The facts we learned today will be put to good use in our up-coming oral exam in Ag Science just after Easter.
Thanks a million to Margaret (pig farmer) for showing us around her farm and allowing us to get us close with her baby bonhams.

Thanks to Anthony Cahill for the fantastic bodhrán workshops. The Trad group and 2nd year music students had a great afternoon and are ready for a jig and a reel! 

Congratulations to all the members of the Colaiste Robotics team on there recent All Ireland win. The picture shows vex robotics teams - KINETIC KELTS, ROBOTICS REBEL, AND MECH MAYHEM collectively picking up the tournament award for this years 2019/20 Tower Takeover Vex Robotics competition at CIT cork. This comes after picking up the robot skills award in the regional at DELL Limerick a week before.

Congratulations to Adam Carleton (Leaving Cert) and Liam Lynch (T.Y.) who were presented with Special Achievement Awards last night at the Garda Divisional Youth Awards in the Charleville Park Hotel. We are very proud of these two outstanding young men!

Both teams came out on top Friday away to Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk. Our 1st yrs had a very tight win 20-17 and our 2nd yrs had a convincing win 32-9. Two great games of basketball 🏀. Well done to both teams. Up next is Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk on Friday 14th February in Kanturk.

This week the 5th year Ag Science class paid a visit to our local sheep farmer Mrs Sheena Mc Carthy. Sheena gave us a detailed practical account on sheep management and husbandry on her farm. To answer any sheep queries we may have she has agreed to pay a visit to our Ag Science class in the next week or so.

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Our 1st and 2nd year girls were very unlucky today to lose two close matches away to Pres, Mitchlestown. A great performance from both teams.  Next up is Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk at home.

The Senior Girls played Munster quarter final against a strong Rosscarbery side last Monday.  Final score was 5-8 to 1-11 the girls put up a great fight but unfortunately it wasn’t our day

Well done to everyone in the school for a very exciting literacy week which was full of activities. Zoe Crowley, Clara O’ Sullivan and Erin Corbett won our ‘Guess Who?’ Competition by matching the book cover and clues to the correct teacher/SNA. Sarah Salvin, Emily Mulder, Danny Ryan and Hugh Feehan were our Golden ticket winners figuring out clues through comprehension.

On the 28th January 2020, Kelly, Cathal and Gabriella (Transition Year Students) took part in the preliminary round of the All Ireland Linguistic Olympiad or AILO. The AILO is a contest in which secondary school students develop strategies for solving problems in interesting languages from around the globe most of which are not known. They used their skills to solve puzzles such as deciphering Idalion tablet (see picture) and translating Kolyma Yukagir from the Far East of Russia.

Today the Student Council participated in an ISSU (Irish Second-Level Students’ Union) training day in Colaiste Treasa Kanturk.
They participated in a variety of activities throughout the day such as walking debates, mock elections and conducted a SWOT analysis.
The students were invested in the programme and enjoyed themselves throughout the day.

The Parents Plus Adolescents Programme considers how parents can connect with and build good relationships with their teenage children (aged 11-17), while also being firm and influential in their lives.

Congratulations to our U14 girls football team with a impressive victory today over Mount Mercy College (Cork). Winning by a score line of 9-06 to 1-01. They are now through to a County semi-final. Well done and best of luck in the semi-final.

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John Ryan of DNG John Ryan, sponsors of a new set of Basketball Jerseys for Coláiste Mhuire, Buttevant. Pictured also are members of the 1st Year Girls Basketball Team with Coach, Denise Woulfe. In addition to the Basketball Kit, DNG John Ryan have generously sponsored the school GAA Jerseys.

Well done to our u14 boys hurling team on their excellent performance in today’s match against Edmond Rice College Carrigaline. The final score was 4-17 to 1-6. All players should be really proud of their effort and ability throughout the game.

One of the activities this week was a guessing game for the students to guess which teacher/SNA is reading which book at the moment from looking at a picture clue.