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Our annual St. Vincent de Paul food drive is underway in the Colaiste. Each student has been given an item to bring in before Thursday December 3rd. These food items need to be non perishable and dated to at least March 2021. The students can leave these items in the boxes provided in their assembly room in the morning. If you would like to send in more food or drop in a bag of food we would be very grateful! All food collected goes towards families in the Buttevant area. Thank you for your continued support and generosity.

Mr Curtin’s Ag Science students linked their revision of fertilisers, slurry methane emissions and water pollution to SDGs 13: Climate Action, 14: Life Below Water and SDG 15: Life on Land. Ms Whyte’s 2nd Year Home Economics class discussed the meaning of sustainability and food waste, while making connections with SDG 2: Zero Hunger and her T.Y class looked at sustainability in fashion. @ETB-SDGS and #Take1week

We had a fantastic week of events during science week 2020 in various subject departments. There were lots of winners in various quizzes, individual project poster competitions and riddles.

Here are some of our winners.

First year Geography class participating in a volcano Kahoot game, while discussing the SDG links 5:Life on Land and SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. Ms Bunworth’s Irish class linked SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being and SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, while learning about the environment.

Sixth year Engineering made links with SDG -Sustainable Cities and Communities while working on their Leaving Cert project on a sustainable urban freight vehicle for city use. Ms O ‘Sullivan’s second year science class, learnt about sustainable farming through a Teagasc webinar, while linking SDGs, Zero hunger, climate action and life on land. @ETB-SDGS and #Take1week

First year Engineering linked SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, while investigating the impact of mechatronics on the environment and society. Mr Curtin’s Ag Science class made connections with SDG 15: Life on Land, while discussing and creating posters on the benefits of using low emission slurry spreading (LESS) methods for sustainable dairy farming.

Fifth year Irish class linked SDG 5 on gender equality while, learning a poem on gender equality. Ms Colfer’s home economics class created posters on sustainable practices around food and linked them with SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.

We celebrated Friendship and Stand Up Week in school last week. Students were encouraged to show kindness and friendship throughout the week. Communication games were played in SPHE and Religion classes.

As many of you know, singing in a choir been a little different this year. Many students have really missed this and some brave students decided to take part in this virtual choir.

Second year groups were involved in a drama workshop under the guidance of Creative Director, Tadhg Hickey. Tadhg is a well known actor and writer from Cork. Students worked together to create their own drama scene focusing on the elements of stage craft. Well done to all involved who participated so willingly.

Many thanks to all the students who participated so greatly in our recent Numeracy Week 2020. We had various competitions throughout the week and congratulations to those who were our winners. The 1st Years participated in the Maths Week Mega Quiz which was held live on Zoom. It was organised by Maths Week Ireland and over 300 schools were involved in the live quiz. We hope that you all enjoyed your week and learned that Numeracy is intertwined into our daily lives.

The core theme for Science Week 2020 is ‘Choosing Our Future’ focusing on how science can improve our lives in the future, and in the present. This will explore how science can help us to make positive choices that will impact the environment, our health, and our quality of life.

This week in the Coláiste we are celebrating Numeracy Week. Due to current circumstances, the weeks activities are more paired back than normal. Nonetheless, students will be sure to enjoy various puzzles and challenges across various subjects. Maths Week Ireland are encouraging parents and guardians to get involved and highlight the importance of numeracy. To help you we have provided numerous puzzles for you to try at home with all the family as well as useful information from leading Maths and numeracy experts. To find all this information, please scan the following QR code and you will find a range of resources.

Congratulations to last year's school bank who received the Best Newcomers Award at the AIB Build a Bank Challenge 2020. We would like to extend a special word of thanks to Letitia Lynch from AIB Charleville for all of her work with the school and the students throughout the year.

Coláiste Mhuire, Buttevant would like to congratulate all of our 2020 Leaving Certificate students on their outstanding achievements. The school is delighted and extremely proud to see another year group progressing so successfully to the next chapter of their lives. We wish each and every one of you well as you commence the next stage of your journey in University, College, Apprenticeships or in the world of work.

Outdoor shelter area installed so that students can get some fresh air and remove masks during the school day. Many thanks to Leisure Domes and Ger Fitzgibbon for erecting this.