Category: Involvement

Personal reading is promoted by the school in a number of ways. A paired reading initiative open to all first years.  As part of that programme, TY students and volunteers from the local community are trained to work with the first years and certificates of achievement are presented to the students at the end of  the programme.

 

Young Entrepreneur Competition 2012

Congratulations to our first and second year Business studies students who entered  the county final of the Young Entrepreneur Competition.  They did a major amount of work to prepare for the Christmas market day and the Young Entrepreneur County Final.  They prepared their business plans which included some market research and they created their products.  They following students were involved: in the junior category Phillip O Sullivan, David Shorley, and John Locmels produced christmas logs, christmas cards and buns.  Margaret Moynihan was very creative and produced lamps.  Finally, our last group won 3rd prise in the county final, Bríd Gleeson, Ciara Dorney, Aaron Moriarity and Kevin Mclaughlin produced buns and cakes and ran a business selling farm fresh eggs.  Well done to all for their hard work.  

Our second year students produced a decorative Christmas centre piece, Michael Beaton and Paul Murphy used some recycled materials and created a beautiful ornament.  The second team won second place in the county final with their sweet shop, well done to Belinda Mccarthy and Milena Raeaj.

 

As part of her work in reaching our school community our HCSL has been involved in organising community allotments. These have been very successful in recent years and have provided much enjoyment for all involved.

Did you know?
* Naill O’Sullivan who played corner back on the Munster and All Ireland winning Tipperary Minor Football team is a past pupil of Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
*Two first year students receive a sports scholarship every year. This scholarship is awarded for commitment and attitude shown.
*We have a state of the art “Dome” where a wide variety of sporting interests are catered for
*We run a very successful sport and recreation post leaving cert programme which has had very positive impact on our secondary schools sporting achievements

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed offers state of the art sporting facilities. In our sports “Dome” situated on our campus we have a high performance gym and weights room and a multi-sport indoor arena with spacious male and female changing areas. Our outdoor facilities include a full sized Gaelic pitch, soccer field, hurling wall and hard-court area.

At Coláiste Mhurie Co-Ed we ain to provide a wide range of sporting activities such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, volleyball, soccer, table tennis, athletics, badminton, orienteering, basketball, tennis and squash. Other activities are catered for upon interest.

At Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed we maintain a high level of participation in Munster and All-Ireland competitions. To complement the external competitions we organise many internal class leagues in sports such as hurling soccer and table tennis. As a school we also pride ourselves in our connections with our local communities of sports clubs and organisation, working closely with the GAA and FAI.

Through the medium of sport we aim to educate and develop each student personally, physically and socially in  fun and welcoming environment.

In recent years the music, English and PE departments have been instrumental in producing our school show. Past productions have included such titles as Grease, Mama Mia, Camp Rock and most recently High School Musical. Our students’ dedication to these productions, has been, and will continue to be paramount to their success. Every year our students volunteer from all years and rehearse from September until opening night – while always insuring the monthly grades remain true to their ability. The positive, focused and fun atmosphere that surrounds these highly successful productions permeates our school from September on and continues to be a driving force for the level of interest that surrounds them.

The  Homework Club operates two evenings per week. Research suggests that the Homework Club is a positive educational support, improves students academic ability, work habits, social adjustment and peer relationships. We are indebted to the School Completion Programme for their excellent work on this project. 

Maths & Science Olympiad

 

As a result of his outstanding results in the Junior Cert in both Maths & Science Dónal O Maolcathaigh has been selected to attend the Olympiad training. A team of six will be selected to represent Ireland in Abuja Nigeria in December 2010.  Congratulations to Dónal and to his teachers Miss Cahill (Maths) and Miss Conroy (Science).  These two subjects were just two of the nine grade A’s he achieved in his Junior Cert.

North Tipperary VEC invites its colleges to nominate students of excellence in various sporting and academic categories. 

Each year these students are honoured at a presentation ceremony. This programme provides nearly sixty awards in areas such as Gaeilge; Literature; Sport; Art; ICT; Academic, Personal and Educational Achievement; and the Phil Carroll Music Bursary.