Balbriggan Community College followed up its hugely popular ‘Proclamation Day’ with a full day of historical enactments and historical themed fancy dress to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising on Friday 29th of April. Students dressed up in the clothes of the era, many donning caps and shirts as well as army themed...Read More
ong with their Home Economics teachers Miss Broderick and Miss Duffy recently attended Butlers Chocolate Factory. Here they enjoyed a variety of chocolates, watched a movie on the history of chocolate, tour of the factory, explored the museum and decorated their own chocolate piece. Students described their experience as inspiring, fun and educational. It was...Read More
The Fingal Student Enterprise Programme, which is an initiative of the Fingal Local Enterprise Office and Fingal County Council, is supported by the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB). Congratulations to both teams who participated in the recent Student Enterprise Awards. Balbriggan Community College won the DDLETB Enterprising School Award. The Student Enterprise...Read More
Balbriggan Community College/Jigsaw Peer Educators A new well being initiative has been run over the last year in Balbriggan Community College in conjunction with Jigsaw North Fingal. As part of this project, four of our senior students worked with six other schools in North Fingal delivering key messages around creating awareness, increasing knowledge centered around...Read More
uploads/2016/04/IMG_1146.jpg”> Some photos from our recent Smile Week in Balbriggan Community College. There was plenty of exciting activities around our school including the making of a positive tree, drama workshops, CSPE classes and health and nutrition classes. A big thank you to Wooly Wards Farm for their visit. Read More
Chuir na daltaí sa 4ú bhliain i gColáiste Phobail Baile Brigín Díolachán Cáca ar siúl sa scoil le déanaí Bhí siad ag iarraidh airgead a bhailiú chun ciste na Gaeltachta. Beidh an t-airgead ag dul chuig cóstas turas chuig an nGaeltacht i mbliana. Fuarathas a lán tacaíocht ó dhaltaí, múinteoirí, tuismitheoirí agus Comhairle na dtuismitheoirí...Read More
All third years attended an informative event, designed to expand students knowledge about careers in Technology and Engineering. The two presenters, Denise Farrelly and Katharina Callaghan, who work with Google, gave a terrific insight into the world of Information Technology. Listening to a range of experts employed with top companies including Google, Microsoft and Facebook,...Read More
Ghlac na daltaí sa chéad agus sa dara bhliain páirt i dTráth na gCeist mór chun Seachtain na Gaeilge 2016 a cheilliúradh. An iomaíocht a bhí ann idir na foirne agus bhain gach duine an chraic as an ócáid. Bhí duaiseanna ar fáil agus buíoch le Ms Dunne bhí paicéid Tayto as Gaeilge do gach...Read More
Some pictures from our “Proclamation Day” at Balbriggan Community College. Each student was given a copy of the Proclamation and a brief guide to the events around April 24th 1916, the proclamation itself and the history around the tricolour. Every student found the day fascinating, with many commenting on how they were really struck by...Read More
Balbriggan Community College is again amongst the elite schools in the Fingal area after finding itself in the recent Irish Independent 2015 Feeder Schools table as one of the top schools in North County Dublin for providing a platform for its students to attend 3rd level institutes. An impressive 85% of students from last year’s...Read More
