Our TY group have been busy taking part in a mental health workshop with Aware for 4 weeks and started their FAI coaching course. They also participated in a workshop with Poetry Ireland. Science Hub workshop started in association with Trinity College Dublin. All sounds great to us!Read More
Our school play this year (Balbriggan The Musical) has been written with the help of Mr. Curran and students Jack Kevitt and Cian Mooney. The students are very excited to show off their hard work. For the performances tickets will be pre-sold at 5 euro a ticket and there is limited availability of 40 tickets...Read More
Last week was TY activity week in Balbriggan CC. Students participated in various activities including first aid, self defence, a breast check demonstration and a Garda talk on road safety. Thanks to Ms. Buckley for organising the activities. Read More
Thanks to Adrienne McCleery from Breast Cancer Ireland for delivering the Schools Awareness Programme to our female TY students, senior students and staff. Statistically if younger women become more breast aware, they are more likely to recognise any abnormalities, should they arise, will be seen to immediately and then the outcome will be more positive....Read More
On Wednesday 13th December, our TY students hosted a festive afternoon in the John Bailey Hall. Parents, Grandparents, brothers & sisters were invited to attend and soak up some of the festive cheer. Miss Rossiter and her choir provided our guests with Christmas carols while Miss Duffy and her TY group provided festive delights. Santa...Read More
‘Transitions 2017’ is a collection of short fiction written by the students of Ardgillan Class, for their English Transition Year Module on short stories. During the module the students read work by Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce, Frank O’Connor, Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan and Zadie Smith. They were encouraged to see how...Read More
Congratulations to our first TY graduates who attended their graduation ceremony in our new gym today. Well done to Sarah Kendellan who was awarded the Spirit of Transition Award. Each student received a TY graduation certificate and star badge in recognition of their hard work throughout the year. Thank you to Ms. Buckley for organising...Read More
The TY groups recently attended Kippure as part of their Heritage and Communicative Irish courses. They conducted several experiments in the morning followed by high rope activities and archery. A great day was had by all. Read More
Transition Years have been completing a rugby coaching course over the last 6 weeks. This week they have been putting their coaching skills into practice with 6th class students from Educate Together National School. They coached a session with the younger students. Some future coaches in the making! Well done to all. Thanks to Leinster...Read More
