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Nenagh College 1st Year girls soccer team welcomed St.Marys and their teachers for an indoor blitz. Both teams had wins and look forward to playing each other again soon.

Nenagh College 2nd year students and guest judges Mr. George Porter, Scifest and Mr. Liam Flannery former science teacher Nenagh College.

As part of the Active School Challenge, Nenagh College was pleased to welcome the Marie Keating Foundation to present in our school. This Irish based charity is a key provider of cancer awareness and support programmes throughout Ireland. The Schools Cancer Awareness Programme aims to promote knowledge among students at post-primary level about various forms of cancer and to help them understand the importance of detecting cancer at an early stage. By making cancer ‘less frightening by enlightening’ for students, the programme endeavours to engage students with age-appropriate, interactive and informative material.

Congratulations to second year student Nicola Kennedy whose entry into Mental Health Ireland’s Art & Photography Competition has been selected to appear in a week-long Exhibition in Dublin City Council. The Mind Your Mental Health Exhibition will take place from Monday 27th-Friday 31st March in Dublin County Council offices in Dublin.

 

Nenagh College would like to congratulation all of our Second Year Science students who took part in Nenagh College Scifest 2017. There was a wide variety of projects on display including ‘How Strong is an Egg? How do we Taste? and How Safe is your Lipstick?’ We would also like to thank the teachers in our science department who organised and coordinated today’s event.

The aim of the Scifest programme is to encourage a love of science, technology and maths through active, collaborative, inquiry-based learning and to provide a forum for students at local, regional and national level to present and display their scientific investigations.

We are hosting a Forum in Nenagh College on March 9th (Meal served @ 7.30 p.m.) for all local business people who provide our students with work experience opportunities. Rose Mary O Reilly from First Data will be our keynote speaker and the evening will allow First Data an opportunity to meet other business people in the Nenagh area. Nenagh College are providing office space and training facilities for First Data in advance of the opening of their Nenagh plant.

Nenagh College has introduced a new cashless system for parents of incoming first years.

From September parents will be able to pay all fees and school expenses through the college’s Paypal partner, Way2Pay.

Launching this new innovative service at Nenagh College on Thursday night last, Elaine Collins from Way2Pay informed the parents of incoming first years of the quick, easy and convenient method for making all the normal payments associated with school.

Way2Pay are Ireland’s fastest growing cashless solution for schools, where a text to a parents phone will enable them to make the payments. Nenagh College are first partner school of Way2Pay in the Nenagh area.

Introducing the system, school principal Damien Kennedy outlined how this service will remove the need for parents to send money into the school and the school’s easy payment plan will help to ease the burden of back to school costs. On the night , parents were also given an introduction to the school’s information system, VSWare, by the school administrator, Majella Kennedy. This on- line information portal enables parents to receive end of term reports, track their child’s progress and attendance and timetable remotely from a tablet, laptop or phone.

The evening also provided the school with an opportunity to outline the curriculum the students will follow, with an emphasis on the school’s commitment to introducing the new Junior Cycle. The school’s comprehensive pastoral care structure was also very warmly received by the large crowd present.

Two of our first year students , Niamh Kennedy  and Cailín Creamer are through to the audition stage of the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

They will be travelling to Cork to audition in the next few days. If you get a chance please wish them the best of luck. We are very proud of them.

This year’s school trip was to the beautiful and historic city of Krakow, Poland. This medieval European city also contains the story of Europe’s darkest history, with some of the worst atrocities of World War 2 being carried out in and around the city. As a result the trip was both enjoyable and educational, but at the same time somber to bear witness to this tragic past. Thirty students from TY and 5th year travelled, along with four teachers, and all were kept busy over the four days of the trip. Among the many activities the group enjoyed were trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Salt mines and Schindler’s factory as well as a walking tour of the historic city, ice-skating, bowling and a water park. At the end of each day everyone was ready for a good night’s sleep. Both students and teachers had a very enjoyable trip, with the teachers having nothing but praise for each and every one of the students. Now the planning must begin for next years trip!