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The Clothes Drive

The school, in conjunction with the parent’s council, have come up with the idea of hosting a fundraiser to raise money to buy new software for the school’s language lab. They Transition year class are running this event and will be collecting your unwanted clothing form February 3rd to February 7th outside the school complex and other depots around the town. On both the 30th and the 31st of January.

Some of the transition year students will be handing out black bags and leaflets around Ballaghaderreen to inform you of the precise locations and relevant times. You will not have to use these particular bags any bags will do, once it is filled with your unwanted clothing. Please support.

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Self-Defence Courses

The Transition Year class has started doing Self Defence courses in the form of Krav Maga, on January 10^th. It is a close-quarters-combat technique founded in Israel in the 1930s. The first session focused on escaping from grabs and basic punching.

The classes will continue for another five weeks, to the classes’ joy, as they have been eagerly welcomed

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German Exchange

On Wednesday the 4th of December a number of transition year students travelled to Germany for an exchange with St. Nathy’s partner school Gymnasium Leoninium Handrup. The trip began with a bus journey to Dublin airport in the early hours of Wednesday morning. This was then followed by a two hour flight to Bremen. Once we arrived at the school, we met our exchange partners and travelled home with them with for the evening. The following day school was cancelled due to stormy weather, much to the disappointment to the students!

On Thursday we attended class and got a guided tour of the modern school and its amazing facilities. The group then travelled to the historic city of Munster and visited the traditional German Christmas Market. The students then spent the weekend with their exchange families taking part in a variety of activities. On Monday, the group travelled to two cities, Bremen and Bremerhaven. We got a tour of the city of Bremen and visited historic parts of such as the statues of Roland and the Musicians of Bremen. We then visited a famine museum, learning about emigration and migration in Germany.

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On Tuesday, the group travelled to Meyer Werft, a massive and truly amazing ship factory located in Papenburg. The group returned early to attend a farewell party in the school. The Irish stole the show providing entertainment such as singing, Irish dancing and playing of tin whistle and flute, while the Germans remained reserved. Some German cuisine was then provided for all in attendance. On Wednesday, the group returned back to Ballaghaderreen at seven o’clock following a very enjoyable yet tiresome trip.

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The group would like to thank all involved in organising the trip, especially Mrs. Finan, Mr. Ronayne and Mr. O’Suilleabhain who accompanied is to Germany.

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Zumba

After a very successful & enjoyable 6 weeks of Zumba fitness we have decided to commit to another session to bring us into the New Year.  With the basic steps, good coordination and rhythm we are all having a great time bopping around to the beats and keeping up with our dance instructor Amanda  Leonard Gallagher. Anyone interested to join go to Ms. Herron in 7C.

“Ditch the workout & join the party” 🙂

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U-19 Girls Match

On Wednesday 27^th November, St Nathy’s U-19 girls travelled to Dunmore Community School to face St Enda's College from Galway. This game was the regional quarter final so the girls had to win to stay in the competition. The game tipped off at 11:15. Nathy’s girls went out with all guns blazing and started with two nice baskets from Jean Flanagan. Two more baskets from Aoibheann Durkin gave Nathy’s confidence but St Enda’s weren’t ready to give up. Two baskets made the score 8-4 to Nathy’s at the end of the first quarter.

The 2^nd quarter started with a basket from St. Enda’s College but two baskets from Aoibheann Durkin increased their lead. Two more baskets from St. Enda’s and one point from Rebecca Finan made the halftime score 13-10 to Nathy’s. The 3^rd quarter started well with 2 baskets at both ends from both Ellen and Jean Flanagan. Things went downhill from there as St. Enda’s got seven points without response. The score was 17-21 to St. Enda’s at the end of the 3^rd quarter. The 4^th quarter was when the game really slipped out of hands.

Enda’s got 12 points and Nathy’s got none! The final score was 33-17 to St. Enda’s who progress to the semi-finals. Unfortunately the girl’s season is over, hard luck girls but they had a very good season.

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St. Nathy’s Carol Service

On Thursday the 12th of December St. Nathy’s College will be putting on a carol service. It will begin at 8:00pm in the cathedral in Ballaghaderreen. It is the celebration of Christmas where there will be a number of carols sung, readings and prayers said. It is the combination of our school choir which has approximately over 140 students and also the adult choir in the town which is called “Something to Sing About”. This group of singers are some people who have survived cancer and they all come together to sing to support one and other. The proceeds on the night will go to St. Vincent de Paul and the development fund for the school.

Please come along and enjoy a wonderful evening of Christmas carols.

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U-16 Girls Match

On Tuesday 3rd December, St Nathy’s U-16 girls travelled to Oranmore to play St. Killian’s New Inn from Ballinasloe. The game started at 12:15 and it was Nathy’s who started off brilliantly with scores coming from Megan McCormack, Rebecca Maxwell and Meaveen Greene. Ballinasloe responded with two points which made the score at the end of the 1st quarter to Nathy’s. In the second quarter, Nathy’s girls took off with 10 points scored without any response. A further six points from Meaveen and Megan really put this game away. St Killian’s scored four points to end the half making the halftime score 23-6 to Nathy’s. The third quarter was quiet with only 9 points scored between the two sides. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the score was 28-10 to Nathy’s. The game was really won in the 2nd quarter but Nathy’s girls kept pushing for a bigger win. They scored 9 points in the last quarter beating St. Killians 7 points. The final score was 37-17 to Nathy’s. The girls are now in a regional final, Best of Luck!

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Public Speaking

[highlight color="lime-green" style="style-1"]Photo: Katie Gallagher, Lisa McIntyre, Michelle Casey and Molly Quinlan.[/highlight] On the 14th of November, Thursday last, the transition year students took part in a public speaking competition in the Abbey hotel, Roscommon. Prior to this wonderful event the class had been divided into different groups and were required to put a speech together. The title of which was ‘Alcohol in Ireland- Is there a problem’? One person in the group was given the role of public speaker and had to speak on behalf of the group.

Pat Conway the Co-Ordinator of the Western Region Drugs Task Force came to our school and listened to each speech along with two third year classes. He picked one person to go through to the next round. Lisa Mc Intyre, along with her team of Katie Gallagher, Michelle Casey, Molly Quinlan and Cathal Madigan, were chosen to go through, and represent St. Nathy’s College. Lisa spoke in front of an audience including six other schools who were represented with one speaker each also. The schools who participated were Elphin Secondary School, Roscommon CBS, Strokestown Secondary School, Convent of Mercy, Roscommon, Castlerea Community School, Abbey Secondary School, Boyle and St.Nathy’s College. Each school had a different topic related two alcohol and were given their speech in front of the three judges. The judges included John Waters, Fergal O’Donnell and Gillian O’Keefe.

The event started at 7.30pm and after each speech the judges gave their critique. Every speaker was very impressive and did their schools proud. Before the result was finally given John Waters, journalist with the Irish Times, spoke about how alcohol affected his life. He congratulated each speaker and said how they were very informed and articulate and it was very difficult to pick a winner. But in the end there could only be one winner. Castlerea Community School were announced the winners.

Congratulations to their speaker and her team and well done to everyone else who participated, especially our very own Lisa McIntyre who spoke eloquently and to all of her team.

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U16 Girls Basketball Match

On the 15th of this month the u16 St. Nathy’s Girls basketball team travelled to Glenamaddy for a league game. If Nathy’s won they had a very good chance of reaching the All-Ireland play-offs. In the first quarter, Meaveen Greene, Lisa Flanagan, Tara Phillips, Rebecca Maxwell and Megan McCormack lined out. It started well for Nathys as Meaveen scored a lay-up and then a free throw. But then Glenamaddy got two scores in a row. But before the quarter ended Megan and Tara both scored to make it 7-4 to Nathy’s after the first quarter. The second quarter started with Glenamaddy taking the lead but Nathy’s brought it back to lead at half time in the game by 13 points to 10. In the third quarter Nathy’s really got going as they scored an unanswered 17 points. But Glenamaddy were able to score two more baskets before the quarter ended. It was looking good for Nathy’s as they led by 30-14 going into the last quarter. The final quarter started and Nathy’s were not going to let Glenamaddy come back. They made many substitutions and were still able to finish strong, winning by a final score of 38-18. Well done to all involved and the very best of luck to Francis and the team in the All-Ireland play-offs.

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