Dear Parents, Students, and Guardians, I would like to draw your attention to the following webinar. Please log on to the CAO website www.cao.ie and register for this webinar which will take place on Tuesday 19th October at 7pm.
Read MoreThe TY’s took part in a drama workshop with Alan Devine. Alan can be recognised for his roles in Fair City, The Tudors and more recently Vikings. The focus of the workshop was on public speaking and he demonstrated how students can become more confident when standing up in front of an audience. The workshop lasted all day, and during the day students took part in memory games and other number games to help boost their confidence. Overall, the students found the day a great experience which they thoroughly enjoyed and would highly recommend it for other schools. [foogallery id="15106"]
Read MoreKatie Flannery, a current Leaving Cert, and former TY student of St.Nathy’s, was nominated for the Garda Young Person Award Roscommon/Longford. Her work involved raising money for Croí with her family by holding a coffee morning at their house. They raised €3810 on their first year and have more recently raised over €4000. Other fundraisers she took part in was a green way cycle, raising money for her sister to go to Uganda to help a school and its students over there. She sang with others in the Clash of the Clubs to raise money for local GAA clubs and her own club Eire Og. Katie also took part in the young SVP Programme. Katie completed many courses in TY such as the Foroige Leadership for Life Course where she learnt all about how to be a good leader, she is also a lifeguard. She achieved the Gaisce bronze award, which involves among other commitments, volunteering in the community, food shopping during covid-19 for the elderly, who could not get out to complete this task themselves. Due to Katie's commitment to serving others, she was nominated by Ms Staunton for the Garda Youth Award.
Read MoreSt Nathy’s 5th Year and former TY student, Aoibheann Maloney and Mrs. O' Brien, both members of the Cathedral Folk Group, performed live at Sunday Mass in RTÉ studios, October 10th last. The folk group have played at several major liturgical events and this mass coincided with the 50th Anniversary of the death of Seán Ó Riada. The group played two contributions from his musical collection, Ag Críóst an Síól and Mná na hÉireann. The mass can be viewed on RTÉ player
Read MoreOur 1st Year students have enjoyed two fun afternoons with their LC mentors. The mentors have organised Bingo and Boggle on two different Wednesday afternoons. This has provided an opportunity for some light-hearted fun along with some treats for the winners. [foogallery id="15067"]
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Mary Yore visited St. Nathy’s College to talk to our TY class about Gaisce: The President’s Award. She outlined what Gaisce is and the three levels to the award programme - starting with Bronze and progressing on to Silver and then to Gold. The time required to complete the Bronze Award is 26 weeks and to attain a Gold award increases to 78 weeks. Mary explained how the programme challenges young people to set and pursue personal goals in four different areas of activity which include Community Involvement, Personal Skills, Physical Recreation and the Adventure Journey. The President’s Award is the most well-known Award in Ireland for young people aged 15 to 25. The TY class were inspired by Mary’s visit and by the number of last year’s TY students who completed their Gaisce journey. Our TY students are now looking forward to taking on this challenge themselves.
Read MoreThe Transition Year and 5th year girls took part in a talk hosted by Racheal Fitzgerald Feely from the Breast Check Ireland Charity. St Nathy’s was Rachel’s first school visit when she first began her Breast Check mission and she now visits us each year so it was great to welcome her back. Racheal educates young girls across the country on how important it is to do regular breast checks. All the girls left the talk more educated on the topic and now have a greater awareness about breast health. [foogallery id="15058"]
Read MoreTY’s and some 2nd Year students were paid a visit by Catherine Sheridan from Roscommon County Youth Theatre, to introduce them to drama and to encourage students to take up drama lessons. They completed a number of activities, which included confident posture, role-play and movement activities. The lessons were just a taster and the students really enjoyed Catherine’s challenges. A sincere thank you to Catherine and the Roscommon County Youth Theatre for taking the time to visit our school. [foogallery id="15052"]
Read MoreThe Unstoppable Team, captained by Cian Carty won the U14, A League on June 19th. An emphatic win with a score line of 6-12 to 2-3 over Drumcliffe/Rosses point in Markievicz Park. Their Feile and U15 League Final came in the same week of August. The U15 League Final was first which saw them playing Drumcliffe/Rosses Point for a second county final in a row. It was a lovely day for football and a lovely day for our boys who ran out winners again in Markievicz. Five days after their victory, the Feile competition took place in Sligo’s Centre of Excellence. There were six teams challenging for the A Feile, Harps comfortably making their way to the final, came up against a strong willed Enniscrone/Kilglass side but, in the end, it was 2-5 to 0-2 in Eastern Harps favour. The U15 Championship was their hardest competition coming up against the likes of Coolera/Strandhill, Enniscrone and again playing Drumcliffe in yet another county final. Drumcliffe started the game well but Harps got into the game and finished the game well with another outstanding score line of 4-15 to 0-11. We here at St. Nathy's College are delighted with this success as numerous players from the team attend our school. Well done to TY students Conor Walsh and Luke McGrath, 3rd years Marty Murray, Martin Mckeown, Jim Molloy and Aaron O’Gara, and 2nd year Noah Phillips.
Read MoreOn the 22nd of September St Nathy’s hosted a Circus Skills Workshop for TY’s and EAL students. The fun started at 9.05am and ended at 3.55pm. There were lots of activities everything from skipping, hula hooping, juggling, plate spinning and the diablo. It may look easy but some of these skills were very difficult to master but despite the difficulty the students had great fun trying. After lunch there was rope jumping and keepy up skills. There was a bit of healthy competition and it was the girl's team of Nikita, Allanah and Sinead who won. When the rope competition was finished, it was onto a keepy up challenge and it was Billy who came out as the champion of this event. After lunch, there was some acting with roleplaying, dancing and the final activity of the day, some football. An action packed and fun filled day of activities. Thanks to Konor for providing the students with such entertainment. [foogallery id="15045"]
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