Climate Ambassador’s Outstanding Achievement Award
Many Thanks to Rachel Fitzgerald-Feeley who is an outreach coordinator for Breast Cancer Ireland who recently linked up with our 5th Year and TY girls to deliver a zoom presentation on Breast Cancer awareness. Over the past four years, we have been delighted to welcome Rachael into the school in person to deliver this presentation. While this was not possible this year we were delighted that she was able to link up with us via zoom so she could share her personal journey so that others might learn about Breast Cancer and how to detect early symptoms, thus essentially encouraging lifesaving habits!
We were delighted and honoured to welcome Bishop Paul Dempsey to St Nathy’s College for his first official visit in his new role as Bishop of the Diocese. He celebrated Mass on the 8th of December with the TY’s and a small group of 5th year students. Many thanks to Ms Fergus, Ms Staunton and Fr Henry who organised the liturgy. He also blessed the wonderful wreaths that the TY students made under the direction of their Religion teacher Ms Fergus. [foogallery id="13329"]
Read MoreWell done to all who got into the festive spirit on Friday 11th of December. We had our annual Christmas Jumper Day organised by Mr O’Suilleabhain and the Transition Year students. Many thanks to everyone who donated and over €1000 was raised for the SVP. This is a truly wonderful achievement and this will be added to the funds raised by the Teacher Challenges and the Christmas Movie Day. Congratulations to Bilal Raja (1C) and Anthony Durr in 5th year who received prizes for their festive outfits. Ms Fergus also received a prize for her festive jumper and Christmas themed hairband. Friday saw the end of the TY Christmas Market which ran for three days and was a resounding success. Thanks to all the staff and students who supported these budding entrepreneurs. Finally, the day was concluded with some line dancing led by a group of TY students. This was a great opportunity for the 1st years along with their LC mentors to enjoy some socially distanced fun as the second term draws to a close. [foogallery id="13342"]
Read More Martina O’Brien from NIFTY (The Foróige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) pictured with some students, Ms. Munnelly and Ms. Staunton.
Martina was very impressed by the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit exhibited by our TYs last week.
Well done everyone!
More pictures of and information about this brilliant event can be viewed below:
https://www.stnathys.com/christmas-markets/
Congratulations to Niamh McGee who won an 'All for One voucher' just in time for Christmas, compliments of the Bank of Ireland. Niamh was drawn from a list of students who joined last year's school bank. Niamh was presented with her prize by former TY Bank Manager, Katie Flannery.
Read More 2M Religious Education class are busy preparing for Christmas as they collect for their 'Reverse Advent Calendar' project by creating a hamper for the Family Resource Centre. They are also in the process of designing Jesse Tree symbols for their Jesse Tree.
Wednesday saw the opening of the TY mini-company Christmas Markets. Many months of hard work has gone into developing these wonderful products and getting them ready for sale. The Study hall, as you have never seen it before has been transformed with lots of Christmas cheer and atmosphere. All the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-year classes will have the opportunity to visit the market over the next few days. This is a great opportunity to get some beautiful handmade and personalised Christmas presents for friends and family. Thanks to Ms Munnelly their Enterprise teacher, and Ms. Staunton, TY coordinator for organising and coordinating the event. [foogallery id="13232"]
Read MoreWe have been very busy over the past few days getting ready for Christmas here at St Nathy's College. The TY's set about putting the Christmas trees in the canteen and the red hall which has added lots of festive cheer. 5th Year Art students Anna and Shannon demonstrated their wonderful artistic skills by painting some Christmas scenes on the entrance doors to the school. Keep an eye on our website/Facebook and Twitter pages for updates over the coming week as we have lots of festive activities planned! [foogallery id="12313"]
Read More Recently TYs have been busy taking part in an international 'Crocus Project', an initiative which calls us to remember all those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
The students planted their crocus bulbs, directed by Mr Dolan and Ms Munnelly.
Some of the students constructed a Star of David to mark the areas where the bulbs have been planted. We can now look forward to some beautiful flowers in the Spring.