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Best of luck to our students Vinnie Graham and David Holland who are travelling to Switzerland tomorrow to represent Ireland at the prestigious Swiss International Adaptive Judo Festival.

From Wednesday October 12th to Saturday October 15th, Val Poschiavo will be the center of Europe for more than 200 judoka with and without disabilities from 15 European countries. They will enjoy a varied program with a lot of judo in the St. Maria gymnasium, cozy food in Punto Rosso, excursions into the beautiful surroundings, a visit to the glacier mills, as well as a conference on autism spectrum disorders and judo in German, English and Italian.

There will be delegations and participants from the following countries: Germany, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Lichtenstein, and Switzerland.

Wishing David and Vinnie the very best of luck.

 

The rollout of 1:1 devices in Nenagh College commenced this academic year, with TYs being the first year group to each have their own device.

The students are enjoying using their Lenovo hybrid laptops. They use them for most classes; for research, for communication, note taking and assessments through teams, for HTML coding and even to play a educational game or two such as kahoot and blooklet.

Today, everyone was up bright and early to hit the road for the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii. The city itself rests in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a once active volcano. Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 A.D., when it buried the city of Pompeii under a thick 6 metre carpet of volcanic ash. The city is one of Italy’s most visited attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Our excellent tour guide Mauro brought us to Roman villas, public baths, an amphitheatre, shops, and many residential buildings. After some lunch in Pompeii, we travelled back to Rome where we visited the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.

After our adventures of touring the city on Friday, we used the Metro Saturday morning to reach Vatican City. Here, we got lunch in a German themed restaurant and then made our way to St. Peter’s Square where we lined up to enter St. Peter’s Basilica. This was followed by free time until our booking to enter the Vatican museum where we saw Raphael’s fresco The School of Athens and the Sistine Chapel with Michaelangelo’s world famous Last Judgement Scene. This was followed by dinner and the metro back to the hotel.

Captain Dylan McCormack, Killian Toohey, Brian Toohey and Cian Ryan lifting the cup after winning the u17B County Hurling Championship

Day 1 of our Trip kicked off with a walking tour of the main attractions of Rome such as the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Forum. After a quick lunch, we toured the Colosseum. The was followed by some free time in Piazza del Popolo and then dinner. Finally, we returned to the Trevi Fountain to experience it at night. In all, 33,000 steps completed.

Congratulations to our students Dylan McCormack, Brian Toohey, Killian Toohey, Cian Ryan and their team who claimed the County U17 ‘B’ Hurling title after a 2-14 to 1-10 final win over Gortnahoe Glengoole.

1C students presented their projects on archaeological discoveries today in history class.

Our 1^st Year Students have made a powerful start in their PE Classes over the last 4 weeks. Kicking off their activities with group and team-based activities, then moving onto individual challenges including completing a Hill Walk of Millenium Cross and a School Day Step Challenge. Well done to all our 1^st Years!