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Fiserv workshops
Annemarie Ryan director of project management in Fiserv, Nenagh, delivered 5 weeks of workshops with 6th year Leaving Certificate Applied students.
Ms O Keeffe felt that students engaged fully with the financial literacy programme and gained both academically and personally from their involvement with Fiserv and Junior Achievement Ireland.
A huge thanks to Annemarie Ryan for her excellent interest, commitment and enthusiasm about the programme.
The programme covered
1. The relationship between education and success with personal finances
2. The world of work and careers of interest to our students
3. The importance of planning for your financial future through insurance and pensions
Bystander Intervention Programme
In February a community meeting of key stakeholders from the Nenagh area met to discuss their role in challenging inappropriate language and behaviour in society.
On Friday 25th March, students from Nenagh College & Nenagh CBS engaged in a 3-hour workshop with Marney O’Regan to offer their opinions on key aspects of the issues.
Students engaged in workshops and discussions around which behaviours have become normalised in our society and ways to challenge such behaviour. They worked on a media campaign which will be rolled out in the coming months, with the support of the UCC media team and Professor Louise Crowley.
Teachers Catherine O’Keeffe (Nenagh College) and Helen O’Connor (CBS) undertook the training offered by UCC to ensure they were aware of the resources available to schools. They also actively supported the conversation amongst their vibrant and enthusiastic students at this meeting in the Pastoral Centre.
2B CSPE
Students in their Civic, Social, Political Education class (CSPE) carried out excellent research, followed by presentations and self/peer assessments.
Ms O Keeffe acknowledged the excellent team work that went into their preparation and presentations in line with the Junior Cycle key skills.
Topics researched included:
• The development of The Waterford Greenway and its effects on the local community.
• Centre Parcs and its effects on tourism Nationally.
• Trade, development and culture of Djibouti in Africa.
Eco UNESCO Young Environmentalist semi finalists
A huge congratulations to our two groups of Transition Year students on reaching the semi finals of the ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA).ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) is an all-Ireland environmental awards programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment.‘No Cap’ by Hannah Grace, Alice Kilganon, Olibhia Mulhall & Rachel Kelly.“No Cap is the idea of recycling bottle caps in an artistic way. We gathered bottle caps from local places such as pubs as well as our school, we would even use caps from random bottles thrown carelessly around our school and community. We gathered these together to make two beautiful murals to place outside our schools bug hotel and biodiversity garden”‘Plants for People’ by Lucy O’Rielly, Nikola Mc Carthy & Seamus McKenzie Cleary a project mainly focused on the plants that are native to country.“Our project allowed us to learn about how to care for the plants correctly, where they grow and when they grow. Overall our main aim was to inform people about the various plants”Best of luck to all Nenagh College students on making the final round, we are very proud of you!
