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Fundraiser for Mary’s Meals

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Mary’s Meals is a Scottish charity, who provide life changing meals to some of the world’s poorest children. Children receive a meal each day they attend school. It costs €18.30 to feed a child for a year.

This year our 6th year Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) students decided they wanted to be part of this global movement. They did this by having a bake sale in the school and they raised €85. They would like to thank Mr Kennedy and Ms Carey for their continued support.

Ms O Keeffe would like to thank all those who supported the bake sale, as every little effort can make a huge difference to whole communities across the world and help pave the way for lasting change.

Whole School Assembly

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Principal, Damien Kennedy addressing the Nenagh College students at the first ”live” whole school assembly, since the 5th of December 2019. For those in 1st & 2nd year, it was their first experience of a whole school assembly. This was one of the first occasions which signalled a return to school, as it was pre – Covid.

 

Nenagh College trip to Manchester

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55 students gathered at the ungodly hour of 4.30 a.m. on Saturday 19th February for their departure to Manchester. Uncertainty around the weather did not dampen spirits as the group set off in the midst of Storm Eunice. Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur was the highlight of the tour, with a guided tour of Anfield an added bonus for the Liverpool fans in the group, none more than Mr. Quinn!!
A shopping trip and overnight completed the stay before the group set out to face storm Franklin for the journey home. Thanks to Ms. Collins, Ms. Ruiz, Mr. Quinn, Mr Macken and tour organiser, Mr Heffernan for organising the trip. Well done to all the students who were impeccably behaved, as always.

Junior Achievement Ireland and Fiserv – talks and workshops with 3rd and 5th years

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Junior Achievement Ireland is a non-profit organisation which helps large numbers of students each year. They empower young people to realise their potential by valuing education and understanding how to succeed in the world of work.

The Junior Achievement programmes are facilitated by business volunteers who encourage young people to develop the skills they need to succeed in a changing world.

They bring the world of work into the classroom, by providing hands-on practical learning experiences in employability, entrepreneurship, financial literacy and the value of STEM. This year Junior Achievement Ireland set our school up with Fiserv.

Samantha Neary and Brian Fogarty from Fiserv Nenagh provided a blended learning model consisting of 4 hours training with the 5th year LCVP on career success. The students really enjoyed the training and gained real life experiences which will assist them going forward.

Caroline Casey from Fiserv Clonskeagh also provided 3rd year Business Students with a very insightful talk on different careers in computer science. This inspired our students and gave them ideas for their future. Ms O Keeffe was extremely grateful for such an insight into life in the real world.

Anna Marie Ryan from Fiserv will deliver a 4 hour financial literacy programme to 6th years in the coming weeks.

TY Health Promotion Week

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Our TY Students took part in a Health Promotion Week last week with several Guest Speakers & Activities including; Hiking the Keepers Hill Trail, a talk from Jackie Fox on “Coco’s Law”, “I am enough” Workshop with Gary Cunningham, Bubble Soccer in Sports Hall, The completion of 6 Week Healthy Relationships Programme with Ascend, Go Karting in Limerick and talks from the Community Substance Misuse Team.