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Leaving Certificate Applied Work Experience

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6th year Leaving Certificate Applied students attend work experience every Friday. Ms O Keeffe would like to thank all the employers who provide excellent placements for Nenagh College Leaving Certificate Applied Students.

Pictured below are Julia Kozak in the Polish shop

Eliezer Campos pictured with Noelle Morrissey, Eason

Michael Collins pictured in McLoughlin’s Shop

Anne Hassett Manager of Nenagh Day Care Centre, where Roisin Thijssen is on placement.

Homer Sweet Dispenser

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Our TY engineering class are working on applying the finishing touches to their “Homer Sweet Dispenser”

Students are given the opportunity to use a wide range of manufacturing processes in completing this project.

Students will learn the basic marking out and manufacturing skills to make the back plate, the timber centre, the front, and the mouth.

Students will then use the 3D printer to make the nose and the eyes will be cut out using our laser cutter.

Students are then tasked with adding their own design element. Creating a stand or a wall mounting bracket for the project.

The projects will then be finished by painting and polishing.

Watch this space for the finished projects very soon.

Helping Hands

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Recently our first-year engineering students manufactured their “Helping Hand” phone/tablet stand.
Students were able to personalise their designs by using their own hand as a template. They were then able to use the manufacturing skills learned so far to cut out and finish the piece.
Students were then, for the first time, introduced to the Strip Heater to bend the Perspex.
Final step was to apply a name plate engraved with their name.

Health Promotion Week

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Our TY Group recently took part in a very busy Health Promotion Week. The Workshops and Activities throughout the week focused on developing the Physical, Mental & Social Health of each student.
The schedule of activities included:
  • “Your Health – Your Choice” Workshop with Nurse Col Conway, Marie Keating Foundation. 
  • Group trip to Jump Lanes Trampoline Centre Limerick.
  • “Paving your Path” Workshop with John Lonergan.
  • Group hike in the Devils Bit.
  • Team Buiding Workshop with TeamWorks Ireland.
  • “Making the right Choice” Workshop with Community Substance Misuse Team.
  • Mixed Gender Indoor Soccer match Vs Borrisokane CC
  • Group trip to Pallas Go Karting Portumna
  • Mobile Phone Digital Detox for 3hrs each day.

First Year Information Evening

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Incoming first year parents had their information evening on Tuesday 31st January. There were presentations from Wriggle and Nenagh Credit Union on the various methods of supporting the introduction of laptops for all 1st years from September 2023. The parents were very excited with this new development. Pictured are Pat Naughton, Nenagh Credit Union and Nenagh College IT Director, Sheelagh O Malley.