Coláiste Eoin
KAS PROGRAMME
Carlow and South Leinster Rape Crisis Centre are attending Coláiste Eoin and completing the KAS (Knowledge, Awareness and safety) Programme with TY students. This programme is an education programme operating in secondary schools. This programme is the centre’s second largest service, after client counselling. The primary aim of the programme is to raise students’ awareness of rape, sexual violence and sexual harassment using interactive workshops and personal development exercises.
The KAS Programme is designed to give young people knowledge allowing them to understand and determine their own personal beliefs, attitudes and responsibilities in society. The programme is delivered to transition year students in two-hour sessions by specially trained and experienced facilitators.
During the academic year 2013/14 the KAS Programme was delivered to approximately 2,000 students in 30 schools in Counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare, Laois, Wicklow and Wexford. Schools in the Carlow and South Leinster area continued to be targeted the programme is a wonderful awareness campaign.
ASH ANIMAL RESCUE
Helena from ASH Animal Rescue came to Coláiste Eoin and reiterated that a dog is not just for Christmas but for life. ASH is a non-profit organisation and is based in Rathdangan, Co.Wicklow. Since 1990 they have taken in hundreds of unwanted dogs and cats and a variety of other animals. Helena and her colleagues spend their lives doing caring for animals, rehabilitating some and looking for loving homes for those that can be homed.
There is a strict ‘no kill’ policy at ASH Any animals that can’t be rehomed for whatever reason will become permanent members of the ASH family. The students were delighted Helena and friends and thanked her for raising awareness about this issue. and the need for Ireland to have a far more modern approach. Liadh Cronin argued that school uniforms are unhygienic and lead to inactivity and unhealthy lifestyles. Ciara wished to convince the audience that the wearing of school uniforms destroys individuality and creativity. Tracy Wright discussed the high costs of school uniforms for families and also argued that school uniforms create divisions and prejudice based on religion and wealth.
These arguments were all made ‘auf Deutsch’. The standard of the debate was very high on both sides. The Ursuline Convent girls were deemed the winners on the day. However, it must be said that the DCW German debating team also performed to an excellent standard. Sehr gut gemacht.
ATHLETICS
Well done to all those who participated in the cross country in Avondale on Tuesday, November 28. A special mention to Ellen Savage, who was first overall and took gold, Sadhbh Dolan, who was third overall and Georgia O’Connell in sixth place. DCW came first in the team event and the team consisted of Ellen, Sadhbh, Georgia and Alice Christie. Everyone from Dominican College has a great race.
MUSICAL
Rehearsals are in full swing for our ‘Beauty and the Beast’ production which will be held in Fatima Hall in Thursday, Friday and Saturday the December 14, 15 and 16. The girls are practising very hard under the musical direction of Mr O’Neill. Tickets are now on sale from the School Office and Earls Newsagents.
TANZANIA FUND
We have a lot of new fundraisers coming up for the School of St Jude in Tanzania. We have an ongoing coin and foreign money collection competition in school. We are also happy to do any odd jobs you have with our ‘bob a job’ fundraiser.
We are making Christmas cards which will be available to order soon. We will be opening up our bric a’brac shop shortly. We will be having a yoga class in Ananta Studio on December 16. Text Liz Richards at 086 8963425 to book a place. We are also planning a Christmas fair in school and a disco.
Keep an eye on our Facebook (Tanzania Group 2018), Instagram (@tanzaniagroup2018) and Snapchat (@tanzaniagroup) pages for updates. (Written by: Chloe O’Brien)
TY SLEEP OVER
Well done to the TY students who had a great ‘sleep-over’ on Thursday last in order to raise money for their school production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Thanks to Ms Goff for organising and Ms Mynes, Mrs Bolger and Ms Cremin for taking part and supervising in the activities. Great fun but not a lot of sleep was had by all.
EQUINE TRIP
A group of TY students took a visit to Naas Racecourse last Wednesday for an information day on ‘Careers in the Equine Industry’. It was a very informative day that the students thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from. Thanks to Ms Goff and Ms Horan for getting them through the floods safely to Naas for this day.
IRISH
On Wednesday the sixth year students headed to the Civic Theatre in Tallaght for a show based on the Leaving Cert. picture stories. It was a highly entertaining and amusing performance which should stand to them in their Leaving Certificate.
ENGLISH
Congratulations to Katherine France, who was presented with an award for achieving a ‘Distinction’ in her Junior Cycle English exam. Less than 1% of students achieved this grade. Well done to Katherine and her teacher Ms Walshe.
SENIOR GAA
DCW played Blessington Community College in the Senior B championship semi-final on Thursday, November 30, at St Patrick’s GAA Club, Dunbur Park. At half time DCW were leading 3-0 to 0-7. The final result was 0-12 to 5-4 to DCW. A great game was played by both teams. Megan Dunne had a fantastic performance in goals where nothing got past her.
Other outstanding performances on the day were Áine Cahill, Liadh Cronin, Sarah Evans, Lucy Dunne and Niamh Caffery. Thank you to Eddie Leonard for taking charge of the game.
Thanks to CCA for hosting the ‘Wicklow Schools Business Quiz’ on Wednesday, November 29, for TY students. It was a great afternoon. There were two teams representing DCW and they both did really well but were beaten in the end. Congratulations to the winning team St David’s in Greystones.
5TH YEAR P/T MEETING
The fifth year parent teacher meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 2. All parents and guardians of fifth years are encouraged to attend. It provides a great opportunity to meet with your daughters teachers to discuss her progress towards the Leaving Certificate.
CAROL SERVICE
The DCW annual Carol Service will take place on Thursday, December 7, for all parents. It will be held in the beautiful Dominican Chapel and promises to be a magical evening. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Congratulations to Ruth Evans, who was recently awarded a Certificate of Distinction by achieving First Place in the Country at Ordinary Level Junior Certificate Metalwork.
A huge effort was made by Ruth to reach this level of excellence, well done to Ruth.
CAREERS
Damien Dempsey from University College Dublin gave a very informative and enjoyable talk on the vast range of career opportunities in Agriculture, Food Science and Human Nutrition to a large group of senior cycle students.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Competition held recently in the Grand Hotel.
GIRLS SOCCER
Hard luck to our under-15 girls soccer team who succumbed to a heavy defeat against a very strong and experienced Gorey CS team. The one big lesson to be learned from the game is that in any team sport, you have to try to be competitive. To their credit, the girls were very competitive in the second half of this game, restricting their opponents to a single goal. Unfortunately, the damage had been done in the first half. The girls should look forward to their next match as they are very unlikely to face such strong opposition again in the competition.
CROSS COUNTRY
Well done to all cross country runners who competed in Avondale on Tuesday, November 28. Another successful outing for EGS. First year girls won bronze team medals, third year girls won gold team medals and third year boys won bronze. Also many individual medals were won.
Well done to the following students; Jonas Stafford, Adam Logan, Anna Hudson, Sophia Black, Robert Cherry, Abby Horner, Charlie Pearse, Harry Broxson, Mark Shane, Adam Shepherd, Ryan Wynne, Hannah Carton, Faye Dunne, Róisín Mangan, Tony Mooney and Chris Hudson.
TY NEWS
This week has seen our TY’s really getting to grips with the new modules and confirming their work experience details. In crafts the group started work on there tin can candle holders, some very festive designs were starting to take shape. In sets the group worked well on constructing new flats for the stage. We are building a castle, cave, jail cell and an iron throne... nice and straight forward this year.
El Orfortunata the Spanish horror movie went down a storm in Spanish class with some fantastic reactions from the group. Also the Spanish football league competition that has been taking place is nearing its finale with a number of students Viking for top spot. Zoe Armstrong is looking good though.
If you come across any particularly polite, well turned out and well mannered students next week on work placement they’ve obviously come from EGS so please be kind.