Coláiste Chill Mhantáin
SCHOOL AWARDS’ DAY
On Friday morning, May 18, the whole school assembled for the annual Awards’ Ceremony. A host of student achievements, curricular and extra-curricular, were celebrated and honoured at this lovely, warm ceremony.
The ceremony afforded us an opportunity to reflect on the successes of the past year and to reward students for their achievements and leadership in areas of academic life, sport, art, music, culture, science, enterprise, public-speaking, to name but a few.
Sincere thank you to our guests of honour, Ms Nicola Lawless, Chair of the board of management and Mr Niall O’Connor and to our Master of Ceremonies, Mr Bosco Guinan. Well done to all who coordinated and participated in this wonderful event.
TY TRIP TO CARLINGFORD
A group of 54 TY students travelled to Carlingford for a two-day end-of-year trip. They took part in various activities like Kayaking, Laser Tag, Crystal Maze, Sky park and Nightline. It was a very enjoyable trip to end a fantastic year. The students were praised by the staff in Carlingford for their great attitude and behavior throughout the two days. Thank you to Ms Doyle and Mr Tobin, who accompanied the students on the trip.
MICROSOFT FINALS
The top performers in Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exams in Ireland this year went through to the national final which was held in Ultra-modern Microsoft Headquarters in Sandyford on Friday, May 11.
Mark Britchfield and Jack Shanahan (Transition Year) were invited to attend as they were among the highest performers in MS Word. It was an action-packed day of MOS certification exams, workshops, coding in Minecraft and digital skills. Jack Shanahan performed exceptionally well (highest speed with 100% accuracy) and will represent Ireland at the MOS Four Nations in Design Museum London on June 22.
The prize for the three students at that final will be a trip of a lifetime to the MOS World Championship in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Orlando, Florida to represent the UK and Ireland. Well done to both Mark and Jack.
ATHLETICS
Another scorcher saw the Leinster Championships run under way in Santry Stadium. Aimee Bell King was unable to attend due to illness. Ewan Carr Culbert faced fine opposition and battled to fourth in the 100m while, finding a more relaxed balance in his 200m, he made massive ground to clinch third. An excellent achievement, but due to the hugely competitive nature of schools athletics at this level, only the top two from each province make the Eight Lane all-Ireland inal in Tullamore.
A big well done also to Finn Egan Barron, who battled to ninth place, as best he could after receiving an injury to his knee mid race. Thanks to all who assisted on the day, Emma Cruise and Dale Johnson Barker and those who supported, Siobhán Irons, Julie Carey, Caoilfhionn Ní Dhubhsláine, Malwina Wesolowska and Taylor Cahill. That’s it for Athletics 2018, we look forward to 2019. on Graduation Night which takes place on Thursday, May 24, at 7.30 p.m., and the TY Rogha na Bliana will be presented on Transition Year Exhibition Night, which will take place on Tuesday, May 29, at 7.30 p.m.
Thanks to our parents’ council who supported this year’s’ Prize Day and a very special thanks to Ms Tarrant for the huge amount of work she put in to planning and coordinating the big event, and ensuring that the day runs so smoothly.
HEAD GIRL/BOY ANNOUNCED
contest took place last week in Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, with eight speeches being presented by Junior Cert students from CCA, under a wide variety of topics.
The researched content and speech delivery was of a very high standard and each student who participated in the competition did a wonderful job.
The contest was organised by Ms Cluskey and was kindly judged by Mr Tom Fortune.
SCHOOLS ATHLETICS
CCAs Eve Leacy was awarded silver in the Junior High Jump event in the Leinster Schools’ Championship, which took place in Santry on Wednesday, May 16.
Eve jumped an incredible 1.53m to claim second place and will now compete in the all-Ireland Schools Championships which will take place in the Tullamore Harriers stadium in June. Troy Scully competed in the highly competitive 2000m boys’ Senior Steeple Chase event and came in a commendable sixth place.
Thanks to Mr Mullen and Mr Craig for supporting our CCA athletes throughout the year.
PEER MENTORING TEAM
We are delighted to announce
The CCA Junior Girls’ team once again reached the Junior B Final this year, once again coming up against Blessington, who narrowly beat them in the final last year. The girls, under the management of Ms Ward, have been unbeaten this season and were hoping to avenge last year’s defeat.
Unfortunately, one of CCAs key midfielders Eve Leacy was unavailable to play, and the loss of Taylor Bradon due to injury early on in the match meant that the CCA team were facing an uphill battle. Despite these setbacks, the girls performed admirably, with some tenacious play by Kerryanne Hamilton and Lucy Rooney. However, Blessington began to stretch their lead by the end of the first-half, and only for some great defending by some of the first year girls, the margin would have been greater.
In the second half, the introduction of Kaitlyn Butler and Ciara Short gave some stability in the full-back line, and goals from Charlotte Nagle and Lucy Rooney kept CCA in the game.In the end Blessington were just too strong on the day, but the CCA girls never stopped competing for every ball up to the final whistle.
Ms Ward said that it was a pleasure to coach such fantastic girls and she knows they will be hungry for more success come next season.