St Mary’s College
ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT
Our Entrance Assessment Tests for the incoming class of 2020-21 will take place on Saturday, January 25, commencing at 9.30 a.m. The tests will conclude at 1 p.m. approximately. Students should bring a pen/pencil, a drink and a snack. Parents are advised that the tests will take place online and that no advance preparation is required. We look forward to meeting our new cohort of students on the morning.
BT YOUNG SCIENTIST 2020
St Mary’s College Arklow is delighted to announce that we are taking part in an Erasmus+ Project. Erasmus+ is the EU programme that supports education, training, youth and sport in Europe. The programme runs from 2019-2020. There are lots of opportunities for school staff and students to get involved. You can set up projects, spend time abroad and gain new skills.
Erasmus+ aims to modernise and improve the quality of teaching, training and youth work across Europe, and to support the development, transfer and implementation of innovative practices. These objectives are closely tied with the Europe 2020 strategy of achieving a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy by 2020 for all of Europe’s citizens. Fundamental goals for Erasmus+ include improving key competences and skills, and fostering partnerships between education and employment. In St Mary’s we endeavour to play a vital role in the promotion of positive mental health of our students.
Post primary schools are now expected to timetable a minimum of 300 hours of Wellbeing, across the three years of Junior Cycle, from September 2017, rising to 400 hours by 2020. A small cohort of five of our teaching staff will travel abroad and participate in continued professional development in the various areas of Wellbeing, including mindfulness, healthy living, conflict management, emotional intelligence and bullying prevention.
Two teachers will undertake a job shadowing placement of a European school that implements a high standard of wellbeing practices in their educational facility. We anticipate that this will have a positive impact on the entire school community, and participants will share and promote their learning from the various courses to all teachers.
PARENT TEACHER MEETING