Author Archive | ballyhale

Today 5th and 6th year students attended a talk by John O’Shea, an entrepreneurial activist and the founder of Goal. It was an eye opening experience that taught them about the sorrows happening in the forgotten world and urging them to take action and let the voices of the youth speak out about issues. Overall […]

La semaine dernière Daniella Le Mentec a passé la semaine à Scoil Aireagail. Elle a rencontré tous les élèves qui étudient le francais et elle a aidé les étudiants en terminale à préparer leur examen oral. Merci bien à Daniella. Big thank you to Daniella who spent last week with us. Daniella is studying to […]

Children’s rights are an integral part of our student councils job to make sure these rights are satisfied, which is our most important duty. To learn more, we went on a trip to the office of the Ombudsman for children (OCO). This workshop helped us to understand our role and how to represent our fellow […]

Yesterday our TY students made a trip to Dublin City. The day started with a visit to Kilmainham Gaol where students learned about major Irish historical events and some of Ireland’s political leaders that were detained in the prison. The day concluded then with a visit to Croke Park. Students got to taken in the […]

Today, Rosie Dunne from our Local Enterprise Office in Kilkenny came to speak to our 5th Year LCVP students. She spoke to them about the work that they carry out and also how to set up your own business. Thanks to Rosie for facilitating such a useful talk.

Our TYs recently took part in a driver education worshop run by Woods Driving School. TYs learned valuable skills such as changing a tyre and participated in a mock theory test. Students also look at the serious consequences of drink driving. A big thank you to Jenny Woods for facilitating the workshop.

Well done to our 1st and 2nd year hurlers who made a great start to their Leinster championship campaign, running out impressive winners over Mountmellick on Wednesday. Next up is Clonaslee College with a quarter final place up for grabs.

Well done to our junior boys and girls soccer teams, who faced off against Duisk College yesterday. The girls were victorious in their efforts to come out on top with a striking score of 10:1. The girls immediately took the lead, with Emma Dempsey scoring the first goal of the game. They didn’t stop there […]

TY Art students learned to weave the traditional St. Brigid’s cross in Art class today and created art work to celebrate the feast day of St. Brigid that marks the welcome beginning of Spring.

Out TYs recently took part in a personal safety/self-defence programme run by Personal Safety director Alex Walsh. The programme is a very valuable one that allow students to develop their personal safety and awareness. Students learned how to assess different situations and the methods on how best to protect themselves if the need arises. Thank […]