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Ms Farrelly and Ms Purcell brought their 1st Year Geography Students to visit Dunmore Caves outside Kilkenny City where they saw several dripstones formed by the Process of Carbonation. The caves are also home to several species of bats and it was a site of a Viking massacre. After they went to view the impressive […]

1st Year History Students visited the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street where they viewed some priceless artefacts including the Ardagh Chalice and theTara Brooch. Anastasia Lungu is pictured beside the Aradgh Chalice with the Tara brooch to the right hand side. Later they visited Dublinia where they found out about the Vikings and

Coláiste Clavin held there annual wellbeing week from the 11th to the 15th of March. It was a jam-packed week of activities for our students with talks and activities to promote positive mental health, physical activity and nutrition. On Monday Fitness with the BodyShaper got our first, second and fifth years dancing to some Bokwa

On Friday last the Health Promoting Schools Committee were delighted to be able to raise the HPS flag on completion of the Health Promoting Schools three-year programme. Coláiste Clavin is now recognised as a school that is promoting Health and Wellbeing for all students. The Health Promoting Schools committee, which was made up of teachers,

Robyn Harvey a 1st Year Student won 1st Prize for her pitch in the Dragon’s Den at the Student Enterprise Competition held in the Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim on Thursday 14th of March. Robyn also came second in the overall Junior Category. Robyn received two trophies and €200 in one4all vouchers. Robyn manufactured a belt

Our Wellbeing Week ended with all the whole school community creating a massive smile on the pitch. The School would like to thank Colin Vaugh who kindly used a drone to capture our big smile at the end of Wellbeing Week; thanks to Mr Hughes and Mr Farrell for drawing out the smiley face on

The JCSP students visited Easons bookshop in Maynooth with Ms. McDonagh and Mr. Moore. They each had a book token for €10 and purchased a book of their choice with the token. This is part of the JCSP Book Review Initiative. They will now read the book and write a review. They will also enter

Pictured are the winners of students of the month for January: Senior Achievement = Devin O’Donoghue (left); Junior Merit = Hazel Maguire (second left); Senior Merit = Jenna McQuaid (second right) and Junior Achievement = Kamran Rasheed.   

A group of parents and community participants began a 4 week flower arranging course with Tutor Mary Owens arranging/spring planting course this morning in the school. This course is a LMETB community education funded course and is offered free to parents and interested members of the community. Other upcoming free community education and family learning courses are

5th Year Mini-Company students Samantha Healy, Chloe Moore, Sarah Louise Byrne Duffy and Suzie Pimlott who hosted a cake sale in the school. A fantastic array of cakes were displayed for the sale which took place during lunch break on Friday last. Students and staff were invited to purchase the particular tasty favourites from the