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The winners of the Anti-Bullying Poster Winners are as follows: Juniors Winners 1st Lauren Farrell 1st yr 2nd Suzie Pimlott 2nd yr 3rd Orlaith O’Reilly 2nd yr Senior Winner Emma Farrell 5th yr   Highly recommended Aoife Nolan 2nd yr Jordan O’Sullivan 2nd yr Katya Saultzs 2nd yr  

Ms O’Donnells 2A CSPE Class completed a sponsored 5km walk in November around Longwood . Students raised money through the raffle lines to win a coffee machine and also selling dogs trust wrist bands, pins and Christmas cards . Students will be visiting the dogs trust to present the raised money.  

Ms O’Donnell’s 3rd Year Spanish Class went to the Film Institute in Dublin to see “La Oliva” , the story of a young girl who travels with her grandfather in search of an Olive tree.    

Despite the bitter weather, 1st Year History Students completed a mock archaeological dig. Various “artefacts” were discovered and Students had to describe and analysis them. It was a great experience “in the Field”.

Last Sunday Mr O’Connell’s 6th Year English Students attended the “Plough and the Stars” at the Solstice Theatre in Navan. Despite being in the front row all agreed it was a wonderful production and will greatly aid their knowledge of the play for their Leaving Cert Exam.

Ms O’Rafferty ran a cyber bullying project for both Junior and Senior Students in which they did an online interactive quiz following a clip from the internet. In the quiz, the Students were rated on “Are you a Responsible Digital Citizen”. Dearbhail O’ Neill 3rd Year got 167/100 proving herself to go beyond her call

As part of the IFI French Film Festival, Ms Murray’ s Third Year French Class went to view a film called Miss Impossible ‘Jamais Content’  the winner of this year’s European Young Audience Award.

Some 6th years took part in Gaeilge 24 on Wednesday 16th of November. The students involved spoke Gaeilge for 24 hours. Lots of activities were organised trí Ghaeilge.  Bhí an-chraic againn.

On Friday Ms Purcell’s 6th Year Geography Class visited Tara Mines in Navan as part of their study on mining. They were given a guided tour of the site and the Students found the tour very informative and hope it will be on their exam paper in June.

Many Christmas Shoeboxes were prepared by Ms Guilfoyle and the Students of Colaiste Clavin for the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. These shoeboxes will be sent to the needy children around the World. This year Team Hope are sending the shoeboxes from Ireland to street children, orphans, children in hospital, poor families and children who are