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The LMETB hosted their Musical Extravaganza in the 1,200 capacity TLT in Drogheda. Both our Drama Group and our Choir were involved in the Show. Our Choir has grown steadily over the last few years and now has over 40 students. Both groups arrived in Drogheda for a rehearsal at 2pm and then went bowling in Funtasia before […]

Ms Shine’s 2B CSPE class visited the Irish Aid centre. The students learned about development in the world and took part in an interactive workshop about life in a village in Malawi. The Irish Aid Centre has an Aid Programme that helps to reduce poverty and hunger particularly in Sub Saharan Africa. An interesting and

Today 1st Year History Students visited the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street in Dublin where they were given a guided tour. They got to see the Iron age bog bodies that have been discovered and those from Ballivor got to see one of their own even if he was 2,300 years old! Sophie

3rd Year History Students today visited the 1916 Exhibition in the GPO in Dublin. The visit was quite poignant since it was exactly 100 years ago today the GPO and the rebels inside were under fire from the British and the gunboat the Helga and their rising seems a lost cause. However it was the

Both 5th Year Biology Classes went on an Ecology Trip with their teacher Ms Evans to the Phoenix Park and Dublin Zoo. Ecology is part of the Leaving Cert Biology Course.

The 1C  English Class took part in the annual Francis Ledwidge Poetry Competition within LMETB.  First at School Level the winners were Toto Omokri in 1st Place with her poem ‘What’s Happening?’; Sophie James came 2nd with her poem ‘Standing Alone’ and Orlaith O’Reilly came 3rd with her poem ‘Memories.’ They then went forward to the LMETB

Today six History Students from 1st Year represented the School at the Young Historian LMETB Competition in Slane Castle. Each LMETB School was allowed six representatives at the competition. Ms Purcell their History Teacher was proud of the six students as they all had put a huge effort into their submissions. Ms Purcell along with

JCSP students along with their teachers Ms. Ward and Mr. Moore visited the Chocolate Warehouse and Caffrey’s Confectionaries in Walkinstown, Dublin. The event covered a 25 minute film explaining in detail the history of chocolate and how it is manufactured. Students learned about the production, distribution, marketing and sales of Caffrey’s Confectionaries. The students were

1st Year Geography Students visited Kilkenny along with their teachers Ms Purcell and Ms Coyne. They went to Dunmore Cave which is home to a series of chambers formed over millions of years. The cave contains some of the finest calcite formations found in any Irish cave. It is also a site of a Viking Massacre,

March Students of the Month: Junior Merit = Robyn Leech 3A; Senior Merit = Adam Corcoran 5B; Senior Achievement = Louise Doyle 5A and Junior Achievement = Alex O’Sullivan 3A