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Institute of Art, Design + Technology. (IADT) Summer Courses
Created : 19 May 2021, 6:13 PM
Archived : 19 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
IADT have sent the following information to be shared with students: For 6th Year, we are running CAO Change of Mind Q + As week commencing 21st June. iadt.ie/spotlight-sessions/change-of-mind/ For 4th or 5th year students interested in Portfolio related courses we have a few places left on our summer courses. iadt.ie/courses/summer-2021-portfolio-courses/ Our Creative Computing Summer Camps (for all secondary school students) are booking up fast, but we do have a few places available on the Young Women in Computing camp (June 14th - 16th) iadt.ie/news/summer-camps-creative-computing/
Post-Primary Summer Provision 2021 – Information for Parents
Created : 19 May 2021, 6:07 PM
Archived : 19 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
We as a school are not offering Summer Provision during July, however, if you are interested on behalf of one of your own family, please see the PDF here.

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Solas Day Out At Delta Sensory Gardens
Created : 17 May 2021, 9:01 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
All the students and staff in Solas went to the Sensory Gardens in Carlow on Friday. Everyone enjoyed the day!
TY Art Project
Created : 17 May 2021, 8:47 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Well done to the TY students Aidan Keane, Tim Norton, Gary Young O’Shea, Michael Whyte, Noel Soosay, Evan Caffrey, Bola Atanda and Conor Browne along with their art teachers Sarah and Ruth Williams. What was once an eyesore on Main Street is now a vibrant mural that reflects the colours of the buildings that surround it. Big thank you to our sponsors Kieran Lilis @lillysportlaoise and Gary and Peter O’Neill @crownpaintsireland. Also @hughespharmacy and @chocokatebrowncoffeebars for supplying a steady flow of coffee to the painters. To quote @portlaoise_tidy_towns #lovewhereyoulive
TY activities-Actor Shane Casey
Created : 17 May 2021, 8:45 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
On Friday 14th May actor Shane Casey (Billy Murphy from The Young Offenders) gave our TYs a talk. The talk touched on many topics such as life, acting and mental health. The boys were in awe of Shane’s acting abilities and enjoyed his jovial and approachable manner. All in attendance enjoyed it thoroughly. Review by Luke Walsh. Photos by Sean Zou.
TY activities-Drumming workshop
Created : 17 May 2021, 8:42 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Our TYs had Big Bang Drumming workshops in this week TY. The workshops included Drum Circle, Play/Respond, The beats goes on, Body Percussion, Rumble & more, with Creativity, self expression & fun were encouraged throughout! A fun day out of class!
Students interested in developing "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity"
Created : 17 May 2021, 8:37 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
CUBS at UCC are running the HEA summer school online in "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity" again in 2021. This programme has been hugely popular with second level students interested in developing the entrepreneurial skills and ideas. The programme is free with lots of great prizes to be won and runs for one week in July from the 5th to the 9th of July. Limited places available. Students can apply by e-mailing ronan.ofarrell@ucc.ie
6th Year Engineering
Created : 17 May 2021, 8:32 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Here are some pictures of Mr. Duignan and Mr. Ryan's Leaving Cert Engineering Projects. The lads had to design an "Urban Freight Vehicle" at Higher Level and a "Racing Car" at Ordinary Level. Some excellent work on display here! Well to the lads and their teachers for all the hard work.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan's video message to Leaving Certificate students
Created : 17 May 2021, 6:44 PM
Archived : 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has recorded a video message for Leaving Certificate students to encourage them to stay safe and look out for each other in the run-up to the exams. The video is available on www.gov.ie/leavingcertificate. Please share with your Leaving Certificate students. In addition, the supplementary information provided in order to support the implementation the processes to allow students studying subjects outside of school and out-of-school learners to access accredited grades in Leaving Certificate 2021 has been updated. This updated information is available here.
Yet ANOTHER TY National Finalist Winning Team - Our Young Social Innovators win 'School Community Impact Award'
Created : 15 May 2021, 1:01 PM
Archived : 15 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Our winning team tell their own story: Gary Young O'Shea, Luke Walsh, Padraig Delaney, Finn Brophy, Cormac Allen, Danh Culliton, Michael Whyte, Joshua Murray-Carton, Devin Walsh, TJ McDonald When we started looking for a YSI project we all workshopped ideas about what we were passionate about and areas where we could make a real difference in our school. One of the team Gary pitched the idea of doing something to help the students with visual impairments in our school. When we spoke to these students and our SNA's we found that a lot of the small things we took for granted in school caused huge issues for these students. When we began to undertake our project we split it into two sections, 1. Raising awareness about visual impairments and 2. Making physical changes to the school environment to support students. From speaking to students with VI we found that one of the main things that they wanted was to just feel 'Normal'. They wanted the ability to work and learn independently as much as possible in school life. When Covid hit, and the school was closed we didn't let this stop us! We began work immediately on awareness videos and activities that could be used remotely in SPHE and Religion classes to raise awareness about the topic of Visual impairments. With help from the NCBI we created videos that contained information about VI, provided teachers and students with useful information on how to interact appropriately with a person with a VI and most importantly encouraged everyone to question "do I treat someone with a disability different just because of their disability". Our main goal was to raise awareness and create a culture of inclusion and tolerance within our school, that would hopefully grow into our wider community. This goal has been at the centre of all we have done throughout our project. This message was also promoted through our projects Instagram page and Instagram competitions. When we returned to school we had a virtual talk with the NCBI to workshop ideas about the physical changes we could put in place to give students with a VI more independence. These changes we wanted to bring about were all small changes that we hoped would make a big difference to these students. They included enlarging door signs so students with a VI could read them more easily and colour coding doors in the school (e.g. Blue doors for bathrooms, yellow leading to a stairs, etc.). Currently the school has no fully blind students however we wanted to be proactive and introduced braille signage in the main areas of the school. We pitched all these ideas (and more) to our principal, and she was extremely supportive of everything we were trying to achieve. Our team were given the opportunity to pitch to the YSI Den which comprised of a panel of judges including representatives from Virgin Media, TUSLA and Unilever. From this pitch the team secured funding to help fulfil our project goals. This helped us to ensure the systems we put in place met our goals in a way that was safe for the students we were trying to help. For our efforts our project was recognised by the Young Social Innovators team and we were invited to pitch to their judging panel last Monday. The team were given four minutes to pitch our project to the judges and loved the experience. From this pitch our team were awarded a national "School Community Impact Award" and were also shortlisted for a "Make Our World a Better Place for Young People Award". We were delighted to be recognised by the YSI for the work we did. Our project was also awarded an award for Innovation Excellence by DCU and they are providing us with a flag and plaque to display in the school. We have also been invited by the National Youth Council of Ireland to speak at a forum about the rights of young people with disabilities. Our project doesn't finish there. After we have finished phase one of the project we plan on running an evaluation within our school and provide other local schools and business with our findings. We hope that if other schools and businesses see the differences our small changes have made to the lives of students with a VI they will adapt some of the same changes in their own schools or workplace. Little differences CAN make a big change. -The Fight For Sight team Gary Young O'Shea Luke Walsh Padraig Delaney Finn Brophy Cormac Allen Danh Culliton Michael Whyte Joshua Murray-Carton Devin Walsh TJ McDonald "Despite all the turmoil this year they never gave up on the project or the end goals. They have made a big difference to the school environment and the lives of the students in it. As a school we are so proud of the lads, and on a personal level I couldn't be prouder of everything they have achieved in just a few short months. They are a credit" -Chris Dooley