First of all, massive congratulations to you all on your production of 'All Shook Up'. You should be very proud of all your achievements this week. It was a pleasure to watch the talent involved both on and off the stage. We will be organising a watch party for you in due course, and I'll fill ye in on this over the next few weeks.

Also with the TY Italy trip coming next month, I will be sending you out the itinerary towards the end of the week and filling you in on our next steps in preparation for that.

Monday 4th      –  5th Year Subject Taster Sessions

All TY student will be engaging in subject tester sessions today as timetabled by Mrs Phelan.

Tuesday 5th     –  Work Experience

Work experience all day. 

Student Enterprise Finals

A number of our lads are representing the school in the Laois enterprise finals today. Best of luck to all!

Wednesday 6th    –  

Thursday7th   – 5th Year Subject Taster Sessions

 All TY student will be engaging in subject tester sessions today as timetabled by Mrs Phelan.

Friday 8th      – Brilliant Mondays Workshop

9.00-11.15 - TYA & TYB – Demo Room

11.15-1.15 – TYC & TYD – Demo Room

TY Forensics

9.00-11.15 - TYC & TYD – Lecture Room with Mr Allen

11.15-1.15 – TYA & TYB – Lecture Room with Mr Allen

Transition Year 2023/24

There will be no classes for students this Tuesday. All Staff will be taking part in a planning and training day. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause anyone. We are still fulfilling the correct number of school class days as required by the Department of Education and Skills. We scheduled this day for this second term as opposed to other years when we did it at the start in August and brought students in that day earlier this year. Thank you.

UCD's school of Psychology have organised a free webinar series for parents/teachers or anyone interested in adolescent mental health.  

The three webinar talks will take place on the 5th, 12th and 19th of March from 7-8 pm. We are pleased to announce that we have secured the participation of esteemed speakers, namely, Dr. Ciara Mahon, Professor Eilis Hennessy, and Associate Professor Paul D’Alton, all of whom are experts in adolescent mental health. Their contribution to the event promises to be invaluable, as they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that will undoubtedly enrich our knowledge in supporting adolescent mental health.

We would truly appreciate your help informing parents/teachers about the webinar series.

I've attached a PDF copy of the poster advertisement with active links in the PDF to register for each event. Alongside this, the following links and schedule for the talks are also provided here as follows:

Tuesday, March 5th 7pm-8pm: “Body image and eating disorders: What parents need to know.”

Dr. Ciara Mahon, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer of Health Psychology,School of Psychology, University College Dublin

Here is the link to register for this event:

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cgsbdltZTrmlVj8DUfMbQA

Tuesday, March 12th 7pm-8pm: “Positive Parenting to Support Adolescent Development.” 

Prof. Eilis Hennessy, a Developmental Psychologist from the School of Psychology University College Dublin.

Here is the link to register for this event:

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YWw26Z14R8inrl1EmG2zjg

Tuesday, March 19th 7pm-8pm: “Parenting teenagers when worry and anxiety get in the way of sleep - tips, guidance and supports.” 

Associate Professor Paul D'Alton, Clinical Psychologist, writer and broadcaster from the UCD School of Psychology and formerly Head of Psycho-oncology at St.Vincent's University Hospital.

Here is the link to register for this event: 

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bau3fke9Rf2QLeVEJWDuiw

Congrats to our U16 footballers who overcame a dogged Rathangan team yesterday to reach the South Leinster U16 C Final against either Carnew or Creagh college. Many thanks to John Dunne for the pictures. 

South-Leinster Colleges JFC ‘C’: Portlaoise CBS overcome Rathangan to book place in regional final - Laois Today