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Our 6th years met with Justice Marie Baker, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and Mr. Art O’Leary, C.E. of same.

Our guests explained the two referendums, family and care, of 8th March.

Our students asked a range of relevant questions and Justice Baker and Mr. O'Leary encouraged all students to have their say and discussed the importance and relevance of our Irish Constitution.

They reminded students of the need to register to vote and that students who are 16 and 17 can pre-register for future electoral events. 

On Monday March 4th, Coláiste Bhríde was delighted to host a workshop with world renowned language specialist Dr. Gianfranco Conti in the Ashdown Park Hotel. We were delighted to welcome Dr. Deirdre Keyes, CEO of KWETB, who opened the workshop and introduced Dr. Conti.

55 teachers from all over Leinster (and some from as far away as Cork) took part in this interactive and energetic workshop which focused on the importance of listening to improve student retention.

We would like to sincerely thank Dr. Conti for sharing his expertise and we are all looking forward to getting back into the classroom and putting his methods into practice.

On Saturday 2nd March, our school’s traditional music group/Grúpa Cheoil, under the direction of Mr. Somers, travelled to Wesley College Dublin as first-time entrants into the Wesley Interschools Music competition. 

This group of young musicians had recently attended a residential festival over the February mid-term break in partnership with Music Generation. 

Thirteen groups performed in the competition from all corners of Ireland. Each group was required to perform a continuous suite of music for five minutes. 

The Carnew students were somewhat unnerved by the impressive surroundings of Wesley College, but this did not deter them. They performed brilliantly. 

It became apparent that the group had made the top three when our closest rivals on the day were awarded distinctions and first-class honours. 

However, it was the twelve students from Carnew who wowed Judge, Dr. Robert Harvey on the day to scoop first place. 

Congratulations to all involved. 

Well done to our YSI class ‘Hear to stop the fear’ whose recent experiment on the audibility of electric and hybrid cars is featured in this week’s Wicklow People newspaper and online.

The class have big plans for their project including a dog walk on Sunday, April 14th to raise both money and awareness for Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. What many people don’t realise is that assistance dogs also have difficulty hearing these silent modern vehicles.

The class are also delighted to be working with Carnew Emmets GAA who are supporting our ‘Be Aware, Reverse with Care’ initiative which aims to encourage drivers to back into spaces and thus, improve visibility when they drive out of the space.

For updates on our project, please follow us on Instagram: hear_tostopthefear2023

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Congratulations to our first year football team who had a fantastic win over Tullow Community School this morning. It was a tough match and the Carnew boys showed grit and determination throughout. Well done to Oddie O'Brien in particular, who demonstrated a an impressive performance in corner forward position. Many thanks to Mr. Anthony Holly for his mentoring of the team and for his ongoing commitment to football in the school.