18 November 2016

BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 

Our names are Amy Richards, Rebecca Thomas and Sadhbh Cullinane, all from Transition Year.

We are delighted to have been selected to represent our school in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January 2017.

Our project is called “An Investigation into the Public’s Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance”. Our project aims to compare the difference in attitudes of Irish people with the attitudes of those in other European countries. We have a Facebook page called “BT Young Scientists: Bye Bye Biotics” with links to our survey.

News round up

• The countdown has started – 365 days to the move to our new school at Pembroke Hill! Photos from the site reveal a huge level of progress in recent weeks with the ground floor structure now clearly visible. Different teams – all representative of staff, parents and students – are busily engaged in planning for the new school in relation to I.T. provision, naming of rooms and areas, canteen and catering arrangements.

 

• All 5^th year students are receiving talks this week on AWARE as part of the school’s programme for improving mental health awareness.

 

• All class groups have prayed and lit candles in the foyer area in recent days in memory of the Holy Souls. Our chaplain, Fr. Jim Fegan, celebrated mass in the school this week in memory of all those whose names have been entered in the school’s Book of Remembrance.

 

• We extend our best wishes to the 33 5^th and 6^th year students who, along with their teachers, will undertake the final stage of the Silver Gaisce Adventure Project in Carne, Curracloe and Rosslare next Monday and Tuesday.