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Last week was Languages and Culture Week check out our photo gallery here showing some of the events that took place.
This week is Mental Health week there are many activities taking place throughout the school.
Next week is Maths week, again with lots of activities for students to take part in.
Students check out our events here!
Congratulations Leanne Bell and Anita Armstrong who are one of the top 50 groups to get through in the ‘One Good Idea’ project, for their project ‘Wind of Change’, promoting and educating the community about wind energy.
School Bank
Congratulations to the School bank, Connect 6 (pictured) who were placed in the top 8 in the country in the recent AIB Build a Bank National Final in the RDS. Together with running a school bank the group ran several initiatives around wellbeing and positive mental health in the school throughout the year called ‘Backing our school’. They won a special award in the RDS for all the great work they did in this area of mental wellbeing. The group contained Ben Reilly, Katie Dunne, Jamie Dugdale, Katie Griffith, Tosin Elegbede & Ewan Garland.
Amber Flag
Through the great work of the school bank, TY and the Student Council the school will receive a Pieta House Amber Flag for creating healthy, inclusive environments that support mental well-being and eradicate the stigmas associated with mental health issues.
Barcelona
The RSC biannual European trip is currently taking place. 25 pupils will visit the beautiful city of Barcelona where they took in sights such as the Sagrada Familia, Montserrat and Parc Güell. They also travelled to Portaventura theme park. Thanks to Ms McElwaine for organising this trip.
School Concert
The RSC Music Department held a lovely lantern lit Spring concert in March to showcase the talent within the school. This was well attended, and a follow up Summer concert, ‘Festival in the Field’ will take place in May.
Library Refurbishment
The Library is currently undergoing a refurbishment using funds raised by the Parents’ Association and the Student Council. It will be a peaceful, multifunctional study space available to all pupils when finished. To this end the Student Council have organised a whole school sponsored Fun Run to take place during Active Schools week in early May.
TY photography exhibition
The TY Photography module are honoured to have an exhibition of their work on display in the Johnston Library, Cavan.
Cavan Hockey Shield
On Saturday 23rd of March the Royal School welcomed Cavan Hockey club to the school to contest the annual Cavan Hockey Shield match. After a close game with a lot of great hockey played the Hockey Club prevailed after a penalty shootout and retained the shield. Thanks to CHC for a great game and their continued support of the school.
Zoo Trip
On March 20th, our 3rd year C.S.P.E class together with Mr. Patterson and Ms. Trenier went to Dublin Zoo for our C.S.P.E Action Project. It was both an educational & enjoyable trip.
Archery
Congratulations to Rogan Cunningham, a 3rd year pupil who has recently become the U17 National Indoor Archery champion. A great achievement.
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019
During the week, a great effort was made to promote Irish and everyone was given the opportunity to take part in both the activities that took place and learn more about Irish culture. It is always our aim to promote a positive attitude in the school in relation to both the Irish language and culture. Many events were organized during the week, a Dance Workshop, Quiz (winners pictured), Pop Up Gaeltacht, competitions and lots more.
TY Update
The TY programme continues to keep our pupils very busy. In the last month they have completed their First Aid training, they went out on their 2nd week of work experience, had mock interviews, undertook driving lessons, partook in two collaborative projects with other schools, undertook several projects in school, played volleyball matches, did Yoga, are preparing to go on their London trip and are also fulfilling a full timetable of school work!
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Podcasting operational change management inside of workflows to establish a framework. Taking seamless key performance indicators offline to maximise the long tail. Keeping your eye on the ball while performing a deep dive on the start-up mentality to derive convergence on cross-platform integration.
Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks. Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits. Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI.
Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.
Sophie Reilly, Rachel Alexander, Barry Stratford, Lloyd Hastings and Kelvin McNally have been successful in getting into the second round of the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition . The next round is a 20 minute interview with a representative from ABP, Kepak, the Irish Angus Producers Group and an Agricultural Science teacher. This will take place in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Wednesday 17th January 2018 at 4.30 p.m. Best of Luck!
Take a look at their entry video below:
Bring to the table win-win survival strategies to ensure proactive domination. At the end of the day, going forward, a new normal that has evolved from generation X is on the runway heading towards a streamlined cloud solution. User generated content in real-time will have multiple touchpoints for offshoring. Capitalize on low hanging fruit to identify a ballpark value added activity to beta test. Override the digital divide with additional clickthroughs from DevOps. Nanotechnology immersion along the information highway will close the loop on focusing solely on the bottom line.
Podcasting operational change management inside of workflows to establish a framework. Taking seamless key performance indicators offline to maximise the long tail. Keeping your eye on the ball while performing a deep dive on the start-up mentality to derive convergence on cross-platform integration.
Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks. Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits. Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI.
Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.
Best of luck to the class 2016, receiving their results tomorrow.
Below are some links and phone numbers that may be helpful in the coming days:
Results are available in the school on the morning of August 17th and are available online at examinations.ie from 12 noon – PIN required to access this service.
The Helpline is provided courtesy of the National Parents’ Council in association with the Irish Independent, eir and supported by the Dept. of Education & Skills. The Institute of Guidance Counsellors are employed to provide qualified guidance counsellors to give advice and support to both students and their parents.
Email: helpline@npcpp.ie
Congratulations to all RSC young entrepreneurs who participated in the virtual Cavan Student Enterprise awards on Thursday. We were very successful with ‘The Natural Bubble’ winning 1st place and ‘Masks for Many’ taking 2nd place in the Junior category.
Well done also to ‘Always There Bear’ who won a special award for best social media marketing and to ‘Epoxy Designs’ for securing 1st place in the Senior Category!
The two overall winners will now start preparing to represent Co. Cavan in the National finals in May.
The Royal School Cavan attended an Irish Quiz organised by Feachtas in Our Ladys Secondary School Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan on Tuesday 22nd of October 2019. The Quiz was funded by the National Lottery and The Department of Children and Youth affairs. There was very stiff competition on the night and The Royal School achieved very high marks but were pipped to the post by Coláiste Oiriall Co. Monaghan. The pupils received a certificate of participation and are pictured with their Irish teachers Mr. N. Ames and Miss. L. Cowan.
Deputy Niamh Smyth unveiling our new wellbeing areas (courtyard, library & mural) and raising our new Pieta house Amber flag. Well done to everyone involved.
