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On Tuesday, 9th of January, our Student Council travelled to Cork city to visit the offices of Cork City Council on the invitation of Cork’s Lord Mayor, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. A huge welcome met our students as Lord Mayor McCarthy, himself a Geographer and Local Historian gave the students a tour of the Council Chamber and Lord Mayor’s office. He impressed on our council the importance of representation in public office, shared his extensive knowledge of local governance and city planning and sought to encourage our diligent Student Council on the importance of their continued commitment to their school community and therefore their hometown of Listowel.
The visit served as a reminder to our Student Council of the role that their council may play in their own development as young leaders in their school and community. Many thanks to the Lord Mayor Cllr. Kieran McCarthy and his team in Cork City Council for making our students feel so welcome and encouraging them in their endeavours.
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A massive congratulations to our badminton teams who had a very successful outing in the Kerry Schools Badminton competition in Killarney this week. Our u14 team of Triona Prendeville, Irene Carol, Kayla Galvin and Sinead Leahy completed a grand slam, winning every single game they played on the day. Our u16 team of Kate Nolan, Sinead Kelly, Sara Carol and Emilie Browne were also outstanding and did another grand slam, defeating Tarbert Comprehensive and St Brigid’s Killarney and Presentation Milltown in the final. Our u19 team of Cara Leahy, Lucy Prendegast, Molly Linnane and Catherine Cahill punched above their weight in defeating Causeway Comprehensive in their opening game, and were unlucky to lose out to a strong Presentation Tralee side in their second game. These results qualified them for the 3rd place play off, where they narrowly lost out to Gaelcolaiste Tra Li. Our u14 and u16 teams now progress to the Munster competition which will take place in January.
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Congratulations to our TY Debate team who proposed the motion ‘Africa must be allowed to develop their fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty’. They engaged in a riveting debate against St Columbas College. We await the result of the adjudication process in the coming days. #concerndebate
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The Environment Candle has been visiting Pres. Listowel this week.
Today Third Year students participated in a short Prayer Service to highlight the importance of Climate Justice in our World.
This candle represents the joint effort to reach neutral carbon emissions by 2050.
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Anti Bullying Week
Presentation Secondary School, Listowel introduces The Helping Hands Programme
This week Year Heads and teachers on the Student Support team in Presentation Secondary, Listowel engaged in professional development on the Helping Hands Anti Bullying Programme.
Our goal is:
To ensure the well-being of all our students and make Presentation Secondary School, Listowel an inclusive and psychologically safe place for everyone.
We greatly appreciate the work of Dr Maria Garvey and her team for developing the Helping Hands programme and sharing their professional expertise with us.
By using the Helping Hands Programme, we aim to:
- Develop classroom teams that are welcoming to all
- Build support networks around vulnerable students
- Create conditions that make it safe for students to tell
- Help empower students who are victimised
Helping Hands is an award winning programme.
- It has been developed through rigorous research and is based on international best practice and leading thinking.
- It provides cutting edge knowledge, skills and an easy to use diagnostic tool to help teachers access relationship dynamics hidden in the peer group
- Vulnerable students can be identified before problems escalate or complaints are made. This allows measures to assist them to be put in place
- The programme combines online professional development with access to the software instrument for school leaders and teachers
- This new approach means that vulnerable students can be identified before problems escalate or complaints are made, permitting appropriate supports to be put in place
- The focus is on empowerment of the victims and keeping them psychologically safe
- Recognising that resolving bullying is a process and not an event, teachers are equipped with knowledge and skills to identify targeted students and support them through the process of empowerment
For more information on the Helping Hands Programme visit https://cooperation.ie/helping-hands/
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Aoibh Lennon, Síne Fogarty agus Noelle Dillon. Bhí na cailíní in iomaíocht aréir don chéad bhabhta don chomórtas i Luimneach. Bhíodar I bhfabhar an rúin, go mba chóir do thuismitheoirí smacht a bheith acu ar mheáin shoisialta a bpaistí faoin ocht mbliana déag d’aois. D’éirigh thar barr leo ar an oíche agus beidh siad ag dul ar aghaidh anois don chéad bhabhta eile. Comhghairdeachas libh a chailíní.
Síne, Aoibh and Noelle travelled to Limerick yesterday to compete in the first round of the debating competition and have qualified for the next round. Maith sibh
