Nuacht na Scoiile (Feb 2016)
Please find attached below the Nuacht na Scoile Newsletter for Spring 2016. C.C. Feb 16
CC/GC are All-Ireland U19A Basketball Schools league Winners
Congratulations to the U19 boys’ basketball team on winning the All Ireland league final held in the National Basketball Arena in Dublin on Wednesday 24th February 2016.
History Week 2016
EASTER 1916 Over the weeks of spring 2016 Colaiste Choilm marked this major historical event of national significance.We had a whole school celebration with participation of students and staff across the year groups and across different subject areas. As well as the ongoing displays within the school there were four main events organised: 1. History…
German Day Jan 2016
On the 14th of January the German Department and TY students organised a yearly event – the German Day. The idea behind German Day is to introduce 1st year students to various aspects of German language and culture. On the day, the students visited workstations and stalls in Halla Phadraig to take part in quizes,…
Model United Nations Conference at City Hall
Congratulations to all our UN delegates who attended the Model United Nations in City Hall last January. Over 200 delegates attended and our students were centrally involved in debating all the issues at conference. Con Moran received a number of awards as delegate of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Get involved in Twinning with Saclay and Mechterstadt
Ballincollig is twinned with the towns of Saclay, France & Mechterstadt, Germany. Ballincollig Twinning Association are looking for host families to accommodate visitors from these towns who will be visiting from April 22nd to 24th. Students would benefit from a language and from a cultural point of view. Please contact Denise Calnan on calnandenise@ yahoo.ie.…
Éigse Ceoil & Litríoctha
There will be a School Eigse Friday, Feb 12th, 2pm – 4pm in the library. The schedule for the event is as follows: 14.00 – Musical intro students 14.10 – Matthew Sweeney reads 14.25 – Music Jimmy Crowley 14.35 – Tom Birkett, UCC 15.00 – Music/poetry students 15.10 – Kathy D’Arcy reads 15.35 – Music/poetry…
U19 National Cup Final Snr Basketball
On Wednesday 27th January, many Coláiste Choilm students travelled to Tallaght to support their Senior Boys Basketball Team in the Subway U19 National Cup Final. The National Basketball Arena had a great atmosphere due to this highly anticipated game. The well-known rivalry between Cork and Dublin was very evident, with Coláiste Choilm representing Cork as…
Congratulations to all our Young Scientists!
Congratulations to our Young Scientists and their mentors on their great achievements at YSE. We won 13 awards in total, a first, a third and 10 highly commended plus 1 special travel award. The standard of our entries was absolutely phenomenal and how our students presented themselves was top class. Many thanks to all teachers…
1st Year Fundraiser for SVP
D’eagraigh an comhairle mac léinn turas go dtí na picitúrlainne agus chuaigh muintir na chéad bhliain go léir síos go dtí an phictúrlann chun scannán a fheiscint. D’íoc siad €5 an duine agus chuaigh €2 as gach ticéad go dtí ‘St Vincent de Paul’. As sin fuair SVP níos mó ná €500. Tháinig cainteoir ó Naomh…
