Archives for May, 2011

Letter to Parents / Guardians Dear Parents/Guardians, In an effort to promote reading among our students at Carrigaline Community School, we are recommending a book list for current students entering 2nd year in August ’11. As you are aware students who read regularly have improved ability in written work.  This is of benefit to their […]

Congratulations to Abdullah Mohammad and Fiachra Hurley, 4th Year, whose game ‘Mem Your Mind’ won first prize at the Scratch Programming National Final in Dublin last Saturday 21st May. Abdullah was also awarded 2nd prize in the Animation section of the competition for his animation ‘Shark and Dog’. Scratch is a programming language that makes […]

A group of 1st Year students, together with 5 teachers, had a really fun day on the 13th April on a trip to Garrettstown to take part in bodyboarding. Originally the group had planned to take part in a coasteering activity but due to weather conditions they decided to opt for bodyboarding instead. Great fun was had […]

The First Year girls’ basketball team at CCS had great success in the recent All Ireland Basketball Tournament. The girls were very excited having won the First Year ‘A’ Regional Final in Neptune Stadium, Cork recently. After this achievement they were thrilled to be going to the All Ireland Finals at University of Limerick last week. […]

Well Done to all 4th Year students who received a certificate having participated in the Scratch programme ‘Having Fun with Computer Programming and Games’. Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web. As young people […]

One of the 4th year Enterprise classes organised a Sports Morning  for all Transiton Years on the 12th of May last. Great fun was had by all and students worked really well in teams. Thanks to Ms. Kelleher for all her help and support.