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Welcome To Athboy Community School

Athboy Community School was formed by the amalgamation of St. James’ Vocational School and St. Joseph’s Secondary School in 2004. The school provides a wide range of subjects in practical, academic and vocational areas of the curriculum. A co-ordinated system of pastoral care, combined with the promotion of extra curricular activities will facilitate the holistic development of all pupils.

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Our Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide quality, holistic and inclusive education for the community.  Our aim is to create a safe and caring environment, which encourages pupils to reach their full potential in an atmosphere of mutual respect

The staff of Athboy Community School are actively involved in the promotion of sporting, cultural and other extra-curricular activities among the pupils.  This compliments the work of the many sporting and cultural organisations in the area and ensures the overall development of all the talents of our pupils.  “Mol an Óige agus tiocfaidh sí”.

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We offer a comprehensive range of subjects across a variety of academic and practical subjects.

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Our students enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities that includes drama, travel and sport.

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From soccer to golf, you’ll find our students enjoying and competing in range of sports activities.

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Junior Hurling Final Supporters
2024/04/22 16:49:44

Our Junior Hurlers have reached the Leinster D1 Final which will take place on Thursday in Abbottstown.


We are sending our First Years to support the team and to cheer us on to victory.


First Year students can wear their PE Uniform for the day and need to bring a packed lunch.


A contribution of €5 towards the cost of the bus should be paid by each student to Mr O'Dowd during little break tomorrow.


Best of luck to Mr. Sheridan and the team.


 

Meeting for Parents of Incoming First Years - September 2024
2024/04/22 09:30:28

A Meeting for all Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of Incoming First Years - September 2024 will take place on Tuesday 7th May at 7.00 p.m.

Spring Craft Fair - This Sunday...
2024/04/22 08:33:29

Athboy Community School are delighted to be hosting a Spring Craft Fair this Sunday 28th April.  The Fair will take place from 12pm - 4pm.  We have stallholders selling a range of goodies from crafts to cosmetics, baked goods to pebble art.  We have face painting, refreshments and a raffle on the day! Looking forward to welcoming you all this Sunday. 

Parent/Guardian Update: Semester 3: Week 6-Friday 19 April 2024
2024/04/19 13:35:59

Dear parents & guardians,

 

It was an extremely busy week for us.

 

Science & Biology Inspection

Congratulations to the Science & Biology Department following an inspection on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  We had preliminary feedback yesterday and there were a lot of positives to take, not least that the Subject Dept Plan in particular was very good.  The student focus group was great, the students did us proud apparently. Well done Ms Dowling, Ms di Lucia, Maria, Ms Dunne, Mr McHugh and Ms Farrelly!

 

Anti-Bullying

The inspector looked for our Anti-bullying Policy this week so it was fortunate that the Student Support Team had begun its work of gathering data on bullying in the school with a view to running an awareness campaign and embedding clear reporting procedures for students.  We have a core team of James McFerran, Cam Ly Steward, Manuella Lunginus and Liam Geraghty and a larger group who act as a focus group.

The team have designed a survey for staff and students to gauge the extent of bullying currently in the school.  More to follow.

 

School Self Evaluation

The Ethos Team met on Monday and will present findings at our staff meeting next week.

The Teaching and Learning Team have designed a teachers survey and a student survey on the Semester 2 Assessments and we will administering these to 2nd and 5th Years next week.  We would ask parents/guardians of 2nd & 5th Years to access the students' Semester 2 Reports on VS Ware and have students fill in those results on Page 3 of the journal in preparation for doing the survey next week

The Wellbeing Team met this week also and the team are currently upskilling on Restorative Practice with a view to a roll out in Sep 2024.

 

Do you want to be a Host Family?

Some of our language schools are seeking host families for students enrolled with us for Sep 2024, if you have a spare room and would like some extra income please contact agencies at the following email addresses;

cassie.beecham@educatius.org

montserrat@goelite.education

belen@inglesypunto.com (need a family in Trim at the moment urgently)

 

 

Geography Trip

Tony Magner took his 5th Years to Kippure yesterday and they were brilliant and learned loads!

 

Music Practicals

Jacqui McGowan's Music students all performed well at the Leaving Cert practicals yesterday, well done all!

 

PE Trip

Third Years went off to Donadea Woods on their PE Trip today, thankfully the weather held off.

 

Extra- Curricular

Our  Senior hurlers had a win on Monday, final score 3-18 to 2-10 over Ardscoil Chiarán Naofa, Clara, Offaly.  They face Ashbourne Community School on Monday next.  Best of luck to Anthony Sheridan and the team.

The Junior hurlers are also into the Leinster finals on Thursday next v St Farnan's Prosperous. Best of luck to them!

 

Coding Workshops

Past Pupil Samson is providing Python Computer Programming for students over a 6 week period.  It's great to see students volunteering their time in this way.

 

Golf Classic

A reminder from the PA that the Golf Classic will take place on Bank Holiday Monday in May, teams are still needed so if you can form a team, please do!

 

Craft Fair

Do mark the date of the Business Craft Fair on Sunday 28 April, 12-4pm and come see the students fares, bring your families!

 

 

Have a lovely weekend,

 

Kind regards,

Clare

 

5th Year Geography Field Trip
2024/04/19 13:24:09


A group of 26 fifth year Geography students from Athboy Community School with teachers Mr. Magner and Mr. Mahon went to Kippure House Estate near Blessington in Co. Wicklow for a river field study on Thursday April 18th. 




The purpose of the field trip was to investigate the impact of the processes of transportation and deposition on the formation of a river meander on Athdown Brook, a tributary of the Liffey. 




The group had an enjoyable, action-packed day gathering data in the river. With the aid of the park rangers each student measured the river velocity and classed the river flow using Berg’s Classification. Next the students did a River Channel Cross Section to see the effects of deposition and erosion on the shape of the river channel.They recorded the gradient of the river itself and used clinometers to carry out a Valley Profile to see the effect of deposition on the shape of the valley.They also measured the sinuosity of the curve of the river to determine whether or not it could be classed as a meander. The group also did a Bedload Analysis to see the impact of the processes of attrition, saltation and traction on the material being carried and deposited by the river. 




The Geographers also observed features of erosion and deposition such as a point bar, river bends and meanders, rapids as well as a river cliff.The group also did field sketches to take note of the features, conditions and processes evident. 




The students will now work on producing a report on the field trip which is worth 20% of their Leaving Certificate Geography examination. 


Denys ... surprises class with a beautiful performance
2024/04/18 15:57:52

Denys surprised the Leaving Cert Geography class today as they put their finishing touches to their Field Study report with his beautiful version of ...I cant help falling in love with you...

We are looking forward to hearing more from Denys and many more talented Leaving Certs on Graduation Night

Senior Hurling semi final victory
2024/04/18 08:58:09

Congratulation to our Senior hurlers who had a great win on Monday. Final score  3-18 to 2-10 win over Ardscoil Chiarán Naofa, Clara, Offaly. They now face Ashbourne Community School in the Final on Monday the 29th. Time and venue TBC. Best of luck for the 2 in a row lads.

Junior Hurling final
2024/04/18 08:58:00

The schools Junior hurling team have reached a Leinster final please see details below.


TEAMS:                      Athboy C.S.  v  St. Farnan's P.P., Prosperous, Kildare.


DATE:                          Thurs., 25.04.24


TIME:                           11.30 am


VENUE:                       Abbottstown 


REFEREE:                   John Dunning (Db) 087 6565275


PRESENTATION:    Brian Talty (T.B.C.)


 


Congratulations on getting to the final and the best of luck.

3rd Year PE CBA
2024/04/18 08:57:35

The 3rd Year Trip to Donadea Forest Park is taking place on Friday 19th of April. We will be leaving the school at 9pm returning at 1.20pm. This is for all 3rd Year pupils. They need to bring with them a packed Lunch and some water to drink, comfortable footwear and rain gear or a change of clothes if the weather is bad. We will give them maps when we get there. They also need €5 for the bus and a fully charged mobile phone. Any question or enquiries about this trip please get in touch.

Thank You
ATHBOY CS PE Department.

Senior Cycle Business Students Visit
2024/04/17 16:00:51

5th and 6th year students had a very interesting visit to The European Commission Representation in Ireland recently. We were treated to a very informative presentation about the EU with topics chosen in advance to specifically cater for some of the LC Business Course. Students had an opportunity to ask questions and were encouraged to give their opinions on matters such as CAP, the Directives currently affecting Ireland and the topic of Energy was high on the Agenda.


Students were given information regarding the various career opportunities that exist for Irish students in the European Headquarters in Brussels and opportunities for work experience at the other Representative Offices around Europe.


A quiz followed for which we were certainly prepared. Nicola was extremely impressed by the knowledge displayed by our Business students.


The European Commission Representation in Ireland serves as the Commission’s voice in Ireland, aiming to communicate EU affairs at both national and local level. It’s mission is to engage with Irish citizens, institutions, and stakeholders, providing information about EU policies, initiatives, and programs.


It informs citizens about European elections, such as the upcoming elections on 7th May 2024.

Intro to Pyton Workshop- Welcome Back Samson!
2024/04/17 15:37:48

This week marks Computer Science Week and we were absolutely delighted to welcome back past student Samson Oloruntola.


Samson is currently a second year Computer Science Student in DCU and is providing a Python Computer Programming Workshop for interested students for 6 weeks. For any student thinking of such a career this is a perfect opportunity to sample some content with Samson and ask him plenty of questions around the course that DCU offers.


Huge thanks to Samson, Ms Mooney


This school workshop includes the following:



  • What programming is and why learn it

  • Intro to Python, and why Python

  • Where we will be writing our code (Trinket.io)

  • How to access Trinket.io

  • The print() function in Python

  • Task handed to students using print()

  • The input() function in Python

  • Task handed to students using input()

A Reminder: Golf Classic 2024
2024/04/16 14:50:09

The Parent Association of Athboy Community School are hosting our annual Golf Classic in Royal Tara Golf Club on Monday 6th May 2024.


This is our main fundraising event.  The Golf Classic this year will fund the upgrading of the school library to support the literacy and numeracy needs of our students as well as providing a quiet space for students during the school day. We would be grateful if you would consider supporting us in one of the following ways:


1. Playing on the day for €60 (includes lunch)


2. Enter a team of 4 for €240 (includes lunch)


3. Sponsor as tee or green for €50


4. Offer a prize (to win on the day or in the raffle)


A timesheet is available in the school office (046) 9487894 or Floods Bar (046) 9432624


Thank you for your support.

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