Past Pupils Receive UCD Scholarships

Congratulations to Gavin D’Arcy, Danny O’Brien and Michael Mc Brien who were recipients of a UCD scholarship recognising their academic achievements in their Leaving Certificate Examinations. Pictured below with Mr Cunnane at the award ceremony last Thursday 29th February. Well done lads

TY French Exchange to Belmont-sur-Rance

Updates all week from Mya on the French Exchnage:

Day 0
The TY class along with Mr Keeney & Ms Mannion departed early this morning for their French exchange to Belmont-sur-Rance. After a smooth flight, they landed in Toulouse airport at 11.30am, where they met the accompanying teacher from Ensemble Scolaire Saint Michel – Belmont sur Rance, who accompanied them to Belmont-sur-Rance.
The TYโ€™s and their teachers were then welcomed by their French exchange students and families, where they had the opportunity to try some speciality dishes from the region, including a boxty like dish, sausage rolls and sweet cake. The TYโ€™s then accompanied their exchange students home. A long but exciting day!
Day 1
The first official day of the French exchange began yesterday for the TY’s and their accompanying teachers Mr Keeney and Ms Mannion. We assembled at Ensemble Scolaire Saint Michel – Belmont sur Rance in the morning before departing on bus to Chateau de Montaigut, a medieval castle dating back hundreds of years. The views from the attic of the castle were incredible!
We then had a small picnic and visited a local restaurant followed by a visit to an ancient Abby. The monastery no longer houses monks but the building itself was beautiful, the scriptorium was particularly amazing.
For the final part of the day we hiked a round trip of 10km to a secluded Russian Orthodox Church given to the French as a token of peace from Russia. The church was unlike anything we had ever seen before! We then took the bus back to Belmont-sur-Rance.
Day 2 of the French Exchange began with TY students joining their French correspondents in class. We enjoyed a range of classes through French including Chemistry, Maths and English.
After which we departed for Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge on the world. The bridge was incredible! And stood at the 336 meters over an incredible valley.
After this, we visited Les Caves de Roquefort, the caves where Roquefort cheese was invented and now matures. The smell of the cheese was pungent and thronged the entire caves and surrounding areas!
Finally we visited a French supermarket called intermarchรฉ on the way home, where students got the opportunity to purchase some French snacks.
Day 3 of the French exchange began in St. Michels school where we sampled some of the subjects studied by French students including English, Spanish and Maths – all through French! French school finishes early on Wednesday, so we departed school at half past 12 with our exchange families, where some students were involved in laser tag, shopping, horse riding etc. with their host families!
A big culture shock for many of us has been that French families have up to 4 or 5 courses at dinner time. Including starter, multiple main courses and dessert!

Connacht Cross Country Championships

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธWell done to all our participants in the Cross-Country Connacht Final held in Loughrea, Galway on Wednesday 21st February: Seรกn Flynn ran a strong race in the Intermediate Boys; Kate Conefrey, ร‰adaoin McTeigue and Lainey Corrigan in the Intermediate Girls and a huge congratulations to Stefan Kratochvil, 5th year who finished 9th in the Senior Boys to qualify for the All Ireland final. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Cross Country Championships

Well done to our students who competed in the North Connacht Cross-Country Athletics competition in Ballymote, Sligo on 30th of January. A special mention goes to Seรกn Flynn (2nd yr), Kate Conefrey (TY), Lainey Corrigan (TY), ร‰adaoin McTeigue (5th yr) & Stepan Kratochvil (5th yr) who made it through to the Connacht finals. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

 

County Leitrim Library Research Workshop

Today our TY class visited Ballinamore County Library where Librarian, Mary Conefrey, Head of the local library section gave a very thorough overview of how to research and use both online and in-library resources.
Mary also helped students to find sources for their young historian of the year competition, which is on going and will be completed by April 2024. Well done all and keep up the good work. #ballinamore #leitrim #history Leitrim County Library

RSA Workshop

๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธThank you to Louise from the RSA for a really informative and engaging workshop with our TY’s today. Ms. Colums 2nd year science class also participated in the workshop. Students learned about all aspects of road safety for drivers, passengers, walkers & cyclists. ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿšƒ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ

Senior Boys Football

Our senior boys played their Connacht C Schools quarter final last Wednesday in the Connacht Centre of Excellence against St. Joseph Secondary school Foxford. Ballinamore got off to a great start with the help of a small wind by scoring 3 points in the first 10 minutes with the 3 score coming from an excellent 45 kicked by Mark Ahern to lead by 3pts to 1.
Foxford fought back to score a goal but Ballinamore responded with some great scores from Dara Greenan and Jamie Plunkett which was then followed by an individual piece of skill which led to a goal by Colm McLoughlin. With Ballinamore on top just before the halftime whistle we conceded a goal which left the scoreline 1-6 to 2-4 in Foxfords favour.
Again at the start of the second half Ballinamore flew out of the blocks with points from Cormac Moran, Dara Greenan, and Jamie Plunkett to lead by 2 points. With 15 minutes to play and taking advantage of the strengthening wind Foxford took hold of the game and scored 2 quick goals along with a number of points in a 5 minute spell to streak ahead and this was unfortunately too much to claw back for the Ballinamore lads. They fought very hard throughout the game but finished on the losing side on a scoreline of 4-16 to 1-12.
Scorers
Mark Ahern 0-1 (45)
Dara Greenan 0-2
Jamie Plunkett 0-7
Colm McLoughlin 1-1
Cormac Moran 0-1
Line up
Mark McNiff, Shane Gallagher, Killian Mulvey, Senan McTeigue, Kian McGovern, Eoghan Conefrey, Cormac Moran, Dara Greenan, Jack Houston, Dessie Wisley, Mark Ahern, Fiachra McGovern, Colm McLoughlin, Jamie Plunkett.
Subs Calem Quinn for Eoghan Conefrey.
Kayelon Murray for Fiachra McGovern
Micheal Moran for Mark Ahern
Matthew Lee for Jack Houston