Three 2nd yr Art students have reached the semi-final of the Doodle4Google Art Competition. They are ‘three of fifteen’ semi-finalists in Munster in the 1st/2nd/3rd year category. They will find out on Feb 7th if they are through to the final which will be held at Google Headquarters in Dublin on April 3rd. The theme this […]
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Birr Castle Trip & Presentation 1st year Awards
All 1st year students travelled to Birr Castle and Science museum last November. They partook in workshops that day in Science. They enjoyed travelling through the grounds and gardens on a horse and cart. They also experienced a guided history tour of the castle. As part of research and engaging the key skills of Communicating, […]
CSPE Trip 2B
We travelled to Dublin Zoo on Tuesday to complete a conservation module as part of our CSPE action project. The module was called ‘Zooardship’ , a play on stewardship which is a key concept in CSPE. We chose to focus on the Asian elephant as this is an endangered species in the wild. Many Zoos […]
Open Evening – A great success and huge numbers in attendance
Borrisokane Staff and students welcomed all students interested in enrolling in the school for September 2017 on Tuesday 15th November with their parents or guardians for an Open evening. From 7.30 pm they were able to view all the teaching and learning initiatives being currently used in the school in order to achieve effective learning […]
Science Week Lecture
On Wednesday, 9th of November, Transition year students at Borrisokane Community College received a talk on Biomedical Science and Engineering from Liam Brennan, a spokesperson from GMIT (Galway Mayo Institute of Technology). Beginning the talk, he explained to everyone what exactly biomedical engineering is. It is a new branch of engineering which involves the creation […]
Geography Field Trip 6th year students 10th November 2016
On November 10th, 6th year geography students and their teachers Miss Maher and Ms Coffey travelled to the Lahinch area of Co Clare to take part in their geographical investigation. This section of their course is worth 20% to students. The students visited Creg Beach and Doolin to investigate the processes of transportation and deposition. […]
Youth Group
The Youth Group has restarted and the new members are Amy Bergin, Aoife O Sullivan, Jacqueline Wakefield, Aine Slattery, Aaron McLoughlin, Fionnan Hurley, Eoin Ryan, Ruairi O Hare, Conor Moyles, Dylan Slevin, Megan Usman, Sean Connolly, Paul Dwyer, Clodagh Ryan and Sadie Sharpe O Donoghue. A parents information night was held recently and thanks to all who attended. The first trip of the year took place on Monday the 26th of […]
Borrisokane receives Inclusivity certification.
Borrisokane Community College has been recognized as an inclusive school and has received certification from the national council of Special Education (NCSE). The school has worked towards this certification by taking on a whole-school approach on inclusion. Improvements have been made to the whole school environment and within many classroom practices. The school community has […]
Birr Castle Earth & Science 1st year trip.
Borrisokane Community College introduced an annual Science trip for 1st years this year as part of the new Junior Science curriculum. The Science curriculum in conjunction with the new Junior Cycle programme has changed and now includes an Earth & Science module and encourages integration of technology through the learning experience. In light of this […]
