The MWRDAF & HSE Mid West Drug & Alcohol Service are launching an online resource supporting the Post Primary Substance Use Education Project , “Let’s Learn About Drugs & Alcohol Together” Programme. The website is viewed as an integral part of the future development of the LLADAT projects, offering online support to schools, teachers, parents’ and […]
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BORRISOKANE TAKE HOLLAND
A group of forty 3rd year students & five teachers left for Holland last month where they stayed in Hotel Palanka, Valkenburg . Night one involved a great round of bowling which was followed by swimming. The next day the group travelled over the border into Germany where they took in the sights and beautiful […]
Portumna Workhouse Trip Monday 17th October
Ms Aoife Forde (History teacher) and Ms Eileen Forde (Art teacher) accompanied a group of students to the Portumna workhouse on Monday 17th October. As part of a creative engagement heritage project, students are researching the workhouse similar to that on which their own school stands. Students are writing essays for their leaving cert history […]
Student article on trip to Portumna Workhouse
On the 17th of October, 49 students from Borrisokane Community College visited the Portumna Workhouse. Our tour group consisted of TY and 5th Year history students and 5th year art students. The teachers that accompanied us on the trip were Aoife Forde, our history teacher, and Eileen Forde, our art teacher. When we arrived, we […]
Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Week Nenagh.
Jasmin Curran, Gillian Mc Sherry, finalists of last year’s Junk Kouture competition, attended with their Art teacher, Ms Eileen Forde and Deputy principal Suzanne McMahon, the BOI organised business showcase event in Nenagh on Friday 14th October. Jasmin wowed the audience once again with their creation co-ordinated and guided by Ms Forde, Serendipi-tea, made entirely […]
Maths week
This week was Maths week in Borrisokane CC. Students thoroughly enjoyed guessing the height in metres of two life size cardboard cutouts of famous celebrities on display in the main foyer of the school. A Treasure hunt was displayed on all the class room doors around the school. There were many numeracy based puzzles taking […]
NAPD Creative Engagement Project 11th October 2016
Borrisokane students Michael Carroll, Tegan Craig, Elena Mackey, Lorcan Tuohy and Deputy principal Suzanne McMahon travelled to the NAPD exhibition to present and display the school’s heritage project. They received funding from the NAPD under the Creative engagement project. With this funding the school are signposting all historic buildings with bilingual wooden signs indicating their […]
News from the ASD centre
Congratulations to Jamie Lee Collins, Cronan O’Meara and Karim Benomar on their recent Junior Certificate results. Work is ongoing in the sensory garden, horticulture students from Templemore College are involved in renovating and updating the sensory garden for the students in the centre, thanks extended to John Butler from Templemore College who is co-ordination the […]
