Roscrea's Coláiste Phobal students learn road safety, visit Paris, become All Ireland champions and more!

All Ireland Champions
Massive conratulations to Coláiste Phobal's Under 16 Girls Badminton team who have won the All Ireland on Thursday, March 20. Their first game was against Salerno of Galway and they beat them 4-2.

Up next was Presentation Kilkenny and they overcame them on a score of 5-1 and finally they took on Sullivan Upper and beat them on a scoreline of 6-0.

Congratulations to Ciara Crofton, Fia Dooley, Abi Marks, Roan Carney and Tierna Conlon McLoughlin as well as their mentors Ms O’Meara, Ms Coleman and Ms Moloney. A super achievement from a super group.

Coláiste Phobal's Ciara Crofton, Fia Dooley, Abi Marks, Roan Carney and Tierna Conlon McLoughlin are All Ireland Under 16 badminton champions

Scoláireacht Gaeltachta
Comhghairdeas ó chroí le Tommy Wooster-Delaney a bhuaigh scoláireacht arbh fhiú €1200. Rinne EDCU (Education Credit Union) urraíocht ar an scoláireacht seo agus tá áthas an domhain orainn go bhfuil an scoláireacht seo buaite ag Tommy.

Caithfidh Tommy trí seachtaine sa Choláiste Samhraidh ‘Spleodar’ i rith an tSamhraidh. Táimid cinnte go mbainfidh sé taitneamh agus tairbhe as an gcúrsa agus go gcabhróidh sé go mór leis le cúrsa na hArdteiste amach anseo.

Tommy Wooster-Delaney a bhuaigh scoláireacht arbh fhiú €1,200

Response from an author
Ms O’Donoghue's 5th Year students read 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan and penned personal responses to the novel, which they sent to the author.

The class were delighted when Claire Keegan was kind enough to send a lovely note back to them thanking them for their work. Well done to all.

Pictured above are Ms O’Donoghue's 5th Year students read 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan and penned personal responses to the novel, which they sent to the author

Road Safety Seminar
On Tuesday March 19 our 5th and 6th year LCA classes attended a Road Safety Seminar in Templemore Garda College. Below is a summary of the days key messages from a students perspective:

“The key message that I learned on the day was that it is always better to be safe than sorry. The shocking story told by a crash survivor about the danger of sitting in a comfortable position, with feet up in a car really had an impact.

“The Virtual Reality goggles that allowed us to experience a visual of being in a crash and how the emergency services respond. The impact of speed was also a key point, reducing speed by 5km/h can lead to significantly less chance of a collision and much less damage as a result.

“It was shocking to think that when travelling on a motorway at 120km/h that it actually means 1 km every 30 seconds and 100m in 3 seconds. It would be easy to spend several seconds checking your phone or changing the radio and in that time so much could change on the road.

“By the end of the day I felt relieved to a certain extent, as I now have a clear understanding of how easily things can go wrong in a car and I won't be afraid to tell my friends what they can and cannot do in the car” - Kayleigh Guidera 6th LCA.

Transition Year Trip to Paris
Before the Easter Break Coláiste Phobal's Transition Year students travelled to Paris for their school tour.
With a jam packed agenda, they hit the ground running and really immersed themselves in the best of what Paris has to offer. Thanks to Ms Mulrooney for coordinating and all the teachers who travelled to France and made the trip possible.

The TY students in Paris