Irish Draughts League Details Announced...Your move!

Photograph your town...Win a trip to France! (www.gttp.org)

Photograph or write about your town, and you could be on your way to Nice, France. Find out more at www.gttp.org. Read on...

The AIB Build A Bank Challenge

 The AIB Build A Bank Challenge sees a team of six selected students setting up and managing a bank in their schools with the full support of a dedicated AIB Student Officer. The students get involved in everything from developing a business plan, branding their school bank and engaging with their community and customers through creative marketing campaigns.

All competing students will be invited with their classmates to the AIB Build A Bank National Final in the RDS in March where they will experience an amazing day out, meet other school bank teams, receive proper and professional feedback on their hard work and ultimately be in with the chance of being crowned Build A Bank Champions and win €5,000 for their school.

AIB Build a Bank Team.

Elle Ward, Molly McGonigle, Rhianna Gallagher, Keelan Doherty, Caoimhe Murray and Aisling Doherty.

TY Sleep-In Raises €155 for NW Simon Community

Well done to the TY students who contributed €155 to the North West Simon Community as part of their " Sleep In" on the 12th October. 

GAA Writing Competition

The GAA Museum is inviting entries for a Secondary Schools Writing competition.

Students can select an essay, short story or poem using the theme 'The GAA is at the heart of who we are.' Fiona Looney and Paul Howard are included in the judging panel for the two different categories.

Closing Date: 23rd Nov @5.00pm

Click in link below to find out more information. 

http://www.gaa.ie/news/secondary-schools-writing-competition/

TY Annual Christmas Fayre

TY Annual Christmas Fayre

The TY students are once again busy preparing for their annual Christmas Fayre which will take place on Friday 7^th December from 11.00am-3.20pm. It promises to be a bustling hive of activity offering authentic baking alongside a mix of hand-crafted goods and products. If it’s just enjoying a mug of hot chocolate or soaking up the Christmas atmosphere – make sure to come along on Friday 7^th December.  The Fayre is open to everyone so hope to see you all there.

Intergenerational Solidarity Award 2019

Calling all Transition Year Students. DCU invites you to submit a project demonstrating good intergenerational practice between you and older people in your community.
Intergenerational Solidarity Award 2019

BOI School Bank Team

School Bank Team. - Well done to the following students:

Branch Manager : Aoife Smyth

Sales Manager : Joshua Downey

Marketing Manager: William O’Canain

Operations : Athena McLaughlin

Digi Advisor: Kirsty Gallagher and Callum Doherty 

The Transition year Physics Experience (TYPE) programme

The Transition year Physics Experience (TYPE) programme application process for 2018/2019 is now open. It will run from Monday March 4^th to Friday March 8th 2019. Two TYPE days will follow in May with specific dates to be confirmed.

We request that the TY co-ordinator of the school applys on behalf of two nominated students using the online form which can be found here.

Where possible (in mixed schools) we ask you to provide one male and one female candidate in order to aid with gender balance.  The online form will be open until Friday the 30^th of November.

Only one application (with two student names) will be accepted from each school. 

As we can only accommodate 44 students for the week long TYPE event, candidates will be chosen at random from the valid applicants.  All schools will be notified with the outcome by 10^th December 2018. Applicants that are not successful for the TYPE week will be given preference for the TYPE days, which will take place later in May.

Contact Ms. Coll or Mr. Havlin

Fighting Words

We’re delighted that Fighting Words will once again publish a magazine of new writing with the Irish Times in 2019, and we now invite submissions from secondary school students.
Click on link below for more information. 

Submission Guidelines

fighting Words