Awesome Fundraising

I'm just getting my head round the scale of the success achieved by the year 11 sponsored silence. The total was heading away over £700.00 the last time I passed the counters. All this fundraising through the soccer match with staff and the sponsored silence has been organised on the initiative of year 11 students through their citizenship classes. The were eager to make some practical use of the lessons they had learned on activism and social responsibility. We know that a third year 11 group has plans in train for the new term, and staff may look forward to having their cars washed. I'll try not to take this fundraising idea personally. Final total and presentation details as soon as we get back.

Happy St Patrick's Day

We had a great St Patrick's Week, including quiz, treasure hunt, ceili, buns, poc fada, prizes and ending up with a fantastic assembly involving students throughout the college. You'll see details on the other Shimna blogs. We always make the point at this time of year, that our St Patrick's Day celebrations form a parallel with our Remembrance Day commemorations in November. These two points in the year have traditionally been appropriated by one side of our community to the exclusion of the other, and it's one of the privileges of being together in an integrated college to be able to explore the process of sharing both.

The best thing about St Patrick this year is that he has joined himself onto Easter, so that we get two weeks well earned holiday. Enjoy!