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Cluiche Cheannais Faoi 14 - Iománaíocht
Congratulations to the U/14 Hurlers and their coach, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on their County win
FIONTRAÍ ÓG - Céad Áit sa Chomórtas Náisiúnta
Congratulations to First year pupils D. Grace and S. Kelly agus a gcuid Múinteoir Staidéar Ghnó, Breifni Ní Shearcaigh
A NEW GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS AT GAELCHOLÁISTE LUIMNIGH
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh Students Win Big at National Student Enterprise Awards Final
Two students from Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh won the first prize in the National Student Enterprise Awards 2008, which was held in Tullamore on Thursday 8th May. First year students Dylan Grace and Shane Kelly won the top prize in the Junior Category for their mini-company ‘DS Planners’ which is selling an bi-lingual annual wall planner for 2008. The two students designed the wall planner themselves, basing it around the school logo and the Irish language. The finished product was printed professionally and is of extremely high quality.
Both boys say that they have learned a lot from the competition and are thrilled with their win last Thursday. However, the success has not gone to their heads and they have each developed a philanthropic streak to match their good business sense! They made considerable donations to charity from their profits – with €200 going to Milford Hospice and €150 going to the Sunshine Ward in the Children’s Ark at Limerick Regional Hospital.
Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, who also had a group of second year students reach the national final at intermediate level with their company ‘Hoodies DIY’, is delighted to see its students excel in this area. Business Studies teacher, Breifni Ní Shearcaigh, says that her students’ success in the competition is all down to their hard work and commitment. She hopes that the students will continue to develop their interest in and enthusiasm for business into the future and that this win will encourage even more of her students to participate in the competition next year.
Meanwhile, two other Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh students were extremely successful in the recent Munster SciFest competition, which was held in Limerick Institute of Technology on 1st May. Second year student Tori Hehir won the prestigious Special Sensors Award, which is sponsored by Discover Sensor Ireland, and 1st year student Éamonn O Broin won a Highly Commended Award in the Life Science Category.
And it’s not just the students who are winning prizes! Science teacher, Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil, recently won the highly esteemed Pharmachem Industry Award for Science Teaching Excellence. As a result she has been invited to attend an all expenses paid trip to Colorado this summer to participate in an international Green Chemistry Workshop which is sponsored by Pfizer. Ciara is looking forward to the trip and hopes to be able to integrate some of the ideas into Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh’s school environment next September!
If you would like more information about this topic, or to arrange an interview with Donncha Ó Treasaigh, please call the school at 061 404959 or email eolas@gcluimnigh.ie
05/08/2008
Buaiteoirí Sci-Fest
- Tori Hehir (Dara Bhliain) – Highly Prestigious - Special Sensors Award sponsored by Discover Sensor Ireland
- Éamon – Highly Commended – Life Science Category
- Prizes - Crystal Trophy, 100 euro, laptop for teacher
05/05/2008
Daltaí na Céad Bliana & An Sagart de Liostún ar thuras tíreolais chuig an Bhoireann - Bealtaine '08
27/4/2008
Bua na Múinteoireachta san Eolaíocht
Ár ngraidhm thú A Mháistreás Ní Dhrisceoil
27/4/2008
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh is ‘Croí na Teanga’ in Limerick City
Seachtain na Gaeilge at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh
Limerick City school, Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, is celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in style this year. The school has organised an action-packed programme for their students, as well as for some of the local primary gaelscoileanna, over the course of this week. The aim of the week is to promote and celebrate the Irish language and culture. Teachers and students alike have been working very hard in the run up to this week and had equal input in the choice of activities planned. Everyone is extremely excited that the week has finally arrived.
The first day of the celebrations got the week off to a flying start. Monday saw a visit from several musicians who are studying at the University of Limerick – they provided a fantastic lunch time concert for the students and will be welcome back at any time. A table quiz for the entire school was also held on Monday afternoon – all of the questions were through Irish and based on topics such as History, Film, Literature and General Knowledge to name but a few!
A wide variety of events have been planned for the rest of the week and the school is eager to involve anybody with an interest in the language in the celebrations. With this in mind, the school has organised two major events for the local primary schools – the first of the events is a concert which will be held at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh on Wednesday morning. The students have been working very hard on this show and they will be singing, dancing, performing music and even putting on a dramatic production of ‘Shrek II’ as Gaeilge! It promises to be a very entertaining show! The second event planned is a sports blitz which will be held on Thursday morning – the blitz is being organised and run by the PE teachers and some of the students of Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh; 12 teams from primary gaelscoileanna in Limerick and Ennis will be competing against each other for the trophy - may the best team win!
Other activities planned for the rest of the week include a teachers versus the students sports afternoon on Wednesday, a treasure hunt ‘as Gaeilge’ organised by the Mary Immaculate Irish Department in the grounds of the College, a coffee morning for teachers and students to raise funds for Milford Hospice and a Céilí Mór to finish off the week on Friday afternoon! With a fun-filled agenda like this, all those involved in celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge cannot fail to enjoy themselves, and the staff and students of Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh hope that their efforts this week will encourage others to embrace their Irish culture and start using their cúpla focail again!
If you would like more information about this topic, or to arrange an interview with Donncha Ó Treasaigh, please call the school at 061 404959 or email eolas@gcluimnigh.ie
FIONTRAÍ ÓG CHATHAIR LUIMNIGH
Múinteoir Staidéar Ghnó, Mh. Ní Shearcaigh agus Dalta ón gCéad Bhliain ag tabhairt a chuid do bhrabús ó dhíolacháin féilirí d'Ospís Milford
09/02/2011
YOUNG SCIENTISTS AT GAELCHOLÁISTE LUIMNIGH
Students of Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh Participate in National Science Competitions
Limerick’ All Irish Post Primary College, Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, is striving ahead with encouraging and developing a new generation of young scientists! The College, which places a strong emphasis on science as a curriculum subject, also actively encourages students to investigate science in the world around them. One of their students has been selected to participate in the BT Young Scientists Exhibition this week and a second student recently won the national junior category of the CRANN Trinity Nanotechnology competition.
Second year student, Aoife Broderick, has been selected to participate in the junior category of the BT Young Scientists Exhibition at the RDS from Wednesday to Saturday of this week. Through her project, ‘The Effects of Isotonic Drinks on My Sprinting’, Aoife found that her sprint times are faster when she drinks isotonic drinks than when she drinks only water. She also found that the optimum time to consume the isotonic drink is half an hour before sprinting. Aoife has been working very hard on this project over the last few months and is really looking forward to participating in this week’s exhibition.
Meanwhile, first year student Diarmuid Ó Ceallacháin recently won the national junior category of the CRANN Trinity Nanotechnology Competition. Diarmuid designed a project which teaches and explains nanotechnology to primary school children. His younger brother Jack (who is in primary school) also features in the project. The judges (one of whom features weekly on Newstalk’s Right Hook programme) were so impressed with the project that they awarded both brothers with prizes in the competition - Diarmuid won a 30G iPod and Jack received an iPod Shuffle for his participation. Diarmuid is hoping to further develop this project with a view to entering next year’s Young Scientists Exhibition.
Science teacher Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil is delighted with her students’ recent success and says that it is all down to their hard work and enthusiasm for the subject. She hopes that the students will continue to develop their interest in science in the future.
If you would like more information about this topic, or to arrange an interview with Donncha Ó Treasaigh, please call the school at 061 404959 or email eolas@gcluimnigh.ie
Thug an fuirseoir, Uas Des Bishop cuairt ar Ghaelcholáiste Luimnigh ar 8 Samhain chun a chuid ghaeilge a threisiú agus a chleachtadh roimh a chuid seónna a bheidh ag tosú go luath. D'fhan sé chun labhairt lenár gcuid daltaí ar feadh dhá uiar agus bhain gach duine idir dhaltaí agus mhúinteoirí an-taitneamh as a chuairt agus cad a bhí le rá aige. Níor cheap éinne go raibh a chaighdeán chomh ard sin agus labhair sé gaeilge leis na daltaí agus na múinteoirí gan stad.
D’oscail Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh a dhoirse don chéad uair an bhliain seo ar an 27ú lá de Lúnasa agus bhíomar ag tnúth go mór le bliain gnóthach, lán le h-imeachtaí le déanamh. Thosaigh an téarma le turas go dtí an RDS i mBaile Átha Cliath don turas taiscéalaíocht i ceol ón “Hotpress”. Chuaigh 30 daltaí agus beirt múinteoirí suas le haghaidh lá lán le cainteanna, seimineáir agus ceolchoirmeacha. Bhí na daltaí ábalta na drumaí, méarchláir agus uirlisí ceoil a sheinm chomh maith. Comh maith le sin bhí seans acu chun buaileadh le láithreoir Adain Power ón TTV agus “Na Kinetiks”, banna ceoil nua in Éirinn.
Chuaigh cuid de n-ár daltaí go dtí caint faoi na “Student Enterprise Awards Workshop” in san Óstán Clarion Suites i Luimneach. Bhí Gaye Moore, Nikki O’Neill agus Pádraig O’ Malley ag caint faoi a gcuid taithí i gcúrsaí gnó. Bhí comórtas ag deireadh an lae, bhí ar na daltaí trí cheist a freagairt faoin eolas a fuair siad i rith an lae. Bhí trí i-pod nanos mar dhuaiseanna agus bhuaigh beirt cailiní ó Ghaelchólaiste Luimnigh dhá cheann de na i-pods.
Ar an 25ú lá de Deireadh Fómhair chuaigh an scoil go léir ag surfáil i Lahinch. D'fhoghlaim an ghrúpa faoin bhfharraige san Aquirium agus bhí spóirt agus spraoi againn ag imirt cluichí, mar shampla rugbaí agus rounders ar an trá. Bhain gach duine, daltaí agus muinteoirí, taitneamh as an lá.
Ba mhaith linn comhgairdeas a rá le n-ár múinteoir eolaíochta nua Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil. Bhuaigh sí an duais is mórthaibhseach san Oideachas “The Industry Award for Science Teaching Excellence”. Go n-éirí a t-ádh leat a Chiara leis an gcomórtas i rith na bliana acadúla seo.
As we begin our second term at Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh we look forward to what the next few weeks will bring us, and if it is anything like our first term then we welcome it with open arms. Our first term had it all, from all things artistic to trying to tame the sea!
Our first term began on the 27th of August and promised to be an exciting term for all with a busy timetable planned. On Friday the 5th October a music expedition controlled by “Hotpress” in Dublin’s RDS was held. 30 students and 2 teachers enjoyed a day of seminars, talks and concerts which were held, those who attended had the chance to explore the musicians within and introduced themselves to drums, keyboards and other musical instruments which were made available to them. Students had the opportunity to meet and take pictures with TTV presenter Adian Power, who attended the event, and also were among the first and few to see the new up and coming band “Kinetiks”.
Friday the 12th October gave our students, as well as students from other schools in the Limerick area, an opportunity to explore the business world and the methods behind setting up your own business at the “Student Enterprise Awards Workshop” in the Clarion Suites Hotel on the Ennis road. They explored their business ideas and were able to speak with Business minds; Gaye Moore, Nikki O’Niell and Pádraig O’Malley who all gave a talk on their approaches to business. There was a quiz at the end of each session where the students answered a question from each speaker, the best answers from each were picked out and the students behind those answers won prizes. There were 3 i-pods nanos to be won and Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh were delighted to win two out of the three.
The school ventured to pastures new on the 25th of October for surfing lessons. Students caught the waves in style as they mounted their boards at Lahinch beach, they also had the chance to get up close and personal with the sea life at Lahinch Aquarium and stretch their legs on the beach with fun and games.
We would like to congratulate our new Science teacher Ciara Ní Dhrisceoil who has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in Education - The Industry Award for Science Teaching Excellence, and wish her the best of luck with the academic year that follows.