Well Done Grainne !

Grainne Murphy was all smiles when she came to collect her leaving certificate results. She has much to celebrate and a bright future ahead. She was pleased with her leaving certificate results but Mr.Wallace congratulated her not only on those results but also on her outstanding achievements at the European Long Course Championships in Budapest.

The school supports students who strive for excellence in whatever field they choose. Grainne is a wonderful success story and it was a delight to have her bring her silver in the 1,500m freestyle to school to share in her success.

Congratulations Grainne!

Return to school dates

1st Years                             Monday, 30th August, 2010 (9.00 a.m. – 3.50 p.m.)

1st, 2nd & 5th Years       Tuesday, 31st August, 2010 (9.00 a.m. – 3.05 p.m.)

All Students                        Wednesday, 1st September, 2010 (9.00 a.m. – 3.10 p.m.)

Kukri Rugby Sponsorship

Pictured with the new school playing pitches in the background are Martin Wallace, Principal. James Rael , Irish Schools Player and School Captain and Graham O’Sullivan, Marketing Manger (Munster) of Kukri Ireland.

Kukri are the company that supply the school with our PE Gear and School Jacket. They also supply playing kit for many of the schools other sporting teams. Kukri have kindly sponsored sets of post pads and flag poles for the pitches. It will make such a difference for our students, teachers and parents to have this facility available to the school from September 2010.

Book Lists 2010

Book lists for 2010 are available below in pdf format.

Click on the relevant link to open the document which you can also download and print.

First Year Book List 2010

Second Year Book List 2010

Third Year Book List 2010

Transition Year Book List 2010

Fifth Year Book List 2010

Sixth Year Book List 2010

School Calendar 2010/2011

TERM 1

Monday, 30^th August, 2010 – Thursday, 23^rd December, 2010.

Mid-Term Break  25^th October, 2010 to 29^th October, 2010.

TERM 2

Monday, 10^th January, 2011 – Friday, 15^th April, 2011.

Mid-Term Break  21^st February, 2011 to 25^th February, 2011.

Bank Holiday      St. Patrick’s Day 17^th March, 2011 &

                         School Closed Friday, 18^th March, 2011

TERM 3

Tuesday, 3^rd May, 2011 – Friday, 3^rd June, 2011.

Bank Holiday      2^nd May, 2011.

Dates below are subject to change

Proposed Parent Teacher Meetings

Monday, 8^th November, 2010    – TY and 6^th Years (3.10 finish)

Thursday, 25^th November, 2010        – 3^rd Years (3.10 finish)

Thursday, 27^th January, 2011    – 5^th Years (3.10 finish)

Friday, 28^th January, 2011         – 1^st & 2^nd Years (School Closed)

Proposed Staff Inservice Days

Monday , 11^th October, 2010

Wednesday, 8^th December, 2010

Thursday, 3^rd March, 2011

Incoming First Year Notice

Invitation

All incoming First Years are invited to a tour of Castletroy College on Wednesday, 2^nd June, 2010. at 3.30 p.m.

Reminder

Any student who has an exemption from Irish must send in a copy of the Irish Exemption Form issued by the primary school  as soon as possible (Please ignore this notice if already received)

Second Hand School Book Sale (Buy & Sell)

Monday, 28^th June, 2010

Time: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

General Purpose Area – Castletroy College 

(Remember to bring your book list)

School Jacket/PE Gear

School Jacket/PE Gear will be on sale on the following dates and times

 Monday, 28^th June, 2010 – 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Tuesday, 29^th June, 2010 – 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Hockey & Rugby Kits

Are you interested in joining the above sports – an extra cost for a full sports kit

which has to be worn when playing on school teams for matches

Rugby/Hockey Kit including gear bag approximately €120

Kits available from September/October

Math Resources Online

There are many excellent sources of e-learning materials online. Finding the appropriate one is a challenge however some people do this for you. “Mr Kendall recommends” is the name of an excellent edublog which provides appropriate links for maths at secondary school.

The blog is dedicated to giving students (and their parents) quick access to the digital resources he uses during class time. Visit the blog for resources to help you with maths.
Vist the blog at: http://tkendall.edublogs.org/

Ul CyberCamp

Do you want Greenfoot? Would you like to know what Greenfoot is or do you need to Scratch? Is this making any sense to you? If you want to know more then why not attend the UL CyberCamp.

The aim of the camp is to give students the opportunity to learn, use and experience new technology in a fun and engaging way. During the camp, students will work in teams to build their own games, animations or music projects, build their own websites, construct and program robots and solve problems.

When?

The dates for the camps are as follows:

• Camp 1: beginning the 14th of June for 3 days
• Camp 2: beginning the 21th of June for 3 days
• Camp 3: beginning the 28th of June for 3 days

Each day is scheduled from 09:30 – 16:30.

Cost: €75

For full information and details go to http://www.csis.ul.ie/cybercamp/index.html 

OK what is Greenfoot?

Greenfoot is a framework for creating graphical demonstrations using the Java programming language that is suitable for novice programmers. While Greenfoot supports the full Java language, it is especially useful for programming exercises that have a visual element. In Greenfoot, object visualisation & object interaction are key elements. Your imagination is the limit from a space shooter game to a graphical demonstration of how ant colonies search out food to understanding the characteristics of sound waves. See http://www.greenfoot.org/ for more details.

Junior Golf Ireland

Junior Golf Ireland has organised with Castletroy Golf Club for twenty 1st and 2nd year students from Castletroy College to take part in a ten week Introduction to Golf programme. The girls are getting golf lessons in Castletroy Golf Club, a session at unigolf and pitch and putt. A gala day is to be held in May for all schools in Munster taking part in the pro-gramme, so watch this space…

Campus Development

 The fencing at the rear of the school is now completed and the contractors have returned to complete the drainage and development of the two pitches. We expect to be able to play a limited number of matches on our pitches next year.