Poetry slam in Longford Library
Last Tuesday, first year students attended a poetry slam in Longford library, with Australian poet Tracey O’Callaghan. Tracey performed poetry from her new collection ‘Brains, Balls and Banter’. The themes explored in her poetry were very diverse and relatable to our students. Some of the students even took part in an ‘improv’ performance, where 5 students stood and gave a random word to Tracey which she performed a poem on the spot with the chosen word! Thank you to Longford Library, and councillor Seamus Butler who also attended the poetry slam.
Robotics & Art
The robotics club and art club have linked up to collaborate in making display boards for the robotics competitions which will take place in the coming weeks. Students from the art club and robotics club brainstormed ideas, with the students from robotics informing the art student of their robots and what the project entailed. Both clubs are sharing creativity and innovation, with the display boards coming together nicely. Looking forward to seeing the end result. Thank you to Mr. Counihan, Mr. Rabbitt (Robotics), Ms. Connell and Ms. McGuinness (Art) for working with the lads.
Regional VEX Robotics Competition
We were delighted to host the Regional VEX Robotics Competition today at St Mel’s College It was a fantastic day of innovation, teamwork, and problem-solving. Well done to all the students from the various schools who took part.The St Mel's Robotics team took home the prize for Best Robot Design on the day. This award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in engineering and presentation. A big thank you from the team to all the students and staff who dropped by to show their support! Thank you to Siobhán Greally and Longford County Council for their continued support of STEM education in the Midlands and to everyone who helped make the day such a success.
Feachtas Óg Tráth na gceist
Well done to the 12 boys that took part in Feachtas Óg Tráth na gciest in Mullingar this evening. Comhghairdeas to the four boys who came in first place and now qualify for the national final later in the year. The team consists of Seán Ginty, Liam Maguire, Kyle Richardson agus Harry Campbell. Maith sibh!
1st & 2nd Year Basketball League
We had great success in the 1st and 2nd year Basketball league games yesterday against Rochfortbridge. The 1st years worked very hard and showed great determination to win by a score of 33-13. The 2nd years had a very close contest where they had to work to the bitter end to win by on a scoreline of 39-36. Well done to both teams and their coaches. The lads are out again next week against Tullamore.
St Brigid’s Crosses
Thank you to Ms. Kavanagh for making St Brigid’s crosses with our 1st year students today during their Irish class. It was a wonderful way to celebrate St Brigid’s Day and learn about our rich Irish heritage.