Month: January 2019

Galway National Aquarium Workshop!

Thanks to Galway National Aquarium for facilitating a fantastic day for transition years discussing Dolphins and Whales around Ireland and the impact of Marine Litter!

RTE All-Ireland Drama Festival -Young Playwright Competition

Six Transition Year students recently took part in the RTE All-Ireland Drama Festival -Young Playwright Competition, for which they each composed a one-act play. They will attend the awards ceremony in Athlone in April. They are pictured below with their participation certificates.  

Secret Santa Donation to Irish Cancer Society

Pictured below are a group of first year students presenting the proceeds of Secret Santa fundraiser they held recently! Well done to Ms. Lee and her class! A fantastic cause! Pictured with Lorraine Gallagher from the Irish Cancer Society!

Galway GAA Star Shane Walsh visits PCH!

The grand opening of our school bank took place today! Special Guest was Shane Walsh (Not forgetting our own ever present special guest Galway Senior Selector Mr. Conlon)! Photos below! Well done Ms. Lee on all the hard work that goes into this!  

Amy Halligan represents Connacht LGFA

Congrats to LC student Amy Halligan who represented Connacht LGFA, and indeed our school, with distinction last Saturday last! Amy is pictured below on the right! Full Squad below: The Connacht LGFA PPS squad that will play in the Interprovincial this Saturday in Kinnegad. We wish the Team and the Management the very best of […]

School Events Week Commencing 28th January 2019

Monday 21st Jan LC Link Modules – Recorded Interview Tuesday 22nd Jan LC Link Modules – Recorded Interview Wednesday 23rd Jan Junior Rugby – Away Galway National Aquarium, Oceans and Sustainability Workshop (TY) Thursday 24th Jan School Connaught Cross Country(Atheltics) U15 Soccer v Castlebar Friday 25th Jan First and Second Year Basketball

Fifth Years trade in Bonds!

Please see below pictures of some 5th Year Business and Economics students enjoying a bond trader event in the Clayton Hotel. Well done to Ms. Lee for arranging this fantastic opportunity for our students!

New STEAM Club launching

A new club for those interested in science, technology, engineering, art and maths will launch tomorrow, 25th January at lunch time in room 29. Anyone interested in taking part in science, technology or maths based competitions such as the BT Young Scientist or SciFest@College or even those with an interest in exploring these areas outside […]

Giving Tree Appeal

Pictured below are students from 3D and 3E that as part of the Action Project, ran a fundraiser for Saint Vincent de Paul called the Giving Tree Appeal where people could donate presents worth 10 euro or less to give to SVP who would then donate it to a child/adult in need for Christmas. Well […]

Poetry in Motion: LC Poet Visits PCH!

On January 23rd, 5th year English students welcomed Swinford-born poet, Martin Dyar to the school to deliver workshops on poetry, creativity and literary criticism, focusing on approaching the challenge of Leaving Certificate Poetry. Martin’s poem ‘Death and the Post Office’ is on the prescribed Leaving Cert syllabus for 2020 and the students enjoyed a deep-dive into the poem’s […]