Year: 2013

10th March 2013

[easyrotator]erf_65_1351094989/erf_75_1359156379/erc_64_1362949162[/easyrotator] DEAR – Wed 6th of Mar In celebration of World Book Week we ran our second ever DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) event on Wed 6th Mar. In addition to teaching staff it was also supported by auxiliary staff who joined Fr Moloney and Mr Shalvey’s Element’s English class in the library. The other…read article

4th March 2013

Stand back delegates and diplomats of the world here come the Clongowes Wood College Model United Nations delegation. , were poised to take the Wesley College Model United Nations 2013 by storm. The MUN provides an opportunity for young students to represent allocated countries at a forum or setting modelled on the real United Nations…read article

4th March 2013

 In celebration of World Book Week, a D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) event is being organised by the James Joyce Library. On Wed 6th of March the normal timetable will be dropped at 10.30am when students and staff will read books, magazines or newspapers of their own choosing. The success of a similar event last…read article

21st February 2013

[embedplusvideo height=”399″ width=”660″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/D4BrfLoIyPw?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=D4BrfLoIyPw&width=660&height=399&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep6769″ /] Once again the Clongowes trad music group entertained the local community in Connolly’s of Ballagh on Tuesday evening last. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.Heslin, Mr.Noel Mason and Mr.Stephen O’Hara, the group played for over two hours, entertaining the locals and some staff.  The trad group have gone from…read article

21st February 2013

Clongowes face St. Michael’s in the quarter final of this year’s Leinster Senior Cup at Donnybrook, K.O. 4pm, Friday 22nd Feb.

18th February 2013

8th February 2013

What better way to start the new year than with a celebration of some of the finest cross country athletes in the province? With over 1200 athletes competing, the South Lenister Schools’ Cross Country Championship is one of Lenister’s biggest running events of the year. Runners from over 80 schools, from the budding amateur to…read article

8th February 2013

Mid-Term Break at the end of class today. Enjoy the rest!

7th February 2013

CLONGOWES PRIDE TO THE FORE IN DONNYBROOK The first round of the Junior Cup is a terrific occasion. For any Clongowes team, running out onto Donnybrook’s hallowed turf when faced by all those you represent sets the heart racing and gets the adrenalin pumping. The pitch, the crowds and the striped socks are all novel…read article

5th February 2013

On Tuesday, the 29th of January, the students of Grammar travelled to the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin to research their action project. For the Junior Certificate, each religion class must produce a journal on a certain topic. Topics included: “A profile on the founder of a major world religion” and “features of a…read article