St Nessans Community College - Welcome to Limerick - The Gathering 2013

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Mr. Sean Kelly MEP visits St. Nessan's Community College: Our Student Council recently provided Mr. Sean Kelly MEP with a guard of honour when he paid a Visit to the School. Mr. Kelly also met our international students and representatives from a number of class groups.

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St Nessan's U17's Team Photo: Team photo of St. Nessan's u17's who reached the North Munster Final 2013 with their new kit.

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Nessan's Newsletter April Edition 2013: Despite the early hour, there was a real sense of excitement in the air as the coach left St Nessan’s on Saturday morning at 2.30am ,packed to the hilt with 5TH Years and their class tutors, all ready to partake in the Pieta House “Darkness into Light” run/walk.The aim of Pieta House is to help people get ...

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Nessan's Newsletter March Edition 2013: What a fabilous edition of French Week once again! I think we should have named this fourth edition - Stay calm and love France!!

First of all!! I was really amazed at the involvemment of students this year to help give a fabulously lively GPA area.

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U17's team through to the North Munster Final 2012/13: St Nessan’s u17’s soccer team came through a tough semi – final match against Cholaiste Chairain from Croom to book their place in the North Munster Final.

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Magical World Book Day with Leon Anderson at St.Nessan's CC: On Wednesday 6^thMarch, St Nessan’s Community College celebrated World Book Day in a very magical way.World Book Day is the biggest celebration of books and reading ever mounted in Ireland.

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Novelist Bob Burke visits St. Nessan's: Another highlight from World Book Day was the visit by renowned local writer from Crecora, author & novelist Bob Burke whose novels and short stories are nationally and internationally acclaimed. He is widely sought after for readings and workshops here in Ireland. He is a writer of teenage fiction and his books...

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Nessan's News February Edition 2013: A group of Transition Year students from St. Nessan’s Community College who are participating in the F1 in schools challenge today at The University of Limerick with great success on Wednesday the 27th of February.

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Welcome to Limerick - The Gathering 2013: St Nessan's Community College transition year students qualify for the Regional Finals of the Short Film Competition for 2nd level Transition Year students.

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U19's friendly ends in a draw: St. Nessan's took on Colaiste Chiarain in an U19's friendly on Friday the 1st of March. It was a evenly contested match, which was reflected in the scoreline of 3 - 3. Ross Bowen scored twice for St. Nessan's with Jason O Callaghan grabbing the other.

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F1 Competition at University of Limerick: Students from St. Nessan's participated in the F1 competition in University of Limerick and it was a worthwhile visit as Blazing Bullets won fastest car in the region and qualified for the National finals.

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Read All About It.: Literacy and putting pen to paper is very much alive at St. Nessan's Community College where over 85 students recently entered the Darren Shan Zombie Writing Competition.

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An Ull Orga - The Golden Apple: On the 1st of February 2012 , sculptor Rachel Joynt came to St. Nessan’s C.C to start a project with the 5th year group. Rachel introduced a short presentation on her previous public art projects.

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St. Nessan' Newsletter January Edition 2013: We are a group of Transition Year students from St. Nessan’s Community College who are participating in the F1 in schools challenge. We are delighted to see our hard work in research and preparation for our project plan has paid off as 2 teams from the school have successfully qualified for the Regional Finals Stage of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, powered in Ireland by Irish Computer Society.

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St. Nessan's Newsletter December Edition 2012: Leaving Certificate Applied 1. Work Placement ProgrammeOur Leaving Certificate Applied 1 Students have just returned from a very successful two week work placement which began on the 19th November and finished on the 30th November 2012.

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St. Nessan's News November Edition 2012: I knew a girl that was bullied, once in primary school and once in secondary school. The first time, she was in fifth class and the sixth class girls began calling her names, “swat” “Geek”, “Teachers pet”. Every day she had to listen to the same thing over and over again.

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St. Nessan's progress in the John Murphy Cup: St. Nessan’s progressed to the last 16 of the John Murphy Cup as group winners after a convincing 5 - 1 victory over St. Ailbe’s. Nessan’s were quick out of the blocks and Sean Kelly made sure their quick start was rewarded when he scored a superb goal to open his account for the day after 10 minutes.

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St. Nessan's Newsletter October Edition 2012: Our Leaving Certificate Applied Students are just completing a very successful two week work placement which began on the 15th October and finished on the 26th October. Work Placement is a vital and compulsory part of the Vocational Preparation & Guidance Course in LCA.

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St. Nessan's Newsletter September Edition 2012: It is a case of best foot forward for the new school year at St Nessan’s Community College as they raised the school’s first Green Flag today, Wednesday, 5th September 2012. Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Marie Byrne was on hand to join in the celebrations at the Green Flag raising ceremony. Students, staff and invited guests were in attendance for this joyous proud occasion.

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St. Nessan's Yearbook 2012: St. Nessan's Yearbook 2012

In order to have friendship, you must look past the colour to the soul, because within the soul lies a rainbow of many colours.

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St. Nessan's Newsletter May Edtion: Arriving at the same time in a foreign country and in a new school for my first concrete working experience was a big deal for me. At first a terrifying undertaking, my stay in Ireland turned out to be one of the most enriching experience in my life. I was sent to St Nessan’s Community College...

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St. Nessan's Newsletter April Edition 2012: Three students from our school beat 25 other teams to the chequered flag at the recent F1 in Schools Technology Challenge in Dublin. Team Mustang – made up of fifth year students Dylan Graham, Liam Gavin and Rafat Zakrzewski – won the Best Sponsorship and Marketing Award at the national finals in Griffith College Dublin.

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Nessan's Newsletter March Edition 2012: Once again this year St Nessan’s Community College celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge. The Art department in the very capable hands of Ms. Murphy (Mile Bhuiochas duit) helped to put the finishing touches on our banner.

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F1 in Schools Success

Three of our teams competed in the F1 in Schools Regional Finals held in Cork IT on the 22^ndof March 2012. It was a great achievement to get this far as it is a very popular competition which attracts teams from schools all around Ireland.

St. Nessan's Newsletter February 2012: On Friday the 2nd of March St. Nessan’s Community College celebrated World Book Day in style. World Book Day is the biggest celebration of books and reading ever mounted in Ireland...

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St. Nessan's Newsletter January 2012: Our Transition Year Students are currently on their two weeks work placement in the Community. We are indebted to the employers who are giving them a chance to see what goes on in the Work Place. This is an integral part of Transition Year and would not be possible without the good will of our friends in the Community...

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St. Nessan's Newsletter December 2011: TY students were involved in a Drama Workshop on Monday 5th, 9-3.30pm. This was facilitated by PAUL Partnership. This was a great opportunity for the students to dip into and sample some acting, role play, dialogue, various character roles, staging and setting and they brought the whole lot to the stage at 2.55pm...

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St. Nessan's Newsletter November 2011: On Monday 28th November Stephen, Raymond and Nicola from the LCA2 class held a Road Safety Awareness Day as partof their Social Education task. We had ordered over 300 high visibility vests from the Road Safety Authority. We also got booklets, leaflets and brochures from them..

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St. Nessan's Newsletter October 2011: St. Nessan’s Art Students are supporting a Pitch For Shane. Almost three years ago Shane Geoghegan , a young rugby player from Limerick was murdered in a case of mistaken identity. In his memory and in memory of all innocent victims of crime his family are asking people to make a small terracotta figure . These figures will be assembled shoulder to shoulder at an Exhibition in City Hall on the 9th November, the 3rd Anniversary of Shane’s death. Shane’s Aunt visited the school and gave a little talk to students on the project. Each figure is a symbol of peace and our thanks to Ms. Murphy and Ms. Raftery for involving students in this worthwhile project.

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St Nessan's Newsletter September 2011: May I take this opportunity to welcome you all back to St. Nessan’s Community College for the new academic year 2011/2012. In particular I wish to extend a very warm welcome to all 1st Year students. I hope that you all settle in well and join with us in making St. Nessan’s Community College the best school in Limerick. I wish to congratulate our Leaving and Junior Certificate students on their fantastic examination results. All of the hard work has finally paid off. I also wish to thank their teachers who worked so hard to bring them to this level and I hope that our current 6th and 3rd year students will work as hard and match this achievement. Finally, we will continue to strive to provide the best facilities for all staff and students within the college and I hope that you will all make a valuable contribution to the college over the time that you are a student here. Eugene O’Brien, Principal.

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Nessan's Newsletter May Edition 2011: Congratulations to Jennifer Loughman, James Edmonds, Joseph Chan, Fionn Ryan, Shane Nash and Dean Power who have all been awarded certificates for scoring over 80% in all 3 rounds of their IC3 exams.

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Nessan's Newsletter April Edition 2011: Business in the Community is a national programme that links schools with organisations in the community. One of the main aims of the programme is to help students prepare for working in the real world once they leave school.

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Nessan's Newsletter March Edition 2011: St. Nessan’s’ was honoured when the Mayor Cllr. Marie Byrne visited, to launch the project work of the Green Flag Committee “Message in a bottle” The Mayor complimented the Green Flag Committee on their artistic work.

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Nessan's Newsletter February Edition 2011: On Friday the 4th of March St. Nessan’s Community College celebrated World Book Day in style. World Book Day is the biggest celebration of books and reading ever mounted in Ireland. The main aim is to encourage students to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own. Each 1st and 2nd and 3rdYear student received a flip book-2 books in one! Seven specially produced World Book Day books have been published and again O’Mahony’s have generously sent out enough copies of these books for all our 1st and 2nd and 3rd Years. Again this year, there is one title as gaeilge which should keep the Irish Department happy and will be a nice tie-in with Seachtain na Gaeilge/Leabhar Power-two nationwide Irish books celebrations which surround World Book Day.

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Nessan's Newsletter January Edition 2011: We are delighted to announce the second year anniversary of the Nessan’s Newsletter. Over the 2 years, it has gone from strength to strength. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff and students who submit articles monthly to our press team, making the newsletter an enjoyable read for all. We would also like to thank Mr. O’Brien for his ongoing support and encouragement. The newsletter reflects just a portion of the magnificent work that goes on in St. Nessan’s throughout the academic year. We hope our readers continue to enjoy the monthly editions , and continue to submit articles each month.

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F1 in Schools

Well done to our F1 team that received top prize for the best website in the National Finals which were held in Griffith College Dublin on the 7th April 2011. Team Cheetah comprised of Angelique Coughlan, Grainne Hackett, Shannon O’Neill, Danielle Quinn, Ellen Tobin-Hogan and Emma Roche. A special mention should also go to Mr. Doody who has put in a lot of time and effort over the past 6 months. Click link to view the winning site http://cheetahf1.wordpress.com/

10 December 2010
Nessan's Newsletter December Edition 2010: The L.I.T. Christmas fair in aid of St. Vincent De Paul is an experience everyone one should have al least once. On Thursday the 9th of December, the second year students braved the elements and headed for L.I.T. On Main Street L.I.T they experienced a winter wonderland of stalls and activities such as a bake sale, guess the balloons in the car, raffle for a hamper, Mrs. Clause Grotto and Waxing to name but a few.

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05 November 2010
Nessan's Newsletter November Edition 2010: Thursday evening the 25th of November saw this years preliminary round of the Mental Health Ireland Public Speaking Project kick off. There were four teams participating, St. Enda’s Community School, An Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, Ard Scoil Ris and St. Nessan’s .

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08 October 2010
Nessan's Newsletter October Edition 2010: On Thursday 21st October 5th and 6th Year Art Students had an enjoyable trip to Dublin. Firstly we visited The National History Museum in Collins Barracks to view the very impressive Irish High Cross Exhibition. Here the students’ sketched and collected as much information as possible about Irish Christian Art, Metalwork, Manuscript Illumination and the High Crosses.

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03 September 2010
Nessan's Newsletter September Edition 2010: May I take this opportunity to welcome you all back to St. Nessan’s Community College for the academic year 2010/2011. In particular I wish to extend a very warm welcome to all 1st Year students. I hope that you all settle in well and join with us in making St. Nessan’s Community College the best school in Limerick.

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Welcome to Limerick - The Gathering 2013

Welcome to Limerick - The Gathering 2013 from Leanne Roche on Vimeo.

Congratulations - you have reached the Regional Finals of the Short Film Competition for 2nd Level Transition Year Students.

Your application has been selected by a panel of adjudicators as one of the top 11 entries for the South West Region. This region Region generally comprises Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Clare, North Tipperary - congratulations on this fantastic achievement for you and for your school.

The Regional Final will take place as follows:

Date : Wednesday 6th March

Venue : Springfort Hall Country House Hotel, Mallow, Co Cork

Time : 6.30 pm - 8.30 p.m