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Well done to all students who participated in the Cavan Schools Junior Badminton competition in Virginia College. Special congratulations to Killian Kent and Razvan Bogdan who finished runners-up in the final.

As part of the Geography Junior Certificate Curriculum students examine two case studies on industry. We choose Gyproc Saint-Gobain as an example of a heavy industry and Butler’s Choclates as an example of a light industry. On Tuesday we were delighted to welcome Mr. Paul Whelan, Head of Human Resources to Coláiste Dún an Rí to speak to students about Gyproc Saint Gobain.

On Wednesday students had the opportunity to visit Butlers Choclate factory. These activities were of huge benefit to students as they learned about inputs, processes and outputs and factors which affect the location of an industry.

January 11th proved to be a proud day for Coláiste Dún an Rí as eight students and thier teacher Ms Hickey began their participation in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2017. The school is deligted to have a total of six projects in the final stages of the competion and we congratulate all involved.

From left to right: Ella Sexton, Shanice Meegan, Emily Dickson, Lucy Fitzsimons, Avan McCaul, Mark Byrne, Evan O'Reilly, Oisin Blake and Ms Lorraine Hickey (Science Teacher).

As part of our Home Economics, Geography and Business syllabi, all First Year students at Coláiste Dun attended a tour to Butlers Chocolate Factory in Dublin on 30th November. This tour was very beneficial to students across the three subjects. Home Economics students saw the food industry in action and all that this entails e.g. the processing of raw ingredients, the manufacturing of food, HACCP, health and safety, hygiene protocols, packaging and marketing. Geography students have studied secondary economic activities looking at inputs, processes and outputs. The tour provided students with an example of a light industry and they saw the inputs, processes and outputs of an industry in action. Business students had the opportunity to see how a business is run and all that is involved in running a business.

On the run up to Christmas students from the school choir accompanied by their Music teacher, Ms.O'Reilly, took to the street to join the festivities in the town. They gathered outside Bank of Ireland in the centre of the town to sing a variety of Christmas Carols. Many of the public who passed by complimented the excellent singing and good behavior of the students. The aim of the Christmas caroling, aside from spreading the festive cheer, was to raise funds for our extra-curricular programme in the school. The public supported this generously in there donations with Bank of Ireland donating €500 from thier Community Fund to the school. We are overjoyed by the support we received from Bank of Ireland and  the community and would like to take this opportunity to thank your for your continued support.

On Thursday the 22nd of December all staff and students met in the canteen before we split up for the Christmas holidays. Over the course of the year students have been working very hard in class and completing work to a high standard. There were some students in particular who stood out as they continued to show an excellent standard of work on a daily basis. The staff decided that this effort should be awarded as it is this standard that epitomises the expectations of the school. Below are some of our students presented with awards by their class tutor.

Some individual subject awards were also handed out to students who had excelled at the subject since september.

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