Department of Education Response Plan - School Opening 2020/2021
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Buíochas 2020 by The Comp

Class of 2020

This video is dedicated to The Comp Class of 2020. We will celebrate and reminisce together when it is safe to do so. The memories you have left us with will linger in the corridors and classrooms of the school for years to come. Please be proud of all that you have accomplished and know that you will always be welcomed back here to The Comp in the future.
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Simon community - stationery packs 

The Simon Community are continuing to support those in hardship by providing stationery packs to those in need. These packs can be applied for by filling out the form below and the school will send you the form needed. Please see the poster for further details. You can apply below under the strictest confidence.
Department of Education Response Plan - School Opening 2020/2021
Please click on the button below to see the latest information regarding the return to school as issued by the Department of Education.

A message from minister foley

Condolences

​It is with great sadness that we inform our school community that our former colleague, Ms. Bernie Ruane, has passed away after a short illness.

We extend our heartfelt sympathy to her husband, her sons and her extended family and friends.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

POP ART EXHIBITION
​We are delighted to announce another online exhibition coming soon to The Comp. Each year our 1st year artists hold an exhibition in conjunction with Clare County Library and show their work within our community over a number of weeks. This year it has moved to an online forum and a video exhibition will be launched with the details below. We would urge you to support the artistic endeavours of our talented students. Please mark yourself as attending! We look forward to having you attend from June 1st. Well done to all involved.

Safer internet day Awards

​Our TY Digital Media class were delighted when they recently found out that they had been shortlisted in the Best Use of Social Media category for the Safer Internet Day Awards 2020. We can now confirm that they have been given a highly commended award in this category. Our students ran a great campaign here on our social media and we are very proud of all they have accomplished. A big thank you to all our followers here for interacting with and supporting our campaign. Well done! Webwise Ireland

musical awards

We are so proud of everybody involved in our production of Legally Blonde. Well done to all those nominated for the StageWise awards. Congrats to:
Cathal for winning Best Actor!
Sally for winning Best Actress!
Sally for winning Rising Star!
We also came in 2nd place for Best Overall Show!
It’s an amazing achievement to win these. Wow, wow, wow!! Fantastic work everybody!!!!! 👍🙌🎼😊 #NoShowLikeACompShow #CompStyle #Proud #TeamEffort #MadAboutMusicals

CONGRATS TO THE 2020 TYS

We have created a presentation to highlight just some of the experiences that our Transition Year students had throughout the 2019/2020 school year. Today would have seen them joining their families in our library to graduate and reminisce about the year they had together. We hope this slideshow shows you some of the high points of the year. Well done to all our 2020 TYs! We’ll celebrate together when it’s safe to do so. Click here to view:
https://www.stpatrickscomprehensive.ie/transition-year.html

Young environmentalist awards

​A massive well done to all those involved in the #YEA2020 ECO-UNESCO awards. It has been a fantastic #EcoWeek2020 and we were delighted to hear that #CompGoesGreen were amongst the runners up in the Waste category. Well done on having made such a dramatic change for the better within our school environment. You will always be heroes in our eyes.

End of year schedule

SID AWARDS 2020 - FINALISTS IN BEST SOCIAL MEDIA

​A massive well done to our TY Digital Media group who have been shortlisted as finalists in the Safer Internet Day Awards 2020.
They spearheaded a great online campaign starting with an infographic created from a survey with our first years and ending in a presentation to all our 1st years on internet safety. They documented all of this on our social media channels. We are very lucky to have a strong social media following as it is but these students ran a great campaign and we are very proud of them for reaching the finals. We may not be able to go to Facebook HQ for a ceremony this year but this is still a great achievement. We look forward to the results! Well done all!

Vote for People's Choice - young environmentalist award

Our TY #CompGoesGreen students need your help!
They are finalists in this years Young Environmentalist Award and if we get enough votes here could win the People’s Choice Award. We know how amazing our followers are so please follow these steps and vote for us.

Click on the link here. Ours is the last entry 151 (little icon in bottom right to get to it faster). You must enter ref code 2020-451 to vote for us. We really appreciate your help! ECO-UNESCO

https://sway.office.com/yvtS0XhyU50pUciy?ref=Link

Award Nominees

We are immeasurably proud in the Comp today having just received the fantastic news that our school musical, Legally Blonde, staged last December, was nominated for a whopping 11 awards.  
74 schools took part in this new awards scheme which recognises excellence in secondary school musical productions.  To be nominated in so many categories is a real testament to the calibre of show produced by the school. 
Such an endeavour could not happen without the collaboration of the entire school population. 
We would like to commend our incredibly talented and hardworking students, both on and off stage who gave such  commitment to this production, our staff who selflessly volunteered their time and expertise in many different areas and our past pupils, and loyal Comp friends, particularly Aidan, Karen, Laura and Carmel who went ‘above and beyond’ to ensure that our students had the experience of a lifetime, one which they will treasure for many years to come. ​

Young environmentalist award

Congrats to our #CompGoesGreen students who have made it through to the national finals of the Young Environmentalist Award. Their campaign to go plastic free here in The Comp has brought them to the final. Well done all!

Update on State Exam Fees

​Leaving Certificate Fees: The closing date for payment of the Leaving Cert examination fee is being extended until after the exams are complete and the results has issued.
 
Junior Certificate/Cycle Fees : Students will not be required to pay an examination fees to the SEC in relation to the 2020 Junior Cycle examinations, the SEC will be issuing a refund to all students who have already paid.  There is no need to contact the State Examinations Commission as refunds will be made automatically.  Further details will be sent to all schools in the coming days.

Latest Junior Cycle Updates

Please find the latest information available regarding the Junior Cycle Exams. There will be further information outlining the school's approach after the Board of Management meeting on Tuesday next week.

Open Letter from the Student Council

School Transport Application - SEN 

School Transport Refunds

​Ministers announce school transport arrangements - Refunds to be issued to families at end of school year. https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2020-press-releases/PR20-04-24.html
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and the Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan have announced that families will receive refunds for school transport fees for periods of schools’ closures. The payments will issue at the end of the school year once the exact period of closures is confirmed.

Art Packs

Our amazing Art Dept have been working all week getting emergency art packs together for any of our art students that find they are running short or forgot to bring their supplies home with them in March. We have left them at 3 drop off points to be collected by an adult only, this can be parent/guardian /relation etc...
They collection points are:
1-Texaco-Shannon
2-Crowe’s shop-Sixmilebridge
3-Halpin’s garage & service station - Newmarket-on-fergus
Again a gentle reminder that these are emergency packs only so please don’t collect one if you are not short of supplies.
Art speaks where words are unable to explain.

Stress Control Programme

​The HSE have a Stress Control programme that is being provided free online.  The programme is for adults, but under 18 year olds are encouraged to participate with their parents.  It may be a useful programme for Leaving Certificate students and/or their parents to access for support at this time.  Details are attached.   It has started already, but the first session can still be accessed on line.
More details can be found here: https://stresscontrol.org/ and the link to the YouTube introductory video is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_BKErJ_jlSQHKFtHPCRmEctDtcNCCowB

Jigsaw Webinar

How can you help young people deal with school and exam related anxiety during this time? Jigsaw clinicians are running a webinar for parents at 8 pm, Monday, 20 April. Free registration here ➡️ https://loom.ly/C7GO0t8

Survey - National Parents Council Post Primary

The Council would like to ask for the parents voice on the changes announced. We would appreciate it if you could send this email to parents asking for their views.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TSBKPBQ 

BComm Convention

The annual BComm convention (due to take place on April 22nd in UCC) is now moving on-line.  This online convention will involve a series of interviews with current students, graduates, employers and academic staff providing insight of the career benefits and innovative features of UCC’s redesigned BComm. The  interviews will be recorded over the coming weeks and will provide you with the YouTube link of our first virtual interview on April 22nd so that students can still benefit from the content, but at their own convenience.

School Transport Scheme

​Post-Primary School Transport Schemes, applications for School Transport for the 2020/2021 school year are currently open and can be accessed online at www.buseireann.ie/schooltransport .  The closing date for applications is Friday 24th April 2020.

Free webinars

Studio 3 on https://www.studio3.org/ are providing free weekly webinars on how to support behaviour management for parents and teachers. The next one is on April 7th on low arousal approaches in learning environments and behaviour management within a whole school approach. There is one on April 15th from international Autism expert Peter Vermeulen on ‘should I tell my child they have autism and how’. Teachers and parents may find these interesting and beneficial and if one is missed it is available at a later date from https://www.studio3.org/free-webinars.  The website contains a wealth of resources in terms of articles and podcasts on a range of topics related to supporting well-being.

Condolences

It is with great sadness that we offer our condolences to Principal Mary Costello on the passing of her father Pat.
We extend our sympathies also to Pat's wife Rita, his son and daughters and to his extended family, particularly Clíodhna and Christopher.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
We would like to express our sincere sympathies to former principal Margaret O'Connell, her husband Tomás, brothers Dáire and Gearóid, wife Lorraine and daughter Moya on the untimely passing of son, brother, husband and father Sean.
The thoughts and prayers of past and present members of our school community are with Sean's family and friends at this difficult time.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. 

Middletown Course Postponed

Middletown Centre for Autism courses scheduled for March are to be postponed until further notice.

Young Social Innovators

​Congratulations to our Young Social Innovators in TY who last week won the award for best song at the Munster Regional Final of the Speak Out competition. Teams from across Munster pitched their inspiring ideas for social change in front of a panel of judges. Our team have been researching Type 1 diabetes. They have been encouraging people to become more aware of the condition and will continue to do so in the coming weeks. Well done all! Young Social Innovators Follow their Instagram: @blindconsumption2020.

Photography Workshop

​A huge thank you to past pupil Brian from Impressions Photography Ireland for coming along to his old stomping ground yesterday to do a workshop with our Comp-Pix Club. Our students were fascinated by all Brian had to say and learnt lots from his time with us. They were particularly enamoured with the practical aspect of taking and editing photos. We are truly grateful to Brian for taking time out to talk to us and working with us for the afternoon.

Shannon Credit Union

Shannon Credit Union have asked us to share this with you so please see the details below.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2020

Our Seachtain na Gaeilge activities began on Friday with a Tráth na gCeist for the 2nd years and will continue until our Lá Glas on the 13th of March.

Student Enterprise Regional Finals

​Well done to all students who took part in the TY Student Enterprise Regional Finals today in the West County. Massive congratulations to Jack who placed 1st in the Craft category with his company Jack’s Craft and Cards. Congratulations to Comptastic Water Bottles who placed 3rd in the retail category. Student Enterprise Programme

PE-XPO

Well done to our 5th yr LCPE students who competed in the annual PE-XPO Ireland competion in DCU.

Photography Club Fundraiser

​We are delighted to announce a new collaboration between our Comp-Pix Photography Club and the Love Shannon Group who have encouraged us in this project. Our club are fundraising towards our ‘Home Sweet Home’ photography exhibition which will celebrate Shannon and our surrounding areas. We have created a ‘magnetic postcard’ featuring photos of Shannon. The postcard has been designed to showcase the beauty we have around us here and our hope is that it will sit proudly on fridges in homes and businesses throughout the town and perhaps further afield.
We commend our students on how they have captured the beauty that is our town. We hope that you can help support this venture. Each magnetic postcard will cost €5 and goes towards the exhibition, camera equipment and a fund raising money for a celebration screen in the canteen to highlight all our students accomplish. Postcards will be on sale from Thursday.

Debating Club

​We were delighted with the turnout at our newly formed ‘Debating Club’ on Wednesday. This new club will continue each week on a Wednesday between 3.20pm and 4.20pm in room 15. There is still plenty of time to join the club and we would encourage students to join in, take part and speak up!

Senior Cycle Options Evening

​We are looking forward to welcoming people to The Comp once again for our Senior Cycle Options Evening tonight. We will have lots of information at hand for those moving into the senior part of their journey here.

European Model Council Debate

Well done to our students on a great effort at the European Model Council Debate in Dublin today. They made some valuable points in representing Malta and the Chair of the debate MEP Barry Andrews noted this at the end. He also praised our students for forming alliances with 3 other member states showing unity and demonstrated a political necessity when notably many others didn’t. Also a big thanks to their enthusiastic supporters in the audience waving their Malta flags whenever an opportunity arose.

Climate Change Talk

The Student Council and Green Schools committee had a Climate Change Talk in the school library on Monday. The talk was facilitated by the NYCI and presented by Valery Molay, a Climate action officer with the NYCI. It was most informative and gave our students a lot to think about when endeavoring to strike out as young policy contributors.

SEAI Regional Final Winners

A massive congrats to our TYs from the #CompGoesGreen initiative and their teacher Ms. Hayes on winning the regional finals of the SEAI #onegoodidea competition. To say they have accomplished a lot here in our school is an understatement and we are incredibly proud of all that they have achieved to date. There is still more to come from this passionate group and we look forward to seeing them compete in the finals in Dublin this April. Well done everyone! 

Young Social Innovators

Our TYs are taking part in the Young Social Innovators this year. One of our groups ‘Shape your mind to shape your Future’ wanted to brighten the day for 1st years by making them smile! Their messages of positivity and love were shared on the lockers today as a gesture to show that something small can really make someone’s day. Thank you TYs! 

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