Including Everyone, Inspiring All to Succeed

Ju nior P ri ze gi vi n g

Cere m o n yThursday 20th June 2019

St Ciaran’s CollegeColáiste Naomh Ciarán

Dear Pupils, Parents, Teachers and Support Staff,

Welcome to our Key Stage 3 Prize Giving ceremony which celebrates our pupils journey from Year 8 to Year 10. I extend a special word of welcome to our special guest Mr Damien McDonald who is a past pupil of our school.

I hope that since your child joined St Ciaran’s in September 2016 their experience has been in line with our mission statement:

As a Catholic school community St Ciaran’s College provides high quality, holistic education for all our pupils so that they can develop their full uniqueness and potential, in a climate of mutual respect, support, challenge and celebration.

I would like to thank our teachers and support staff for their commitment, energy and dedication to providing the highest quality education and having such an impact on the development of the whole child both in and outside the classroom.

Parents, I would also like to thank you for your support because the positive partnership between home and school makes a major contribution to your child’s overall progress.As the pupils now enter another phase on their educational journey we look forward to supporting them and helping them to build on their achievements to date.

PRINCIPAL20th June 2019

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O rder of P r o ceedi n g s

Welcome and Introduction – Mrs M. Carron, Assistant Principal Curriculum

Principal’s Address – Mr P. Lavery, Principal

Certificates for completion of Key Stage 3 Programmes of Study – Presentation by

Form Teachers

Attendance Awards – Presentation by Mrs N. Muldoon

Merit Awards – Presentation by Mr N. Halligan

Subject Awards – Presentation by Mr Damian McDonald

Subject Awards – Presentation by Mr P. Lavery

Sports Awards including Victor Ludorum – Presentation by Miss N. Woods

Guest Speaker – Mr Damian McDonald

Student Council Awards – Presentation by Mr Damian McDonald

Additional Awards acknowledgement – Mr B. Rodgers

Special Awards – Presentation by Mr Damian McDonald

Presentation of gifts – Mr P. Lavery

Closing comment – Mrs M. McCarron

Y e a r 1 0 S t ude n t s 2 0 1 8 -1910DM

Mr D. McCann - Form Teacher

Boylan, SeanClarke, DarrenConey, TiernanGavin, Patraig

Hackett, JosephMaguire, Darragh

McDermott, ShaneMcGarrity, OnanMcKenna, Peter

Mellon, EoinMorgan, ArchieMorrow, Declan

Muldoon, John PaulRafferty, DanielTaggert, Eunan

10FGMrs F. McGirr - Form Teacher

Maguire, EmilyMcAnespie, AliceMcCann, Emily

McCann, Katie RoisMcElroy, TiernanMcElvogue, Aine

McGinn, AnnaMcGirr, Ellen

McHugh, TiernanMcKenna, Ellen

McKernan, DanielMcMenamin, EllieMcVeigh, Hannah

Moore, ConnorMullin, MaireadMullin, Malachy

O’Sullivan, RuairiQuinn, CaitlinQuinn, ChloeQuinn, CiaraQuinn, Conal

Rimkus, DeividasSherry, AineSherry, Cal

Shevlin, CathalTreanor, Nicole

10MKMrs M. Kerr - Form Teacher

Donnelly, BenEllison, AnthonyHegarty, Calvin

Hughes, EllieMcAteer, PatrickMcElroy, James

McGeough, JamesMcKenna, MeganMcSorley, OisinMullin, EamonNicholl, Oisin

10NWMiss N. Woods - Form Teacher

Begley, NiallBell, KayleighCampbell, Neil

Campbell, PeterCanavan, MeabhCarberry, Clara

Conroy, CaoimheDonnelly, Blathnaid

Faulkner, PadraigGoodwin, KatieHackett, Rachel

Hetherington, DaraKelly, AimeeKelly, AliciaKelly, CiaraKelly, JayneKerr, Conor

Kuzaite, MarijaLoughran, EunanLoughran, Patrick

Macherowska, NikolaMarkowska, EvaMcAleer SophiaMcBride, Ronan

McCaul, RyanMcElroy, RyanMeegan, Holly

10RNMrs R. Mellon - Form Teacher

Arthurs, MiaBlevins, Niall

Conroy, JoshuaCorrigan, PatrickCuddy, RebeccaDabrowski, IgorDonaghy, Enda

Donnelly, AdriannaDonnelly, Amy

Donnelly, CathalDouglas, CaitlinErese, Patricia

Falba, WiktoriaFullen, CaoimheHackett, RonanHagan, Joseph

Haughey, ShannonHughes, SeanKane, ConorKelly, Louis

McBride, EmmaMcCaffrey, ConorMcCaffrey, KatieMcCann, Conor

McCarron, KayleighMcGaughey, Dara

10PHMrs P. Hannigan - Form Teacher

Maguire, NiamhMallon, TiernanMcCann, Grace

McDermott, CaitlinMcGarvey, SineadMcGaughey, FionaMcGlinchey, Eoin

McGuigan, ThomasMcGurk, AlanaMcKenna, AineMcVeigh, Jamie

Mellon, ColmMitchell, JoshMoore, Ryan

Morris, JamesMulgrew, Liane

Mullin, SeanMurphy, Ciara

Neill, AaronNugent, Caoimhe

Nugent, CiaranNugent, Lauren

O’Hanlon, JosephO’Neill, NathanO’Neill, OisinO’Neill, Tara

Sweeney, JamesWallace, Oisin

8FGSeptember 2017

8MKSeptember 2017

8NWSeptember 2017

8PHSeptember 2017

8RNSeptember 2017

8SKSeptember 2017

Mr D a mi a n M cD o n a ldGue s t of Ho n o ur

My career with Hasting’s began with a part time job at the Europa Hotel, collecting glasses at functions, parties and events. My knowledge and skills were developed further by the management team at the Europa over several years, to a level where I had a great grasp of food and beverages services. I applied for my first supervisor position, and was appointed Bar Supervisor at the Europa Hotel. My management career quickly developed and I was soon to be appointed Assistant Manager of the Food and Beverage Department. In 2014, I graduated from the University of Ulster, completing a course called the Management Ambassador Programme. This course was developed in partnership with Hastings Hotels and was created to advance future leaders in the hospitality industry. After completing this course, I managed the Food and Beverage Department for several years before assisting with the opening of the new Hasting’s Grand Central Hotel. I helped develop and plan the opening of this project for over two years before becoming the Food and Beverage Manager of their new flagship property.

I am now a competent senior manager within a 5-star hotel, leading a team of over 100 employees. I am responsible for the training and development of the future workforce within our company, as well as ensuring that my team exceed the expectations of the guests who come to visit us.

At t e nd a n ce Awa rd s

One Year’s Full AttendanceRonan Bell (8PC)

Chloe Curran (8PC)Rosie McCabe (8PC)

Daniel McCreedy (8PC)Paul McGinley (8PC)

James McKenna (8PC) Oran Loughran (8KM)Eoin McAnespie (8KM)Eimear McCrory (8KW)

Aimee MCDermott (8KW)Lorcan McGarvey (8KW)Matthew Murray (8KW)

Lily McGee (8KW)Ronan McGarvey (8OG)

Sean Woods (8OG)Molly McDermott (8LA)

Sinead McGinn (8LA)Ben McMenamin (8LA)Connor Meegan (8LA)

Lucy O’Neill (8LA)Eimear Quinn (8LA)Joseph Barr (9CG)

Hannah Hackett (9CG)Padraig Kelly (9CG)Eva Kennedy (9EG)

Dara Mc Ginley (9BM)Callum Ross (9BK)

Kayleigh Bell (10NW)Blathnaid Donnelly (10NW)

Jayne Kelly (10NW)Alice McAnespie (10FG)

Katie Rois McCann (10FG)Colm Mellon (10PH)

Cathal Shevlin (10FG)

Two Year’s Full AttendancePeter Trainor (9BM) Gem O’Neill (9SD)

Katie McGinn (9BM)Aimee Kelly (10NW)

Best Attending Class AwardYear 8 - 8PC Represented by Daniel McCreedyYear 9 - 9BM Represented by Katie McGinn

Year 10 - 10FG Represented by Alice McAnespie

Overall Best Attending Class Award

8PCRepresented by Daniel McCreedy

Meri t Awa rd s

Year 10 Class Merit Winners

10DMOnan McGarrity

Patraig Gavin

10FGAnna McGinn

Cal Sherry

10MKMegan McKennaAnthony Ellison

10NWCaoimhe Conroy

Neil Campbell

10PHSinead McGarvey

Jamie McVeigh

10RNAmy DonnellyNiall Blevins

Top Boy & Girl in Year 8

Nikola Nikolov (8MH)Ciara McCaffrey (8MH)

Top Boy & Girl in Year 9

Ciaran Hughes (9SD)Aimee Bowen (9SD)

Overall Top Boy & Girl in KS3

Anthony Ellison (10MK)Ellie Hughes (10MK)

Subje c t Awa rd sTHE ANNE McGARVEY AWARD FOR KS3 ENDEAVOUR

Students who received the top subject award or the endeavour award in 7 subjects or more

Anthony Ellison (10MK) Ellie Hughes (10MK) Patrick McAteer (10MK) Oisin Nicholl (10MK) Eunan Taggart (10DM) Eoin McGlinchey (10PH) Caitlin McDermott (10PH) Conor Kerr (10NW) Katie Rois McCann (10FG) Cal Sherry (10FG) Niall Blevins (10RN) Wiktoria Falba (10RN)

Top Achieving Top Achieving Award for Boy Girl Endeavour

ART & DESIGN10FG Deividas Rimkus Katie Rois McCann Cal Sherry10RN Niall Blevins Wiktoria Falba Conor McCann10NW Patrick Loughran Aimee Kelly Rachel Hackett10PH Thomas McGuigan Tara O’Neill Sean Mullin10MK Patrick McAteer Ellie Hughes Anthony Ellison10DM Tiernan Coney Darragh Maguire Eunan Taggert

DRAMA10FG Deividas Rimkus Chloe Quinn Cal Sherry10RN Louis Kelly Katie McCaffrey Emma McBride10NW Dara Hetherington Clara Carberry Nikola Macherowska10PH Eoin McGlinchey Caoimhe Nugent Sean Mullin10MK Oisin Nicholl Ellie Hughes James McElroy10DM Onan McGarrity Eoin Mellon

ENGLISH10FG Tiernan McElroy Katie Rois McCann Alice McAnespie10RN Patrick Corrigan Wiktoria Falba Patricia Erese10NW Conor Kerr Blathnaid Donnelly Clara Carberry Rachel Hackett 10PH Eoin McGlinchey Alana McGurk Ciara Murphy Caitlin McDermott 10MK Oisin Nicholl Ellie Hughes Anthony Ellison10DM Patraig Gavin Eunan Taggert Shane McDermott

FRENCH10FG Connor Moore Anna McGinn Alice McAnespie10RN Niall Blevins Wiktoria Falba Amy Donnelly10NW Neil Campbell Blathnaid Donnelly Clara Carberry Nikola Macherowska 10PH Eoin McGlinchey Caitlin McDermott Colm Mellon10MK Patrick McAteer Ellie Hughes James McGeough Anthony Ellison 10DM Peter McKenna Sean Boylan

GEOGRAPHY10FG Ruairi O’Sullivan Katie Rois McCann Ellen McKenna10RN Niall Blevins Wiktoria Falba Amy Donnelly10NW Neil Campbell Rachel Hackett Eva Markowska10PH Eoin McGlinchey Lauren Nugent Jamie McVeigh10MK Oisin Nicholl Ellie Hughes Eamon Mullin10DM Eunan Taggert Declan Morrow

HISTORY10FG Cal Sherry Katie Rois McCann Ellen McKenna10RN Patrick Corrigan Rebecca Cuddy Caoimhe Fullen 10NW Conor Kerr Meabh Canavan Eva Markowska Caoimhe Conroy 10PH Eoin McGlinchey Lauren Nugent Caitlin McDermott10MK Oisin Nicholl Ellie Hughes Patrick McAteer10DM Eunan Taggert Patraig Gavin

HOME ECONOMICS10FG Tiernan McElroy Anna McGinn Hannah McVeigh Ruairi O’Sullivan 10RN Sean Hughes Caitlin Douglas Amy Donnelly10NW Conor Kerr Aimee Kelly Nikola Macherowska Meabh Canavan 10PH Ryan Moore Alana McGurk Sinead McGarvey Jamie McVeigh 10MK Ben Donnelly Megan McKenna James McGeough10DM Eunan Taggert Shane McDermott

ICT10FG Cal Sherry Katie Rois McCann Ellen McKenna10RN Niall Blevins Caitlin Douglas Amy Donnelly Wiktoria Falba 10NW Neil Campbell Alicia Kelly Aimee Kelly10PH Eoin McGlinchey Caitlin McDermott Jamie McVeigh Grace McCann 10MK Oisin Nicholl Ellie Hughes Megan McKenna10DM Onan McGarrity Shane McDermott

IRISH10FG Cal Sherry Ciara Quinn Cathal Shevlin10RN Louis Kelly Wiktoria Falba Patrick Corrigan10NW Neil Campbell Meabh Canavan Caoimhe Conroy10PH Eoin McGlinchey Caitlin McDermott Alana McGurk10DM Joey Hackett Patraig Gavin

MATHS10FG Cal Sherry Katie Rois McCann Ellen McKenna10RN Niall Blevins Wiktoria Falba Amy Donnelly Katie McCaffrey10NW Neil Campbell Alicia Kelly Rachel Hackett10PH Sinead McGarvey Eoin McGlinchey Caitlin McDermott10MK Patrick McAteer Megan McKenna Anthony Ellison10DM Tiernan Coney Eunan Taggert Patraig Gavin

MUSIC10FG Cathal Shevlin Anna McGinn Ellen McKenna Ellie McMenamin Chloe Quinn 10RN Niall Blevins Wiktoria Falba Kayleigh McCarron Ronan Hackett 10NW Conor Kerr Caoimhe Conroy Aimee Kelly10PH James Morris Alana McGurk Sinead McGarvey10MK Anthony Ellison Ellie Hughes Oisin Nicholl10DM Archie Morgan Shane McDermott

RELIGION10FG Cal Sherry Katie Rois McCann Nicole Treanor10RN Sean Hughes Katie McCaffrey Shannon Haughey10NW Conor Kerr Meabh Canavan Caoimhe Conroy Ryan McElroy10PH Ryan Moore Alana McGurk Caoimhe Nugent10MK Anthony Ellison Ellie Hughes Oisin Nicholl Patrick McAteer 10DM Patraig Gavin Shane McDermott Onan McGarrity

SCIENCE10FG Cal Sherry Katie Rois McCann Anna McGinn10RN Conor McCann Wiktoria Falba Niall Blevins10NW Neil Campbell Alicia Kelly Ryan McCaul10PH Eoin McGlinchey Lauren Nugent Sean Mullin10MK Patrick McAteer Ellie Hughes Eamon Mullin10DM Tiernan Coney Eunan Taggert Joseph Hackett

TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN10FG Deividas Rimkus Katie Rois McCann Ellen McKenna10RN Niall Blevins Rebecca Cuddy Patricia Erese10NW Conor Kerr Aimee Kelly Patrick Loughran Meabh Canavan Nikola Macherowska 10PH Jamie McVeigh Caitlin McDermott Sinead McGarvey10MK Anthony Ellison Ellie Hughes Eamon Mullin10DM Eunan Taggert Shane McDermott

Sp ort s Awa rd s Top Achieving Top Achieving Boy Girl 10FG Conal Quinn Ciara Quinn 10RN Cathal Donnelly Emma McBride10NW Conor Kerr Caoimhe Conroy Meabh Canavan10PH Colm Mellon Tara O’Neill10MK Patrick McAteer Ellie Hughes Eamon Mullin 10DM Daniel Rafferty

Endeavour Award Endeavour Award Boy Girl

10FG Deividas Rimkus Emily Maguire10RN Niall Blevins Shannon Haughey10NW Niall Begley Nikola Macherowska10PH Eoin McGlinchey Lauren Nugent10MK Oisin Nicholl Megan McKenna10DM Darragh Maguire

SPORTS DAY VICTOR SPORTS DAY VICTOR LUDORUM GIRL LUDORUM BOY Year 8 Meg Campbell James McKennaYear 9 Aisling Cush Ryan MallonYear 10 Caoimhe Conroy Tiernan McElroy

SCHOOLS ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS E-DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

Eoghan McKenna Yr 8 (6th Place)Caoimhe McCreesh Yr 9 (9th Place)

Year 9 Girls’ Ulster One Wall Handball ChampionsMeabh McKenna

Aisling CushKerri McCrystal Bronagh Farley

A ddi t io n a l Awa rd sBE STRONG ONLINE AMBASSADORS

Sean Hughes 10RN, Katie McCaffrey 10RN, Conor Kerr 10NW, Ronan McBride 10NW, Hannah McVeigh 10FG & Chloe Quinn 10FG

STUDENT COUNCILChloe Quinn 10 FG, Hannah McVeigh 10FG, Katie McCaffrey 10RN, Sean Hughes 10RN,

Ronan McBride 10NW, Conor Kerr 10NW & Jamie McVeigh 10PH

INTERSCHOOLS GAEL LINN QUIZBlathnáid Donnelly, Conor Kerr, Meabh Canavan & Neil Campbell

YPI AWARDAine Sherry, Cal Sherry, Caitlin Quinn & Ruairi O’Sullivan

Spe ci a l Awa rd sYear 8 Endeavour Award

Rionach Hackett

Year 9 Endeavour AwardAlexandra Beattie

Kathleen Connolly Cup(for excellence in Home Economics)

Caitlin Quinn

Rev Patrick McPeake Trophy(Achieving top results across English, Maths & Science)

Katie Rois McCann

The Cara AwardMegan McKenna

The Rose Fox Cup(for excellence in Drama)

Kayleigh McCarron

Philomena McCann Memorial (Spirit of St Ciaran’s Award)

Katie McCaffreyfor being the best fundraiser for her YPI charity The Wave Trauma Centre

Y e a r 1 0 High ligh t s

Be Strong OnlineAmbassadorsHaving completed the Be Strong Online Ambassador training in October 2018, which is a digital resilience programme for young people from the Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign and Vodafone, St Ciaran’s College Ballygawley are empowering their young people to be positive online role models to their peers and develop skills in areas such as leadership, teamwork, creativity, organisation, kindness, empathy, technology and public speaking.

The key message of the Be Strong Online Ambassador programme is “Young people can change the world”. St Ciaran’s Be Strong Online Ambassadors pledged to share their knowledge and find creative ways to let their whole school know about the Be Strong Online programme and support their peers with online issues.

Above is a photo of the St Ciaran’s Be Strong Online Ambassadors who completed the training along with their teachers, Mrs Michelle Donnelly and Mrs Nuala Muldoon.

UK Team Maths ChallengeIn March 2019 alongside Niall kavanagh and Kevin Hughes two of our year 10 students, Neil Campbell and Conor Kerr represented St Ciaran’s College in the UK Team Maths Challenge. The UKMT Team Challenge promotes mathematical dexterity,

teamwork and communication skills and these students conducted themselves in a very professional manner, representing St Ciaran’s with pride. This gave our pupils the opportunity to compete against pupils from other schools in their region.

Geography NewsAs part of Careers Focus Week, the Geography Department invited Ulster University Lecturers Dr Gavan Rafferty (Course Director – PgDip/MSc Community Planning and Governance ) and Dr Linda McElduff (Lecturer in Planning and Placement Coordinator) in to deliver a very informative presentation to all our Year 10 pupils. The presentation discussed the links between Geography and (town/urban/rural/regional) Planning, and the planning degree (Integrated Masters in Planning, Regeneration and Development) that is available in Ulster University Jordanstown. This was a great insight into one of the pathways open to our students through the study of Geography.

Year 10 Science EventsIn November, 14 students from 10NW, 10FG and 10RN attended a BBC Young Reporters for the Environment workshop in Magherafelt Council Offices. They learned how to report on issues in different ways, using video, photography and written format. It was a very enjoyable day and the students were fully engaged in the process. Following on from that workshop, 5 groups entered a competition where

they had to submit an article, in any of the three formats entitled ‘Litter Less’ in their local community.

In April, three year 10 groups attended the SciFest Competition in St Mary’s College, Derry. The groups showcased the projects and were interviewed by two different sets of judges. On the day, Chloe Quinn and Hannah McVeigh came runners up with their project ‘Wi-Fire’. The girls are now through to the SciFest National Final in Dublin in November 2019, where they will compete for the Science Foundation Ireland ISEF Award.

There are currently 4 year 10 groups working on projects for the Sentinus Young Innovators competition that will take place in UUJ on 24th June, 2019.

Bring IT OnOn 26th February 2019 James Connor from Sentinus delivered a very insightful BringITon presentation and workshop to Year 10 students about the careers on offer in the ICT/Computing sector. Darren Clarke was the lucky student who won an Amazon Echo Dot at this event.

mTech PartnershipSt Ciaran’s College, Ballygawley, like all schools, faces the challenge of preparing our young people for a knowledge intensive economy. We were delighted when Diane Morrow asked us to take part in a holistic Mtech Academy programme which would provide a project-based, technology-centric curriculum that addresses the specific requirements of students and teachers, thus preparing them for new opportunities in the digital world.During their English class this year, 10FG students worked on a problem based learning activity investigating the power of mobile technology in creating smart towns and cities. Throughout the year these students engaged with industry and investigated some of the leading technological advances in 5G, AI, Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Technology. Pupils worked collectively to create ideas for the future and got the opportunity to pitch their findings on the stage in Barcelona.

Omagh ShowRionach Hackett, Katie-Rois McCann and Ellen McGirr weere succesful participants in the Public Speaking Competition at the recent Omagh Show. Rionach was third and Katie Rois and Ellen were highly commended.

YPI PresentationsThe winning YPI group deserve recognition for their presentation on Star Breakers Special Olympics Club – Aine Sherry, Cal Sherry, Caitlin Quinn and Ruairi O’Sullivan won £2,000 for their chosen charity following their presentation at the YPI final.

WW1 Battlefields ProjectNiall Begley and Conor Kerr from 10NW represented St Ciaran’s College on a recent EA trip to the Battlefields of the First World War. During their four day tour of the Ypres Salient and the Somme, with students from twenty-five other schools, the boys learned about key battles and the role of Irish soldiers who fought the Germans in the trenches of Northern France and Belgium. At the Menin Gate they attended the Last Post Ceremony and in Thiepval Wood they visited orginal front line trenches.

Modern LanguagesYear 10 pupils enjoyed an International languages quiz during Term 1. Pupils had the opportunity to display their cultural awareness and develop their understanding of languages.

In October 2018, seventy four Year 10 pupils participated in a regional Gael Linn interschools quiz in the Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown. Pupils enjoyed participating in the quiz and the céilí and craic afterward! One of our teams came first and qualified for the Ulster final in the Ashburn Hotel, Lurgan where they came first again. The winning team members were Blathnáid Donnelly, Conor Kerr, Meabh Canavan and Neil Campbell.

In February 2019, Year 10 pupils participated in a workshop hosted by NICLT highlighting the importance of languages in the workplace.

Bon Voyage to some of our Year 10 pupils who are going on the French trip in October, and Ádh Mór to pupils attending Irish Summer Colleges in the Gaeltacht. Well done to Ellen Mc Kenna who was awarded a scholarship from Gael Linn and congratulations to Nicole Treanor who also won a scholarship and is currently in Dunlewy Irish College.

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