Síol Newsletter Edmund Rice Schools Trust • Spring 2019 • Issue 17
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ffEdmund Rice students promoting the “Save our Seas” campaign outside the Dail. Síol Newsletter Edmund Rice Schools Trust • Spring 2019 • Issue 17 Networking to and secondary schools makes us the focus on areas such as climate justice, largest network of schools with a similar direct provision and homelessness, to our strengths ethos in Ireland. Within our schools here, name but a few, as they relate to people’s we are teaching and guiding over 37,000 lives here in Ireland but also as these Over the past few weeks I have had the students and young people. And further issues relate to the lives of our fellow honour of visiting quite a number of afield, when we link into our Edmund students and teachers across the globe. your schools. As I was travelling to Cork, Rice Schools across the globe as part of We can choose to speak out and take Wexford and Ennis, to name a few of Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders, actions on these issues as individuals, or those locations, it really struck me just we, collectively are reaching over as individual schools as many of you are how diverse, innovative and strong our 170,000 pupils. already doing. However, I think, that as a network of schools is. That’s two Croke Parks filled to strong and vibrant network we can have In my travels I had the opportunity to capacity every day, with another 10,000 even more impact when we work together. meet students in some of our very oldest people watching outside on a big screen! That’s why I am so excited about network- schools – many with histories spanning But perhaps what makes us stand out wide initiatives like our Walk in My Shoes over 200 years. I also got to meet and see as a network beyond just our numbers Days and our Ecology Project to decrease the wonderful art and project work of is our collective focus on social justice our use of single use plastics for example. those attending our very newest school in and equality. As a network of 96 schools As we move forward, I urge you all Carpenterstown-Castleknock, in Dublin, here in Ireland, and as a network of to get to know more about the Edmund which was established just over two 279 schools globally, we can be a strong Rice Schools with whom you share years ago. and committed voice for positive social a connection. Try to get involved in And while each of you is very much change on key issues of our time. our network activities if you can. And tied to your own school activities, Our Charter tells us that “Major remember to tell us what you are doing your own school friends and your own challenges face humanity, including to make a difference in your own communities, it also struck me as we environmental degradation, limits communities so that we can share your travelled around the country, that to material resources, and threats to news with others. Together we really each one of you is also part of a much bio-diversity. The Edmund Rice School can be much greater than the sum of bigger school community – that is the encourages the whole school community our parts. community or network of Edmund Rice to work for social and ecological justice in Schools that is thriving both here in the school and in society generally”. This Gerry Bennett, Chief Executive Ireland and across the world. year, as Edmund Rice Schools, we will Let’s just think about the statistics for be working on network-wide positions a moment. Our network of 96 primary on ecological and social justice. We will CBC Cork Harty Cup Hurling We were immensely proud of our Senior A hurlers who made history when they reached their first Dr Harty Cup final in 101 years. We applaud the effort, commitment and talent of all students involved and the dedication of our trainers, in particular Mr Tony Wall and Mr Donal O’ Mahony, without whose vision such an achievement would not have been possible. Social Justice and Advocacy In January, three senior representatives of the CBC Green Schools committee (David Walsh, Niall Hannigan, Luke Galligan) travelled to the Edmund Rice International office in Geneva, Switzerland with teacher Ms Lorna Mulvaney as part CBS Montevideo of a Social Justice and Advocacy event. They met with other students from ERST schools Ard Scoil na Mara, Tramore, and Uruguay visit CBC Ard Scoil Ris, Limerick, and attended a session at the United Nations Assembly. The students who lead the new Social Justice Students and staff from Stella Maris College, Montevideo, group in CBC travelled with other ERST schools to Dublin at the Uruguay paid a visit to CBC in February, joining the weekly First invitation of Senator Grace O’ Sullivan where they learned about Year Heritage class on a visit to St Anne’s Church in Shandon. the Save our Seas initiative. CBC Cork Past Pupils Dinner 170 CBC past pupils joined Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Mick Finn and invited guests for the 88th annual Past Pupils Union dinner. Four current and recent past pupils (Eoin Monahan, Tommy Downes, Mark Donnelly, Scott Buckley) received caps from the union to mark their involvement in representing Ireland in rugby at various age divisions. First Year trip to The Road to Success Edmund Rice Centre, As part of CBC students’ fundraising efforts for this year’s Zambia Immersion Project, a very special event was held in the Waterford college in February. In The Road to Success, three inter-county hurling managers, Limerick’s John Kiely, Waterford’s Derek All students from First Year visited the Edmund Rice McGrath and Cork’s John Meyler, came together for a lively Centre in Waterford over two days in February in what and entertaining evening on the highs and lows of hurling life is an important annual tradition in CBC. The trip gave and offered unique insights into the stories behind inter-county students the opportunity to learn about the enduring and All-Ireland glory. Ten Fifth Year students will travel with legacy of our founder and the values that inspire schools teachers Mr David O’ Connell, Ms Ciara McCormack and Mr in the Edmund Rice tradition today. Robert Bevan to Zambia in June, supported by the humanitarian organisation Serve. Coláiste Rís Dundalk Under 19 Team wins North East Leinster League: ffUnder 19 North Leinster winning team (and supporters) On Friday 25/01/19, our school Senior In early January, we defeated our went forward to represent the North- (U19) Soccer team was presented with Semi-Final opponents, Balbriggan East Region in the Leinster Champions the Dave Colgan Memorial Cup as Community School, with a resounding Senior League Quarter-Final. We played winners of the North-East (Leinster) 6-1 (away) victory. Mícheál Begley, our fellow ERST School and Metro Region League Division One. The Abdul Abubakhar, Ebuka Kwelele (2) South winners, Coláiste Éanna CBS, campaign began in October with an and Seán Hill (2) were our goalscorers Rathfarnham. Coláiste Éanna came out emphatic 5-0 Home win over our in this game. We now qualified for the on top on a scoreline of 3 goals to 2; neighbours, Marist College, Dundalk. N.E.Leinster Final against De La Salle Ebuka Kwelele scored the goals this time. Mícheál Begley, Sean Hill, Seán College, Dundalk - the only team to have We wish Coláiste Éanna every success in Murden and Abdul Abubakhar (2) beaten us during the group stages of the the competition; no doubt you can read were our goalscorers on the day. After competition. On this occasion, however, about their progress elsewhere in Siol. a hard-fought 0-0 draw away to Boyne the result was very different as Coláiste We have had a great season and it was Community School, Trim in November Rís romped home to a 5-1 victory. Seán a fitting tribute to a dedicated group – we suffered a set-back in our final group Hill, led by example scoring a hat-trick many of whom are in Leaving Cert and game, losing 4-3 at home to De la Salle in this game with Ebuka Kwelele and will progress to the next stage of their College, Dundalk. Once again Abdul Abdul Abubakhar also getting on the lives with great memories of their school Abubakhar (2) and Seán Hill were our score-sheet. This was the fifth time team involvement. We cannot let this pass goalscorers. We still qualified for the that Coláiste Rís has won this trophy at without expressing a big thank you to Mr semi-finals as runners-up in the group Senior level since its inception in 1987 MacEachaidh and Mr Holland for all their thanks to our superior goal difference. and the first win since 2009. We then hard work with this group. Leaving Cert Physics Trip to CERN At the end of February twenty-eight senior students travelled With Mr Markey and Mr Moloney to Geneva for a trip to Europe’s headquarters for Nuclear Research CERN. This was the school’s third trip to visit the world’s largest particle accelerator. The group met with members of the Nobel Prize winning team that discovered the Higgs Boson and were given a guided tour of the facility. This was the first time that a group from the school got the opportunity to travel 100m under the ground to see the Large Hardon collider and the famous detector CMS which stands for Compact Muon Solenoid (the largest magnet in the world); this was the site of the Higgs Boson discovery.