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Minister Heather Humphreys visit

Minister Heather Humphreys visits Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk

Minister Heather Humphreys visits Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk, with responsibility for Enterprise, Business and Innovation visited Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk where she spoke with TY Enterprise groups and viewed their products. She was very impressed with their innovative and well-produced products. The students will compete in the forthcoming North Cork Student Enterprise Competition run by the North Cork Local Enterprise Office.

‘Covet’ mini-company students with Councillors Gerard Murphy and John Paul O’Shea, Principal Miriam Downey, Minister Heather Humphreys, Julia Barry, Enterprise Teacher and TY Co-ordinator, Gerald Crotty.

‘Tholder’ mini-company students with Councillors Gerard Murphy and John Paul O’Shea, Principal Miriam Downey, Minister Heather Humphreys, Julia Barry, Enterprise Teacher and TY Co-ordinator, Gerald Crotty.

‘Charger Buddy’ mini-company students with Councillors Gerard Murphy and John Paul O’Shea, Principal Miriam Downey, Minister Heather Humphreys, Julia Barry, Enterprise Teacher and TY Co-ordinator, Gerald Crotty.

Scoil Mhuire Student is the Top Technology Student in Ireland

Top Technology Student in Ireland…

Ronan Buckley a Scoil Mhuire student has achieved the top overall mark in Ireland in this year’s Leaving Certificate Higher Level Technology. Ronan who is from Banteer is delighted with his wonderful achievement. He is currently attending University College Cork where he is studying for a degree in Data Science and Analytics. Ronan will receive a number of awards, the first will take place on November 24th in The Mullingar Park Hotel as part of The Engineering and Technology Teachers National Annual Conference. A second award will be presented to Ronan during the Techno Teachers Association Conference in spring of 2019.

Mr Gerald Crotty Ronan’s Technology teacher said “Ronan always had a flair for the subject and from the time he started his second level education in Scoil Mhuire he excelled in the subject. He had a unique and very creative way of tackling design issues. He is a very innovative student and was always a pleasure to teach and I am sure he will continue his excellent work in Third Level Education and beyond”.

As part of his Leaving Certificate Technology examination, Ronan had to design and manufacture a food-related project supported by a design portfolio. Ronan’s project was based on an intelligent and automated Sushi Bar. The project was designed on a computer-aided drawing software package called Solidworks and this allowed parts of the project to be manufactured using both 3D Printing and Laser Cutting Technology. The project is controlled using a programmable circuit board which was programmed by Ronan using Genie Design Studio programming software. The project displays different Sushi dishes and when a customer selects a dish from the rotating display unit it is automatically weighed which will then show the customer the price of the chosen dish.

Ms Miriam Downey, Principal, Scoil Mhuire said that Ronan’s achievement is a great honour for himself for his teacher Mr Crotty and for Scoil Mhuire. “We in the school community are very proud of Ronan and we wish him well in his future studies.”

Kanturk student invited to the Irish EU Science Olympiad

Scoil Mhuire Kanturk student invited to the Irish EU Science Olympiad (IrEUSO)

Congratulations to TY student Jogaile Aidukeviciute who was invited to participate in the Irish EU Science Olympiad competition in Dublin City University. Jogaile was invited to attend the Olympiad as a result of her exceptional results in her Junior Certificate.

Scoil Mhuire TY Students Kayaking

Our TY students took part in Kayaking on the river in Dallow in Kanturk. This is part of their PE and Wellbeing curriculum. They thoroughly enjoyed the activity and will use their skills in Ballyhass later in the year.

Scoil Mhuire Kanturk – Sporting Update

Basketball

The u19 girls’ basketball team of Scoil Mhuire Kanturk pictured after qualifying for the county quarterfinals this week. The girls have trained very hard this year and have added new skills to their game every week.

Junior Girls Basketball Team

Congratulations to the Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk U16 girls basketball team who have reached the County Semi Final by defeating St. Brogans College, Bandon 23 to 22. The girls were down by 9 points in the final quarter and battled all the way back, going one point up in the final seconds. Well done to all the team.

GAA Coaching

Well done to the TY students who completed their foundation coaching and young whistler courses.

Under 16 Hurling

Scoil Mhuire Kanturk 3-11 Millstreet Community School 4-8
Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk progressed to the semi final of under 16 hurling in a very close affair v Millstreet Community School. An injury time point by Óisín O’Connor proved decisive in the one point win. Well done to both teams.
J. Drumm, J. Sexton, D. O’Donoghue, E. Walsh, J. Buckley, B. Hogan (0-2), M. O’Brien, O. O’Connor (0-6), J. Harrington, D. O’Connor, K. Keohane, G. Healy (1-1), B. Healy (0-2), T. Morrissey (1-1), D. Burke (1-0).
S. Carver for M.O’Brien. Good luck in the semi final.