The Summer-exam timetable for First, Second, Fourth and Fifth year is here. The Junior and Leaving Certificate timetables are here.

Joe Hogan (Head-boy 1984), Founder of Openet  spoke to the Class of 2012 about his work and his insights, on how they can best prepare themselves for the future, on Wednesday, 17th May.

Another former Head-boy, Killian McMahon, now a Graphic designer has just launched an online collaborative photography exhibition, Hundred, here.

Ms. O’ Driscoll and Ms. McGlynn organised a recital for Junior and Leaving Music Certificate students last Tuesday, 18th May. All who attended said it was a great evening. Click on any photo below to start a slide-show.

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The Sports Awards night was held last Monday with guest-of honour Ollie Campbell. There was a unique collection of Trophies present in the school including the Sam Maguire Cup, The McCarthy Cup, the Heineken Cup and the Clarke Cup (All-Ireland U21 Gaelic football). We had a professional photographer to try and capture each student receiving their award. There are some great photos of the mentors also. Well done everyone. Click on any photo below to start a slide-show.

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To mark the occasion PCS sports photos since the 1980′s were curated by Mr. Conroy. Please tell past-pupils about this.

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Active week coincided with the sixth-years last P.E. Class in fancy dress! Click on any photo-below to start a slide-show.

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Ms. Tynan’s Second Year Art Class are working on ceramics. More photos will follow.

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“The school’s Sports Awards will be held tonight Monday 14th May in the Assembly Hall at 7.30PM. Ollie Campbell the former International Rugby player is our guest {In 1982 Ollie Campbell kicked all of Ireland’s 21 points against Scotland’s 9 to secure the Triple Crown for the first time since 1949}.
The Awards are a very special annual event where our sporting achievements are celebrated. I would like to take this time to sincerely thank my teaching colleagues who gave of their free time to promote our wide programme of sporting activities. I would like also to acknowledge our school management who wholeheartedly support sport in the school. We hope to see Michael Gibbs and Kevin O’ Brien, former PCS students, and members of the recent victorious U21 Dublin Gaelic Football team, tonight also. All our sports trophies from the year will be on display along with the Sam Maguire Cup, The McCarthy Cup and the Heineken Cup. Is ocáid thábtachach an oíche seo i saol na scoile agus tá súil agam go mbainfiadh cách taitneamh as an oíche”.

Mr. Conroy has spent a lot of time finding and scanning photos of sports events in the school over the past thirty years. Click on any photo below to start a slide-show. If you know any past-pupils involved in sports, tell then about the photos. They can also be viewed as a PDF (here 49 pages – allow time to download!).

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Wow! Well done Ryan O’Shaughnessy who’s through to the Britain’s Got Talent final! Gwan the young lad! And good… fb.me/1kC4FWEiy

— RTÉ 2fm(@RTE2fm) May 11, 2012

The school Athletics Team had a great day in Santry taking twenty-seven trophies. Some of the notable results were: Aisling Drumgoole won the Senior 200m., Liam Dinan finishing second in the 1500m. and Fintan O’Connor won the Senior 1500m. The Senior Girls relay-team came third. Every PCS relay-team that entered, made it to the final. The school was placed fifth overall. New members from all years are welcome to join the Athletics team in September.

Thanks to Ms. Malone and all the students who trained at 7.30AM most Friday mornings.

There are photos in the Photostream on the right from Santry, Europe Day, the Barnardos Cake-sale and the First-year History trip.

Preparations are well under way for the Sports Awards Night with Rugby Legend, Ollie Campell. For those of you too young to know Campbell, watch this! In February 1982, Ollie Campbell kicked all of Ireland’s 21 points against Scotland’s 9 to secure the Triple Crown for the first time since 1949

Mr. Conroy has spent a lot of time finding and scanning photos of sports events in the school over the past thirty years. Click on any photo below to start a slide-show. If you know any past-pupils involved in sports, tell then about the photos. They can also be viewed as a PDF (here 49 pages – allow time to download!).

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To celebrate Europe Day the Second-years were asked to create Culture-boards celebrating the Continental European languages studied in PCS.

Europe Day commemorates the first key initiative to create what we now know as the European Union when, on May 9th 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed an institutional structure to help heal the divisions between European countries which had recently been at war with one another.

There are photos in the Photo-stream on the right of the 2OC cake-sale held today in aid of Barnardos Children Charity. This is part of their action project in CSPE. They raised €150 that they will give to our guest speaker who will be visiting the school from Barnardos to talk to the class about children’s rights and supporting children in our society. Well done 2OC!!!

All of the regular announcements are to be found in the previous posting below.

Congratulations to past-pupil Brian Higgins who was recently elected to scholarship at Trinity College Dublin. Brian is a student in the Department of Economic & Social Studies.

There are three photographs on the right of the recent First-year history trip to the Boyne Valley.

A full report from the victorious U17 Soccer team may be read here. Thanks to Mr. Murphy, Mr. Breen and all the boys involved. Well done to Colm Deasy who represented Ireland in U15 International Soccer at at the Stadium Donawitz in Leoben in Austria recently. Ireland beat Austria 2-1. Match report here.

Comhghairdeas! Well done to Ms. Mc Glynn and  the Traditional Group who received a special commendation in the recent Waltons Music for Schools Competition. Click on the video below to listen to their music.

Book-lists: The 2012 / 2013 book-lists are available here.

Parents and guardians are asked to see that their child has a study timetable in place so that they can prepare well for their Summer-examinations.

Congratulations to First-year student , Christine Blott, who came sixth in the recent competition held by the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association. Don’t forget the Junior Cycle “Monthly Maths Competition“.

Well done also to Kelly O’ Brien and Deirdre Corish who had pieces of literature published in the Irish Times Fighting Words Supplement: New Young Voices in Irish Writing. There is a link here but this may not work after a certain date.

Evan Davis in Fifth-year is Chairperson of Fingal Comhairle na nÓg. Their newsletter is available in the school-library.

A cookery fundraiser with Chef Donal Skehan in aid of Action Ireland will be held in the PSLC. Phone Bríd for tickets at 087 916 1770.

Sr. Gerardine writes Brother Kevin Crowley from the Capuchin Day Centre in the city centre recently visited the Community School.   He gave a very thought provoking talk to the students on the work that he and his team do in the Day Centre in town. This centre works with the poorest of the poor on a daily basis providing basic meals, showers, clean clothing, food parcels and often just a listening ear!  The school gave Brother Kevin a cheque for €2,000 towards the running of the centre. The money was raised through various activities run in the school and a day of bag-packing in Dunnes Stores. A special word of thanks to the many people in the parish who contributed to the bag packing in Dunnes.  Without your help, our contribution to the Capuchin Day Centre would have been much smaller.  We greatly appreciate your support!

Active Week: Mr McNeive writes…Once again the PE department will organise a “friendly” sports competition for the 6th years against the teachers, as well as active assemblies for all year groups. This takes place next week!

Preparations are underway for Sports-night, with photographs above of the 2012 U17 Soccer and Senior Camogie teams.

Rory Golden of Flagship Scuba made a presentation on the Titanic to Transition Year students recently.

Congratulations to the U17 boys soccer team who won the FAI Schools (Leinster Branch) Metropolitan Junior League Division One Trophy. Well done lads and thanks to mentor Mr. Murphy assisted by Mr. Breen.

The pictures in the photostream on the right are of certificates of appreciation being presented to students who participated in the Action Ireland Lesotho project 2012.  Mrs. Lineo Mathabo Motsopa represented the Lesotho Ambassador at the awards. A cookery fundraiser for Action Ireland will be held in the PSLC. Phone Bríd for tickets at 087 916 1770.

Sr. Ger and Ms. Richardson lodged over €2,000 for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. Well done to all involved in the fundraising during Lent especially the Home-economics students and teachers.

The Project Maths Development Team, in partnership with Engineers Ireland are pleased to announce the launch of the Junior Cycle “Monthly Maths Competition“. There is a permanent link in the useful websites section on the right-hand side.

Exams

The oral-examinations for French, German and Italian will take place in the school this week. There will also be practicals in Leaving Certificate Music, Junior Certificate Home-economics and the write-up of the Research Study Report for LC history. An UPDATED indicative list of Practical Examination dates for Third and Sixth-year students is available here. Final times and dates are arranged by the subject teacher with the student and the examiner from the State Examinations Commission. It is your responsibility to check.

Book-lists

The 2012 / 2013 book-lists are available here.

Parents and guardians are asked to see that their child has a study timetable in place so that they can prepare well for their Summer-examinations.

The school welcomed the Eucharistic Congress Bell last week as part of the preparations for the 50th International Congress. Some First-year students took part in a reflection during which they had the opportunity to ring the bell! Fifth and Sixth-year history students discussed the 1932 Eucharistic Congress as part of the visit. The 1932 event is a case-study for LC history.

Career Assist

Career Assist (drop down menu above) is an initiative of the 2012 Prefect Team. It is designed to assist students of PCS in choosing a career by providing them with help and advice form past pupils who are  working and progressing in a vast number of professions. This is a resource for all PCS students and we hope it will expand over the coming years. All you need to do is to contact one of our past-pupils via their email address and they will be delighted to offer you helpful tips and advice from someone who is actually doing the job/course.

Exams

The oral-examinations for French, German and Italian will take place in the school this week. There will also be practicals in Leaving Certificate Music, Junior Certificate Home-economics and the write-up of the Research Study Report for LC history. An UPDATED indicative list of Practical Examination dates for Third and Sixth-year students is available here. Final times and dates are arranged by the subject teacher with the student and the examiner from the State Examinations Commission. It is your responsibility to check.

The 2012 / 2013 book-lists are available here.

Parents and guardians are asked to see that their child has a study timetable in place so that they can prepare well for their Summer-examinations.

The U17 Soccer-team have reached the Dublin Finals. Well done to Mr. Murphy and the boys. Could there be a second trophy from this team?

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The K-Compound had a visitor on Friday afternoon. There were no shortage of volunteers to look after him until his owner arrived!

Pictures from the Brøndby Gymnasium study tour to Dublin may be seen  here.

David Smith of Transition-year has updated the photos of the Musical, Back to the ’80′s. Click on any photo to start a slide-show.

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There are also practical State-examinations in Home Economics and Music this week.

An indicative list of Practical Examination dates for Third and Sixth-year students is available here. Final times and dates are arranged by the subject teacher with the student and the examiner from the State Examinations Commission.

The 2012 / 2013 book-lists are available here.

Parents and guardians are asked to see that their child has a study timetable in place so that they can prepare well for their Summer-examinations.

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Dojo

CoderDodo is a free programming club for young people. Past-pupil, Ian Connolly has asked us to mention that there is one at the Science Gallery, Trinity College next weekend (Saturday 14th). Details here.

Congratulations to all the muinteoirí Gaeilge who are high in the iTunes Education Podcasts Charts with the various sliocht for the Leaving certificate Béaltriail na Gaeilge which starts immediately on return from the Easter Holidays on Monday 16th April.

All Junior and Leaving Certificate students should now be fully focused on their Examinations with a rigorous study timetable in place for the Easter break. An indicative list of Practical Examination dates for Third and Sixth-year students is available here. Final times and dates are arranged by the subject teacher with the student and the examiner from the State Examinations Commission.

Sr. Gerardine and Mr. Higgins helped us reflect on the meaning of Easter during Thought for the Day and Artwork on display in the school last week. The website banner above is one of the three paintings used to interpret Holy Week and Easter.

We have just published the video below to promote Portmarnock Community School. It will be permanently on the website under about us, video prospectus. Thanks to all involved in its production.

Thanks to Ms. Norris and all the English Teachers who carried out a very successful Spelling-bee competition to promote spelling amongst First-year students. The finals were held in the Assembly Hall recently.

Students in Portmarnock are acknowledged as power users of MangaHigh, an online Maths Game. A link has been placed on the website under Useful Sites.

Thanks to all the students and teachers involved in the musical Back to the 80′s. It was a wonderful performance.

The annual Easter-cake competition was a great success. Thanks to all the students who participated and the organising teachers.

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VISIT FROM COPENHAGEN

@domaho Dear Mr. Domaho, Could I come visit your school in March with some Danish students from Brøndby Gym? We use Moodle. Sophie Ege

— Sophie Ege (@Sophiege) December 15, 2011

Welcome to the students from from the Brøndby Gymnasium, Copenhagen. They spent a successful day in Portmarnock CS with Mr. Higgins and his Fifth-year art students.

Under 17 Boys, FAIS Leinster Branch Junior League Final: Portmarnock CS 3 Presentation College, Bray 2. Well done to all concerned. Thanks to their manager, Mr. Murphy.

All Junior and Leaving Certificate students should now be fully focused on their Examinations with a rigorous study timetable in place for the Easter break. There are still some places available for supervised study in the school (€40) during the second week of the holidays. Students should see Ms. Dolan directly (Room A4).

Junior and Leaving Certificate Fee-forms from the State Examinations Commission are required by Thursday 29th March.

Please read the reverse of the form carefully and ensure the bank stamps it twice. Fee details here. The forms are to be returned directly to Mr. O’ Mahony, State Examinations Secretary.

An indicative list of Practical Examination dates for Third and Sixth-year students is available here.

Final preparations are now taking place for the LC oral-examinations which take place immediately after the Easter Holidays. We have started to add pieces for Béaltriail na Gaeilge on our iTunes and Taisce sites here and here.