The Parents Association of Coláiste Bhaile Chláir have organised A Night at the Dogs on Saturday May 9th in Galway Greyhound Stadium. It is hoped to raise funds for additional sporting facilities to accompany the new school building and for additional equipment to use as part of the schools STEM programme. Tickets are €10 per adult…. Read more »
It’s crystal clear that Galway students know their way around the science lab—after three of them swept the boards in national competition… to grow their own! Professor Michael Zaworotko—one of the world’s top twenty chemists—announced the winners of the National Crystal Growing Competition as Coláiste Bhaile Chláir’s Jason Folan and Youbeel Hagi from Galway Community College. … Read more »
The Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) announced they were hosting a crystal growing competition as part of the International Year of Crystallography. A number of students at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir rose to the challenge. They researched their topic on the internet and each group came up with an experiment plan. They spent weeks’… Read more »
Planning permission has been granted for a new building for the secondary school in Claregalway. The Minister of Education has been given approval to build the development to Coláiste Bhaile Chláir at the Corporate Park subject to conditions. The new school in Claregalway will involve a 2-storey building with 17 specialist classrooms, 6 general classrooms,… Read more »
For one of the county’s youngest secondary schools, being the new kid on the block certainly isn’t holding the students and staff of Coláiste Bhaile Chláir back from fulfilling their potential. Despite there only being first and second years in the school, all 388 students are immersed in a variety of academic and extra-curricular pursuits,… Read more »
Congratulations to Emer Lenihan, first year in Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, who was selected by the online Engineers and Moderators as Winner from I’m an Engineer Get Me Out of Here! “We asked the engineers and moderators, which student had done the best in each zone, and Emer Lenihan was nominated as student winner for their zone. She will receive a certificate and… Read more »
The U14 soccer team of Coláiste Bhaile Chláir returned to winning ways today as they overcame the challenge of Coláiste na Coiribe to advance to the quarter finals of their competition, at a superb Mervue venue. With a display of excellent team work and attitude, they ran out deserving winners and their inclusion in the… Read more »
Students at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir are aiming to build on their impressive performance in a national maths tournament where they claimed the All-Ireland title in last year’s inaugural competition. MATHletes Challenge is based on the Khan Academy approach to learning and teaching maths and sees students in both primary and secondary school compete online and face… Read more »
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Claregalway is leading the way when it comes to integrating mobile technology. It was selected by Microsoft as a 2014–2015 Microsoft Showcase School for its excellence in transforming its learning environment to deliver more personalised education to students and using technology and cloud technology to better prepare students for success in the… Read more »
It’s that time of year again, the turkeys are well gone, the presents are unwrapped and you want to start your year off with a bit of shopping seeing as the sales are on, you might as well take advantage of all the lovely things on offer, but make sure you know your rights! The… Read more »
From farming practices to the ice bucket challenge, North Galway students are hoping to make their mark on this year’s BT Young Scientist exhibition that gets under way in Dublin next week. A host of schools throughout the city and county have reached the finals of the competition, with a group of students who represented… Read more »
TV3 Chef and Craft Butcher Ambassador by Meg Regan and Chloe Conway Second year Home Economics students at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir enjoyed a visit from celebrated chef and butcher Adrian Martin. Adrian is associated with Craft Butchers of Ireland so he was able to supplement their knowledge of meat by showing them a presentation on the different types and cuts of… Read more »
