Dear Parents/Guardians Link below is Now UPDATED I wish to invite you to a very important parental talk on Monday March 11th @7.30 pm, from a SATU forensic examiner, Margo Noonan. Margo has been coming to BCS since 2018 to talk to all senior students regarding sexual consent and wellbeing and has proven a very valuable resource for us over the years. She has agreed to talk to all parents of BCS regarding the safety and wellbeing of their teenage sons/daughters who are often unaware of their rights and responsibilities in the area of sexual relationship education. Margo presents the Assume Programme to both 2nd and 3rd level students and this has proven very successful in proactively keeping young adults safe as they deal with the many challenges of modern society. She is a forensic examiner with the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in St Finbarr's Hospital Cork and is a frontline worker when it comes to dealing with very difficult criminal cases regarding sexual violence. The ASSUME program. The ASSUME program is based on the premise of challenging assumptions, encouraging young people to think before they ASSUME they understand something without having the facts particularly about consent and how it applies to them as adolescents. As an element of her role as a sexual assault forensic examiner the presenter has been delivering educational interventions about sexual health and sexual violence to adolescents in several rural and urban post primary schools for several years. In conjunction with this the researcher provides acute and follow up forensic and medical care to male and female victims of sexual violence. This experience was utilised in the development of the educational component which uses fact-based information and accounts of sexual violence cases to challenge commonly held misconceptions about sexual violence and sexual health. Svensson et al (2019) advocate that a protective barrier towards rape myth acceptance is having accurate knowledge about sexual violence. You will find a booking form attached which we would like you to complete if you wish to attend this talk and look forward to seeing you in BCS next Monday night. Click this link PARENTAL TALK

 The School of Psychology at University College Dublin  are conducting research examining adolescent mental health and their intentions to seek help. As part of this research, UCD's school of Psychology have organised a free webinar series for parents/teachers or anyone interested in adolescent mental health.  

The three webinar talks will take place on the 5th, 12th and 19th of March from 7-8 pm. We are pleased to announce that we have secured the participation of esteemed speakers, namely, Dr. Ciara Mahon, Professor Eilis Hennessy, and Associate Professor Paul D’Alton, all of whom are experts in adolescent mental health. Their contribution to the event promises to be invaluable, as they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that will undoubtedly enrich our knowledge in supporting adolescent mental health.

 The following links and schedule for the talks are provided here as follows:

Tuesday, March 5th 7pm-8pm: “Body image and eating disorders: What parents need to know.”

Dr. Ciara Mahon, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer of Health Psychology,School of Psychology, University College Dublin

Here is the link to register for this event:

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cgsbdltZTrmlVj8DUfMbQA

Tuesday, March 12th 7pm-8pm: “Positive Parenting to Support Adolescent Development.” 

Prof. Eilis Hennessy, a Developmental Psychologist from the School of Psychology University College Dublin.

Here is the link to register for this event:

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YWw26Z14R8inrl1EmG2zjg

Tuesday, March 19th 7pm-8pm: “Parenting teenagers when worry and anxiety get in the way of sleep - tips, guidance and supports.” 

Associate Professor Paul D'Alton, Clinical Psychologist, writer and broadcaster from the UCD School of Psychology and formerly Head of Psycho-oncology at St.Vincent's University Hospital.

Here is the link to register for this event: 

https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bau3fke9Rf2QLeVEJWDuiw

Best of luck to BCS. All about to kick off in Johnstown!

15 mins BCS 0-3 Banagher 0-2

Half time BCS 0-4 Banagher 0-3

Very wet and windy conditions here.

45 mins BCS 0-7 Banagher 1-3

Full time BCS 0-11 Banagher 1-5

All Ireland here we come!!

From the 4th of March to the 15th of March, we want to encourage students and staff to pledge to take a more environmentally friendly journey to school. Such as walking to school if you are from Lismore, or 'Park & Stride' from the Community Centre, make a plan to carpool or catch the Local Link! You may not be able to commit to the 10 days but any few days or just one day would have a positive effect. 

If you are interested and want to make a pledge please Email Mr Joyce at paul.joyce@blackwatercs.com. 

Take plenty of pictures and send by email to Ms Meagher at elaine.meagher1@blackwatercs.com  

After the two week with our pledges and pictures we will then be able to enter the national competition.

Best of Luck to our Team travelling to Croke Park today for the Angus Beef Schools Competition