Shrieks of joy rang through the Assembly Hall as our students received their Junior Cycle Results. Hugs, laughter and phone calls to family marked this lovely celebration of the long hours of study and work put into projects, CBAs and exams that assessed academic performance over the past three years. After enjoying a lovely treat of donuts and juice arranged by Year Head Ms A Burke, students greeted Mr Leonard with cheers as he arrived into the hall with the envelopes of results in his hands. We are delighted that the wait was definitely worth it! Wishing everyone an enjoyable and safe celebration this evening.

Good news! Halloween Giveaway Competition

Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting our fundraiser lotto. You are making a real difference, and we really appreciate your support.

Some good news, every line in our fundraiser lotto on Thursday 24th October 2024, has a chance to win our Jackpot and has a FREE chance to win one of three sensational Halloween Giveaway Competition prizes. This nationwide competition is open to all people who have a ticket in a lotto run by our service provider ‘Our Fundraiser.’

• 2 x Oasis Official Platinum Tickets
• €1,000 Must Win Cash Prize
• €500 Smyths Toystore Voucher

If you already have a ticket for our fundraiser lotto on 24th October 2024, you will be entered into this Halloween Giveaway Competition. If you do not have a ticket, please visit our fundraiser website to join: https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/cpckilcullen

• If you previously registered on our fundraiser website, then log in using the mobile number and password you used before and click on the ‘Play’ button.

• If you have not previously registered on our fundraiser website, then click on the ‘Join’ button and follow the steps, it just takes a minute!

If you need any assistance, please email to support@ourfundraiser.ie

To Win - at 7pm on Thursday 24th October 2024 a participant will be chosen at random by ‘Our Fundraiser’ for each prize. They must answer a phone call within 5 rings and answer the below quiz question correctly to win a prize. This competition is subject to the terms and conditions which can be found at https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/terms-and-conditions

What form of transport do witches traditionally use?  (a) Magic Carpet  (b) Bicycle  (c) Broomstick

Please spread the word with family and friends. Thank you so much, your support makes a big difference.

Congratulations to all of our students who received their results earlier today. Today is a day of celebration, recognising the hard work of the past three years and the skills you have developed. I hope that students get to celebrate with their families, without whose support they would not have achieved today's success.

Classes resume tomorrow at the normal time. 

Please note the following information from the State Examinations Commission:

APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW OF RESULTS (APPEALS)

The following conditions apply to applications for a review of Junior Cycle results (appeals):

(i) Applications will be accepted only from the School Authority.

(ii) The SEC does not accept appeal applications or appeal fees directly from candidates, parents or individual teachers.

(iii) With the reintroduction of appeal fees, each appeal review carries a fee of €32 per subject.

(iv) To raise an appeal, the Principal (or authorised representative), must attest that the examination result attained by the candidate is significantly at variance with the school’s considered judgement of the performance of the candidate concerned at the examination in question.

(v) For the reason set out in (iv), the SEC will not accept School or Class based appeal applications.

(vi) A valid appeal consists of both the appeal application form, duly authorised by the Principal, and the payment from the school. Applications received where payment has been made by the candidate/parent will not be accepted.

(vii) It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that the appeal fee is collected from the individual candidates.

If you wish to appeal a Junior Cycle Result please email me on joeleonard@cpckilcullen.com as soon as possible with details of the subject and the reasons why you believe an appeal should be lodged. I will then liaise with the subject teacher and consider previous results to see if a case can be made. We will then arrange payment of the relevant fee to the school. The deadline for making an appeal to me is Monday 14th October. 

Many thanks 

J Leonard

• This coming Thursday, October 10th:  Dr Aoife Gordon, Senior Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, will cover the topic of ‘Social Anxiety’.                                  
• On Tuesday, November 5th, Prof Fiona McNicholas, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist will cover ‘Understanding Post-traumatic Stress in Children and Teenagers’                                                                                                                                       
• On Thursday, December 5th, Dr Michael Sweeney, Clinical Psychologist & Director of Metropolitan CBT, New York; Specialist in the treatment of Anxiety and Adjunct Professor Columbia University, ‘Explores Perfectionism and Obsessive Compulsive Characteristics’.

Dear students, parents and guardians,

Our TY Music Appreciation class and their music teacher Ms Sue Fox were honoured to meet Irish music songwriter Mr Sean O’Meara who visited CPC on Monday 7th October. Mr O'Meara and his brother Frank wrote many hit songs for artists such as The Fureys, Susan McCann, Daniel O'Donnell and Jim McCann. His most famous hit is Grace which has been recorded by many artists in Ireland and abroad, for example Rod Stewart. Sean spoke of how he sourced his songs and the popularity of the songs today with all age groups. Sean also shared his words of wisdom and encouraged our TYs to channel their creativity and to practise it for themselves. Thank you to Bethany Swaine 4A, Tara McNally 4C and Zoe Moran 4D who gave a beautiful rendition of Grace which was highly praised by Sean. Thank you Sean for your time and the music!

Dear Parent/Guardian, 

Your son/daughter will be completing the New Group Reading Test (NGRT) on Thursday, October 10th. This test determines your son’s/daughter’s reading age, by measuring their reading skills against the national average. The results will inform planning for all subject areas. 

Your son/daughter requires a standard set of earphones/headphones with an AUX connection (cannot be bluetooth). If you have a set at home, please send them in with your son/daughter on Thursday, October 10th. There is no need to purchase a set, there will be some spare sets available in school on the day. 

If your son/daughter is absent on the day of testing, there will be a ‘mop-up’ session scheduled after the October mid-term. 

Thanks in advance for your cooperation with this. 

Kind Regards, 

Aimee Kelly 

Leader of Student Testing 

Congratulations to our Fifth Year students who have had a very positive start to the year. Sincere thanks to Ms Mills who arranged a lovely celebration this afternoon.

Following their wonderful journey through a hugely successful Transition Year, our Fifth Year students have embraced the challenges of Senior Cycle with both Leaving Certificate Applied and Leaving Certificate Established programmes with enthusiasm. 

We were delighted to be entertained by Mr O'Toole who sang a number of Oasis songs accompanied by Grace Doyle on The Box. This was followed by Alex Connolly and Carl Kenna on guitar. 

Students enjoyed pizza and time to chat  about their Fifth Year experiences to date. We are looking forward to celebrating many more achievements in the future. Well done everyone! 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Cross and Passion College have again registered with the MS Readathon program. Last year we raised over €600 for such a worthy cause. We would love to see as many students, parents and teachers as possible participate.

There are a few steps to register:

It is up to the parents/guardians to register your child and set up a unique fundraising page for them and link in online with their school and class. Parents can also register their child and request a sponsorship card which will be sent to their home address with details on how to lodge funds directly to MS Readathon when the event is over. 

1. You need 2 things 

• this link  https://www.msreadathon.ie/register-2024

• the school roll number (61690W)

1. Parents follow the link and complete registration for their child/children, at this point they can then select the school using the roll number and join it.

• Step by step instructions for parents linked here https://www.msreadathon.ie/helpful-resources

1. Once the child has been registered, they will then have their own fundraising page - they can then start fundraising – there are pre-written emails, social media tiles and links to the child’s page that are sent out from the child/adult asking for support from family and friends.

All the fundraising can be done online. But if you would also like each student to receive a sponsorship card just email us at read@msreadathon.ie with the number of students in your class and we will send one for each student out to the school. We have set up a handy page on the MS Readathon site where parents/guardians can pay in sponsorship funds with a credit or debit card and they will go against the class total. 

Your students can log and review their favourite books, build their avatars and collect virtual badges and awards. There are also some amazing prizes to be won along the way too. There are downloadable resources that you can share with your classes.