Ms. O'Sullivan was very impressed with the students of 1C who as part of their english course were working on Podcasts. Their creativity even won some of them prizes in the form of vouchers for our local bookstore "Woodbine Books".

Winners of the prizes were Sven Vdovic (pictured below spending his winnings!), Conan Roc O'Byrne, Freya Melia and Sophie Whelan.

Well done to all of these innovative students, we look forward to what you will create next!

Well done to the 1st Year students who today received a "Tusla Certificate of Merit" for perfect attendance since starting CPC.

They were presented with their certificates by their class teachers and then given a little prize by their Year Head in recognition for their commitment and dedication to CPC.

There werre over 30 students who recieved the award, Well done to all.

Wednesday 25th October: Congratulations to the twenty-seven 3rd year students who achieved the Tusla Certificate of Merit for full school attendance since our school returned in August.They were presented with their certificates by one of our Deputy Principals Ms A. Reigh at assembly today. Well done on your commitment and dedication to school life!

3A: Aoibhe Blake, Turlough Donnelly, Ryan Sheridan

3B: Robyn Foster, Patrick Joyce Biddulph, Alannah Stone

3C: Eyad Amr, Evan Browne, Quin Keatley, Zoe Moran, Roisin Munnelly, Andrew O’Reilly, Sean Plunkett

3D: Jamie Browne, Niamh Flynn, Tara McNally, Cadhla O’ Brien

3E: Timmy Dempsey, Sean Kenny, Eileen O’Sullivan

3F: Lucy Curtis, Sarah Doran, Sean Hoey, Veronika Kurlovica, Josh Meehan, Daniel O’Rourke, Vlad Romonti

Our students had great fun playing Monopoly at Buddy Club on Tuesday in Room 26 with the TY Prefects.

They are also looking forward to the Halloween celebrations on Thursday. 

Congratulations to Liv Hamilton and Jennifer Dowling who received their John Paul II awards this morning. This took place during morning mass in the Kilcullen parish. Our current Ember team was present along with Ms Whyte and Ms Bucke. Father Gary Darby said mass and Sister Concepta, from the Dublin Diocese, presented the awards.

The John Paul II award is presented to students who are committed to their faith and their leadership roles within both the school and parish community. Well done to both students. 

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We are very lucky here in CPC to have such strong links with our local Gardaí and so it was an absolute pleasure to welcome Garda Sergeant Tom O'Donohoe and Community Garda Jon Brien to our school today. 

Over the course of the day each yeargroup had the opportunity to attend a talk in the assembly hall and hear not just about how best to stay safe over the halloween period but how to continue developing as young people who make a positive contribution to their community. There was a strong and important message about respect, how we treat others, the standards we set for ourselves along with the connections and support that exist for us within our local community. 

Dear students, parents and guardians,

please see attached details of two exciting new clubs which will start the week we return after mid term break. Please click on the PDF for details of each.

Congratulations to all of our students who received Junior Cycle results yesterday. We are very proud of their achievements and on early analysis the results appear very strong. 

Many people are still getting to grips with the grading system used in Junior Cycle. To remind, the grades are awarded at Higher, Ordinary or Common level as follows:

JUNIOR CYCLE GRADING SYSTEM

≥ 90 to 100 Distinction

≥ 75 and < 90 Higher Merit

≥ 55 and < 75 Merit

≥ 40 and < 55 Achieved

≥ 20 and < 40 Partially Achieved

≥ 0 and < 20 Not Graded (NG)

Distinctions are hard to come by and in some subjects can be as low 2% of the student body nationally who achieve this, with 4% being the highest in any subject. I was delighted to see so many students in CPC achieve Distinctions in a variety of subjects.

The bands are quite large as you can see - the student who might score 55% gets the same grade as a student who might score 74%. This can sometimes lead to some students being a little disappointed with one or two of their grades. The SEC does accept applications for review of results (appeals). The details are set out below, but it is worth noting that appeals at Junior Cycle are rare and changes to grades are not common.

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 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. School authorities should complete the procedures.

The deadline for submission of appeals is no later than 5pm on Tuesday 24 October.

Please contact me immediately on joeleonard@cpckilcullen.com if you wish to appeal a result, outlining clearly the evidential reasons for the appeal. I will then contact your son/daughter's teacher for their views and arrange payment should the appeal proceed.

Kind regards

Joe Leonard

Principal