Our Sixth, Fifth Year RE and TY Community Care Classes were delighted to attend a talk on Community by local activist and former Deputy Principal Noel Clare. Noel spoke about the importance of caring for our communities whether they are at home, school, clubs or the wider area where we live, local, national or global. Noel gave many practical examples of how each of us can contribute and we look forward to implementing a variety of ideas. 

Huge thanks to the Irish Air Corps and Fiona of TYHub.ie for a wonderful week of work experience for three of our TY students, Tara McCormack, Darragh Keenan and Oisin Monks at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. There were a dizzying array of activities and challenges throughout the week including abseiling, flight simulation (Oisin successfully landed his plane!) In addition to learning about a variety of career options in the Air Corp, the students had the opportunity to sit into planes normally reserved for the the President and the Taoiseach! A fantastic week was rounded off with a trip back to school on one of the Irish Air Corp helicopters. Our sincere thanks to the pilots for getting us back safely while enjoying this very exciting experience and to all the students and staff who waited after school to give us such a wonderful welcome! Thanks also to Brian Byrne of Kilcullen Diary and The Nationalist whose article you can access at kilcullenbridge.blogspot.com/2024/09/cpc-students-catch-helicopter-ride-back.html and photos at kilcullenbridge.blogspot.com/2024/09/what-week-for-cpc-students-with-air.html

The HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast has returned with a ‘Back to School’ theme, focussing on providing support to parents as young people return to school. We would appreciate you sharing the below podcast episodes with parents and school staff who may be interested in health and wellbeing.

Our recent episodes include ‘Back to School’, ‘Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids’, and ‘Screen Time for Young People’. These episodes provide useful tips and advice for parents and caregivers of young people on a variety of topics that families face and are available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and on the HSE Health and Wellbeing YouTube Channel.

We were delighted to welcome our 6th Yr students and their parents and guardians into CPC on Tuesday evening for a very practical information session on how to support our Leaving Cert students as they begin their final year in CPC. Mr Leonard, our Principal, opened the evening and offered valuable advice on how to support our 6th years in the coming months as they prepare for their final exams. Ms Fennell discussed how students can best navigate the days and months ahead under the strands of Be Respectful, Be Ready and Be Involved. Our Career Guidance Counsellors provided great insights into the various options available to students in relation to college applications, PLC's, apprenticeships, CAO and much more. Both our Deputy Principals Ms Harney and Ms Reigh were also in attendance to offer support and advice throughout the evening. We wish our Leaving Cert students the very best with their studies in the year ahead.  

We are looking forward to welcoming you over the coming evenings.

The schedule for the upcoming meetings is as follows:

Tuesday 3rd September: 3rd Years @6pm and 6th Years @7:30pm

Wednesday 4th September: 2nd Years @6pm and 5th Years @7:30pm

Tuesday 17th September: 1st Years @7pm

 Our thanks to Brian Byrne who has featured the work of our Erasmus team, led by Mary Quinto in the Kilcullen Diary. To access the article please go to

kilcullenbridge.blogspot.com/2024/08/cpc-kicks-off-erasmus-programme.html

Our 5A students had their first Horticulture class today. It was an historic event as it is our first ever Leaving Certificate Horticulture class. Teacher Ms Lamont and her students have begun an exciting journey which will not only benefit the students of 5A but also the wider school community.  

Please see the attached Letter for parents and schools from the HSE with public health advice for back-to-school