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.

We were delighted to present our newly appointed 5th Year Class Ambassadors with their badges today. 

Our Class Ambassadors are an important part of our Senior Cycle Student Leadership Team. 

Ambassadors will act as an important link between students, Year Head and school management. 

They will play​ ​an​ ​active ​ role​ ​ in​ ​looking out for other students and the school​ ​environment thereby​ ​fostering​ ​a​ ​sense​ of​​ ​community​ ​within​ ​the​ ​school. 

Congratulations to our Ambassadors for 5th Year:

5A Nicholas Mitchell and Emma Harris

5B Julie Aylward and Carl Kenna

5C Liam Munnelly and Niamh Liston

5D Noah Mahon and Evey Brand 

5E Alex Connolly and Siún Egan 

5F Amber Glendon and Orlaith McCormack 

Wishing you every success in your new role. 

Ms Mills 

All CPC Lotto Fundraiser supporters will also be entered into a FREE bonus draw to win some Spooktacular prizes on October 24th. Details to follow...but the prizes will 'definitely maybe' be worth winning.... 

With our jackpot at almost €3000 make sure you don't miss out. Click HERE to play.

To celebrate this year's European Day of Languages in CPC, our Transition Year students were treated to a mini French/ German breakfast hosted by the Modern Foreign Language teachers in our Assembly Hall, which was beautifully decorated by the TYs. TY students ordered their breakfasts in French /German from those students who acted as servers. It was a chance for students to mingle and practice their language skills. It was a lovely experience and hopefully a skill that the students can use when they travel abroad.

Merci beaucoup & danke schön to all who helped out

Dear principal,

The School Transport Section in the Department of Education has prepared an information note to assist families and schools when applying for school transport with special educational needs (SEN). We would be grateful if you could please issue this note to families who wish to apply for school transport for children with special educational needs or those who require further details about the scheme.

This note aims to:

• provide information to families and schools on how to apply for SEN transport,
• ensure families have full information regarding  grants that may be available to them,
• provide information on timelines involved in applying for transport
• provide contact details for School Transport and Bus Éireann. 

Further information in relation to the School Transport Scheme is available on gov.ie/schooltransport

Well done to our Ember team (Weronika Stepniak, Daniel O’Rourke, Ruby Butler and Sarah Brennan) who worked with our 1st years for the first time this year. 

The Ember team planned an interactive session for the 1st years throughout the week where they introduced themselves and explained what the Ember team was all about, presented the school values upheld in CPC and facilitated some interactive and inclusive games with the 1st years.

These sessions gave the 1st years an opportunity to speak to and have some fun with their peers in other class groups.