October, 2015 - Clongowes Wood College

Rudiments Parent Day

31st October 2015

This year, the Rudiments Parent Day will take place on Sunday, 8th November 2015 as indicated on the school calendar. Our guest speaker will be Ms Marguerite Kiely, Clinical Director for Children and Adolescents at Pieta House. Marguerite is also a Clinical Supervisor and continues to practice as a psychotherapist there as well as being…read article

County Champions

23rd October 2015

The Cross Country teams have been training hard since September in order to regain any speed and stamina lost over a decadent summer and – if recent results are anything to go by – it would seem like they have. At the recent Kildare Country Championships, Clongowes boys won two out of the four races….read article

China In Their Hands

22nd October 2015

Here in Clongowes a small group of us study Chinese as an extra subject in the evening time with Mr. Lichao Li of the Confucius Institute. It is very enjoyable because as well as learning the language we study the culture and traditions of China and last summer, a group of us got the opportunity…read article

Sound of Music in CWC

19th October 2015

The walls of our appropriately named Green Room were alive with the sound of music last week (Thursday 15th), as it played host to our recent celebration of that very fine instrument common to all humans globally, namely, the human voice! The boys of Clongowes were highly honoured and privileged to welcome Mr Mark Hindley,…read article

Clongowes vs Argentina

17th October 2015

As Ireland’s odyssey in the Rugby World Cup continues and the team attempts to go where no other Ireland team has done, both Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother and Dave (OC’07) continue to be fixtures in the starting XV. Tomorrow (Sunday 16th, 13.00) they will turn out as the team faces their sometime bogey team, Argentina,…read article

Peter Gray

15th October 2015

Peter Gray was appointed to the role of chairman of the board in March 2015. Peter is a former pupil and school captain (OC’73), and was President of the Clongowes Union in 2013/14. His son David (OC’11) also attended Clongowes. Having studied Law in TCD, Peter qualified as a Chartered Accountant and then pursued a career in industry,…read article

Reading Path to Empathy

14th October 2015

 A small selection of our collection that will help to develop empathy. ‘The Guardian’  recently published Lost for words? How reading can teach children empathy an article by Miranda McKearney and Sarah Mears. It highlights the importance of reading for children in relation to developing empathy.  Reading stories allow young people to explore the feelings and…read article

Syntax Parent Day

14th October 2015

This year, the Syntax Parent Day will take place on Sunday 18th October 2015 as indicated on the school calendar. We are very pleased to announce that Fr Peter McVerry S.J. will be the guest speaker.  Fr McVerry (OC’62) is an Irish Jesuit who needs little introduction to many of us.  He is a powerful…read article

Rhetoric 2022 check in

12th October 2015

Time never stands still at Clongowes and last week (Saturday 10th October), with Elements well settled and engaged in a host of pursuits, the day had arrived to welcome potential members of the Rhetoric class of 2022. There was a palpable buzz in the air as dormitory neighbours for September 2016 laid eyes on each…read article

Kids helping kids

9th October 2015

22 years of pushing ducks. For over twenty years the Transition Year students in Clongowes Wood College have made raising money to buy a piece of life saving equipment for Crumlin Children’s Hospital an annual goal. Equipment has included portable ultra sound machines (for use with children with limited mobility) to machines to help diagnose…read article

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