Colaiste Choilm
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Our Mission Statement
To provide a caring Christian Education,
in a community of pupils, staff, parents and management,
where each individual is valued as a unique human being.
Welcome to Coláiste Choilm,
Tullamore.
Our website is packed with information and up to date news on school activities.
You are welcome to browse through these pages and get to know what Coláiste Choilm is all about and what we provide for the student in our care.
We are fortunate to be able to offer our students a unique state of the art learning environment in our new school.
Our new well resourced building creates an atmosphere and envioronment that enahances the learning experience for both students and teachers.
This along with the dedication, expertise and experience of our teaching staff allows us to offer our students an excellent learning experience.
Gearóid O' Regan
Deputy Principal
Colin Roddy
Principal
Green Building Award 2012
On Thursday 19th April our school won The Green Building Award for 2012.
The Awards ceremony was held in the Burlington Hotel Dublin and the awards were presented by Duncan Stewart.
When presenting the award, Mr. Stewart stated how delighted he was that an educational institution could lead the way in green innovation and how appropriate it was for raising awareness on Green Issues.
Our Picture shows John Dolan, Senior Engineer with DES with the Green Schools Committe.
For further information and comment from DES and Architects go to New School Building Page.
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Green Flag
A big well done to the Green School Committee and Ms. Rasmussen on achieving the schools third Green Flag, for Water sustainability.
The Committee has been working tirelessly since we moved into the new school and this Flag is well deserved.
The Committee was notified on the same day that we won the Green Building Award which was very apt and shows that the lads are doing their bit also.
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Basketball
As mentioned earlier we have had a great start to our season with a string of good wins. Having our own full sized basketball court has helped us greatly in training. Also being able to play our home matches in our own gym has been great.
Following three out of three wins we won the Midland Section and qualified for the All Ireland Playoffs.
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Design for the Future
We were delighted to be informed that we had been selected as one of two schools in Ireland to participate in a project designed and run by Cambridge University.
The project involves the development and trialling of curriculum materials to support creative problem solving within Design and Communication Graphics. All of this will take place in TY, in school, during normal DCG lessons. The project fully meets the requirements of the Design & Communication Curriculum. Indeed, the longer term aim of the project is to inform policy at a national level. In this respect, this approach is cutting edge. As part of this process, students will be taught creative problem solving skills. Furthermore, all students will complete a short questionnaire before and after the project. A smaller sample of students will be interviewed about their DCG experience, again both before and after project.
Mr. Molloy is heading up the project and liaising with the other DCG teachers.
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Public Art Commission
Our Public Art project has now been installed and is on view outside the canteen/GP area. It is entitled Mengers Pyramid and is based on a mathematical fractal which was discovered in 1926.
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