Blessington Community College
SCHOOL REFURBISHMENTS
The next stage of the ongoing improvements to the building in Blessington Community College is almost complete. All the windows have been replaced and the new doors are currently being installed. The white finish on both windows and doors create a much brighter and open feel to the building, particularly in the school concourse. TY win Bronze in Crest Awards
A team of seven hard working Transition Year students received the bronze medal in the CREST awards which took place in the Radisson Hotel in Galway at the end of January CREST is a projectbased awards scheme for the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). It links the personal passions of students to curriculumbased learning. It is run by the British Science association. Blessington Community College won the award for their project on "Food Contamination". TY LEGO LEAGUES
The Lego league Competition also took place in the Radisson Hotel. Students were required to design and build a robot from lego. The robot had to be programmed to go through 3 rounds of competition. The student team then had a series of 3 interviews; the first regarding "core values"; the second regarding the robot itself and the third regarding their project. The students travelled by bus, with a group of supporters, and accompanied by Science teacher; Ms. Aherne and TY Coordinator; Ms. Mcinenery, to Galway and returned home that evening. MOCK EXAMS
Mock Exams will begin in the school in the week immediately preceding the midterm break. This year the exams will be split over the midterm with the remainder of the exams taking place the week back after midterm. This is due to the fact that the break is slightly earlier this year. As a result of this arrangement students will have the opportunity to carefully plan their study routine over the holidays.
