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Sr. Pauline Murphy, Principal, leads a staff of fourteen class teachers and a Learning Support Teacher.  There are also visiting teachers of Dance, Speech and Drama, Tennis and Italian.  The school also has a full-time caretaker and secretary who, together with Fas assistants, a traffic warden and the cleaning staff ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible for the more than 400 pupils who attend each day.

The children’s education is further enhanced by the fact that the staff have a variety of interests and talents and many hold additional qualifications in various specialist areas including Remedial Education, Languages, Music, Psychology, Speech and Drama, Irish Dancing, Art and Information Technology.  Indeed there is even an International Prize-winning Flower Arranger on the staff!

 

Music
Musicianship, Music Appreciation, Recorder, Tin Whistle, Solo and Choral Singing.
The school’s choirs have gone from strength to strength in recent years and are regular prizewinners at Feis Maitiu as well as participating in the various liturgies at St. Colman’s Cathedral.

 

Environmental Awareness
Pupils are involved in various projects both within and outside the school.  The Can-Recycling Project has been so successful that part of the proceeds have been used to establish a wildflower and butterfly garden in the school grounds.  Children re also given responsibility for tubs, window-boxes, nesting-boxes and bird-tables.  A group from the school was also responsible for the award-winning clean-up at Carrignafoy Cross. 

Information Technology and Computer Studies

The school is one of the leaders in this field and has been to the fore in developing suitable facilities and teaching methodology in the area of Information Technology.  Pupils have taken part  and been successful in many national IT-based projects and competitions.  Indeed, two of our past-pupils were awarded First Prize for their computer work at the 1999 Young Scientists Awards.

 

Computer Club

To facilitate pupils who are interested in working with computers outside of school hours, a supervised computer club exists in the school.  A wide range of computer facilities and a comprehensive computer software library are available together with E-mail and Internet facilities.

 

Educational Outings

Class teachers organise visits to theatres, exhibitions and recitals. Day tours to places of historical, geographical or cultural interest are arranged together with outings to Outdoor Education Centres.

 

Credit Union

Cobh Credit Union provides a weekly service in the school and pupils are encouraged to avail of the Sammy Stamps Savings Scheme.