On Friday 15th March 2013 our 5B Link Modules class held an event to raise money in aid of the Marie Keating foundation. We had many different events on the day such as pool, an Easter egg hunt, a raffle and table quizzes but the main event was the Guess the Weight of the Ewe competition. It was a very enjoyable day for all who participated in the events. As a class group we raised a total of €521.18 for the Marie Keating foundation for Cancer.
Our 5B Link Modules class would like to thank all of our sponsors listed below and also to those who contributed and took part in the events on the day for such a worthy cause.
List of Sponsors
Dr. Cunningham, Brogan’s Bakery, Paddy Fallon Furniture, Glenamaddy Service Station Ltd, Oakland Hotel, Butcher Boy, Harte’s Corner House, Mannion’s Furniture, CK Hair Studio, Ultimate Image, Glenamaddy Veterinary Clinic, Mattie Potter Ltd., Compufix Repair Centre, Beauty Elements, Donnie Keaveney, Divilly’s Corrib Eggs, Heneghan’s Supervalu, A.D. Barbers, Garvey’s Chemist, First Steps Childcare, Glenamaddy Credit Union, Home Ground Cafe, Mary Raftery Jewellers Ltd., Meehan’s Londis, Dymphna McDermott and Martina Ruane.
Here are some images from the day:
The 5A LCVP class ran an Enterprise activity to raise funds for St. Vincent de Paul to help families in need in the local catchment area. They organised a carwash, collected €1 and /or a food item per student, and will run a soccer tournament for 1st years in Jan. The total amount collected was €250 plus 11 food hampers. The Junior Cert Religion classes also contributed food hampers. The presentation was made to Mary Jessop and Maureen Mitchell from SVP.
On 27th of March 2013, all 5th year L.C.V.P. students and their teachers went on a visit out to the Galway Greyhound Track. The students also got to meet Galway City Councilor, Niall McNelis, who showed them the new traffic flow system run from the Galway City Council offices.
Students got a tour of the Greyhound statium from Mr. Fintan Monaghan. They were shown the restuarant and bar inside, the kennels as well as getting to see a few greyhounds running time trials on the track.
In the City offices, the students were shown a room that had all the cameras showing the different junctions in the city. They were shown how, you could zoom into each camera to see what was happening as well as control the traffic lights to ease any traffic build up.
It was an enjoyable and informative day for all involved and will students will be able to use the trip for writing up summary reports for their Link Modules Portfolio.
Here is a slideshow of some pictures from the trip.
