St. Paul's CBS Secondary School

Welcome to St Paul’s CBS Website. Our school has been in existence since 1869. We are very proud of our traditions and are also very conscious of the need for change, to now reflect the times we live in.

We continue to provide all our students with the opportunity to develop and nurture their talents to the fullest in an environment of mutual care and respect

Whether you are a visitor, a parent, a pupil or a past pupil I hope you find something to interest you in the following pages.

Well Done To Our Class of 2010

All at St Paul’s CBS would like to extend our good wishes to all the students in our class of 2010. We wish you well in your future studies and work and hope that you remember that we will continue to offer our help and support to you in any way that we can.

5th Year Students visit Pioneer Investments.

On 7th May, Mr Smyth brought a group of 5th Year students to Pioneer Investments in the heart of Dublin’s Financial Services Centre on George’s Quay. They had been invited there by Mr Eddie Quinlan, Business Analyst with Pioneer Investments who had been conducting a Junior Achievement Workshop in St Pauls with 5th. Year students over an 8 week period. Students had been asked to prepare a CV and were formally interviewed by Mr Quinlan and a member of Pioneer’s HR staff. They were also given an invaluable talk by Pioneer’s HR staff on the pitfalls and practicalities of job interviews and CV preparation. The visit finished with the presentation of Junior Achievement Certificates to all in the  magnificent top-floor boardroom with its panoramic 360 view of Dublin

MY BEST MOMENT IN T.Y

My best moment or time in T.Y was my work experience because I got to have a view or experience of my career job which was great. My first two week work experience was in a phamacy called Superdrug. It was great because I get to know what medicine you can use when you have fever. My second work experience was in Trinity College. I went to learn basic physics and how life is in college, it was great. The third work experience was in A.S.T.I (Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland). It was fun because it was like an office job and I got my own office with computer in it. All I was doing is typing letters, putting files in the drawer and answering phones.

 Usman Adigun

 

The best thing about TY

The thing I liked most about Transition Year is the laugh with the group. Everybody gets along and there are no conflicts in the class.  I thought there would be since a lot of people from different classes were joining us. I would advise anybody to do it; I’ve become more mature, made more friends and learned a lot about how charities work. Helping others from time to time can go a long way. Our class does a lot together, trips etc, and there has not been one problem whatsoever. In class we have a great laugh. I’m glad I did Transition Year.

 NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO 5^th YEAR!! L

 Ross Crowley

 

My Favourite moment in TY so far…..

My Traditional Work Experience has been my favourite moment so far. The reason for this is because I did my work experience in a garage for a car company called Skoda Auto. I want to be a mechanic when I leave school and this was a perfect place to go for work experience. This is because I was able to see the kind of work mechanic’s do. For a week I was watching and helping mechanic’s fix cars. When the mechanic was fixing a wheel on a car he would me to get different types of tools he would need. Also the mechanic would let me use an air-gun to screw the wheel back in the car. It was awesome because the gun would vibrate in my hand and i would feel so relaxed. Sometimes I clean the windows before the owner of the vehicle comes to collect his car. I had great experience I have to say. I really enjoyed it. I’m guessing I might end up becoming a mechanic myself soon.

Mohamed  Hajji

 

What I liked most about T.Y

The thing I liked most about T.Y is that you get treated with respect and you can have a bit of a laugh with the teachers. Another thing I liked about T.Y is we get less homework and we can have more free time when we leave go home. The last thing I like about T.Y is going out on trips. We went to Taine at the start of the year. Then we went on trips to museums like Collins Barracks and Kilmainham Gaol. These are the tree things I liked most about T.Y.                                            

Lee Mc Kenna

BEST EVENT IN TRANSITION YEAR

I will have to say there is a lot of things and events that i enjoyed in my transition year. But I will have to say I enjoyed European week the most.

This was a project based on politics about Europe and sharing our ideas with a German school. Maybe i enjoyed this moment a lot because i won the debate at the end. But I will have to say i enjoyed working with my team-mate and mostly with our supervisor Killian Murphy. We had to do a lot of tasks like:

1)      Picking a team name (ACCP)

2)      Deciding if we want Nuclear Energy or not

3)      Writing our speech

4)      Preparing for our debate

5)      Our party’s Goals and how we will achieve them. etc

Another great thing about this week will have to be skyping the German school.

We also had the local TD Gay Mitchell visit on the day of the debate. He told us a lot of interesting things about politics. Like how people have different views about different things.

By Rufai Smith

The staff and students of St Paul’s CBS would like to pass on our condolences to the family of Toyosi Shitta-bey. They are in our thoughts and prayers at this time. A number of our students travel in each day from the Blanchardstown area. They knew Toyosi personally and counted him as a good friend. They will miss him greatly. We would also like to pass on our thoughts and prayers to the students and staff of Hartstown Community School where Toyosi was a popular student and an active participant in school life.

May he rest in peace.

The students and staff of St Paul’s CBS would like to offer their congratulations to Mr McMahon on a very successful season with his Clare club side Kilmurry Ibrickane. Though they were beaten in the All-Ireland club final by Antrim’s St Gall’s, Mr McMahon and all associated with his club can be proud of their achievements this season as they picked up Clare and Munster Senior Football titles. A report on the game, which was played out in front of a Croke Park crowd of almost 35,000 spectators, follows:

St Galls banished memories of their 2006 All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship final defeat as they took this year’s title with a classy display against first-time finalists Kilmurry-Ibrickane at Croke Park.

St Galls’ Win – As It Happened

(Source: rte.ie)

In Pictures – All-Ireland Club Finals

Stephen Moloney claimed a first-minute goal for Kilmurry but they were left to rue nine wides as St Gall’s quickly got on top.

The Antrim side hit eight points over the remainder of the first half as they foraged into a 0-08 to 1-01 interval advantage.

Moloney and Michael O’Dwyer tried hard for the Clare men, but the Saints prevailed with CJ McGourty landing 0-03.

With the disappointment of an All-Ireland Club Intermediate hurling final loss just three weeks ago also hanging over them, St Galls were keen to make amends in their centenary year.

That hunger was evident from the throw-in as Kieran McGourty sent over the first score after just 16 seconds for the Falls Road outfit.

In a repeat of their start against Portlaoise in the semi-final, Kilmurry snatched an early goal with Moloney’s well-taken effort sending the large travelling support from West Clare into raptures after just a minute.

Moloney finished after good work by half-back Declan Callinan, but it took Michael McDermott’s charges a further 24 minutes to add to their haul as St Galls seized control.

Scores were at a premium as it was not until the 17th minute before St Galls equalised, courtesy of a pointed free from CJ McGourty and an Aodhán Gallagher score.

St Gall’s continued to press hard, and although they were not always accurate in front of the posts, the Ulster champions looked driven as they began to cause problems for the Kilmurry defence.

Centre-back Anthony Healy was the only St Galls defender to score during the 60-minute final, and his 22nd-minute point was certainly one of the scores of the match.

Healy’s point edged St Gall’s into a 0-05 to 1-00 lead, before CJ McGourty watched his 23rd-minute goal chance slip away following a terrific full-length block by Kilmurry defender Martin McMahon.

Kevin McGourty then ensured that all of the McGourty brothers had pointed by the 24th minute, as he gave his side a double-scores lead.

Kilmurry showed tremendous heart and battling qualities but could only manage a single point before the break with John Daly converting a free.

Scores from Terry O’Neill and Kevin McGourty closed out of the half for St Gall’s, giving them a four-point buffer to take into the second period.

It did not get any better for Kilmurry – the first Clare football team to play in an All-Ireland final since the county’s minors back in 1953 – on the restart.

They failed to score again until the 43rd minute, and in that time St Galls managed to land a hat-trick of points. Kevin Niblock, CJ McGourty and Sean Burke were the scorers as the gap was widened to 0-11 to 1-01.

Stephen Moloney, who top-scored with 1-03, and O’Dwyer cut the gap to four points with ten seconds of normal time left on the clock, but St Gall’s looked far from troubled as a second Niblock point confirmed a deserved win.

After the game, St Galls captain Colin Brady accepted the Andy Merrigan Cup from GAA President Christy Cooney.

ST GALLS: Ronan Gallagher; P Veronica, A McClean, C Brady; M Kelly, A Healy (0-01), S Kelly; S Burke (0-01), A Gallagher (0-01); T O’Neill (0-01), Rory Gallagher (0-01), Kevin McGourty (0-02); C McGourty (0-03, 0-01f), K Niblock (0-02), Kieran McGourty (0-01).

Subs used: K Stewart for O’Neill (46 mins), S Burns for Burke (54), S Kennedy for Veronica (59).

KILMURRY-IBRICKANE: D O’Brien; D Hickey, M Kileen, M McMahon; S Hickey, E Coughlan, D Callinan; P O’Connor, P O’Dwyer; M Hogan, I McInerney, S Moloney (1-03, 0-01f); M O’Dwyer (0-01), J Daly (0-01, 0-01f), N Downes.

Subs used: E Talty for Hogan (12 mins), O O’Dwyer for Talty (33), M McCarthy for P O’Connor (42), P O’Dwyer for Downes (53).

Referee: Derek Fahy (Longford)