St Brendan's College

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

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[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

Our Open Night is an on-line event on Wed, 13th Oct @ 6:30 p.m. Prospectus Pack delivered to each school in our catchment in coming days. View our TY "Spirit of the Sem" short film from 1pm Wed next. Both the Open Night talk & Film will be available on https://t.co/mJzlQhQvKb

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

TY students learning about the chemistry behind fireworks

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

The students of TY have put together the first episode of the brand new Sem Cast. View on this link: https://t.co/RoqP2jrys6

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

Our U-15 squad came out on top against a strong St Francis College Rochestown team. For the majority of students it was their first time dawning the school jersey & they did themselves proud with a score line of 4-11 to 1-9. They will go on to face CBS The Green in the semi-final

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On Tuesday LCA Year 1 & 2 were visited by Radio Kerry presenter Brendan Fuller. A past pupil of the SEM, he spoke about his career to date and shared with the lads some words of wisdom. Thank you Brendan, we really enjoyed it.

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Our senior football panel returned to competitive fare today in Beaufort in the 1st round of The O'Sullivan Cup. Playing the local rivals was the ISK & the Sem were victorious on a score-line of 3:23-1:10. Semi-final -v- Coláiste na Sceilge on Wed next

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Our TY, 5th & 6th year students gathered in St. Mary's Cathedral today for our Opening of the Year Mass, celebrated by the school patron - Bishop Ray Browne. Under the year theme - "Kindness begins with me" this was our first large gathering in twenty months.

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Transition year students Group C today had a visit from Maurice, a key worker at Sera Husky Rescue Centre today. Also visiting were two of their beautiful residents - Drifter and Hattie. Achieving a broader understanding of pet ownership is central to their work.

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John Patrick Doherty, Chaplain for Deaf People for the diocese of Kerry, gave a workshop to TY Students on the history of ISL (Irish Sign Language) to mark ISL Awareness Week. Students were introduced to many basic signs & to the alphabet to promote communication with their peers

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Coming Soon... The SEMcast - Make sure you tune in on Spotify and the school app for the upcoming episode of the SEMcast.....

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

Transition year students today received a drama workshop from past pupil and Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender. Students greatly enjoyed the workshop.

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TY's had a great day in Ballyhass

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

Transition years group had a public speaking and drama workshop with actor Alan Devine today.

[St Brendan's College @thesemkillarney]

Local Famers have donated pallets for our Transition Year's Woodwork/Gardening projects that involves recycling old materials into new!

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Niamh Hynes, visiting teacher for the Blind and Visually Impaired, gives an experiential workshop to 1F on living with a visual impairment. The students learned how they can help those with a visual impairment but also how they can achieve anything with a 'Can Do' attitude.

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Our 1st year students took to the Killarney National Park during the week where they explored the many trails and walk ways along with a Kayaking session at Ross Castle and Bunrower. Each day a separate class left the books and computers behind to sample the beautiful scenery

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2nd year - TEAM BUILDING EVENT see website https://t.co/mJzlQhyUlB for full details

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6th Yr students gaining understanding of organic molecular structures

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Kerry Mental Health & Wellbeing Fest See website (https://t.co/mJzlQhQvKb) for full details