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The school is closing today for the Easter break and we would like to wish the school community a “Happy Easter”.   Below is a photograph of some Easter treats baked by Ms. Mc Cormack’s second year Home Economics class.   

 

Well done to our Parents’ Association who recently raised €7,000 by organising a very successful “Tea Party” and the annual Easter raffle.  Below are photographs of the tea party held in the concert hall.  A huge “thank you” to everyone who supported these events. 

Good luck to two of our Leaving Certificate students Ciara Finan and Aideen O’Reilly who are competing in the Irish chemistry Olympiad on Saturday. Teachers were invited to nominate up to two of the most enthusiastic and keenest students in the school in Chemistry, both Aideen and Ciara have shown through their academic achievement and class […]

Congratulations to the first year basketball team who are now North East Regional Champions and successfully secured a place in the All Ireland basketball championships.
The Minor C league began with four games against schools from the North East region. Loreto won their first game against St Louis Carrickmacross with a score of 58-11, this display […]

All first year students took part in the first round of this maths competition, which is a multiple-choice problem based test based on all areas of mathematics. The competition is ran by the IMTA. Congratulations to the top ten students from the school Ciara Aiken Scanlon, Grainne Grogan, Vicki Millar Murphy, Ciara McMillan, Jessica Buckley, […]

Congratulations to the U-16 camogie team who claimed the Junior Ulster Medallion Shield in a “nail biting” match on a scoreline of Loreto Cavan 3-1, OLSPCK Belfast 2-3.  The match took place last Wednesday 9th Novemeber in Granemore, Co. Armagh.  Well done to all students involved and their teachers Ms Fay and Ms Walsh on […]

A warm welcome is extended to our Dutch Exchange students and teachers who are visiting the school this week.  Dutch students are being hosted by the families of TY students.  The exchange is co-ordinated by Mrs Gaffney who has organised a busy schedule for our visitors – from Samba drumming to forensic workshops and outdoor […]

T.Y. students took part in a beauty workshop presented by Mary O’Flynn from Exquisite Hair from the 5th – 7th of October.  The workshop covered hair, beauty and nails and students learned how to do different hairstyles such as plaits and twists. There was a short tutorial on nails using dotters, sponges and different colours […]

Sixth year Agricultural Science students attended The Ploughing Championships recently in Tullamore, Co. Offally along with their teachers Mrs Murphy and Ms Farrell.  Students had the opportunity to gather information relating to their Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science project. A great day was had by all despite the mucky conditions!

 
 
 

Congratulations to the Junior Certificate class of 2016 who received their results on Wednesday.  There was great excitement around the school as students celebrated their fantastic results.  Well done everybody!

 
 

Pictured below is the U14A Gaelic football team who won the Post Primary Schools U14 Ulster Final at Lisnaskea GAA Club, Fermanagh recently.  The team beat Loreto Omagh in a competitive, sporting game of football and is a first for Loreto College Cavan at U14A .  The team look very professional kited out in their new […]

On the 9th of May 2016 we launched our health promoting schools programme. To kick things of there was lunch time entertainment in the court yard where the senior years preformed a flash mob. To add to the excitement some of the teachers also took part and nearly out danced the students! Following this we […]

TY Pearse class delivered a series of “Safer Internet” workshops to all first year students from Monday 22nd  to Friday 26th February. The aim of this workshop was to promote safer internet use, especially among young people.  Students explored the potential dangers of internet use in the first lesson and in the second lesson  designed posters on […]

Best of luck to Sorcha Finan, 2nd Yr, who is in the finals for the Education Prize which is taking place in Manchester this Friday 11th March.
The 11 finalists from the UK and Ireland will take part in a workshop with wire artist Celia Smith.  The overall winner will be announced at the workshop.

Princess Wars, a film made by a group in last year’s TY, has reached the Leinster final of the Fresh Film Festival.  It was selected out of 400 entries.  The film will be screened in the Odeon cinema in the Point Village Dublin, on Thursday 25th February between 10am – 1.30pm.  The viewing audience will vote […]

St. Keelan’s class, 5th Yr, marked the feast of St. Brigid on the 1st of February by making St. Brigid crosses. Brigid was born in the year 451 AD and she is recognised for her generosity to the poor.  Below are some photographs of St. Keelan’s class hard at work.

 

We are delighted to have another All Star in the school again this year.  Amy Wharton from Cornafean was selected for an Ulster Schools All Star after three Ulster trials.  Amy secured her place as a goal keeper on the Ulster All Star team who played in the Interprovincial tournament on the weekend of January […]

There have been great celebrations at Loreto recently with the Senior Football team making history by winning the U20 Ulster Colleges A Final on a 3-8 to 2-8 scoreline.  The team beat a very strong St Ronan’s College from Lurgan, Armagh in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan on the 22nd of January.  Goals from Caoimhe Mc Dermott […]

As the bell rings and students begin to pour into the canteen for lunch, the revamped interior provides an enjoyable atmosphere for all…
The transition year class of 2014/15 took on the responsibility of redecorating the senior canteen. A lot of time and preparation was given to deciding on how best to do this.
One of the […]

It’s that time of year again, where many students get the opportunity to enter a design into Loreto’s annual Christmas card competition. There are three categories; Traditional Christmas Card, Religious Card and a card for the school. This year there was a total of 94 creative and talented entries. There are three winners who each […]

The Cavan/Monaghan Branch of the Irish Science Teachers’ Association hosted the regional final of the Senior Science quiz in our school on Thursday 12th November.  Twelve teams competed in this “battle of the minds” with our very own Ms. Amond taking on the role of quiz mistress on the night.  Ciara Shiels, Mairead Bogue and Clodagh O’Reilly, 6th […]

The week beginning 1st November was a very exciting week in Loreto College, Cavan as our school and TY students were host to 43 students from Holland and their teachers.  TY and Dutch students had a rich educational experience during this week as they took part in many different workshops  – rocket science, samba drumming, […]

This week is a busy week in the Science department as Science Week is upon us. In preparation for this week, first and second year students attended a workshop delivered by W5 employees (the Belfast based interactive science discovery center).  The theme of the workshop was “Force of Course” and great fun was had by […]

On Wednesday the 14th of October, the Loreto Cavan Student Council attended the national seminar for Student Councils in Loreto Post-Primary Schools.  The event was held in the Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin.  We were welcomed by the Loreto Education Development Officer, Tríona Barrett.  Whilst broken up into different groups, mixing with representatives from […]

On Tuesday the 6th of October 29 students from Loreto Cavan travelled to St Brigid’s Athletic Club in Co. Meath to take part in the Geraldine Dolan Memorial Schools Cross Country meeting. It was a huge event with over 450 athletes from 17 different schools taking part. The athletes from Loreto Cavan put in a […]

On Monday the 11th of September, transition year students went to Loughcrew Adventure Centre, Oldcastle, County Meath. Apart from the obvious adventure experiences (such as the Zipline!)  Loughcrew is home to one of Ireland’s oldest landmarks, the Loughcrew Cairns, which are megalithic strucutres built around 4000 bc as burial chambers. Visiting these megalithic tombs was very fitting […]

The girls from Loreto College Cavan made the short trip to the home of championship football in Ulster, St Tiernach’s park Clones on Wednesday to contest the Ulster U-14 “B” final against a much fancied Our Lady’s Castleblaney team. When the sides met earlier in the group stages of the competition only a single point […]

In recent months a number of Transition Year students participated in a GAA Coaching Course.  The aim of the course was to promote Gaelic Football among young girls and to equip the TY students with the skills to coach GAA to underage female teams.  Sheena Mc Nally, Ulster LGFA Development Officer, visited Loreto to deliver the […]

On the 5th of May the student council held their annual bake sale in aid of various charities. All students were asked to contribute by baking some cakes or treats. The bake sale was held in the gym during lunch and it was a huge success. In total €580 was raised. The money will be […]

On Thursday the 30th of April, Transition Year students went to Tayto Park in Ashbourne, Co. Meath. We took part in a workshop called “Conservation and Stewardship” which highlighted the importance of looking after our earth and its animals. This was a very enlightening and interesting experience.
We even got up close and personal with various […]

Active Schools Week took place last week from Monday the 27th of April- the 1st of May in conjunction with The Active Schools Flag- see activeschoolflag.ie for more details.
The aim of the week is to encourage the school community to be as active as possible aiming for 60 minutes of physical activity per day.
Throughout the […]

This year Loreto College Cavan hosted the annual National Loreto Schools Tag Rugby Blitz on Friday the 1st of May at the Cavan Rugby Club.  It was attended by a number of Dublin schools.  Loreto College Cavan ‘A’ Team won out the competition for the second year in a row.  The event was a great success […]

International Table Tennis Champion, Lauren Donaldson, and her coach Chris visited the school during Active Schools Week to give students first hand experience of the sport by demonstrating the game.  Students also got the opportunity to try the game for themselves.  Pictured below are Lauren Donaldson and coach Chris demonstrating a high speed, quality game of […]

On the 25th of April, Loreto College Cavan was transformed into a sea of colour as the students and teachers dressed in the Rumbek colours. Rumbek Day was organised by the Student Council and aimed to raise much needed funds for Loreto Rumbek. The students were asked to donate €2 and wear Rumbek colours for the […]

On the 17th of April, we made our way to Athlone Springs Hotel for a transition year mini-company competition called ‘Get up and Go’. A total of 25 companies participated in this competition. This competition focuses on all aspects of a business: Quality, Innovation, Finance, Communication and Marketing. Two companies from our school were involved […]

We are very proud to announce that four of our first year students have been selected to take part in the finals of the Irish Junior Mathematics Competition. These students are Emma Dolan, Sorcha Finan, Zuzanna Lazvga and Eimear Rudden. They will travel to Monaghan on Friday 8th May to compete. We wish you all […]

Students have worked really hard online since we took on the Mathletes challenge at the end of February. We have had a number of students finishing in top 10 positions nationally for the month of March and one student came top of the country in her year category, a massive achievement. The students who placed in […]

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING
Cross Country Running has been very successful within the school year, with many competitors of various year groups. The Ulster cross country championships took place in Belfast on 24/02 with Clodagh O’Reilly (5th yr) taking gold in the senior race and Megan McGivney (1st yr) coming 7th in the minor race. Congratulations to […]

Attracta Mc Niece from Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) visited the school to talk to students from St. Liadán about homelessness. The talk made us more aware of homelessness and how lucky we are to live in nice, warm homes.  Attracta highlighted that many people in Ireland live without basic essentials. It also made us […]

On the 4th March, all first year students in the school took part in the Irish Junior Mathematics Competition ran by the Irish Maths Teachers Association. A great effort was made by all students on this problem based quiz and a very high standard of maths was observed. Big congratulations to the following 1st year […]

In December Transition Year students entered a European Studies Programme Competition under the guidance of Mrs Gaffney (European Studies Teacher). The competition involved the production of a brochure to inform our peers about one of the Millenium Development Goals and to propose a future development goal and explain the need for such a goal. A […]

Tuesday 10th February marked Safer Internet Day, an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people.  To mark this day, students from TY Erne delivered a “Safer Internet Workshop” to all first year students based on the theme of cyber bullying.  First year students designed a poster on this theme which […]

Today Tuesday all of Ms Molloy’s and Ms O’Neill’s 2nd Yr Art students are on a trip to Dublin to visit the National Gallery of Art, Hugh Lane Gallery and to draw in the Natural History Museum and Collins Barracks.
This coming Thursday 12th February, Ms Molloy’s 5th Yr Art class is also off to Dublin […]

Pictured below is a photograph of one of the less traditional sports we enter teams into at Loreto College Cavan.  Caoimhe Martin participated in an Inter Schools Sailing Competition before Christmas at Malahide, Dublin.  It was a great experience for Caoimhe and all the sailors.  The competition was organised by Olympic Sailor Ciara Peelo who […]

So far, it has been a very busy and exciting term for us the four Pastoral Care Prefects.  We have had a lot of responsibility, as we have been very involved in organising three Whole School Initiatives.
The first themed week was Courtesy and Good Manners Week – September 22nd-26th.  During this week we made posters […]

Staff really got into the Christmas spirit on Friday 12th December when they braced the cold winter morning all wrapped up in their festive jumpers.  Well done to Ms. Blessington who won the prize for “Best Christmas Jumper 2014”.  Who will win in 2015….? Well done to all involved.

It is true to say that Loreto College students and their teachers have been very busy over this past few months, not only with their studies, but also with their sporting activities.  See below for an update!
Senior Gaelic Football  
The Senior Gaelic football team had their first Ulster game against Our Lady’s Castleblaney.  The team came […]

On behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, Cavan Coderdojo hosted a Science Week Roadshow in Cavan Institute on Monday last, November 10th. A number of our senior cycle students attended the show called XTRA-ordinary Science by James Soper where he used physics and chemistry demonstrations to examine the process and practices of science in an interactive, […]

The Student Council’s Rap ‘n’ Maths competition took place from the 21th – 24th of October. All of the maths classes were preparing weeks before the competition and great creativity was shown by all. On Tuesday 1st Years and 2nd Years took the spotlight giving us very entertaining versions of many of the latest songs. […]

Congratulations to Shannen Lane and Morna O’Hanlon,  sixth year students, who are  making an impact on the Irish Rugby scene.  Shannen currently has 6 international caps for her country and has recently represented Ireland  on the U19 rugby sevens team, in the 2014 Sainsbury’s School Games and in the European Championships.   Morna is a member of […]

Today Ms. Amond’s sixth year biology students were treated to a party and a last “lecture” & slide show in the demonstration room.  Pictured here is her sixth year biology class, and if you look carefully, herself!!  Best wishes to Ms. Amond in the future…..see you at the graduation night for the class of 2015. And thanks […]

Winner                       Sponsor

1st         Ciara Deering     Mac Manus Hamper
2nd        Emma Colwell    Cara Hamper
3rd         Mrs. Buckley      Sam McCauley’s Hamper
4th         Catherine Clarke    Smith’s Shoes Voucher
5th        Jennifer Galligan   McDaid’s Hamper
6th        Claire Brady     Cara Voucher
7th        Ms Farrelly    Cara Voucher
8th        Orla Conde    Veale’s Voucher
9th        Caoimhe Tracey    Synergy Voucher
10th      Seadnagh Lynagh   Boyd’s Pharmacy Voucher
11th      Roisin Campbell    Eason
12th      Ms Kelly (English)   Chapter 1
13th      Megan […]

Last Sunday was a very special day for our school. Students, staff and Loreto Sisters from present and past were joined by friends of Loreto, our local community and many supporters from the world of education to celebrate the launch of a book telling the history of the school to date. The celebrations started with […]

You saw it here first – a sneak preview of the cover of our forthcoming history book, outlining the first 80 years of our school. The book will be officially launched in the school next Sunday November 10th, and will be available to purchase from all Cavan bookstores – Easons, Crannóg and Cavan Gifts.

In 2010 we celebrated the 80th Anniversary of the founding of our school in 1930, and a history book was commissioned to tell the story of the school so far. Local historian and author Fr Liam Kelly has been working on the book since then, and it is now with the printers. The book will […]

There was wild excitement in the school gym today when Ms Doonan introduced Roisín, Eirinn, Rachael and Joanne, four Loreto players from the victorious All Ireland Ladies Footbal Team. They visited along with manager Finian and Mentor Lily, and showed off the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup. Finian Farrell spoke of the amazing dedication and committment […]

Second term ended this afternoon, and we will be open again for all students on Monday April 8th at 9am.
Pictured here are our cast and crew from TY and 5th Yr at the finale of their musical, which ‘wowed’ everyone who saw it this week.
Enjoy a well earned Easter Holiday everyone!

Lauren Kelly and Rebekah Lawlor (5th Yrs) write:
This year 5th year students were offered the chance to part take in fundraising to go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes from our Dioscese of Kilmore. 20 girls would be chosen to go alongside Fr Kevin and assisted pilgrims from the Kilmore diocese. In the beginning over 70 […]

Tonight is opening night for our TY Musical “Breaking the Habit”. The Box Office has a few tickets left for tonight, otherwise we are Sold Out!

Clodagh O’Reilly (3rd Yr) won Gold for Loreto at the All Ireland School Cross Country last weekend, having led for the entire 3500m race. The report in today’s Anglo Celt says “O’Reilly strode effortlessly towards the finish en route to victory in a time of 14:29“. Clodagh next travels to Wales with the Irish team […]

“Breaking the Habit”, a musical performed by the Transition Year students, will hit the stage in Loreto on Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st March at 8pm sharp, and you won’t want to miss it…
Directed by Ms Claire McGlade, with musical direction by Ms Carmel Fay and a cast comprising 48 TY students, “Breaking the Habit” […]

Megan Brady (student editor) writes:
Today we are at the Eircom Junior Spiders awards at the RDS, Dublin. Our blog had been  shortlisted for Best project. We have met lots of other schools with amazing projects. Soon the winners will be announced, so wish us luck! Here myself and Hannah are pictured with James  Whelton and Bill Liao the creators […]

Match report from Ms. Doonan:
The Loreto U16 Gaelic Football team competed in the Ulster Ladies Gaelic Football Final on the 25th of February at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena, Cookstown.  They were competing against Our Lady’s and St. Patrick’s College, Belfast.  The final was a very fast game and the determination of both teams was […]

Great news arrived today! Ms Amond (Editor) and Megan Brady (Student Editor) write:
Our school blog has been shortlisted for a Tera Spider Award in the “Best Project” category of the Eircom Junior Spider Awards. The awards, which were established in 2009, recognise and reward students for the successful and innovative ways in which they use […]

Sr Marie Céline Clegg IBVM joined the incoming Senior Prefects at Pastoral Care time today to deliver a workshop titled ‘Reflection on Leadership’. She is pictured here receiving a Thank You presentation from our new Head Prefect Eimear Connolly and Deputy Head Prefect Aishling Brady (picture by Megan Brady 5th Yr).

Head Prefect for 2013/2014, […]

Transition Year students are working hard this term with Producer/Director Ms McGlade and Musical Director Ms Fay on our musical Breaking the Habit. So when Sr Marie Celine visited our school she was bemused to meet with some of the cast in costume! Here she is with “Sisters” Amanda, Shannen, Nicole, Lorraine, Christiane and Niamh. […]

As part of a Module in ‘Computational Thinking’, our Transition Year students are introduced to basic computer programming. Now they are transferring those skills learned to children in the community. Niamh Boyle, Aiveen Connolly and Amy Hough ( TY Apollo) have recently volunteered as Assistant Mentors at Cavan Coderdojo. Coderdojo is a movement which aims […]

Laura O’Conor (Head Prefect) and Emma Louise Brady (Deputy Head Prefect) write on behalf of the Student Council:
Last Friday, 18th January members from the Student Council decorated the Student Council notice board on the theme of Mary Ward Week (21st- 25th January). Lisa Smith (TY Athena) and Leanne Sheridan (St Hannah) came up with a […]

A large group of our 5th Year students are very busy this year fundraising to support the dioscesan pilgrimage to Lourdes next summer. They are working with our Chaplain Fr Kevin Fay and our RE Dept led by Ms McGalde on a huge variety of projects. Tonight they organsied a Christmas Cookery and Craft demonstration […]

Aoife Finan (Apollo) and Lisa Smith (Athena), both pictured below, write:
My name is Aoife Finan and I attended the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Seminar on the 9th and 10th of October this year. I went to the seminar with my fellow student, Lisa Smith, to represent our school. The seminar was held […]

On September 24th 2012 the Loreto College Cavann Student Council, along with our liason teacher Mrs. Cassidy, travelled to the Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin for a Loreto Schools Student Councils seminar. Here the Head Girl Laura O’Connor (Chariperson), Deputy Head Girl Emma Louise Brady (Secretary), Holly Brennan (6th year rep and PRO), Aine […]

Dr Eileen O’Conor, Director of Drumcondra Education Centre and expert on Women in Leadership, gave a very informative and enjoyable talk to our 5th Year student assembly today. Dr O’Conor gave lots of good advice to the students who will all help lead the school as Prefects in the 2012-2013 school year. She is pictured […]

Fiona Millar (Europa) writes:
This week we have been celebrating Mary Ward week. Mary Ward founded the Sisters of Loreto in 1609. At the age of 15 she felt the calling to religious life. She entered a monastery of Poor Clares at Saint-Omer in northern France, then in Spanish Flanders as a lay sister in 1606 […]

Congratulations to Sr Patricia Murray, who used to teach in our school. Sr Pat was recently included in the Top Ten people for 2011 by the monthly Catholic news magazine “Inside the Vatican“. Sr Pat was praised for her work on behalf of the Loreto Order on the “Solidarity with South Sudan” campaign. South Sudan […]

Ms Doonan (PE Dept) writes:
We want to say a big congratulations to the U16 Camogie team who won the Junior D Ulster Camogie final yesterday. The game was played at Sherry Fields in Armagh against St Benedict’s from Randelstown in Belfast and the full time score was Loreto 4-3 and St Benedict 0-2.
From the […]

Today was our annual Student Council non uniform day for charity, the theme was Pink. This year we will support St Christopher’s Hospice in Cavan, and our sister Loreto school in Rumbek, South Sudan.

Eadaoin O’Reilly, Sports Prefect writes…
Loreto Cavan came third (out of 15 Loreto schools!) at the National Loreto Sports Day at the Morton Stadium Santry yesterday. 35 representatives (pictured here) travelled with Mc McDonnell and Ms Doonan. We competed in every event and everybody did brilliantly. Our congratulations to Loreto Kilkenny who came first overall and […]

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