Welcome to Carrick-on-Shannon Community School

Welcome to the Carrick-on-Shannon Community School website. We invite you to browse the different pages to discover the various programmes and events in our school.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

School Closed - Monday, 3rd October 2022

Carrick-on-Shannon Communtiy School will be closed on Monday, 3rd October 2022.

Classes will resume on Tuesday, 4th October 2022 at 9am.

A reminder that the school will close at 1.15pm on Friday, 28th October for the October break.

Dates for Student Learning Reviews Posted

The dates for our Student Learning Reviews (SLR) have been posted on the school calendar which is available by clicking on the 'Calendar' tab above or via our school app. If using our school app, you can sync the date of an event with the calendar on your phone so you will never forget an event! If you are having trouble with our school app, email support@schoolzine.co.uk 

Simply scroll through the months to find out when the SLR for your child will take place. All SLRs will be in person in the main school building.

This year, our first SLR will take place on the 13th October and it will be for 5th Years.

What are Student Learning Reviews? - Student Learning Reviews take the place of the traditional Parent/ Teacher Meeting. At the meetings, we focus on the best ways to support a student's learning. We have two documents which can help you to plan for your child SLR and you can find these by clicking here.

School Sports Day

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the annual Sports Day last Friday. The day was a great success and we were delighted to see so many students take part in the various events.

Image: The Sports Hall court has been upgraded for the new academic year.

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Carrick-on-Shannon C.S. App Available for Download

Carrick-on-Shannon Community School no longer communicates with parents/guardians by text message. To keep up with all the latest news and events in the school, parents/guardians are encouraged to download our school app from Google Play or the App Store.

Instructions to download our app can be found via this link: https://www.carrickcs.ie/szapp

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Cashless School

As we continue our transition to becoming a cashless school, we have reopened our school canteen for 1st Years at lunchtime using Debitrak's contactless system.

Carrick-on-Shannon C.S. is the first school in the country to offer a cashless solution for students which combines the ease of online payment system, way2pay, and the contactless payment capabilities of Debitrak. Parents/ guardians can top-up their child's account at any time and the student can use their fob in the canteen when open.

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Health and Safety

Students are reminded that no schoolbag should be left on any corridor at 1.15pm. This is to ensure that all exits and walkways are clear of obstruction at all times.

At 1.15pm students should place their schoolbags in the room in which they are timetabled for class at 2pm. Schoolbags which are removed from the corridors will be placed in storage and may not be returned immediately.

Happy Birthday To Us!!

On the, 7th January 1995, the students and staff of Carrick-on-Shannon Community School began teaching and learning in our new school building.

Over the past twenty-five years, Carrick-on-Shannon Community School has become an integral part of the community and has gone from strength to strength.

While celebrating our birthday, we remember those who have shared parts of this journey with us but are no longer here to share this day with us.

Thank you for all your support over our first 25 years.

'Use Your Brain Not Your Fists' Film Launch

We were privileged to attend the launch of the Use Your Brain Not Your Fists film in The Bush Hotel on the 27th April 2018.

The short film, by Leitrim Comhairle na nÓg, highlights the devastating consequences that can occur when a person uses their fists instead of their brains in a conflict situation. The film is dedicated to Shane Grogan and to the memory of Andrew Dolan. Both Andrew and Shane were victims of seperate unprovoked assaults while enjoying time out with their friends. Andrew died as a result of the assault while Shane was left with brain injuries. Both Shane's and Andrew's parents attended the launch and shared their personal stories with us.

Please click on the link to watch the video and remind everyone to Use Your Brain Not Your Fists.

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TY Trip to Microsoft

27 Sep 2022

The Transition Year group travelled to Dublin yesterday to visit Microsoft's Dream Space Academy. 

To find out more, click here.

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Studyclix Code

22 Sep 2022

Carrick-on-Shannon Community School has negotiated discounted Studyclix access for all of our students.


Any student of the school can receive a €25 discount on any Studyclix plan by entering the following code during checkout: LO2LLG

1st Year Cognitive Abilities Tests

22 Sep 2022

1st Year students will sit the Cognitive Abilities Tests (CATS) on Wednesday, 28th September 2022.

Students are to attend their class at 9am as normal. At 9.40am, students should go to the following rooms:

* 1.1   Room 1

* 1.2   Room 2

* 1.3   Room 4

* 1.4   Room 5

* 1.5   Room 6

Students will be required to bring a HB pencil, eraser and sharpener.

To learn more about CATS and how we use them, please click here.

Parents' Association Meeting

15 Sep 2022

The first meeting of the Parents' Association will take place on Thursday, 22nd September 2022 at 7.30pm in the school.


The purpose of this meeting is to place the association on a sound footing for the remainder of the year. We will provide tea/ coffee and cake and we will spend some time chatting about our school and reviewing some policies. The business element of the meeting should take no longer than 45 minutes while there is no time limit for the tea/coffee!

Please complete the form below to notify us of your intention to attend so that we can have enough goodies for everyone!

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TY News

13 Sep 2022

To access the first issue of our TY News, please click here.

We will publish a TY News every month to keep parents/ guardians informed of the many activities that take place in Transition Year.

TY Trip to John McGahern Barracks

12 Sep 2022

Our Transition Year enjoyed a day-trip to the John McGahern Barracks on Monday, 12th September 2021.

The students, accompanied by Mr. Bambrick and Ms. Conroy, cycled from the school to the barracks and back. This has become an annual event on our TY calendar and we look forward to bringing next year's group.

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School Attendance

05 Sep 2022

We wish to remind students and parents/ guardians that there is a requirement on the school to inform TUSLA where a child has been absent from school for more than 20 days in any school year.

This year, our Attendance Officer, Ms. Walshe, will liaise with parents/ guardians of students who are absent from school on a regular basis to provide support and information in relation to school attendance.

Students are required to attend every class during the school week. Where possible, appointments should be made outside of school time. Where this is not possible, every effort should be made to return the student to school the same day.

School App Settings

31 Aug 2022

Are you linked to the correct group on the app?

We are asking all the users of our app to check to see if they are connected to the correct group within the app.

For example, if your child is now in 2nd Year have you changed your settings in the app to reflect this? If not, simply click on the 'Manage' tab in the app and turn on notifications for the 2nd Year group.

The groups for incoming 1st years will be swtched off today so all students and parents/ guardians of 1st Years should make sure they have turned on the 1st Year notifications button.

If you are having problems with the app, you can email support@schoolzine.co.uk 

Secondary School Immunisation Programme

31 Aug 2022

The HSE school immunisation teams will be visitng Carrick-on-Shannon CS on the 26th September 2022 to offer vaccination to students in 1st Year.

An information pask has been given to 1st Year students. Please look out for it and return the completed consent form to the school if you wish your child to be vaccinated against HPV, Tdap and MenACWY (see information pack for more details).

Packs should be returned to the school by Friday, 2nd September 2022.

School Tours for New Students

11 Aug 2022

Students who joining us for the first time in late August can now book a place on one of the short tours that will take place each day next week.

Tours will take place at 11 am each morning and will last approximately 30 minutes. These tours are not for students who have already visited the school and there are places for twelve students (and their parents/guardians) on each tour.

To book your place on a tour, simply click on the link below and follow the instructions on screen. Your email address will be collected so that a confirmation email can be sent to you at the end of the booking process. 

When booking, each tour will have 12 available slots all showing different times. Simply pick a slot (it doesn't matter which one) and press 'Next'. Regardless of the time-slot you pick, the tour will start at 11am. In other words, if you pick 11.30pm as the time slot, your tour will still begin at 11am in the school. To pick the day you wish to attend, click on the calendar and select the correct date.

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