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

6th Year Mock Examinations

The 6th Year Mock Examinations will start on Friday, 27th January 2023. 

Students are expected to be in The Bush Hotel by 9am each morning for their examinations. This is to enable the roll call to be taken and for papers to be distributed prior to the start of the exams.

As the purpose of these exams is to mimic the conditions of the real Leaving Certificate examinations, the following rules will apply:

  • Mobile phones will not be allowed on the desk at any time within the examination centres.
  • Students will be permitted to use the toilets during the examinations and the period of absence from the examination hall will be recorded on the examination script.
  • Students who finish their examination early will be permitted to leave the examination centre unless they finish within the last twenty minutes of the examination. 
  • The start/finish times of the examinations differ each day so students are reminded to check the examination timetable carefully.
  • Students are required to have their own pens, pencils etc. Examination answer booklets will be provided by the school.

1st Year Enrolment

If you wish to enrol your child in 1st Year for 2023/2024 and have not already completed the first stage of the enrolment process, please click on the link below:

Stage 1 Enrolment Form

All students who have completed the Enrolment Form (Stage 1) are now being offered a place in the school and should proceed to complete the next stage. 

If you have submited Enrolment Form (Stage 1) you may now proceed to complete the enrolment process by completing the Stage 2 Form. By completing this form, you are accepting the offer of a place in Carrick-on-Shannon C.S.

To fill and submit the Enrolment Form (Stage 2), please click on the link below:

Stage 2 Enrolment Form

Things to Note:

  • Students can pick any four optional subjects from the drop-down menus on the form, for example: Option 1: French, Option 2: Music, Option 3: Business, Option 4: Art or Option 1: Materials Technology (Wood), Option 2: German, Option 3: Home Econimics, Option 4: Technical Graphics
  • There is no need for incoming 1st Year students to ask their primary school to complete the Student Transfer Form. This is for second-level students transferring to Carrick-on-Shannon CS only.
  • The Enrolment Form (Stage 2) should not be completed at this time. We will notify you when it is time to complete the registration process.

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.

Our next SLR will take place on the 18th January 2023 and it will be for 6th 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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Garda Information Talk

26 Jan 2023

The school is delighted to host a Garda Information Talk this evening in the school from 8pm.

The topics covered will include:

* Phones/ Social Media Apps

* Drugs and Alcohol

* Community Garda and the law

All parents/ guardians are welcome to attend and the talk will last about 45 minutes.

ATU Information Evening

25 Jan 2023

ATU are hosting an information evening on Thursday, 26th January 2023 from 6pm to 8pm at their Dublin Road campus.

Pre-registration is required and students who are interested in attending can register using the following link: www.atu.ie/openday

CAO Registration Deadline

17 Jan 2023

A reminder that the deadline for registering with the CAO online at the reduced rate of €30 is this Friday, 20th January 2023.

The closing date for registrations is the 1st February 2023 but the cost of registration increases to €45 after this Friday.

A reminder, too, that the CAO are hosting on online information session this evening, Tuesday, 17th January 2023 from 6.30pm. The registration link for this event can be found elswhere on this page.

BT Young Scientist Competition

11 Jan 2023

Best of luck to Hanora Brady (Transition Year) who is representing the school in BT Young Scientist Competition this week. 

Her project is called ‘South Gain’ and it is an investigation to determine if south facing windows can reduce energy consumption.  

Christmas Door - Time To Vote!

19 Dec 2022

Calling all students and staff!

It is time to vote for your favourite classroom Christmas door. 

Many of our doors around the school were decorated by staff and students over the past number of weeks. The time has now come for students and teachers to cast their vote and pick their favourite classroom door.

To cast your vote, please click on the link below before 9am on Tuesday, 20th December. Only those with a school email can vote.

Christmas Door Ballot Paper

Christmas Holidays 2022

18 Dec 2022

Carrick-on-Shannon Communtiy School will close for the Christmas holidays at 1.15pm on Wednesday, 21st December 2022. Classes will resume on Thursday, 5th January 2023 at 9am.

The staff have agreed that the next three days can be non-uniform days for the students so there is no requirement to wear our school uniform next week.

Eddie The Elf

15 Dec 2022

For those of you on Instagram, why not search for carrickonshannoncs and follow the exciting adventures of Eddie the Elf. 

Open Night 6pm-8pm

15 Dec 2022

Our Open Night for incoming 1st Years will take place this evening between 6pm and 8pm. This is a change to the time advertised on local media and notified to parnets/ guardians in the packs we delivered to schools last week.

We ask that you only travel to the school if it is safe to do so. 

A reminder too, that if you wish to meet with our SEN Coordinator, Mr. Nyland, you can do so by booking an appointment using the link below:

https://carrickcs.schoolzineplus.co.uk/senco

Weather Warnings

14 Dec 2022

As Met Éireann have indicated that they will continue to issue weather warnings over the coming days, we ask that all members of the school community take care travelling to and from the school over the coming days.

Click on the linik below for the most up-to-date information:

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5th Year Work Experience

07 Dec 2022

Our 5th Year students will be going on work experience during the week beginning the 12th December.

There is a certain amount of paperwork to be done prior to attending a work experience placement. 5th Year students are reminded that all documents must be completed and submitted to the class teacher prior to the commencement of their placement.

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