Archive for November, 2014
Culture & Diversity Week: Day 5

Culture Day & Drumming Workshop Today we celebrated our own individual cultures by wearing our national dress or country’s colours. Some boys also brought in items from their own cultures to share with their classes. Then, to finish off an amazing week, we had an African/ Irish Folk Music Workshop hosted by Afro Trad Ireland. […]
Culture & Diversity Week: Day 4

Thanksgiving & Food Tasting To celebrate Thanksgiving, we held an International Food Tasting buffet in the school. The whole school community came together and supplied an abundance of international cuisine. We had contributions from moms & dads, aunties & uncles, grandparents and family friends. We would like to thank everyone who contributed and those who […]
Culture & Diversity Week: Day 3

Wednesday was another very busy day in The Mon as we celebrated musical culture with a variety of traditional dance from around the world. Check out our Yellow Flag page for more information and photos!
Culture & Diversity Week: Day 2

Today we had a wonderful time celebrating the Traveller Culture and our international Coffee Morning & Bake Sale. We would like to thank everyone who contributed towards our Coffee Morning and Bake Sale today. We had an amazing response and we hope that you all enjoyed it as much as we did. We would also […]
Culture & Diversity Week

As you are aware, we are holding our Culture & Diversity Week in school next week. We have a lot of cultural based activities organised for the boys but we would like to remind you about how you can help. On Tuesday, we are hosting an International Coffee Morning & Bake Sale. We will need your […]
John Spillane

Today we had a special guest in the afternoon who more than impressed the boys. Thanks to John Spillane for dropping in to play for us, the boys were willing participants as they sang their hearts out. An Poc ar Buile Afterwards, some boys from 6th class presented John with our very own CD which […]
Culture Week 2014

The Diversity Committee are delighted to announce that Culture Week 2014 will take place from Monday 24th November to Friday 28th November. We are planning an action packed week of activities but we need your help so that it is a success.We have drawn up a rough outline of activities so that you can see how […]
Yellow Flag Questionnaire

As you are already aware, we are involved in The Yellow Flag Project which promotes diversity and supports inclusion of all our students. To help us get parents views and suggestions on how we can continue to promote interculturalism in The Mon we have put together a questionnaire for parents and guardians. Where at all […]
Community College 7-Aside
Today the school 7-aside football team took part in the first ever Killarney Community College Primary Schools Football Tournament. The boys won their first 3 games against the Gaelscoil, Ballycasheen and Kilcummin. This meant they went through to the semi-finals where they played and beat Loughguitane. Before they played the final they got a few […]