Martin Heydon TD recently visited CPC to meet some of the TY students. A past pupil of CPC, Martin completed his Leaving Certificate in our school in 1997. He spoke to the 4C students about his work as a national politician. Martin is a member of the Fine Gael - the main government party – and he [...]
Continue Reading →Martin Miley is a local County Councillor and he recently visited CPC to meet the TY class 4C. Martin has been a county councillor for the last eight years. He discussed the role of a local politician and gave the students a real insight into the work of a public representative. Martin is a member of the [...]
Continue Reading →4A recently welcomed Michael O’Donoghue to CPC as part of their Equine Studies module. Michael works as a racing official and he spoke to the students about his work. Michael is an employee of the Irish Turf Club and the students got to learn about it’s functions. Michael described his role as “refereeing the [...]
Continue Reading →The Transition Year class 4C recently visited Gilltown Stud as part of their Equine Studies module. It was, as always, a pleasure to walk around the scenic grounds of this world-famous stud farm and learn about it. Gilltown is one of the Aga Khan’s studs and HRH The Queen paid a visit on her recent [...]
Continue Reading →The TY class 4D went on a trip to Dublin as part of their Economics module. It was a wonderful opportunity to get a guided tour of the Houses of the Oireachtas - to see Dail Eireann and Seanad Eireann. Indeed it was a privilege to be in our national parliament and sample the unique atmosphere of Leinster House. Our guide, Chris, was [...]
Continue Reading →I am doing a review on the transition year musical Voulez-Vous. It is a modern version of the musical Mamma Mia, where a girl is getting married and she invites three men and one of them is her father.
The acting and singing by the transition years was incredible. Becky Russell, who played Sophie, gave [...]
Continue Reading →Introduction: This is a review of the transition year musical ‘Voulez-Vous’ in Cross and Passion College. It is a modern interpretation of the classic musical ‘Mamma Mia’.
Description: The musical was full of the classic Abba songs and made the audience want to get up on stage to sing and dance along with them. The [...]
Continue Reading →The CPC school musical ‘Voulez-Vous’ was a major success this week.
Continue Reading →Ivan Keatley recently visited CPC as part of their Economics module. Ivan has been a member of Kildare County Council since 2011. He took over the seat vacated by Martin Heydon when he became a TD in last year’s General Election. Ivan represents the Fine Gael party on Kildare County Council (along with 8 other FG County Councillors) and enjoys [...]
Continue Reading →4D recently visited the Currabeg stables of John Oxx as part of their Equine Studies. A master of his profession, John has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a racehorse trainer. He has won many top races and trained equine superstars such as Sea the Stars, Sinndar, Alamshar, Azamour and Ridgewood Pearl.
John is recognised [...]
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