Congratulations to the eight Ashton students who, under the direction of Ms Kerins and Ms Ryan, have successfully managed to bring their Bloom project to completion.  Ashton is one of just two schools to exhibit a garden design at the annual Bord Bia Bloom festival which takes place during the June Bank Holiday weekend. Click […]

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Transition Year students at Ashton School, Blackrock Road, held their Awards Night recently, where students displayed their projects, portfolios, film-work, and much more, to their parents and invited guests.  Principal Mr. Landen welcomed everyone, and congratulated students on their outstanding achievements.  Ms. Ryan T.Y. Co-Ordinator,   spoke of students ‘capacity to be flexible, willing and able […]

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Transition Year Students recently made a  presentation of a cheque to Ms. Karen O’Sullivan D.S.I., being funds from selling chocolate bars during break times and during class periods. Students listened intently to Ms. O’Sullivan, as she informed them of the work of this organisation supporting people of all ages with Down Syndrome to ensure they live […]

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The Ashton Transition Year carried on a tradition of a 24-hr fast to raise funds for Concern and Christian Aid that has been going since 1992. A group of five pupils organised the event and forty pupils took part. The pupils stayed in school overnight,  and had a breakfast together early on Friday morning. They […]

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Ashton School students Brendan Morris and Marcus Fitzgibbon, winners of the Post Primary Language Initiative competition, winning themselves and their teacher, Olan Geaney a week’s language scholarship in Salamanca in Spain, studying Spanish in a dedicated language school. This is Ashton School’s third time winning the competition, open to all 5th year students of Spanish […]

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  Mrs. Alison Flack visited Ashton recently to speak to students in Ms. Power’s C.S.P.E. class about the role of Guide Dogs in the family, and wider community.  Students were spell-bound when they saw the dog completing various commands from Mrs. Flack. Visually impaired students and others were impressed with the impact a Guide Dog […]

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Third Year students recently participated in Short Story writing workshops, promoted by the English Department at Ashton , as part of the ongoing development of literacy throughout the school.  Ewan Lynch and Emily Hynes both honed their talents  as writers of fiction with the assistance of Cork City Council.  Their work was recently published in […]

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Ashton students, Annie Walsh, Karen Marshall, Natascha Fischer Dooley, and Evelyn Sheehan were invited guests at the 29th commemorative anniversary of the world’s biggest nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, which took place at the Lord Mayor’s chambers in the City Hall. Appreciative congratulations were extended to Annie Walsh who was presented with The Evgenia Nesterenko memorial […]

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Transition Year students at Ashton School recently participated in poetry writing workshops, facilitated  by Sarah Hayden, Assisting writer and poet, as part of the Cork City Libraries and Schools Project, supported by the Arts Office, Cork City Council.   Students, Evelyn Sheehan, Annie Walsh, Fianna Nolan, Diarmuid O’Donoghue, and Michael Shiel Lantry considered  and discussed emotions, […]

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Ashton U13 and U14 Soccer teams recently returned from an exciting trip to Blackpool in England over the Easter term, accompanied by Coaches Ian Cunningham, Stephen Bermingham,  Declan Coleman, Aidan Buckley, and 5th year students Ross Welch, David McSweeney, Marc O’Neill. The U13 soccer team beat Red Star BK from Denmark 6-0, an outstanding result.  […]

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