Ashton Players – Transition Year students  – have been extremely busy as they prepared for their presentation of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’, under the direction of Mr. Drew Ruttle. The show has played to full houses each night, including  a matinee on Wednesday, when local primary school children attended, full of ‘wonder and awe’. The […]

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Medecins Sans Frontieres work in places of greatest need in the world, and can be found caring and administering  medical care in over 60 countries across the globe. Recently the Justice Group in Ashton, co-ordinated by Mr. Drew Ruttle, Chaplain, presented Clare Keaveney-Jiminez and Ciarán Hurley,  of University College Cork Friends of M.S.F.  with a […]

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   Ashton Transition Year students carried on the tradition of a 24-hr fast to raise funds for Concern and Christian Aid.  A group of four pupils Maebh Coakley, Tara Cronin, Cian Dillon and Roisin Dorney organised the event and almost 40 pupils took part.  The pupils fasted for 24 hours, stayed in school overnight,  and […]

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BKinniu based in Kildare, held students spell-bound as they taught them deportment skills, good make-up and hygiene advice, etiquette, personal development topics, along with grooming and image development. Students initial task was to walk the ‘red carpet’ with poise and elegance, which all students completed with style and panache. Laughter abounded, and the experiential element […]

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Corn Bedell was presented recently at Assembly at Ashton School by Ms. Máire Roycroft atá ina ball ar Chumann Gaelach na hEaglaise do Ms. Creedon, Ms. Desmond, Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Geaney, múinteoirí Gaeilge at Ashton, on behalf of the school cohort.  A cheque to the value of 250 euros was also presented. The prize […]

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Maths Week took place from the 12th to the 16th of October at Ashton School, and was  celebrated  in many ways. Each morning a maths puzzle was read out over the intercom. This gave students the time to solve the problem, and submit their answer at break time. Students heard a number of fun and […]

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Ashton School. Earlier this year, students in Art class with Ms. O’Shea entered the ‘Simon Community Art competition from the junior cycle within the school, and Maeve Herlihy was honoured to be chosen as runner up. For her achievements Maeve received a €50 one-for-all voucher from Niamh Quain, the Education Sector Co-ordinator for Simon Community. […]

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History was made in 2015 at Ashton when three significant cups were won by the various boys hockey teams in the school.  The Senior Boys Hockey Cup was won against Villiers, captained by Simon Wolfe.  The Junior Boys Hockey Cup was won in a game against Midleton College, captained by Fabio Greco. The Minor Boys […]

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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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