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Moate CS promotes mental health awareness Congratulations to first year student Ella Corcoran on winning the Mental Health Promotion Poster Competition in Moate Community School. Ella created an insightful and creative drawing that encourages the viewer to think deeply about their mental health. Pieta House founder, Senator Joan Freeman, kindly sponsored a 100 euro One […]

Moate students compete at Salters’ Festival of Chemistry On the 18th of May, four first year students from Moate Community School travelled to Trinity College Dublin to compete in the prestigious 2019 Salters’ Festival of Chemistry. The group were one of twenty schools taking part in the event. This year’s event focused on the International […]

Moate CS Awarded the Amber Mental Health Flag We’re delighted that our school was successful in procuring the Amber Flag from Pieta House for promoting positive mental health for our students. Moate CS was awarded this Amber Flag for their work in the following areas: all students from 1st to 3rd year took part in […]

Moate CS students shine at School Analyst Competition Three 5th year Chemistry students from Moate Community School took part in Galway regional final of the School Analyst Competition which is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Elaine Pidgeon, Aaron Keane and Julian Wisniewski used a number of analytical techniques including titrations, High Performance Liquid […]

Moate Community School Students involved in judging Debating competition The final of the Primary Schools Debating Competition took place on Friday 10th May in Athlone Civic Centre. Cllr Aengus O’Rourke is pictured along with Sean O’Flaherty and Deborah Fakeye, both leaving cert students in Moate, who were involved in this hugely successful competition which sees […]

Moate CS students promoting the Sensory Garden as a unique attraction in Moate On 7th of May, Moate TY students Seán Treacy and Troy Bradley welcomed TY students Daniel Daly and Eve Martin from Banagher College to Dún Na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park. Daniel became blind due to leukaemia when he was 6 years […]

Success for Moate Scientists in at SciFest Regional On Friday 12th of April, seven groups of First year and Transition year Science students from MCS presented the findings of their investigations at the Regional Final of SciFest in Athlone Institute of Technology. Irene Murphy and Rebecca Simpson’s project titled ‘Spray your Way to Healthy Play’ […]

Moate CS students gain Health & Safety qualification Moate C.S. Senior students completed the safe pass and manual handling course in April this year . The Safe Pass is a one day safety awareness programme aimed at construction workers.  The aims of the programme are to raise the standard of safety awareness in the construction industry […]

Moate students attend Self Help Africa Exhibition   Moate students Oisín Murphy, Ruiari Casey and Jay Looney travelled to Iveagh House last Wednesday to present their BT Young Scientist project at the Science for Development Showcase Event. The exhibition which was organised by Irish Aid and Self-Help Africa aimed to highlight the high standard of […]