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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 […]

Moate CS TY students host NCBI service users in the Sensory Garden   A group of TY students from Moate CS hosted service users from NCBI(National Council for the Blind Ireland) in the Sensory Garden at Dún Na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park recently. The students enlightened them with the plants and features in the […]

Moate CS TY students host NCBI service users in the Sensory Garden   A group of TY students from Moate CS hosted service users from NCBI(National Council for the Blind Ireland) in the Sensory Garden at Dún Na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park recently. The students enlightened them with the plants and features in the […]

MCS TY Retreat On Thursday the 28th of March, the TY members of the Student Care Team participated in a retreat at the Carmelite Pastoral centre in Moate. The students consisted of 29 Transition years and they partook in the retreat held by the organisation An Tobar Nua. The day began at 9am when An […]

Moate CS TY Trip to Nijmegan On Wednesday 27th of March, 8 Transition Year students departed Dublin Airport to go to Nijmegan, Netherlands. The objective of the trip was to teach Dutch students how to play Gaelic football and hurling during their P.E. classes as well as to experience the Dutch culture and lifestyle. The […]

Moate CS TY students unveil sensory area in school grounds On the 2nd of April we welcomed Councillor Michael O’Brien to our school to open our outdoor sensory area, as well as Shaun Greville from the NCSE to unveil our new outdoor sensory area. Also present were all transition years as well as school staff, […]

MCS YSI Speakout On Friday the 22nd of March, Moate Community School’s Transition Year students attended the Young Social Innovators (YSI) Speak Out, in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe. Excited students from Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath attended. The Speak Out offered a platform for students to display the Social Issue projects they had been working on […]