St Patrick's Academy
Year 8 Transition Information
Enrichment Activities |
Our school council is a forum for pupils to have their voices heard by senior teachers and the Principal of the school. Pupils can raise awareness of pupil concerns or bring new ideas to help make St Patrick's the best it can be. Pupils get the opportunity to work with others in all year groups to represent their peers and have real experience of being involved in the inner workings of a school. They are able to help guide and mould St Patrick's into the best vision of community and Catholic Care. |
At St Patrick's there are lots of opportunities to get involved in extra-curricular sporting ativities. Examples of sports include football, Gaelic football, Hurling, Camogie, Basketball, Badminton, Life Saving, Netball and Cross-Country. We believe that being involved in sports helps to improve pupils self-esteem, build friendships outside the classroom and enhance their teamwork skills. |
We give our pupils lots of opportunities to develop their musical abilities. We have Guitar club which runs after school to help pupils learn the Guitar. Rock club runs at breaktimes were pupils who play a mixture of instruments can meet up. We also provide opportunities for further development of instruments whereby extra tutoring can be arranged. |
Our afterschool homework club allows pupils to avail of the ICT facilities in order to complete their homework. The club is supervised by a teacher and runs twice a week. |
Translink's Safety Bus visits St Patrick's early in the school year. They speak with our Year 8 pupils to promote the message of safe transport, the need to protect the service, including the wider social and environmental benefits alongside the detrimental effects of anti-social behaviour to the driver and the service. |
Young Enterprise are an external organisation who deliver programmes to pupils on a wide range of topics. In year 8, our pupils get the opportunity to complete the programme called ‘Your School, Your Business’. This programme helps pupils to develop skills and positive attitudes as they make the leap from primary to post-primary school. |