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• Friday 26 March 2021 Student Enterprise Awards
• Wednesday 24 March 2021 Beyond the Forest Floor Congratulations to 5th year student Ruth O’Kelly who was the illustrator for a recently published book.
• Monday 15 March 2021 Free Webinar - The Learning Journey
• Friday 12 March 2021 International Women's Day 2021
• Wednesday 10 March 2021 TY Business Module TYs have been kept busy with talks from different professions as part of Ms. Youngs Business Module.Students learned about journalism and photography from Nathalie Marquez Courtney. Nathalie is a photographer and writer, and former editor of two national titles, Image Interiors & Living and KISS (then Ireland's only teen magazine). She writes a regular interiors column for The Sunday Independent's LIFE Magazine and regularly do food, lifestyle and portrait shoots for Irish lifestyle publications like Image, Food & Wine, Irish Tatler.Today, they learned about the Law system in Ireland through the eyes of a Barrister. Keith Concannon spoke about his journey into law and what he does on day to day basis. He also included what it’s like working as a sole trader.
• Tuesday 2 March 2021 Eye Health for students Below is a summary of best practice for screen use from our local optician:The majority of people have greatly increased our screen/device use and that’s unfortunately having a negative effect on their eyes.Increased screen use can cause the following:1) Dry eyes.We blink much less when using screens, so we are not producing enough tears to keep our eyes comfortable and moist. Every time you blink with a dry eye it’s like scraping a dry windscreen.If we keep our eyes moist they will look, feel and perform better.Dry eyes can feel scratchy, burny, itchy, scaldy or just tired. Dry eyes can also look pink and irritated.Blinking more frequently can help. When using screens our blink rate falls by up to 80%.Over the counter preservative free eye drops are fantastic at alleviating dry eyes symptoms. Use them 2-3 times a day and your eyes will thank you.Drinking more water and increasing omega 3 can also help.2) Eye fatigue.Excessive use of our eyes for near visual tasks
• Monday 22 February 2021 Positive Psychology We understand that parents are dealing with so many new challenges and changes due to the Covid 19 crisis. Between juggling the demands of home-schooling, working from home and looking after everybody else’s needs, self-care so often goes to the bottom of our lists. Yet it has never been more important to prioritise well-being and discover ways to nurture our resilience. The field of Positive Psychology (the science of well-being) can offer parents many skills and strategies to help to develop the resilience needed at this time, so that we feel strong and equipped to face current challenges. This webinar will present practical ideas and suggestions for self-care and wellness from the field of Positive Psychology.
• Thursday 11 February 2021 3rd Year Geography Projects Ms Young’s 3rd year Geography classes (Group3 and Class3)  have been studying weather over the last few weeks. They have completed the challenge of making their own weather instruments. Some students created wind vanes (direction of the wind) and others created rain gauges (measures amount of rainfall). Living in Galway the rain gauges will fill up fast.
• Wednesday 10 February 2021 NUIG - Research Studies My name is Anna Keller, and I am a final year student at NUIG in the psychology department. I am conducting a study aimed at understanding how COVID-19 related social restrictions have impacted the perceived social support and wellbeing of secondary school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years.  We know that this past year has been particularly challenging for secondary school students and want to know how they're feeling so that we may be able to understand and help them as much as we can in these times. 
• Wednesday 3 February 2021 Claudine Thevenet Woman of Hope In the circle of life, the Spring Season awakens hope in all living things.
• Tuesday 26 January 2021 Cope Christmas Swim The Salerno Student Council is delighted to announce that we have raised €778 during the Christmas swim for COPE Galway.On Monday, the Council held a Zoom meeting with Lynia from COPE Galway to virtually hand over the money. It was decided to split the money between COPE's three services; homelessness supports, meals on wheels and domestic abuse victims support.Well done to everyone who took part in the swim and thank you to everyone that donated and supported us.
• Friday 22 January 2021 Catholic Schools Week 24th to 31st January Catholic Schools Week 2021 will be celebrated from Sunday 24 January to Sunday 31 January 2021 on the theme ‘Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith and Resilience’.
• Friday 22 January 2021 GEC Webinar Galway Education Centre will be hosting a webinar for parents of Junior & Leaving Certificate students.
• Thursday 21 January 2021 Irish Second Level Students Union Congratulations to Dakpe Glavee (5th Year) and Aoife O'Dea(TY) who were elected as Regional Officers of the Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU). The first time it has happened for 2 representatives from the same school. Well done girls.
• Monday 11 January 2021 BT Young Scientist Awards 2021
• Thursday 17 December 2020 Student Council Newsletter
• Wednesday 16 December 2020 TY Covid Awareness Project
• Monday 14 December 2020 Salerno Student Council Christmas Swim
• Friday 4 December 2020 TY Workshop The TYs spent the day strengthening their leadership and team building skills to find the Dutchman’s gold and then build a camp for their teams. They had great fun solving problems and overcoming many obstacles along the way. 
• Tuesday 1 December 2020 Shoebox Appeal 2020
• Tuesday 1 December 2020 Texaco Art Competition 2020 Congratulations to Meabh Duddy, whose Artwork was commended out of 25,000 entries in the Texaco Children's Art Competition. A magnificent achievement for a very talented artist. Well done Meabh.
• Friday 27 November 2020 Good News from Planet Youth Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
• Monday 16 November 2020 Salerno Student Council
• Monday 16 November 2020 Irish Girl Guides The members of the senior section of the Irish Girl Guides. As part of the Eco-UNESCO Youth Climate Justice Challenge, are running a social media campaign raising awareness of the negative effects of fast fashion on the environment. They are asking for your support through sharing their Instagram posts from 12th-19th November, at the handle @galwaycityseniorbranch.
• Friday 13 November 2020 Planet Youth Ireland
• Wednesday 4 November 2020 Past Pupil - Author Deirdre Sullivan Past Pupil, Deirdre Sullivan, has had her most recent publication'Savage Her Reply', Shortlisted for the An Post Book awards. Please show your support for this talented young writer by clicking on the link and voting for her. Deirdre is nominated in the category Dept51@ Eason-Teen
• Monday 2 November 2020 Congratulations Sr.Gerarda
• Saturday 12 September 2020 Salerno students feature in the Irish Times
• Friday 11 September 2020 Welcome to our new website We hope that you find it easy to use and full of the information you require, whether you are a current or prospective parent or a member of the wider community.

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