Transcript The Mount Lourdes Uniform!!!!!!! - European studies group28

Mount Lourdes
Grammar School,
Enniskillen.
A brief introduction…
This is a slide show presentation of our school,
Mount Lourdes in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh,
Northern Ireland.
We hope that the presentation will give you insight
into our school and we have included information
on everything from the canteen to the different
subjects available to the school crest!
Finally, the European Studies class would like to
wish you all a happy new year!
We hope you enjoy this presentation!
Our School Buildings.
Plan of our school.
Technology Building
New Extension.
Sacred Heart House
Our
Lady’s
House.
St. Catherine’s
Convent
Chapel
St. Paul’s
St. Catherine’s.
The St. Catherine’s building links
Our Lady’s House to the Convent
Building of our school.
This building was originally
opened in 1956. It contains the
Main Office, the Information
Technology Suite, French rooms
and the Library.
In the near future St Catherine’s
will be demolished and
modernised.
Technology Building.
The Technology Building, which we
share with another secondary school,
was opened in 1996.
In the Technology Suite there is a
classroom for teaching and design and a
practical room for the production of
technological projects. This room
contains a variety of modern
production equipment.
Below the technology suite are several
classrooms which accommodate the
Geography and Sociology departments
of the school.
Temporary Classrooms.
Another important part of our school is an area we call
“Shanty Town”.
Shanty Town is a group of mobile classrooms for Maths
Religion, Economics, Spanish and German.
Shanty Town is situated on the banks of Lough Erne.
When the renovation of Sacred heart House is complete,
these temporary classrooms will no longer be in use.
Sacred Heart House
o Built in 1931
o Originally contained classrooms
for English, Geography, History,
Art and the staffroom.
Here is the old Sacred Heart House, now
currently being renovated.
oIs
currently being refurbished this year
to now supply; a Careers suite, a
Language suite, a new library and a
new study hall.
St. Paul’s House…
This was built in 1971 and formed another link between Our
Lady’s and Sacred Heart houses and contained an assembly
hall, music rooms and general classrooms.
In 2001 a major extension began. St. Paul’s house was
demolished to make way for this new building. The new
building was completed in September 2002. It provides
classrooms for Art & Design, Home Economics and Music as
well as Sports and Assembly Halls.
A sixth form centre, oratory, lecture theatre, along with
classrooms for Science and English was added in 2003
The School Crest
The school motto on the crest is the Latin phrase ‘Fide Et
Labore’, which means ‘Faith and Toil’ in English. The crest
welcomes you as you walk through the main school doors.
Environmental Issues
From visiting the technology teacher Mr Meenan he explained to us that a
lot of recycling goes on within the school for example the school recycles
Computer cartridges
Photocopying Cartridges
Christmas Cards are recycled after that special times of year
And also the school at the moment is setting up for us to able to recycle
cardboard and general paper
Lucinda and I then took a trip up to see Miss Mc Gurn. She ran the
enrichment course known as Greenfingers last year.
She informed us that last year they did many different things to do with
GreenFingers. Different things include
That they planted flowers in the old building of the school which has now
been demolished but the flowers have been planted in the new school
green house.
They also planted pots down by the mobiles to decorate it.
The Mount Lourdes Uniform!!!!!!!
The Mount Lourdes uniform is
actually quite attractive. We
have the navy skirt (at least for
the moment!), the green blouse,
the green and purple striped tie,
the navy jumper with purple and
green stripes around the cuffs
and the neck and last and least,
the dreaded blazer. Its navy and
got a lilac trim and a lilac school
crest. You should see the uniform
in all its glory in the picture of
our beloved European Studies
class. But here are a few if you
just can’t stand to wait.
History of the School
Mount Lourdes Grammar school was
set up in 1909 to offer a secondary
education to Catholic girls in Co.
Fermanagh
The 1st principal was Sister Mary
Benignus of the Sisters of Mercy
The school was just one room in the
Convent building and had 7 pupils in
its 1st year
A new building, Our Lady’s House,
was built in 1915 for the increasing
number of pupils. It had a few
classrooms and an assembly hall.
In 1917 boarding facilities were
provided for 77 pupils
History of the School
In 1947 the government made
secondary education free and there
were 219 pupils by this stage. So
another building was built, Which
contains the library, rooms for art,
Home economics and science
Today the school only accommodates
day pupils of which there is
approximately 900 and 50 teachers.
The current principal is Mrs McKeever
All students are encouraged to
participate in the annual school mass
for Mount Lourdes, which takes place in
St Michaels Cathedral. Here, the whole
school joins in prayer and song to
initiate the beginning of the new school
year.
Subjects
There are eight classes in our school day and these classes vary from
forty to fifty minutes. Classes start at 9:10 am and end at 3:25 pm. First
break is at 10:35am and first lunch is at 12:25pm and second lunch is at
1:10pm.
From first year to third year students must study all subjects offered.
When classes reach forth year they begin to study for their GCSE. The
compulsory classes are: English, maths, science, religion and at least one
language. They get to choose between French, German, Spanish and
Irish. They have to pick one class from: IT, Art, home economics, music
and technology and between economics, history and geography.
After two years they begin to study AS level. They drop all subjects
apart from four. They get to choose between art, music, Home
economics biology, physics and chemistry, English literature, economics,
sociology, politics, religion, IT, German, Spanish, Irish and French, maths,
geography, history.
After their AS levels you can continue on to do A levels. For this you
drop one of your chosen subjects. So A level students only study three
subjects intensively.
The Canteen
The school canteen is open to all students in the
morning where toast, hot and cold drinks, snack bars
and fruit is served.
During break time, which lasts from 10.35am –
10.55am, 6th and 7th year students have access to
the canteen facilities. Bread rolls, croissants and
scones are available as well as hot and cold drinks
(tea, coffee, soup, hot chocolate, orange juice, apple
juice, and bottled water) along with a variety of fruit
and cereal bars.
Lunch times vary for the Junior and Senior students.
1st, 2nd and 3rd year students have their lunchtime
from 12.25am – 1.10pm and senior students (4th-7th
year) have their lunch from 1.10pm – 1.55pm.
Amongst the hot food that the canteen serves is:
Chips, chicken burgers, chicken curry, Irish stew,
spaghetti bolognaise, lasagna, vegetable stir-fry,
garlic potatoes, garlic bread, chicken tikka masala,
pizza, a variety of steamed vegetables, potatoes and
Cajun chicken, as well as other hot food.
The Canteen
Chips, chicken burgers, chicken curry, Irish stew,
spaghetti bolognaise, lasagna, vegetable stir-fry, garlic
potatoes, garlic bread, chicken tikka masala, pizza, a
variety of steamed vegetables, potatoes and Cajun
chicken, as well as other hot food.
The canteen employs cooks, dish washers, cleaners,
cashiers and supervisory staff. Food and drinks are
paid for with school “smart” cards. These are credit
card sized white plastic cards with a chip on them.
Every student and teacher in the school owns one as
they need it to purchase food with. Money is put onto
the card via the 4 “smart card machines” in the school.
This is a more secure and convenient way of charging
students and teachers in the school for food and has
been in operation since 1999.
A Smart Card machine
students modeling the
‘smartcard’
Mount Lourdes Football
Team…
The football team was managed by 5 teachers in
the school.
The girls trained every Monday and Wednesday
from October to March.
They played and won 2 matches which put them
through to the Ulster final.
The girls continued to win their next 2 matches and
progressed to the All-Ireland final which took place
on March 21st 2005.
The final score was Mount Lourdes 4-11 St. Josephs
Spanish Point Co. Clare 2-3.
All Ireland Winners 2005
We hope you enjoyed the show!
Slan!
Au
Revoir!!
Auf
Wiedersehen!
Goodbye!