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Dear Parents,

Welcome to our HSCL Padlet Wall for parents giving some information about our school. This page will let you see at a glance information about our school and some of the HSCL activities that are happening. St. Paul's Community College is proud of the links it maintains between home and school. Partnership between the home and school is so important because with positive and active partnership the students will achieve the best education on offer. Mr Ger Lohan is the HSCL teacher in the school and he can be contacted at 085-2237323 or email gerardlohan@wwetb.ie

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The Mayor of Waterford, Mr Jason Murphy, launched the HSCL Local Education Committee's "One Book One Community” initiative on Monday 9th December 2024 in St Paul's Community College. The book chosen is called “Kelda” written by local Author, Dolores Lyons.

The aim of the “One Book One Community” initiative is to raise literacy awareness and instil a love of books and independent reading skills in the children and families of those taking part in the initiative. The initiative is being undertaken by the 14 Waterford DEIS  schools comprising the HSCL Local Education Committee (LEC) namely Presentation Primary School, Presentation  Secondary School,  St. Paul’s Boys’ National School ,  St. Paul’s Community College,  St. Saviour’s Primary School, Mercy Secondary and Primary Schools, Ursuline Primary School, Scoil Lorcán Primary School, Stephen Street De La Salle Primary School, Mount Sion NS, Portlaw National School, Dungarvan College and St Mary’s/St Joseph’s National Schools Dungarvan.

Over 100 invited guests including students, parents, school principals, HSCL teachers, community representatives and other invited guests attended the launch in St’ Pauls Community College school library. Guests were welcomed by school Principal, Ms Fiona McDonnell, who introduced the Mayor and Author Dolores Lyons. The school’s Student Council, led by Lidiia Olefirova, provided a Guard of Honour for the Mayor on his arrival and welcomed the Mayor before his speech. The Mayor stressed the importance of developing reading skills in an age where digital technologies are taking up much of young peoples time and interests. Author Dolores Lyons gave an excellent talk on the background of her book, Kelda, and how she has always been interested in Viking history. The main character in her book is a Viking girl called Kelda who travels to Ireland and gets caught up in all sorts of interesting adventures.

Early in the next school term more than 800 books will be distributed between the schools to all sixth class and First Year pupils in the 14 schools, leading to further projects and activities related to what they have been reading. We hope that the book will give hours of reading pleasure to all taking part and that the book will instil a curiosity in students to further  explore the rich Viking heritage that is abundant in their City of Waterford.

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St. Paul's Community College is one of the 12 Post-Primary schools run by the Wexford and Waterford Education and Training Board (WWETB).

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St. Paul's Community College is one of the 12 Post-Primary schools run by the Wexford and Waterford Education and Training Board (WWETB).

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Our school contact details are below. We also have a school website at www.stpaulswaterford.ie We use a school App to communicate messages/information to parents/guardians. The App can be downloaded free from Google Play Store (Android) and App Store (iPhone) by searching for iClassCMS in the store.

T: 051-355816

E: stpaulscc@wwetb.ie

www.stpaulswaterford.ie

Tweet: @stpaulscommuni1

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Some of our parents who completed the Sewing Classes with the cushions they made. Well done to all

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Click on the image above to see a sample of the curriculum offered to students in St. Paul's Community College.

Extra-Curricular Activities
We offer a wide range of Extra-Curricular Activities in our school. Students are encouraged to view the world around them and appreciate the contribution they can make throughout their school life and beyond. As part of this, students get involved in many competitions, charitable events and fundraising activities throughout the year.

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In St. Paul's Community College, we want to empower and teach our first year students aspects of well-being skills.

Well-being is part of every students timetable in our school, and it gives our students a daily opportunity to reflect and take time for themselves. Students in St. Paul's Community College are given the opportunity to flourish in whatever way possible; this is echoed throughout the school by our ethos: "providing an inclusive learning environment for all".

We offer our students a wide range of extra-curricular activities, to support their well-being such as mentoring and leadership programmes, clubs and various sports.

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All students are provided with lockers to allow them to store their books and equipment. Students have access to lockers before class begins in the morning, at break and lunch times. This reduces the weight of heavy school bags for students.

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                Creative and Performing Arts

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                Creative and Performing Arts

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Music
The Music Department at St. Paul's Community College is host to a vibrant, creative and welcoming learning environment within the school community. Music education aims to develop the three core areas of learning - performing, composing and listening - through a series of interrelated musical activities. This is supportedn further by students' involvement in extra-curricular Music activities such as our school musical and talent shows.

Junk Kouture
At St. Paul's Community College, we offer our students the opportunity to take part in Junk Kouture which is a global platform to unleash the creative brilliance of young people. Junk Kouture is a fashion competition that challenges students to combine skills from a range of subjects to create and produce high end couture from everyday junk.

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Our school has a pastoral care team that looks after the well-being and induction of students. Those with roles involved in pastoral care include:

* Principal
* Deputy Principal
* Year Heads
* Class Tutor
* Class Teacher
* Guidance and Counselling
* Home School Community Liaison Teacher
* School Chaplain
* Special Education Needs Team
* Behaviour for Learning Classroom Teacher
* ASD Classroom Teachers in the Hub
* The JCSP School Librarian

We offer a range of supports to help our students settle into and thrive in their Post-Primary education years, including Homework Club, and Supervised Study, Extra-Curricular Activities, Clubs, Well-being Classes and JCSP Library facilities.

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Click on the image above to find out more about this innovative project.

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Think you need to get out of the house and do a course?

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Think you need to get out of the house and do a course?

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Parents Classes and Programmes

The HSCL teacher invites parents to take part in classes and courses especially arranged for them in the school. Due to the Covid pandemic most courses had been put on hold. There are still places left on the following courses if parents would like to join. Just call the HSCL teacher, Mr Lohan, at 085-2237323 or email gerardlohan@wwetb.ie

Pilates Classes

Introduction to First Year Maths for Parents

Helping your child on the computer with remote learning on Teams

Local History "Walk and Talk"

Parents Plus Teenage Parenting Programme (adolescents)

Parents Book Club

Science for Fun in the Classroom (5 week programme)

Maths for Fun in the Classroom (5 week programme)

Digital Literacy - apps for supporting learning with your child

Food Choice and Health

Machine Sewing

Family Literacy (Helping your child with literacy)

Adult Literacy - Confidential free classes to improve your English held in the local Adult Education Centre

The Parents Classes running so far this term include Pilates, First Year Maths and Beauty and Make-Up programmes.

The HSCL Local Education Committee is active in working on a new project, the One Book One Community Initiative, to support the child's literacy, numeracy, well-being and attendance at school. Parents are invited to join the LEC by contacting Mr Lohan.

St. Paul's Community College has an active Parents Association. Parents are always welcome to join. Contact Mr Lohan,  Jennefer Cullinan (Chairperson), Joan Denmead (Secretary) or any member of the Parents Association if you are interested.

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Our brand new ASD school (we call it the "Hub") was recently built as an extension to St Paul's Community College. It's staff of teachers and SNA's support our students diagnosed with ASD. Parents are welcome to contact Mr Galvin or other staff in the Hub for more information.

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STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

St. Paul's offers a wide variety of option subjects for both boys and girls in supporting STEM education in the school. Click on the image above to see more information. In 2020 the school made it to the finals of the BT Young Scientist Competition in the RDS and this year three second year students won a top prize in BT Young Scientist 2024, coming 2nd in the Junior Category with their project called "Solar Panels - A Brighter Future for our School using Micro-generation Technology"

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HSCL Coordinators John O'Shea, Kelly Shalloe, Helen Mc Govern, Ger Lohan and Sandra Keating with Joanne from Subla

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The Subla Centre for Travellers held an Open Day on and HSCL Coordinators from the local cluster schools visited the Centre. Many of our Traveller students attend here after Junior Cert to pursue further qualifications.

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Parents and Student Voice and Leadership

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Parents and Student Voice and Leadership

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Student Council

The Student Council is made up of representatives from each year group and plays a vital role in providing a voice for our student body. These students work together throughout the year to discuss and debate issues to enhance the school. They work closely within the school leadership to resolve any ICT issues they face by sharing their knowledge and skills.

Parents Association

The Parents Association takes an active part within the school leadership to represent and speak out for the general parent body of students in St Paul's Community College. There are currently 12 members sitting on the Parents Association. Jennefer Cullinan is the Chairperson and Joan Denmead is the Secretary. New members are always welcome and the Parents Association meets about once per half term during the school year.

Student Mentors

At the beginning of the year each first year class is paired with two to three Transition Year (TY) mentor students that help them settle in to school. The mentors visit the first years regularly and offer support and guidance.

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Our School Musical "Footloose" November 2024

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Our School Musical "Footloose" November 2024

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Our Parents Association who managed the Raffle we had great prizes. Thanks to all for all their hard work and sourcing the spot prizes.

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Group includes Gary Cushen and Catherine Winters from St. Paul's CC along with other parents from our local cluster schools. 

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A Group of Parents have completed the My Child My Vision HSCL Programme . It was planned to roll out the course to parents this Autumn but now it will take place at the start of next year 2025.