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Presentation College Headford is a secondary school for boys and girls in Headford, County Galway in Ireland. The school serves the town of Headford and its hinterland. It is partnered with Dundonald High School, Belfast, in Northern Ireland.

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Presentation College in Headford has been given approval to proceed with a major expansion which will expand its capacity by 300 pupils.

When complete, the expanded Presentation College will be able to accommodate 1,000 pupils Galway East TD Seán Canney said.

The extension will include new classrooms and technology rooms along with an autism unit with three specially-designed classrooms and sensory rooms.

The project will also involve refurbishments and re-purposing of the school’s existing building.

Local county councillor Andrew Reddington said that this is an “historic” day for Headford, congratulating principal Aisling McAlpine, the Board of Management, and the local community

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Presentation College Headford

Inspiring students through digital storytelling

At Presentation College Headford in County Galway, Transition Year students have been learning how to create Esri Story Maps that give insight into local and international destinations in an attractive, interactive format. Their accomplishments have won them recognition in a major national award scheme, as well as praise from local councils.

School expands opportunities for students and engages their interest in geography with GIS

Students use ArcGIS Online to help them achieve success in Ireland’s Young Environmentalist of the Year Award

Students create high quality, attractive Story Maps, suitable for publication on council websites in Ireland

“Just looking at maps in books and on whiteboards can be a bit tedious for students,” says Colette Flanagan, a geography teacher with 28 years of experience in the classroom. When the opportunity arose for her to embed geographic information system (GIS) technology into her lessons at Presentation College Headford, she immediately recognised that this was a technology that could really inspire students.

“Young people nowadays are so technology focussed that using computers and digital maps is second nature to them,” she says. “ICT is already a huge part of their learning in so many areas, that it makes sense to use technology to get them more engaged in geography lessons and help them learn important new life skills.”

Presentation College Headford is a secondary school in County Galway in the Republic of Ireland and it became one of the first schools to sign up to Esri Ireland’s ArcGIS for Schools Program. Through this scheme, all Irish schools can gain free access to Esri’s digital mapping platform, ArcGIS Online, along with lesson plans, teaching resources and expert support.

“Using ArcGIS and creating Story Maps helps our students to develop research skills and gives them experience of using different types of maps at different scales. It also encourages them to think about how information is communicated and improve their presentation skills.”   Colette Flanagan , Programmes Coordinator ,   Presentation College Headford    

Benefits for students

Presentation College Headford started by making ArcGIS Online available to Transition Year students and showing them how to use ArcGIS to create engaging Story Maps. One group produced tourism Story Maps, combining historical, cultural, environmental and commercial information in one place in an appealing format. Some of these Story Maps presented information about international cities including Rome and Hamburg, while others focused on local towns and villages including Headford in County Galway and Shrule in County Mayo. “These Story Maps are so good that some of our local councils want to publish them on their own websites,” Flanagan says.

Other Transition Year students used ArcGIS to create a Story Map to support their entry for the Young Environmentalist of the Year Award. The Story Map provided the group of young people with the ideal way to present a vast amount of data about an area of woodland, including archaeological sites, public amenities, survey results and trails. The team was successful in winning the regional round of the competition, and Flanagan believes that the students’ use of Story Maps made them stand out from other groups, contributing to their success. “ArcGIS enabled the students to share information in a much more effective and attractive way than simply using a PowerPoint presentation,” she says.

All of the students at Presentation College Headford who have had the opportunity to use ArcGIS Online have responded very positively and learned valuable new skills. “Our students really enjoy working with GIS,” Flanagan says. “Using ArcGIS and creating Story Maps helps our students to develop research skills and gives them experience of using different types of maps at different scales. It also encourages them to think about how information is communicated and improve their presentation skills.”

“Our Transition Year students have gained a lot from using Esri’s technology and Story Maps, and I want to make this opportunity available to as many of our students as possible.”    Colette Flanagan ,  Programmes Coordinator ,   Presentation College Headford   

The teacher’s perspective

Flanagan found it relatively easy to learn how to use ArcGIS for teaching, despite the fact that GIS was entirely new to her. She attended a workshop run by Esri Ireland to gain an initial overview of the capabilities of the ArcGIS platform and saw demonstrations of how it can be embedded into lessons and projects. She then subsequently gained inspiration by reviewing Esri Ireland’s online resources, including pre-prepared teaching materials. “Using the information online, I could pretty much teach myself,” she says.

Following the success of using Esri’s Story Maps with Transition Year students at Presentation College Headford, Flanagan now plans to use ArcGIS in the Junior Cycle for classroom-based assessments and in the Senior Cycle for geographical investigations that are part of the leaving certificates for senior students. She also plans to start using Survey123, an Esri field collection app included as part of the schools program, with Transition Year students. This enables them to use mobile devices to collect information during field-work exercises and embed their own GIS data into their Story Maps.

Recognising that she cannot achieve all of this at once, Flanagan plans to extend the use of GIS at Presentation College Headford one step at a time, calling on support from her designated GeoMentor, a GIS professional assigned by Esri Ireland to provide the college with free ongoing support and encouragement. “Every year, I want to build on what we have done with ArcGIS and continue to incorporate new uses of GIS into our teaching,” she says. “Our Transition Year students have gained a lot from using Esri’s technology and Story Maps, and I want to make this opportunity available to as many of our students as possible.”

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Headford is a small but perfectly formed town, situated in the north of county Galway. It supports all the essentials of any Irish town. It has a church – St Mary’s, numerous pubs catering for a varied clientele, local shops and a bank. Headford also has a number of National Schools which feeds into Presentation College Headford.

The town and local area has several points of interest, as you arrive in Headford the brown Welcome signs states ‘Gateway to the Corrib’. Lough Corrib is approximately 6.5km west of the town; it is Ireland’s second largest lough, and is renowned by anglers for its fishing. The area has a long and diverse history, which is evident by its many ruins. The most famous is Ross Errily a friary founded in 1351, which is now described as the best preserved monastic ruin in Ireland. This site is amazing and well worth a visit. More >>>

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Ulster feature in busy weekend of All-Ireland finals

By Jackie Cahill

THE coming days will also see four Lidl All-Ireland Post Primary Schools champions crowned, with the weekend action getting underway on Friday with the Junior C Final between St Marys Macroom (Cork) and Mayo opponents Ballinrobe CS.

2024 Lidl All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools Finals – all Result on the day

Friday, March 15

Lidl All Ireland Post Primary School Junior ‘C’ Championship Final – St Marys Macroom (Cork) v Ballinrobe Community School (Mayo); University of Limerick North Campus, 2pm The 2024 Lidl All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools Finals get underway today, with the Junior C decider down for decision between St Marys Macroom (Cork) and Mayo’s Ballinrobe Community School.

Ballinrobe CS will be looking to go one better than Galway’s Dunmore Community School last year and bring the title to Connacht for the first time since St Clare’s Comprehensive, Manorhamilton (Leitrim) were winners in 2018.

But Ballinrobe will face a stern test of their credentials against opponents St Marys, who are aiming to become the first Junior C winners from Cork since Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, were victorious in 2010.

St Marys: E Deasy; S Cronin, C Murray, H O’Shea; G Duarte, C O’Brien, R Prendeville; S Mora, K Downey; R Ní Liatháin, É Ní Chonaola, O O’Brien; M Murphy (capt.), L Desmond, C Delaney.

Ballinrobe CS: K Hughes; S Vahey, A Warde, E Shaughnessy; L Tiernan, K Brennan (capt.), R Gallagher; A Hughes, R Burke; M O’Donnell, E Jennings, S Varley; E Keane, E Stagg, U Shaughnessy.

Saturday, March  16

Lidl All Ireland Post Primary School Junior ‘A’ Championship Final FCJ Secondary School, Bunclody (Wexford) v Loreto College (Cavan); GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin, 3.30pm The GAA’s National Games Development Centre will play host to the 2024 Lidl All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools Junior A Final.

FCJ Secondary School, Bunclody (Wexford) will take on three-in-a-row chasing on Loreto College (Cavan) in what should be an entertaining game.

Loreto have been superb in this competition in recent times and are aiming for a treble success, while FCJ Secondary School are aiming to emulate the feats of Bridgetown in 1999, who were the last Wexford school to achieve competition success.

FCJ Bunclody: A Sky Byrne; R Dwyer, S Kirwan, K Fitzpatrick; K Doyle, E Guinan, E Murphy; M Doyle, H Bolton Lee; M Tobin Cosgrave; L Roban, H Hawless (capt.); A Somers, O O’Rourke, E Roban.

Loreto Cavan: A McDermott; S Walsh, A Crowe, A Crotty; K McSeain, C Crowe, A McDwyer; K Fegan, M Sharkey; B Quaile, M Donohoe, E Gannon; K McGahern, K O’Meara (capt.), M Smith.

Lidl All Ireland Post Primary School Junior ‘B’ Championship Final Presentation College, Headford (Galway) v St Ronan’s College, Lurgan (Armagh); Mullahoran, Co. Cavan, 2pm Presentation College, Headford, will aim to become the first Connacht winners of the title since fellow Galway school Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in 2018.

Their opponents are St Ronan’s College, Lurgan (Armagh), last year’s runners-up who are looking to bring the title back to Ulster for the second time in three seasons, following victory for Loreto, Omagh (Tyrone) in 2022.

Presentation College: A Kenny; H Divilly, A Carey, S Devine; C Kerrigan, K Reynolds, E Whelan; E Curran, K O’Connor; L Jacques, A Fahy, A Curry; A O’Malley, R O’Brien, K Farragher (capt.).

St Ronan’s College: L Lennon; E McCavigan, M O’Hara, C French; E Conway, A Delaney, A Lavery; E McCafferty, O Campbell; L.M. McAreavey, A Donohue (capt.), A McDonald; C Henderson, C Magee, L McAlinden.

Monday, March  18

Lidl All Ireland Post Primary School Senior ‘B’ Championship Final St Attracta’s Community School, Tubbercurry (Sligo) v Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles (Tipperary); St Aidan’s GAA, Ballyforan, Co.Roscommon, 2pm Monday’s Senior B Final will pit St Attracta’s from Tubbercurry in Sligo against Tipperary opponents Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles.

A win for St Attracta’s would keep the Senior B tile in Connacht following the 2023 victory achieved by Convent of Mercy, Roscommon.

This is the first time that a Sligo team will contest a Senior B Final, while Presentation Thurles (2018), Loreto, Clonmel (2017) and Coláiste Dún Iascaigh, Cahir (2009) are previous finalists from Tipperary.

St Attracta’s: C Gallagher; R Staunton, C King, A Durcan; E Cassidy, J Casey, L Henry; C Walsh, E Giblin; K McCarthy, C Brennan (capt.), B Lavin; G Cooke, A Cooke, L Normanly.

Ursuline Secondary School: A Phelan; S Bell, C Fitzgibbon, S Coughlan; P Quirke (capt.), S Corcoran, I Carr; K Carr, K Ferncombe; L Purcell, C Stakelum, D Ryan; C Fitzpatrick, S Quinlan, O Ryan.

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Galway county council confirms that work has commenced on headford transport and community plan.

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Galway County Council have confirmed to Councillor Mary Hoade that Systra has now commenced work on the Headford Transport and Community plan.

The plan will address traffic calming pedestrian crossings, parking safety measures and bus stops in the town.

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A local presentation is to be made to the local community and a public consultation process for the businesses and the community will be implemented.

Councillor Hoade has welcomed the announcement saying that after many years of campaigning, this is very welcome news.

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