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Rang 6 recently participated in a Biz World workshop which gave them a valuable insight into the world of buisness. BizWorld workshops are delivered in the classroom over a two-day period by specially-trained BizWorld Ireland tutors. They are usually targeted at sixth class pupils.

The workshops teach the basics of entrepreneurship, business and finance by showing how the entrepreneurial cycle operates. Working in groups of five, pupils developed their own mini-enterprise, so they got a real feel for how a business operates / hands-on business experience.

Pupils were taken through the entire entrepreneurial cycle – from company formation and applying for jobs in their companies, to market research with younger classes in the school, and then designing, producing and marketing their business idea.

They learned about pitching for investment and – to bring the workshop to another level – they were visited by two business people who played the role of venture capitalist and the groups had the opportunity to pitch, ‘Dragon’s Den’ style! The business people, heard each company’s pitch and decided how much ‘BizBucks’ to invest in their company.

We are closed on Thursday and Friday, 20^th and 21^st February, for Mid-term.

The Parents’ Association will be hosting a Family Movie Night in Century Cinemas on Wednesday, the 11^th March 2020, at 6pm.

The movie is the newest Disney Pixar release ‘Onward’. Tickets will be on sale after the mid-term in the coming weeks and can be purchased from the School Office, priced at €5 per ticket.

We are busy on the School Debating front at the moment and are participating in two different competitions. We have enjoyed two successes from two in competitive contests in our opening league games in the Letterkenny Debating League but further stiff challenges await us in the weeks ahead.

We have also entered the Donegal Education Board run Concern Debating competition and have also enjoyed two successive wins. The standard of debating from all teams participating is very high and we wish our team the best of luck in upcoming challenges.

Grandparents’ Day was held in the school on Friday, 31st January. Pupils attended mass in the chapel at 10 am with our School Choir performing a few tunes. Afterwards, all were invited to the School Hall for a cup of tea and St Brigid Cross-making and we all enjoyed a lovely morning.