Through to the Final!
March 18, 2022
Last week, on Friday 11th March, Sligo Grammar School 2nd Yr Basketball Team won the north West League Semi-Final, beating St Gerald’s College, Castlebar. Sligo Grammar started
Last week, on Friday 11th March, Sligo Grammar School 2nd Yr Basketball Team won the north West League Semi-Final, beating St Gerald’s College, Castlebar. Sligo Grammar started
After a long hard season of rugby, Sligo Grammar School Senior Cup Team brought home the silverware on Tuesday 15th March. In a cold and wet
This term our 5th year art students got the chance to work with practicing artist Kiera O’Toole as part of the BLAST Artist in Residence programme.
International Women’s Day did not go unmarked in Sligo Grammar School this year! Throughout the day activities, displays and celebrations were held to mark the
In a new Green Schools project the TYs are preparing a New-Years gift of sample shampoo bars for everyone in SGS – all 545 people!
This year the TYs got away on their Ski Trip and spent a fantastic week in Italy. The destination was Santa Caterina Valfurva in the
Again this year Sligo Grammar School TY students have entered the Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition. There are three stages to complete before the final
On Monday 17th January the SGS U16 Hockey Team finished a fantastic campaign by winning the U16 Connacht Schools Cup Final, having gone unbeaten all season.
Hi folks, Its back…Monday 10th January sees the return of the Sligo Grammar School Strava Challenge, encouraging our school community to get active for the
The 2021 Sligo Schools Indoor Rowing Competition took place last week in a ‘virtual’ format with several secondary schools taking part. Sligo Grammar School had
Last week, on Friday 11th March, Sligo Grammar School 2nd Yr Basketball Team won the north West League Semi-Final, beating St Gerald’s College, Castlebar. Sligo Grammar started off with an 8-0 lead in the first 3 mins with Jasper Gimena leading the way and Ben O’Connor chipping 5 points off fast break runs. St Geralds gained their composure at the end of the quarter to finish the first quarter down by 8 points. At the start of the second, Sligo Grammar came
After a long hard season of rugby, Sligo Grammar School Senior Cup Team brought home the silverware on Tuesday 15th March. In a cold and wet Galway the SGS team met Coláiste Iognáid (Jes) Galway to battle it out in the Final of the Connacht Schools Senior Rugby Cup. The Jes got off to a strong start with a converted try bringing the score to 7–0. A penalty followed which left the Grammar behind at 10–0. Then an unconverted try from
This term our 5th year art students got the chance to work with practicing artist Kiera O’Toole as part of the BLAST Artist in Residence programme. During January Kiera visited the school to discuss and plan the project with the students. She showed the students her own work and the 5th years were particularly taken with site-specific work – that is art work that was done at chosen sites, and using the environment as a canvas. The artist and students discussed a
International Women’s Day did not go unmarked in Sligo Grammar School this year! Throughout the day activities, displays and celebrations were held to mark the contribution of women to the life of the school – and the country. The Girls Basketball team joined other girls teams from around the region for an International Women’s Day Basketball Blitz in the Mercy College, Sligo. At the same time the Science Department in SGS mounted a display celebrating Women in Science. The Hockey
In a new Green Schools project the TYs are preparing a New-Years gift of sample shampoo bars for everyone in SGS – all 545 people! This is funded by money that was made from the clothes recycling drive they held earlier in the year. It is also sponsored by Palm Free Irish Soap, based in Co Cork, who donated 170 sample bars to the project. Sligo Grammar School Green Schools Committee are encouraging us to make one small change to
This year the TYs got away on their Ski Trip and spent a fantastic week in Italy. The destination was Santa Caterina Valfurva in the North of the country, and the TYs enjoyed some great snow for the trip. Each day saw an early start on the slopes with a busy day of ski instruction and practice. The evenings saw activities including the ever-popular sledding. Four teachers accompanied the students, Mr Giblin, Ms McGuinness, Mr Lynch and Ms McManus. It
Again this year Sligo Grammar School TY students have entered the Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition. There are three stages to complete before the final competitors are selected. In stage one the students submitted videos presenting their project ideas, and following this, two SGS groups have progressed to the second stage of the competition. Jill Carnegie, Charlene Petrie and Zoe Gordon explored the theme of farm safety for their project while Ruby Caldbeck, Mia Allen, Roisin Yilmaz and Catherine Hill
On Monday 17th January the SGS U16 Hockey Team finished a fantastic campaign by winning the U16 Connacht Schools Cup Final, having gone unbeaten all season. They met Salerno Secondary School, Galway in the final which was played in SGS. The Sligo team twice came back from behind, at 1 – 0 down and 2-1 down to win 3-2 in the end. The goals were scored by Kathrina Lambrecht (2 penalty corners) and the winner came from one of the youngest
Hi folks, Its back…Monday 10th January sees the return of the Sligo Grammar School Strava Challenge, encouraging our school community to get active for the next 10 weeks. Staff and Students are invited to take on the challenge to get outside and get active by walking, running or cycling a few times a week. The school will be handing out weekly spot prizes for those who take part. Details on how to join can be found in YouTube link below.
The 2021 Sligo Schools Indoor Rowing Competition took place last week in a ‘virtual’ format with several secondary schools taking part. Sligo Grammar School had 50 students entered. The race took place in the school gym hall with groups of 8 students using the rowing machines at a time. The race was a 5 minute time trial with the objective to row as far as possible in that time. Fifth year student Meabh Gillmor pulled an outstanding distance of 1294
A huge congratulations to all our hardworking students from the class of 2025. 5% of our students achieved over 600
As the 2022/23 school year closes we at Sligo Grammar School say goodbye to some of our colleagues, two of
During the year all 1st Year Students in SGS entered the “Comórtas Sóisearach Matamaitice Éireann”, a Junior maths competition run by
or the first time in a number of years Sligo Grammar School participated in Connacht Athletics events, and coach Seán
On Thursday 14th May the Leaving Cert students of Sligo Grammar School marked the end of formal class with a day
Every year Damien Tansey Solicitors award two of our TY students medals for excellent Junior Cycle exam results. This year