Tag: Portlaoise College

"School days are the best days of your life." It’s a phrase many of us have heard before. In order to make sure this statement...

In response to an audit on single-use plastic waste, the Green Schools Committee in Portlaoise College decided it was time to take action, and...

If for whatever reason you're thinking of going back to repeat your Leaving Cert, then Portlaoise College is well worth considering. Opened in 2006, Portlaoise...

There was great excitement in Portlaoise College as the school welcomed 168 First Year Students to start their second level education. This is the highest...

Getting your hair shaved off is a big deal for a teenage girl - but Katie Linh Roe did so for not one but...

Over the last week students, parents and their families tuned into Portlaoise College’s Facebook page to find out who the student award winners were...

Portlaoise College has come up with an innovative method of holding their annual student Awards Night this year. Each night next week from Monday 11th...

A Laois secondary school has reached out to all of their students by sending them cards. Portlaoise College sent out these cards to remind all...

Laois TD and Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan has announced that additional accommodation has been approved for Portlaoise College. Six general classrooms, four...

The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment. Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...

Portlaoise College has announced this year’s winners for the first year scholarship programme. Abbie Maher from St Colman's National School in Stradbally and Jonathan Murphy...

The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment. Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...

It is tough being a student at the moment. Since March 12, they have been taken out of their classroom setting and forced to change...

Like all schools and colleges in the country, Portlaoise College is having to embrace a new and innovative way of learning. Schools across the country...

On Thursday the March 5, Portlaoise College Green Schools Committee along with Principal, Noel Daly collaborated with Tidy Towns. The aim was to become active...

Students at Portlaoise College have an ocean of hidden talent amongst them. They had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities during the Talent...

More than 140 students from 1st Year exhibited forty four projects in SciFest@School in Portlaoise College recently. This was the school’s first time hosting the...

Some teachers go over and above - and that's something Portlaoise College teacher Julie Cunneen has done by publishing a cook book for Junior...

On Thursday January 30, Portlaoise College welcomed a large group of 5th class pupils and their parents to the annual STEM Experience Night. Information Leaflets...

In the early hours of Thursday morning, a group of TY and 5th year students from Portlaoise College are setting out on a life-changing...

Thinking of what to do for Valentine's Night 2020? Well think no further! Portlaoise College are hosting a Valentine's Ball to raise funds for the school. The...

Since October the Transition Year Students of Portlaoise College have been visiting Ballard Nursing Home as part of a new TY Community Care Module. The...

Portlaoise College hosted its annual Christmas fair in the school Foyer recently. Visitors were greeted at the door by the students who had everything on...

Academic success was rewarded recently by Carlow Institute of Technology as part of their scholarship program. Gyula Torok, a Portlaoise College Leaving Cert Student in...

College Awareness Week recently took place in Portlaoise College and they carried out many events and activities where the whole school community came together...

It has been a very busy period for the students in Portlaoise College and here are some of the things they have been up...

What a great send off! There was great celebrations recently when the staff of Portlaoise College came together to acknowledge the retirement of one of...

So check this out! What a great idea. A junior chess tournament for all primary school children in Laois. The event is the brainchild of the...

Choices for midlands students transitioning from post-primary into third level education were plentiful at Portlaoise College’s fifth annual Career and College exhibition recently. Parents and...

Three Portlaoise College teachers recently travelled to the prestigious Oxford University to honour the work they're doing for promoting progression to third level education. Guidance...