At St.Brigid's College we try to offer a wide variety of facilities to all of our pupils. We believe that diversity is the key to helping the mind grow and a broad outlook on different activities helps ensure a strong and positive future. Below you will find a "quick-link" list of all the facilities on offer at the school.

Spiritual Needs of Students
Pastoral Care
Learning Support
Accommodation
Parents' Advisory Council
Sports Facilties
Music and Drama
Extra Curricular Activities
Non-Curricular Activities

Spiritual Needs of students:

Arising from our conviction that human fulfilment can only be found through faith in Jesus Christ and imitation of Him, we at St Brigid’s College seek to form pupils who will strive to give Christian Leadership through the quality of their lives and their commitment to work for a more just and caring society. The practice of daily prayer is observed in St. Brigid’s College and the custom of standing for a brief moment in prayer at the beginning of each class, which has always been a feature of Mercy education is observed. The school has the service of a chaplain and through worship, prayer and celebration of the sacraments we strive to give students a living experience of their faith, and deepen their relationship with Christ. The school offers several extra-curricular activities including class retreats, and a number of charitable activities.

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Pastoral Care:

St. Brigid’s College aims to cater for the individual needs of its students. Each girl has a number of responsible adults to whom she can turn in times of need. The school Chaplain, Guidance Counsellor and Class Tutor are available to listen to a girl’s anxieties or worries, and to encourage and to offer advice. The Claddagh Group helps to ease the transition from Primary School to Secondary. Each member of the staff is committed in helping each student to become a well-adjusted young adult. Mutual respect and co-operation between pupils and staff are based on our Code of Behaviour and are central to the building of a sense of community

Learning Support:

St. Brigid's College is very fortunate to have a fully qualified Learning Support Teacher and a number of Special Needs Assistants on its staff. The school provides a service to support and assist pupils with special needs. This service involves identifying those pupils with learning difficulties and devising individual programmes of work to meet their needs. These are then implemented on a small group or individual basis. Input and involvement from parents and class teachers is an integral part of the programme [more...]

Accommodation:

In addition to 18 general classrooms, St. Brigid's College has the use of a number of specialist rooms including a Music Room, 2 Art Rooms, Prayer Room, 2 Science Laboratories, Computer Room, 2 Learning Support Rooms, Language Laboratory, Lecture/Demonstration Theatre, Library, 2 Home Economics Rooms, Guidance/Counselling Room, Pastoral Care/Counselling Room, Assembly Hall/Gym with full size stage and a Sports Hall. Across from the College is the Callan Hall of Residence which caters for boarders.



Parents' Advisory Council:

Our school is very fortunate to have a very active Parents' Council. The council aims to strengthen parents' sense of being part of the school community as well as keeping parents informed of relevant developments in education. The council also organises a number of talks throughout the year. The topics covered by these talks aim to support parents with regard to their daughters' development, educational and otherwise.

Sports Facilities:

St. Brigid's College recognises the value of sport in promoting a healthy lifestyle. As well as physical fitness the principal value gained through participation in team sports is a sense of cooperation and shared enjoyment through membership of a team. For further information, visit our Sports department pages. Sports on offer at St.Brigid's include:

>> Camogie
>> Football
>> Volleyball
>> Basketball
>> Athletics
>> Tennis
>> Badminton

Music and Drama:

>> School Production of Musical. This years production is "Annie"
>> Orchestra
>> Band
>> Tuition in Piano, Violin and Recorder
>> Recitals by Visiting Musicians and Drama Groups
>> Visit our Music department pages



Extra Curricular Activities:

>> Educational Tours in Ireland and abroad
>> Field Trips
>> Subject Related Activities Projects in all subjects
>> Young Writer's Workshops
>> Public Speaking and Debates
>> French Exchange
>> Typing
>> Computers Studies
>> Crafts

Other Extra Curricular Activities:

Our broader history shows that our Mercy School heritage in Callan dates back to 1873 - "St. Anne's excelled in the teaching of foreign languages, literature, art, painting in oils and water colours, fancy needlework, book-keeping, algebra and Geometry, instrumental music and singing, deportment, speech and drama and all the accomplishments and social graces necessary for a young lady ". In keeping with this proud tradition the fields of art and culture continue to be an important element of our broader curriculum.

It is the policy of the school to provide a wide range of activities to cater for the needs of as many students as possible. All students are encouraged to participate in these activities which include: the school choir, school orchestra, educational school tours, art exhibitions and trips to art galleries, debating,, quiz competitions, treasure hunts, many workshops,etc. This range of activities is made possible by the commitment and co-operation of the staff.

We believe that involvement in extra curricular activities benefits both staff and students and strengthens the sense of the school as a community. The availability of such activities may vary from year to year and indeed new activities may be introduced. Extra-curricular activities are often advertised by means of the school's notice boards. Students are advised to survey these notice boards on a regular basis.

Non-Curricular Activities:

>> Learning for life Retreats
>> Games
>> Mini Companies
>> Mock Interviews
>> Community Projects
>> First Aid
>> Credit Union
>> Stamp Collecting

Further information:

If you require further information please feel free to email us and the information will be sent to you as soon as possible.