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Children of any faith, or none, at every level of ability, of any nationality or ethnic grouping are welcome in our schools. Our schools recognise the uniqueness of each individual in caring communities where holistic development is nurtured.
Your school is an Edmund Rice school, which is under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST), a modern community that is rooted in over 200 years of tradition.
Every day, you come to school to join over 37,000 other pupils here in Edmund Rice schools across 96 primary and secondary schools.
ERST has responsibility for the schools formerly owned and managed by the Christian Brothers.
ERST schools are guided by the vision and mission of Blessed Edmund Rice.
Student-focused teaching and learning is at the core of your Edmund Rice school, allowing you to develop and thrive as young citizens, innovators and leaders in caring and encouraging environments.
Social awareness is also central to what your school is all about. We want you to leave school with a strong sense of social justice, concern for people who may not be as fortunate as you and care for the environment.
Promoting full personal and social development in caring Christian communities of learning and teaching
To provide Catholic education in the Edmund Rice tradition
O God, we thank you for the life of Edmund Rice. He opened his heart to Christ present in those oppressed by poverty and injustice. May we follow his example of faith and generosity. Grant us the courage and compassion of Edmund as we seek to live lives of love and service.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Edmund Rice was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny in 1762. By his twenties he had become a wealthy and successful businessman. However, tragedy struck when his young wife died, leaving him to care for their daughter.
As a deeply religious man, he began to devote his time and wealth to the needs of the poor.
He was particularly concerned about the needs of the many young, poor and hungry boys he saw in the town he was living in, Waterford.
He was convinced that if he could provide them with education, he could help lift them out of poverty. In 1802, he founded his first school.
There, he and his two friends taught the boys how to read and write. They took religious vows and the Congregation of the Christian Brothers of Ireland was formed.
The first school at Mount Sion was a great success, and within a few years schools were opened in Carrick on Suir, Dungarvan, Cork, Limerick and Dublin.
Edmund died at the age of 82 in 1844. In 1996, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II, becoming Blessed Edmund Rice.
Your school is rooted in a Catholic tradition and welcomes students of all faiths and none. We celebrate diversity and value difference. It’s what unites us.
Our guiding principles of equality, respect, fairness and spirituality are laid down in the Edmund Rice Schools Trust Charter.
Here are five ways that our Charter shapes your life in school and into the future.
Your school is part of a unique network of schools that works together by sharing experiences, resources, traditions and expertise so that your time in school benefits from the strength of the whole network.
Everyone is treated equally with fairness and dignity at your Edmund Rice school. Your needs are important, but so are the needs of your wider community. We encourage you to be aware of social issues and take action for social justice.
Your ideas and views are really valued. You are supported to be leaders and people who can inspire others, particularly on issues that you are passionate about.
We all learn differently, in different ways and at different paces. Your school is dedicated to providing inspired and innovative teaching that has one aim only - to bring out the best in you and all of your friends.
St Fintan’s High School Immersion students visited Kabwe in Zambia.
The ERST network stretches all the way back to 1802. And our network is still growing, developing and diversifying today. Our newest school opened in 2017. You can see where your school fits in history on our ERST timeline.
Students
Students from Rice College Ennis, founded in 1926
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1903 Hightown Rd, Belfast
1926 Ennis
1927 Tralee
1928 Scoil Mhuire, Dublin
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (now community colleges under the ETBs) were established to provide a technical education.
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1930 Donore Avenue, Dublin
1931 Coláiste Mhuire, Dublin
1937 Roscommon
1943 Sutton
1949 St. Fintan’s High School, Dublin
1950 Scoil Chiarain, Donnycarney
1954 Drimnagh Castle, Dublin
1955 Oatland’s College, Dublin
1955 Tipperary
1956 St. Brendan’s, Bray
(Became Woodbrook College in 2016)
1960 St. Declan’s, Cabra
1961 Arklow
INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION ACTS setting up secondary schools in Ireland The choir from Westland Row, founded in 1866, singing their school anthem CBC, Cork 1888 St Joseph’s, Fairview 1892 Waterpark, Waterford at Coláiste Rís, Dundalk, founded in 1869 and became an ERST school in 2016.1963 Ardscoil Rís, Limerick
1964 St. Aidan’s, Dublin
1967 Coláiste Choilm, Swords
1967 Coláiste Eanna, Dublin
1967 St. David’s, Artane
1967 St. Kevin’s, Dublin
1969 Coláiste Phadraig, Lucan
1969 Ardscoil Rís, Dublin
1969 Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan
1970 Clonkeen College, Dublin
1971 Coláiste Íosagáin, Stillorgan
1993 Nagle Rice Doneraile
2008
ERST established
Woodbrook
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mental health is a priority. is an happiness essential. is a self-care necessity.
To fully understand the importance of being healthy, you will now have the opportunity to learn about physical and mental health and the impact both have on your overall well-being.
One way that you can look after your physical health is by eating a balanced diet, getting sufficient sleep and doing some exercise each day. Good diet, sleep and exercise have countless physical and mental benefits.
• Helps to build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints
• Helps to control weight, build lean muscle and reduce fat
• Prevents and reduces high blood pressure
• Improves your memory and lengthens your attention span
• Improves your decision-making, planning and multi-tasking skills
• Increases your production of new nerve, blood and brain cells
Ensure you have a healthy diet.
Scan this bar code to access the food pyramid, which shows how often you should eat different food groups.
Ensure you get a good night’s sleep. Avoid being on a screen before you go to bed, and it’s best not to bring your phone into your bedroom.
Try to get a daily recommended physical activity of 30 minutes of exercise. Consider including a column for physical activity in your study timetable so you can actively make it part of your daily routine.
Unfortunately, negative things happen to everyone in life; however, some people seem to bounce back quicker than others. This is referred to as resilience - your ability to bounce back after setbacks.
One useful way of understanding how to develop resilience is to use the acronym BOUNCE
Bad things and times happen, but things do get better. Others are there to help you, but you need to let them know. Unhelpful thoughts don’t make things better. Nobody is perfect.
Concentrate on the good things in your life, it’s not all bad. Everybody has setbacks or struggles. You are not on your own here.
Here are five useful ways that you can build your own personal resilience. In the space provided, identify one way you could incorporate each one into your own life!
Sadly, bullying can be a feature of school life. It is important to understand these facts about bullying so that you can:
(a) Recognise it
(b) Take action and know where to ask for help
Hitting, pushing, spitting, stealing or breaking others’ belongings, making mean hand gestures
Bullying can happen…..
• To anyone
• Anytime
• Anywhere
• In any way
Threatening, teasing, name calling, making sexual remarks
Spreading rumours, encouraging others to reject or exclude someone, embarrassing someone in public
• Report it to someone you can trust.
• Stay calm and in control.
• Talk to friends you can trust and ask them for help.
• Don’t show emotions like anger, fear or upset.
• Be assertive – speak clearly and firmly.
• Show confidence – use positive body language.
Cyberbullying is where information and communication technology is used to deliberately hurt someone’s feelings.
Cyberbullying can take place through instant messaging, chat rooms, online polling sites, blogs and social networking sites.
Cyberbullying can be very dangerous because it is:
• Invasive
• Often anonymous
• Difficult to escape from or stop
• Sometimes a criminal act
• Communicated quickly and to a wide audience
Here are some tips for staying safe on the internet:
HIDE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS: Password, PIN, username and real name, email address, home address, mobile number, personal photos.
FOLLOW NETIQUETTE: Communicate clearly, use emoticons, be polite.
• React appropriately
• Block any sender of nasty messages
• Set your sites/profiles to private
• Save nasty links/texts etc.
• Ask permission before you share anyone else’s details
• Change your password often.
• Open a message from someone you don’t know
• Give details to anyone that you don’t know in real life.
THANKFULLY, THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF FROM CYBERBULLYING.
Earlier on in this module, you learned the meaning of the word resilience. People who display resilience have a ‘Growth Mindset’. Let’s find out a little more about this….
What is a mindset?
A mindset is a person’s approach or attitude.
What are the different types of mindset?
There are two main types of mindset. They are known as a Fixed Mindset and a Growth Mindset .
“I learn nothing from mistakes.”
“I am not good at some things.”
“When I am frustrated, I give up.”
“I learn from my mistakes.”
“When I am frustrated, I persevere.”
“I can learn anything if I try hard enough.”
Examine the diagram above to identify what type of mindset you have. What techniques can you use to develop a growth mindset?
A psychologist known as Howard Gardner identified eight different types of intelligences. Research now suggests that different intelligences occur in different parts of your brain.
Here are the eight intelligences identified by Gardner:
The ability to think musically and to hear, recognise and remember patterns. Used by musicians, mathematicians, artists and dancers.
The ability to understand cause and effect; to manipulate numbers. Used by scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
The ability to interpret space and to navigate. Used by pilots, artists, architects and racing drivers.
The ability to understand yourself, to be reflective, know what you can or can’t do and where to get help. Used by philosophers, psychologists and church ministers. SILARUTAN
The ability to understand and relate to others. Used by teachers, salespeople, politicians, human resource managers, doctors and psychologists.
The ability to discriminate between living things and be sensitive to the natural world. Used by botanists, ornithologists, beauticians and top chefs.
The ability to control body movement and the capacity to handle objects skilfully. Used by athletes, actors and dancers.
The ability to use language. Being able to express what’s on your mind and to understand others. Used by poets, novelists, politicians and lawyers.
Developing a growth mindset by recognising your intelligences
A person with a Growth Mindset will ask themselves “In which ways am I intelligent?” and not “How intelligent am I?”
Use the diagram below to identify which intelligences most apply to you. Reflect on times when you have used this intelligence by giving a specific example.
Is this intelligence one of your strengths?
Give an example of when you have used this intelligence:
Kinaesthetic Intrapersonal LOGICAL MUSICAL
Is this intelligence one of your strengths?
Give an example of when you have used this intelligence: