2015-2016
Proclamation Day
Posted on : March 15, 2016
On Tuesday 15th March, along with every school on the island of Ireland, Sligo Grammar celebrated Proclamation Day. One of the main events to mark the centenary program for Ireland 2016, schools across the country raised the flag and read …
West of Ireland Debates
Posted on : March 13, 2016
On Friday 11th March Sligo Grammar School’s fifth year debaters competed in the Connacht finals of the West of Ireland Debates in NUIG Galway. There were three teams competing and one competitor in the individual section, and the school came away …
Student Enterprise Awards
Posted on : March 10, 2016
On Thursday 10th March second Year business students competed in the Student enterprise Awards in the Sligo Park Hotel. Three companies from the year were represented. They were “Scent with Love” (Sophie Bennett, Grace O’Sullivan, Victoria Keating & Hazel Mulvey) which …
2nd year Theatre Visit
Posted on : March 9, 2016
Today, Wednesday 9th March, Ms. McGlone’s 2nd year English class had a special field trip to see the set of Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “Translations” by Brian Friel. Part of the Junior Cert english exam requires students to have …
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Posted on : March 8, 2016
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl sa scoil sa sheachtain seo! This week, and the start of next week, events will be taking place in the school marking Seachtain na Gaeilge! The first event of the week was a ‘Ceoil …
Tráth na gCeist
Posted on : March 6, 2016
Daltaí sa triú bliain agus daltaí sa chúigiú bliain a ghlac páirt sa bhabhta reigiúnach de Thráth na gCeist 2015-16 á reáchtáil ag Feachtas sa Scoil Ghraiméir roimh an Nollaig. Chuaigh siad ar aghaidh go dtí an babhta ceannais i mBaile …
Sligo Grammar School welcomes Sonia O’Sullivan
Posted on : March 2, 2016
On Wednesday 2nd March we were honoured to welcome Irish International and Olympic Athlete, Sonia O’Sullivan to Sligo Grammar School when she addressed the whole school at a special assembly. She is in Sligo to support the all-Ireland Schools and Universities Cross …
Visit from Tomi Reichental
Posted on : February 23, 2016
On Monday last, we were delighted to have holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental in to talk to our 3rd, 4th and 5th year history students. Tommi and his family were captured and sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. …
Theatre Nights
Posted on : February 13, 2016
Pictured here are fifth year students who went on a special Theatre Trip to the Gaeity Theatre in Dublin to see John B. Keane’s “Big Maggie”. Visits to the theatre are not unusual in Sligo Grammar School. For the past …
West of Ireland Debates
Posted on : February 13, 2016
Sligo Grammar School debaters travelled to NUI Galway last Wednesday, 10th February to take part in the semi-finals of the West of Ireland Debates. Although all five teams had qualified for the semi-finals, TY students could not attend as they were away …
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Irish Open Swimming Championships
Well done to Jade Murphy, a sixth year student, and her three teammates from Sligo who qualified to compete at the 2016 Irish Open Swimming Championships in the National Aquatics Centre, Dublin recently. This competition was IPC sanctioned and a FINA recognised …
End of Year Business Trip
The two 2nd year Business classes joined together for their end of year trip recently. They went to Strandhill for a fun day of surfing followed by crêpes and a drink. All students had to fund the trip themselves by …
Spanish Quiz
On Monday evening, 25th April, three teams of 4 students travelled to Bundoran to partake in a Spanish quiz. The teams answered questions on Spanish culture, vocabulary and grammar. Schools from the North-West competed and 2 of the SGS teams …
Spanish Cultural Exchange
There were tears all round on Monday 18th April as Spanish exchange students boarded their bus to Dublin Airport on their way back home after five days in Sligo. This was part two of the Sligo Grammar School’s first ever …
All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad
On 15th March, Eoghan Donohoe (TY), Jun Sung Jeon and Enola Barvaeva (both 5th year) travelled to Trinity College Dublin to compete in the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO). They were part of the top 100 students chosen nationwide from …