📸 A fantastic aerial display from Coláiste Pobail Acla to mark #ETBWeek 2025!

Students and staff came together to create a powerful visual of “MSLETB”, celebrating their connection to Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board.

A wonderful example of school spirit, collaboration, and pride in being part of the ETB community.

Well done to all involved! 👏

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Last Thursday, all Junior & Senior Cycle Girls attended the Kindness & Empowerment Workshop, facilitated by Judith Mulally from the Shona Project. During a very engaging, interactive and entertaining talk, Judith covered topics such as Bullying, Kindness, Goal Setting, Empowerment, and the Challenges facing young girls today. In a relevant and relatable way, Judith discussed the deep impact that bullying can have on people, even 20 years later, and how we can all sometimes knowingly, or unknowingly, be a bully to someone - that what we think is a simple 'joke' can be deeply upsetting to someone else, and therefore we all need to be aware of how our words and our actions can affect someone else. She also highlighted the fact that we all have our 'stuff'; that everyone in the room has stuff going on in their lives, and we can never assume that we know what it took for someone to come into school, or what happened to them before they walked in the door - and that is why it is so important to be kind to each other, and to support each other. Judith also discussed positive self talk, the importance of goal setting and believing that we can achieve anything we set our minds to through hard work and the ability to learn from our mistakes. The sessions ended with the girls writing anonymous apologies to people they may have upset or been mean to at one stage or another, and some of the apologies were really thoughtful and moving. The feedback from the girls after the workshops was very positive; they all seemed to enjoy it and find it relevant to their lives. The Breathe Talk All Second Year students also attended the Breathe Talk, facilitated by Jenna Walsh from the Mayo Mental