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Arts and Culture initiatives and events in Larkin CC 2017 – 2018 - updated 3rd September 2017

All of us are Artists. We have a busy schedule for this coming academic year!

Wednesdays 1.30pm – 2.30pm     Mr Honohan    Room 101:                Music Club – All welcome

Wednesdays 1.30pm – 2.30pm      Ms Creighton / Ms M. Fallon            Room 121   Gospel Choir – All welcome

Wednesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm      Carol Rooney   Dance Studio            Larkin Youth Theatre – All welcome

Book Clubs

Student Book Club                           Librarians                              Library

Staff Book Club                                 Librarians                              Library

Anime Club                                       Librarians                              Library                                              

Creative Writing Group                       Librarians                           Library

September 13th                              Librarians                        Roald Dahl Day

September 29th     Students and Librarians:    Speak dating in the Library                    

Her Story* with Flying Turtles   Ms M. Fallon + History teachers         History classes (showcase in Jan ’18)

 Abbey Theatre Theatre Making and Citizenship Programme                 Ms M. Fallon and 1st year CSPE class

Museum of Rights*    Ms Mc Kenzie / Mr Quinn + 2nd years with Collapsing Horse / Office of the Ombudsman for Children National Museum of Ireland

 TY Abbey Theatre Writing Project Ms Creighton + TYs               all year

 Halloween            Staff and Students                    

Fancy dress fundraiser for the Arts and Culture in Larkin

8th December ’17    Ms Coghlan / Ms Creighton           

Staff and students Carol Singing for the Vincent De Paul

Gospel Choir + whole school     Christmas Tree for the Avenue

Friday 22nd December ’17    Mr Honohan and students            

Christmas Concert for whole school

The Junior Cycle Arts programme is coordinated by Ms M. Fallon. Students engage in Arts lessons for one hour twice a week.

Dublin City Council Arts Office has kindly offered staff a Visual Thinking Strategy training workshop. Please let Ms O Higgins know if you would like to take part in the workshop.

 Dublin City Council is also hoping to help the College to develop a dance club. More anon......

 *'Her Story' - Facilitator: Kathleen Warner Yeates - 'Flying Turtle Theatre Company'

This small initiative is based around the concept of forgotten female voices in history - written/dramatic/visual pieces can be created around this theme either following a fictional or actual interpretation of the chosen figure/story. Kathleen Warner Yeats will mentor teachers who engage with the project. Ms Fallon will coordinate the project for the College.

 *-Collapsing Horse Theatre Company - Dan Colley – is working on a visual installation based around the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ms O Higgins will coordinate the project for the College.

 -Gaiety School Acting - Documentary - 'The Avenue' – hope to work with Ms Fallon and the arts programme on a short film based around the individuals living in the Avenue adjacent to the school, focusing on the perceptions and attitudes of the residents/students of the area. This initiative will be dependent on our success at accessing funding.

 Larkin Youth Theatre – Carol Rooney will direct the Youth Theatre and devise a show based on the theme of ‘bullying’ with Youth Theatre members. The LYT will put the show on in the Sean O Casey Theatre in February 2018.

 Gospel Choir – This initiative, brought to the College by Fr Gerry Clarke of Gardiner Street parish will develop into the Gardiner Street Youth Choir. 

The initiative is kindly funded by Croke Park Community Fund. Ms Creighton and Ms M. Fallon are leading the choir.

Christmas Tree  - our Christmas Tree celebration for the school and local community is kindly funded by Dublin City Council.

 

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