Pictures: Cork school opens its doors to community
Bobby from Star of the Sea School and his mother at the St Peter's open night with Mr Joe O Connor, engineering teacher.
A Cork secondary school opened its doors to the local community in recent days and outlined plans for its future development.
St Peter’s Community School in Passage West held its open day last week where prospective students and families were able to look behind the classroom doors.
“The event had a great turnout, even exceeding the expected large crowd," school principal, Tony McSweeney, told .
“The excellent condition of the school and its facilities were acknowledged, with parents also going to great lengths to comment on the warm atmosphere which is evident throughout the school.”
During the event, parents of fifth and sixth-class students were given the opportunity to tour the school, meet subject teachers and learn about everything from academics to extracurricular activities.
Students provided guided tours of the school and were on hand, alongside staff, to answer any questions that arose.
The principal's address included outlining the broad curriculum the school offers, alongside giving an insight into life as a student in St Peter’s and the pastoral care system in the school.
The plans for the new school building project, which moved to stage two during the summer, were also outlined.
These will see a €35 million investment made to create a new 750-student capacity build on the school campus.
The application process for incoming 1st year students opened this week and will close on October 30.
Application forms and further information is available from https://www.stpeters.ie/admissions.
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