A week at Wilson's Hospital School - Goethe-Schule

A week at Wilson’s
• Transition Year
2010 - 2011
Hospital School

Weekends at Wilsons
By Lynsey Payne, Sophia
Chaffey and Catherine
Warren

Schedule
• On Friday school ends at 3:15.
• Weekend assembly is at 4:00, this is
where you go and sign up for activities
that take place over the weekend.
• Prep at the weekend is 6:45 to
8:30,this is where you do your study.
• On Saturday & Sunday you get up at
8:00 and go to breakfast at 8:30 in the
dining hall.
• At weekends bed time for juniors is
9:15 and for seniors is at 10:30.

Art
This takes place in the study area in the Preston Building for the first two sessions of
activities. This relaxing but very enjoyable and pictures done here can be displayed
around the school.
Study
This is can be done through out the day, where students can study quietly and finish
off homework or and study for up coming exams or tests.
Basketball
Basketball takes place in the Weafer Hall for the first two sessions of activities.
This is a fun activity where you can practise and improve skills.
Self defence
This takes place in the assembly hall for the first two sessions of activities.
Self defence is very import for learning to defend your self.
Aerobics
This takes place in the assembly hall. It is fun but a very tiring activity!

Badminton
This takes place in the Weafer Hall. We can play singles or in doubles.
Chess
This is the newest activity where a chess team is being formed to play in competitive
games against other schools.
Library
This is for sixth years where they can study for their leaving cert.

Other weekend activities
• On Sundays, pupils are permitted to
check their e-mails. Each pupil
spends 40 minutes on the computer,
and they are monitored by a member
of staff.
• Pupils also watch films on Saturdays
at 7.15 p.m. and at 2.30 p.m. on
Sundays.

Special trips
• At weekends, pupils also go on trips
outside of school:
• Liffey Valley is a shopping centre about an
hour away from Wilsons. There are a lot of
shops and a cinema.
• We go to the cinema in Mullingar as well.
We go every second weekend, on Saturday
evenings.
• Sometimes we also get the opportunity to
go to Multyfarnham village on Sunday
mornings.

Boarding Life in Wilson’s
• By Gavin Dolan, Christopher
Higgins, Celie Coyne Gregor
Potterton & Caoimhe Prior

Life of a boarder in
Wilson’s Hospital School
• Mornings start at 7:30am
• Pupils get ready for school and
heads to breakfast
• Pupils then head back to their
dormitories to clean their dorms
before school.

• School starts at 9:00
sharp with assembly
• After assembly pupils
head straight to class.
• School ends at 3:55pm
on a Monday , Tuesday
and Thursday. On a
Wednesday school
finishes at 2:35pm and
on a Friday at 3:15pm
School Day

• After school
boarding pupils go
up to the
dormitories to get
changed or collect
sports gear.
• Dorms are locked
at 4:15pm and
sports commence
at 4:20pm. Sports
finish at 5:25pm
and dinner is on at
5:30pm.
Afternoons

Food
• Dinner consists of meat and
garnishes with a dessert. Pupils
then return to their dormitories
to shower after sports or to
relax before prep.

Evenings
• Prep starts at 6:45pm sharp and
finishes at 8:45pm
• For first, second and third years. For
fourth, fifth and sixth years a second
prep begins at 9:00pm and finishes
at 10:00pm.
• After prep first, second and third
years have until 9:15pm to socialise.
Fourth, fifth and sixth years have
until 10:30 to socialise with peers.

Bedtime
• Students are expected to be ready in
bed by 11:00pm at lights out.
• Mobile phones are collected each
night from pupils and are given back
in the morning. Then the day restarts
all over again for a pupil attending
Wilson’s Hospital School.

A Basic School Day in
Wilson Hospital School

The School Day
• By Kelley Bennett, Jane Butler,
Victoria Kane, Holly Lacey,
Rebecca Lloyd & Laura
McCormack

Daily Routine
• 8.50-9.00 – morning assembly where we are given
the days announcements and prayers are said.
• 9.00-11.00 – we have 3 classes, which are each
forty minutes long.
• 11.00-11.15 we have small break.
• 11.15-1.15 - we have another 3 classes.
• 1.15-1.55 – We have our lunch where we can get hot
lunches in the canteen.

• 1.55-3.55 –we have another 3 classes.
• At 3.55 Our school day ends.
• Our daily classes include subjects; English, Irish,
Maths, Languages; Spanish, German, French,
Science, Religion, Home Economics, Business, Art,
Technical Graphics, Geography, History, Music, P.E

Hockey
Hockey at are school is a very popular
sport for all the girls. We have teams
from first year all the way up to sixth
year. Every girl that plays for the
school teams all have their hearts
set for one goal and that is to win
the finals at the end of the year.
Games are usually played home or
away depend on the draw.

Rock Climbing
• Wilson’s is one of a few schools in
Ireland that has a climbing wall. It’s
an outdoor activity so we can only
use it when the weather is good
because it gets quite slippy. It has
three to four difficulties going from
easy to very hard. The most
enjoyable part is absailing back
down.

Cricket.
• Cricket is run in the summer
months because it is a fair
weather sport. If it rains or if
the light is bad then a match is
often cancelled.

Sports day.
• Sports day is held on the last two
days before school ends. On the
Thursday night there is swimming
races and on the Friday its more to
do with team work for example : mini
Olympics, and the three legged
races. Sports day is an event that
both the students and the teachers
enjoy.

Basketball.
• Wilsons has been very
successful in the basketball
over the years. We have won
the all Ireland championship
with both our boys and girls
teams at our level.

Interschool show
jumping
• This is a new sport to our
school which we have only had
since November. The last team
that we had was over ten years
ago. In our first outing on the
6th our novice team came in 3rd
place

Rugby
• This is a very popular sport in
our school. Rugby runs all year
round. Wilsons is very
successful in this sport. We
have two rugby pitches. There
is a junior team and a senior
team there is also a first year
team.

Soccer
• Soccer is a popular sport in our
school for boys and girls. There
is training every week for this
sport. There are many teams in
our school. This is a very
enjoyable sport for the player
and the coaches.

In Wilson’s Hospital School
By Niamh Byrne, Alex O’Broin, Tara
Farrell & Caroline Dix

In Wilson’s there are a number
of non sporting activities,
these include:
•Gaisce Awards
•Debating/ Public Speaking
•Choir

Gaisce
Gaisce is also known as The President’s Award
Anybody between the ages of 15 and 25 can take part
There are three awards; bronze, silver and gold
To receive an award you must :
Take part in a sport
Learn a new skill (such as typing or learning a musical instrument)
Involve yourself in your community
Finally you must go on an adventure/ research journey (such as canoeing,
hiking)
If you complete the gold award you are given your award by the President of
Ireland

Debating/ Public
Speaking
At Wilson’s Hospital School any student can get
involved in debating.
There are four members on each debating team as
well as a chairperson, adjudicators and timekeepers.
2 students from the school won the Soroptimist Public
Speaking Competition.
Wilson’s is also currently involved in the Concern
National Debates and The Mental Health Awareness
Public Speaking Competition.

Choir
•The Choir is made up mostly of boarders
and some day pupils. They sing in chapel on
Sundays and hold a carol service each year.
•In December the choir sang on RTE, the
national television channel.
•The Choir came fourth in a national choir
competition last year.