Our philosophy week took place on March 5th with the theme “From Darkness to Light”. During the week we explored the theme with assemblies and various workshops which we are still continuing with. We also had a guest speaker Enda Murphy who gave informative talks about the social, emotional, cognitive and physical changes that take place during the teenage years and how anxiety, bullying and drugs can adversely affect that development.
For your information Enda Murphy is one of the best known psychotherapists in Ireland whose model of CBT is the basis of psychotherapy training for General Practitioners in Ireland. He is RTE Radio’s regular Agony Uncle and has authored many books including ‘Flagging the Screenager, Guiding your child through adolescence and young adulthood which was number 3 on the Irish Times best sellers list.