The boys from St. Josephs took part in theSt Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday and were brilliantly dressed as ‘Wallies’. The weather was lovely and the boys had a great day. A huge word of thanks goes out to all the parents who made such a big effort to ensure their wallies were well attired!!! Thanks also to all of the teachers who came along and helped out on the day. The photos from the parade can now be found in the Gallery section under St Patrick’s Day 2012
Thosaigh Seachtain na Gaeilge ar an gcúigiú lá de Márta agus beidh a lán eachtraí ar siúl timpeall na scoile chun ár teanga náisiúnta a spreagadh agus a chur chun cinn. Beidh Tráth na gCeist, comórtaisí ealaínte agus ceolchoirm ar siúl i rith an seachtain seo chugainn. Tá súil againn go mbainfidh gach duine sult as agus go mbeidh gach duine ag déanamh iarracht mór an Gaeilge a úsáid.
Seachtain na Gaeilge started on the 5th of March and there will be a lot of events happening in the school to promote our national language. We will be running a quiz and art competitions and holding our annual Seachtain na Gaeilge concert next week. We hope everybody enjoys it and makes a big effort to use Irish during the next few weeks
World Book Day was on the 1st of March and a number of things happened and are still happening in the school to promote reading around this time. The boys all have received tokens which can be used to buy books for free in participating bookshops around the county. Keegan’s Bookshop in Carrickmacross are participating in the scheme so make sure you use your token and get your free book
The senior classes in St Joseph’s have spent a lot of time over the last few weeks writing fictional stories which we entered in an RTE project called ‘What’s the Story’. A number of our boys’ essays were picked out and will be read out live on the RTÉ Junior digital radio station. When we have the times that the recordings will be aired we will put them up on the site so watch this space. Over the next few weeks we also hope to give the boys the opportunity to record their own stories as podcasts and these will be available on the Podcasting Club page. Congratulations to all the boys who took part.
On Thursday last, the 9th of February, eight of the boys from St Joseph’s took part in the South Monaghan Cumann na mBunscoil table quiz. The boys were divided into teams of four and both teams qualified on the night for the final. The final will take place in the Hillgrove Hotel on the 28th of February. Well done to Cian, Larry, Mark, Ryan, Shaun, Oran, Oisín and James and good luck in the final!
