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The 1C  English Class took part in the annual Francis Ledwidge Poetry Competition within LMETB.  First at School Level the winners were Toto Omokri in 1st Place with her poem ‘What’s Happening?’; Sophie James came 2nd with her poem ‘Standing Alone’ and Orlaith O’Reilly came 3rd with her poem ‘Memories.’ They then went forward to the LMETB […]

Today six History Students from 1st Year represented the School at the Young Historian LMETB Competition in Slane Castle. Each LMETB School was allowed six representatives at the competition. Ms Purcell their History Teacher was proud of the six students as they all had put a huge effort into their submissions. Ms Purcell along with

JCSP students along with their teachers Ms. Ward and Mr. Moore visited the Chocolate Warehouse and Caffrey’s Confectionaries in Walkinstown, Dublin. The event covered a 25 minute film explaining in detail the history of chocolate and how it is manufactured. Students learned about the production, distribution, marketing and sales of Caffrey’s Confectionaries. The students were

1st Year Geography Students visited Kilkenny along with their teachers Ms Purcell and Ms Coyne. They went to Dunmore Cave which is home to a series of chambers formed over millions of years. The cave contains some of the finest calcite formations found in any Irish cave. It is also a site of a Viking Massacre,

March Students of the Month: Junior Merit = Robyn Leech 3A; Senior Merit = Adam Corcoran 5B; Senior Achievement = Louise Doyle 5A and Junior Achievement = Alex O’Sullivan 3A

1st Year JCSP Sudents took part in the JCSP initiative “Make a Book” on March 7th in the Civic Offices in Dublin. This involved students making a project and a series of books. The students chose the topic of ‘Student Life’ . The information from each project was then compiled into books. All of the work was

Last Saturday the drama group performed ‘The Little Box of Oblivion’. Pictured from left to right on stage are John Keenan, Liam Cullen Moran, Josie Rice and Lauren Holmes. Well done to all the cast and crew of our school drama group who put in a lot of time and effort into their performance. 

Today was Proclamation Day. Every school in the country was invited to share the results of their Proclamation for a new generation in 2016. All of our Students and Staff gathered outside for the reading of the 1916 Proclamation by Mr O’Connell a History Teacher and then the reading of the new 2016 Proclamation written

On Monday 7th March, Robyn Leech (3A), Shauna Murphy (3B) and Chloe O’Neill (6B) arrived in Croke Park to partake in the nationwide Flag Ceremony. Every Post Primary School in the country took part, and despite the freezing weather, the Students highly enjoyed speeches from the likes of Ryan Tubridy, members of the Air Corps, and an

February Students of the Month: Junior Merit = Dearbhail O’Neill 2B; Junior Achievement = Patrik Gavrilas 1A;  Senior Achievement = Will Flynn 6A and Senior Merit = Jack Hickey 6B