Archives by: Ms. Swords

Well done to Laura who represented St Josephs at the Wexford County Final of Spelling Bee. Details of the event are in the newsletter attached. Spelling Bee Wexford Newsletter

From April 10th to 18th Kilmuckridge has the honour of hosting the 63rd All Ireland Confined Drama Finals. As part of the festival the children from junior infants up to 6th class took part in a drama mask art competition. Here is a just a small sample of some of the amazing masks that were […]

On March 25th, boys and girls from 5th and 6th class took part in the SPAR FAI Primary 5s soccer tournament at Gorey Showgrounds. All the teams played really well against some tough competition. The girls team made it through to the final after winning all of their group matches and scoring 24 goals along […]

Congratulations to the fifth class students who entered the ICS Scratch Programming competition this term.  They recently received certificates of achievement for all the hard work that they put in to these excellent projects. Well done!

1. Harvey Warren, 5th 2. Conor Keane, 5th 3. Patryk Swider, 5th 4. Kevin Doyle, 5th 5. Ryan Hammel, 5th 6. Lauren Murphy, 5th 7. Antoni Kamil Stepien, 4th 8. Neasa Nic Corcráin, 5th 9. Chloe Lacey, 5th 10. Jack Twomey, 5th

Congratulations to Lauren Murphy and Ryan Hammel who have qualified for the 2015 Mathletes Challenge Provincial Finals in Dublin. They are 2 of only 20 children from Co. Wexford primary schools to make it to this stage which will be held on April 18th. We wish them the best of luck. This is a great […]

Second and third class studied the origins of the tradition of giving Easter Eggs, which began in Eastern Europe. They learned that in the Ukraine. eggs known as “Psanky” were given by people to their family and friends. These eggs were decorated with different symbols. For example, wavy lines symbolised forgiveness, circles symbolised eternal life and […]

Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015 ar siúl ón 1ú-17ú Márta agus bhíomar an-ghnóthach leis i rang 2 agus 3. Bhí bosca ar ghach bord le haghaidh cártaí glasa, agus bhuaigh na páistí ceann de na cártaí seo gach uair a chuala an múinteoir iad ag caint as Gaeilge. Comhghairdeas don ghrúpa glas a bhuaigh an […]

Over the past four weeks, second and third class undertook an art project where each child designed and made their own pig. They used a range of recycled materials, such as newspapers and egg cartons, aswell as balloons and paint. The first stage involved constructing the pigs using these materials. They then used papier maché techniques […]

The Friday before mid-term a jersey day was held at the school where jerseys of all shapes and colours were donned in order to raise money for the Mitten family. Well done to everyone. A cheque for €454 was presented to the family on the day.