On Wednesday 27th of May, Junior Infants set off on their school tour to Woodfield House. There was great excitement in the class in the weeks leading up to this important event and every day we counted down the amount of ‘sleeps’ left until the big day. We had a great time at Woodfield House […]
On Saturday May 9th, 25 pupils from the school made their First Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Church. The children worked very hard all year preparing for this special day and I would like to congratulate them all on this big milestone in their lives. Below are some photographs of the children’s artwork for their […]
Over the past few weeks the boys and girls in 6th class have been studying Australia. As well as the physical and human geography of the country, they looked at the Aboriginal history and culture. As part of this they looked at various examples of Aboriginal art and paintings. They then created their own examples […]
For Active schools week we had a committee of six people from sixth class; Cian, David H, Amy L, Amy M, Katie and Dylan. The committee along with Miss Shanahan and Miss Cosgrove organised a variety of activities for all classes for active schools week. On Monday we played Rounder’s, the younger classes played football […]
During the big breaks for Active Schools week the sixth class organised obstacle courses for junior infants to second class. They took place on the pitch and everyone really enjoyed them. Some junior classes also went down to the playground during break times. After little break all the classes had 10 to 15 minutes of […]
As part of Active schools week we organised a mini soccer world cup for pupils from 3rd class to 6th class. It took place in our school field during lunch time and break time. Each match was 10 minutes with 5 minutes aside. Each team had 5 or 6 players (but only 5 could play […]
George O’Connor – Wexford coach/former hurler and member of Wexford’s panel of 1996/footballer; Leona Tector, Wexford footballer – All-Star 2005 and Finbar O’Driscoll – President Leinster L.G.F.A. all visited St. Joseph’s on Wednesday, May 13th. The visitors spoke to all the children about partaking in games and the importance of working on their skills. Leona […]
Mathletes Certificate 2015 County Champion : Seán Seán, Ryan and Lauren (Provincial Finalists 2015) Winning Medals Congratulations to Seán on winning the medal for County Champion in the Challengers League of the Mathletes Challenge 2015. We are all very proud of this great achievement! We received our Certificate of Achievement today and are all very […]
Mathletes Challenge 2015 Final School Standings The MATHletes Challenge 2015 All-Ireland Championship Final took place on Saturday, May 2nd at Dublin City University. Over €40,000 in prizes were awarded throughout the Challenge, including trophies, iPads, chromebooks, Lego education workshops & classroom materials, and €15,000 in university scholarships thanks to Dublin City University. Congratulations to the […]