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Celebrating and Learning

10/26/2019

 
Drama, maths, Art, oral language, cooking...the Hallowe’en theme has inspired lots of learning all around our wonderful school this week.

It’s been a special week for our chaplain Fr Joseph Apust too, as he celebrated his birthday with a special Mass in our parish church. Happy Birthday from us all, Father Joseph!

Especially wishing all our pupils and their families a lovely, safe, fun midterm break!

October Assembly

10/23/2019

 

How to Make Great Readers!

10/22/2019

 
Our work on building comprehension skills has got off to a flying start this year. Led by Assistant Principal, Ms Caitriona Campbell,  only have to step into our classrooms to see the great work teachers and students have been doing. Our motto is ‘every class, every teacher, every day’. This together with our pupil reading survey conducted last May confirms that our boys are becoming very comfortable and competent at predicting, visualising and making connections.
Since September, we have been engaging in more Book Talk focusing on asking questions.

While continuing to practise and embed these strategies, we will work on two more between now and the remainder of the term: Clarifying and Declunking.  New information about these strategies has been added to our School Self-Evaluation page.

Don’t forget to ask your child to demonstrate the hand signals that go with each strategy-they’ll be delighted to show you!

With thanks to Ms Colleran for her fantastic posters!



Ukelele Practice

10/19/2019

 
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The boys in fifth class are delighted with our new ukeleles! Ms McWeeney and Ms Milne report great interest in practising with some boys practising for thirty minutes a day or more at home!

Of course keeping the ukeleles in tune can be an issue so the teachers recommend the free version of the app Guitar Tuna-just make sure to select ukelele when the app opens! Alternatively, you can access tuning on youtube 

Thank you to our great Parents' Association for keeping us in tune!

Athletics St Joseph`s Post Primary

10/19/2019

 
Congrats to our boys who ran in St Joseph`s annual athletic event last week. Cheered on by Ms Brennan and Mrs Quinn, they romped home with to gain a silver for their team event. And also caught up with past pupil Jack on the day!

​Keep up the great running boys!

Futsal Win!

10/18/2019

 
Futsal is a team ball sport, very similar to soccer. Today, our futsal team travelled to the MDL all weather pitch in Navan to participate. They had put in a lot of lunch time training session with their coaches Mr Ryan and Mr Arthur and are a competitive, determined bunch.

Luckily, all the work paid off. With stamina, grit and skill they took on their opposing teams and ended up facing Whitecross Primary School in the final. 

They put up a spirited performance but, coming to the end of the match, Whitecross seemed to be likely winners. However, a goal levelled up the teams and, in the closing minutes, a fine goal delivered the killer blow to the Julianstown team and the Donacarney lads were declared winners!

Well done lads! Well done to your parents and coaches too!

The Annual Beach Walk

10/13/2019

 

The skies cleared and the sun even shone for our Parents' Association's Annual Beach Walk today! This is an important fundraiser for the association but, it's also a terrific community event, drawing all elements-including the canine variety-to the beach for the afternoon. There was a superb turn out for the occasion. And the PA were perfectly organized with refreshments for all at the mid way point and homework passes at the end for those who completed the course.

A reminder to all to collect their sponsorship money over the coming week and drop it to the teachers in school. Even if you haven't been able to participate in today's walk, you can still contribute, with every single euro guaranteed to help our school.

Our thanks to Chairperson Eimear Donnelly and her merry band in the PA committee who were out in force today to keep us all on our toes!

Music! Music! Music!

10/12/2019

 
Ms Gerrard’s Fifth Class and Mr Lynch’s Third Class are learning how to play the ukelele and tin whistle, respectively.The boys are really enthusiastic, as are their music teachers Ms Milne, Ms McWeeney and Mrs Quinn. Practice makes perfect, boys!

Sixth Class Investigate

10/10/2019

 
Did you know that just 9% of our plastics are recycled? Or that sea creatures such as dolphins and turtles injest microscopic plastics as well as larger pieces of plastic that fill our oceans? These, and other facts, motivated Ms McBride's Sixth class to collaborate on their own projects on the subject. After all their hard work, the boys are really happy to discuss their findings. Crucially, they report that they are more careful now to recycle, to avoid single use plastic containers and straws. We are looking forward to their project presentations at our next assembly!

Dates for Your Diary

10/10/2019

 

  • Friday 11th October-Jersey Day in our School for the Gary Kelly Centre, Drogheda
  • Sunday 13th October Enrolment Mass for First Communion Classes at 10am Mornington Church
  • ( A list of the preparatory Masses and a candle will be given out at this Mass)
  • Sunday 13th October 3pm  Donacarney Parents Association Annual Beach Walk
  • Monday 14th October 7pm Meeting for Parents of Confirmation Classes in our Hall
  • 22nd October-3rd Classes Visit to Newgrange
  • 24th October-Fourth Class Visual Arts Workshops
  • Monday-Friday November 11th-15th Erasmus Programme: Visitors from Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic  will visit our school
  • Weds and Thurs November 20th and 21st Parent Teacher Meetings
  • Monday 18th-Fri 22nd November Book Fair
 

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