Recently, we participated in “In My Shoes”, ie. an appeal to ship used, but in good condition, trainers & sports shoes from families in Sligo to kids in townships in Cape Town, South Africa where life is tough with over 4 million children living in poverty. The Gary Kirsten Foundation in South Africa works at introducing sports to…
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Sep
Sep
We extend a warm welcome to everyone as we begin another school year. We welcome especially our new Junior Infants. We hope that 2018/2019 will be a happy year for all of us and bring with it fun and learning in equal measure.
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Jun
Jun
Last Friday marked the last day in St. Joseph’s N.S. for our two 6th Class pupils, Caitlin and James. We will really miss Caitlin and James and their helpful, friendly, pleasant, mannerly, cheerful and respectful ways. We wish them both all the very best as they move onto secondary school.
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Jun
Jun
Good attendance at school is really important and each year we award all those children who have attended well throughout the year. This year, eleven of our children received an award for having missed only one day or less. This is a great achievement and we are very proud of these children.
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May
May
On Saturday, 26th May we went to Markievicz Park to play in the final of the Cumann na mBunscol Mixed Competition. Our opponents were Ballinlig N.S. whom we had met previously in the earlier stages of the competition. As our first game against them was tough (it was only in extra-time that we managed to…
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May
May
Last week, we went to Skreen Community Park to play our Cumann na mBunscol matches. This year we are playing in the Mixed Competition. We played Ballinlig N.S. in the first game. This was a really tough game between two very evenly matched teams and at the end of normal time, nothing separated the two…
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Apr
Apr
This week, we played in the Mixed Competition in the Kevin Egan Tornament. We always enjoy this competition. We like when our boys and girls can play together and it’s fun meeting after school. We played Rathlee N.S. followed by Stokane N.S. and as we won both games we got into the final. In the…
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Mar
Mar
Recently, we participated in the regional final of the GAAmigoes skills competition. Though we each performed to the best of our ability, we were not selected to move onto the next stage of the competition. However, we really enjoyed our trip to the Astro Pitch in Enniscrone and we will continue to work on our Gaelic skills.
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Dec
Dec
This week, we were delighted when a representative from Coláiste Iascaigh called to our school with the good news that one of our pupils had won the senior section in the Coláiste Iascaigh Christmas art competition. Well done, to this great lady! It’s great to see your artistic ability being recognised.
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Nov
Nov
Recently an employee of the Department of Justice and Equality rang us to tell us the great news that one of our pupils in 5th Class had won the County Sligo senior section in the “Someone like Me” art competition. We are all so happy for this great lady and we wish her well on…