We are keen on sport in St. Joseph’s so of course, we were delighted to participate in the GAAmigoes Skills Competition which took place in the Astro Centre in Enniscrone. We all performed well and we were really thrilled when it was announced that our girls had come joint first and so were progressing to…
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Feb
Feb
This year again, we participated in the “In My Shoes” Campaign. We collected our old runners, football boots, etc. and after washing them we brought them to school for collection. Our shoes will now be forwarded to very poor townships in South Africa. We have so much and we hope that our little gesture will…
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Nov
Nov
Our happy faces say it all. We were so happy to fill and proudly present our shoeboxes filled with items from the “4 W’s” list (ie. write, wash, wear, Wow), as part of the “Shoebox Appeal”. This initiative, which is run by Team Hope (an Irish, Christian, International Development Charity) works to help children affected by poverty…
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Aug
Aug
Wednesday, 28th August marked the first day of the school year 2019/2020. We were delighted to see all our friends again and also to meet our new pupils.
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Jun
Jun
June is a happy time at school with tour, party, sports, etc. but it is also a sad time as we bid farewell to our 6th class. This year, 4 children are leaving our school. We will miss them so much. They were just an amazing bunch, always so pleasant, kind, cooperative, respectful and basically…
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Jun
Jun
Towards the end of this term, we had a little celebration to honour those children who had excelled at attendance this year. Eight of our children had full attendance while seven of our children missed only one or two days. We are so proud of these kids and they thoroughly deserve to be recognised.
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Jun
Jun
On 15th June, we travelled to Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry for the Cumann na mBunscol Girls’ Final. We were up against Castlegal N.S. The girls from both schools started well but we battled hard to win the match and we were thrilled to be presented with the Cumann na mBunscol trophy and our county medals. After…
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May
May
Cumann na mBunscol time is here again and this year we were delighted to play our group matches in St. Farnan’s Community Park with Killeenduff and Kilrusheighter providing the opposition. Unfortunately our boys, despite playing very heroically, failed to qualify out of the group with that honour going to Kileenduff N.S. Our girls however, did…
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Mar
Mar
This week, we participated in the GAAmigos competition for West Sligo. We performed really well and we were delighted when we heard that our girls had won the competition and so now progress to the County Final. Well done to our boys who also showed great skill.
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Mar
Mar
This month was a special month for the children in 5th and 6th Class as they received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Everyone had a great day and we hope that the blessings and joy of this day will remain in our hearts in the years ahead.