St Joseph's

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Green Schools Award

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 14 May 2019; Created: 14 May 2019; Hits: 2594

First Year Girls Football

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 10 May 2019; Created: 10 May 2019; Hits: 2586

End of season blitz for our First Year Girls

Success at SCI-FEST

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 08 May 2019; Created: 07 May 2019; Hits: 2736

This year St Joseph's achieved great success at the SCIFEST regional science competition in LIT Limerick. St. Joseph's received a special award from Intel as Best School participating in the competition. We submitted three projects this year, all of which were commended on their excellent work.

Image 1: First Year Group Representing SJT at SCI-FEST.

Image 2: Charlotte Campher, Ciara Sheppard, Sarah Nihill: 3rd Place in the Biological and Ecological Science Category

Looking Downstream: Could Nanosilver in Consumer Products Affect Pond Life? Consumer products, such as sports clothes, cosmetics, and even food containers contain tiny silver particles, which are used to prevent the growth of to bacteria and fungi. This project investigated how a specific freshwater organism, Daphnia magna, responds to the exposure to different concentrations of nanosilver.

Image 3: Róisín Sheedy and Saoirse Donnellan :2nd Place in the Chemical and Physical Science Category

Solar-powered Chemistry: A Study of Chemical Reaction Rates in Ultraviolet Beads An investigation to determine if uv beads could be used to determine how effective sun cream, and sunglasses are at detecting the damaging effects of uv rays.

Image 4: Molly Jane Sweeney: 3rd Place in the Chemical and Physical Science Category

Asteroid Mining: Gold Rush in Space?

A study into the composition of asteroids and an investigation into whether it will possible to mine on asteroids in the future

Image 5: SCIFEST Representatives with teacher Máiread O'Brien receiving the INTEL Best School Award

A huge congrats to all involved for their incredible achievements!

Cycle Against Suicide

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 26 April 2019; Created: 26 April 2019; Hits: 3095

http://www.cycleagainstsuicide.com/ for details of the route, how to donate, events around the country and how to get involved....

Cycle Against Suicide Event

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 26 April 2019; Created: 26 April 2019; Hits: 2897

Staff and Students have been spreading the word about our very special, upcoming "Cycle Against Suicide" host school event, this Monday, 29th April 2019. The specially commissioned tee-shirts have blazed a trail nationally and internationally to spread the message:

#itsoknottofeelok

Can you spot students, staff and friends out and about in...Berlin, Paris, Geneva, Koblenz, Machu Pichu & Cusco Peru, Sligo, Monaghan, Malaga, Viahna do Castelo Portugal, Galicia Spain, Abu Dhabi, Cliffs of Moher, Warsaw, Krakow, Antrim...

Spring 2019 TY Newsletter

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 08 April 2019; Created: 08 April 2019; Hits: 3027

Click below to open the TY SPRING NEWSLETTER in FULL!

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Science Update

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 05 April 2019; Created: 05 April 2019; Hits: 3051

It has been a busy few weeks for SJT students in their Science classes. We were delighted to launch a new STEM GiftEd Programme with Beckham and Coulter Diagnostics. The aim of the programme is to encourage young female students to consider opting for science, maths and technology courses at senior cycle and third level.

Recently, a group of 1st and 2nd year students had the opportunity to experience stage one of the programme which consisted of a guided tour around the laboratories and grounds of Beckham and Coulter (pictured below).

The girls witnessed first hand how the company manufacture a unique range of diagnostic solutions which help medical professionals assess, diagnose and monitor conditions such as cardiac disease, metabolic functions, infectious diseases, blood disorders, cancer and many more.

A very special thank you to Karen Kelly (Senior Manager and Head of HR BCll), Orlaith Lawler (Senior Manager/Leader of BCll) and all the staff in Beckham and Coulter for a most enjoyable day.

Also pictured below is a snapshot of active learning examples from our Junior Cycle Science classes from First Year (sheep heart dissections) and Second Year with their 3D Atom projects.

Well done to all the students involved!

Business Studies Awards

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 15 March 2019; Created: 15 March 2019; Hits: 8301

Congratulations to Liam McInerney, Aoife Halpin and Aoife Kelly who recently received the Junior Cert Business Studies Award at UL, in acknowledgement of achieving an A in Junior Certificate Business.

The students are pictured below with Principal Juliet Coman and Dr. Philip O'Regan of Kemmy Business School, UL.