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Congratulations on a great win

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EU Safer internet Day

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Safer Internet Day 2015

Safer Internet Day is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people. It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise, and will be celebrated in Ireland on Tuesday 10th February 2015.

2015 will be the twelfth edition of the event. This year’s call to action is, “Let’s Create a Better internet Together” and the hashtags are #SID2015 and #Up2Us.

Watch Your Space, our site specifically aimed at teens, supports post-primary students as they do something to address cyber bullying in their local communities for Safer Internet Day.

Christmas Concert

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Christmas Concert Poster

7’s B All Ireland Champions 2014-2015

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7’s B All Ireland Champions 2014-2015

Congratulations to our 7’s Camogie team who competed in the All Ireland Finals in Blanchardstown, Dublin this weekend. Our girls faced stiff opposition from St Killian’s, Ballinasloe, Co Galway and St Louis Grammer School, Ballymena, Co Antrim. A number of our girls had experience of the All Ireland 7’s as they were a part of the winning ‘C’ team last year and this experience proved invaluable on the day. Having beaten the Connaught representatives a convincing, 5-7 to 1-1, our girls faced St Louis, Ballymena, who also got through to the final putting up some high scores. As expected, the final was a very tough game. To win this match we knew we would need all of our experience and the hours put into training. Before the match, we were focused on winning all the small battles and keeping St Louis on the back foot. Laura McGrath found the net after 3 minutes with a spectacular self-made goal. Our captain, Regan Conway found the posts with 3 frees in the first half. Bridin Dinan and the rest of the back line Alannah Ryan, Aoife Touhy and Aoife Vaughan worked tirelessly in the first half clearing ball and stopping the Ballymena attack. The half ended 1-5 to 0-2. The second half was always going to be a challenge and we knew St Louis would come out fighting. The second half started brightly for St Joseph’s with Evelyn Duggan scoring a goal in the first minute bringing her tally 7 goals, 5 points for the competition. This goal was quickly followed by another from Regan Conway. Niamh O’Gorman. Laura McGrath and Sinead Conlon continued, as they had all day, working vigorously to create scoring opportunities. However the St Louis comeback was on and they responded with 3 goals in quick succession. The St Joseph’s defence were under serious pressure but remained resilient with Áine Nash and Niamh Mulqueen clearing the ball off the line with one minute to go. The match ended 4-9 to 4-3 and St Joseph’s had claimed the All Ireland 7s ‘B’ trophy for the first time after a hard fought campaign.

Huge congratulations to our panel who have worked hard for weeks training and preparing for this. We at St Joseph’s are very proud of this achievement.

Our Panel
Goalies: Bridin Dinian (3rd year), Aine Nash (4th Year)Backs: Alannah Ryan (3rd year), Aoife Vaughan (3rd Year), Aoife Tuohy (TY) Eileen Daly (2nd Year)Midfield: Regan Conway (4th Year), Niamh Mulqueen (4th Year), Sinead Conlon (3rd Year), Robyn Conway (2nd Year) Forwards: Evelyn Duggan (TY), Laura McGrath (4th Year), Niamh O’Gorman (3rd Year), Laoise Culloo (3rd Year)
Coaches: Donal McGrath, Rita Forrestal and Donna Fitzgerald

7’s Munster "B" Champions 2014-2015

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MUNSTER 7's CHAMPIONS

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Congratulations to our junior sevens Cup and Plate panels who took part in the Munster 7’s championship in Mallow GAA complex on Wednesday 1^st October. Having won the All Ireland “C” competition last year, our girls were now competing at a higher level “B” grade which proved to be a tougher challenge. Even so, our girls worked very hard. Our Plate panel made it to the semi-final in their group, winning one game, drawing one and losing one. Our cup panel had more success beating Coachford Co Cork 5-6 to 0-2, Drom B, Co Limerick 4-5 to 2-1, Lismore, Waterford in the semi-final 7-5 to 3-2 and Hazelwood College, Dromcolliher Co Limerick in the final 2-5 to 2-2.

Our cup team will now represent Munster in the 7’s All Ireland finals in St Peregrines GAA Club, Blanchardstown Dublin on Saturday the 11^th of October. Best of luck from all at St Joseph’s.

Stay away from harm on the Farm

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Ten TY2 students were presented with Certificates of Achievement from the HSA at the YSI Showcase in Citywest Dublin for promoting the cause of farm safety.

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Update on the Senior Geography Department.

Details: Last Updated: 04 May 2014; Created: 04 May 2014; Hits: 4753

Senior Geography Department

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In March our 4^th year Geography students took part in a field trip to Northern Ireland. Day one began with our cultural tour in Belfast. The cultural tour, delivered by An Coiste, is a Unique Walking Tour given by former political prisoners who share their personal experiences of the British/Irish Conflict. Our guides had an in-depth knowledge of the conflict and many of them have spent long terms of imprisonment as a result of this centuries old conflict. We experienced both sides of the conflict, with Joe taking us up the Falls Road and giving us an insight in to the Republican side of the story. Another guide, Mark met us on the Shankill Road sharing his experiences. After the tour we made our way to the docks to visit the Titanic Exhibition. The Titanic Belfast extends over nine galleries, with multiple dimensions to the exhibition, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features to explore the Titanic story in a fresh and insightful way. From the Titanic exhibition we made our way to our hostel “Humphreys in Rathmore” in Larne where we had old Victorian style house to ourselves. After a bite to eat and a lot of chatting we made our way to bed for a well-deserved rest after a very long day.

The next morning we headed back up the Antrim Coast taking in some of the most spectacular sights. We arrived at Carrig-a-Rede Rope Bridge. After the rope bridge we made the short journey to the World UNESCO Heritage site - The Giants Causeway. The area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places. After two hours exploring the site and the new heritage site we made our way back to the bus. After a quick stop in Ballycastle for lunch, we hopped back on the bus and made our way home to Tulla.

Thanks to our 4^th year Geography students for their great behaviour and to the three teachers who planned and took part in the trip, Ms Fitzgerald, Ms Galvin and Ms McInerney.

Well done to all our Geography Leaving cert students who completed their Fieldtrip write ups on the 11^th of April. The project is worth 20% of the Leaving Geography exam. It began in October when we investigated marine deposition and transportation along the Liscannor coast. The 27 page DES reporting booklet has now been completed by all 45 Geography students. Well done and best of luck in the Leaving cert Geography Exam.

Going for two in a row!

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Best of Luck to our Junior Camogie team who are looking to do the double and win a second All Ireland Medal in two years today. Our girls have worked extremely hard since September and are excited about the challenge ahead.

The All Ireland Final is taking place against St Joseph’s Lucan, Dublin in McDonagh Park, Nenagh at 1pm

ALL SUPPORTERS WELCOME

Best of luck girls!

Mother’s Day Surprise in aid of Pieta House

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Our fourth year LCVP students are currently running a mini-enterprise for Mother’s Day. Students are selling beautiful potted flower arrangements which will be delivered in the school on Friday March 28th, just in time for Mother’s day.
The aims of this project are to learn about running a small business, to become familiar with the activities of sales, promotion, advertising and to improve team work skills. A benefit of the project is that we can support the important work being carried out by PIETA HOUSE, a suicide awareness and prevention charity. All profits from this project will be donated to Pieta House.
We are very lucky to be supported by many local businesses in the projects that we undertake. We have received enormous advice and support, for this project, from Colourful Creations – our local garden centre in Tulla. A special thank you to Siobhan, in Colourful Creations, whose interest and ideas have been invaluable.