St Joseph's

Secondary School Tulla

TY Taster Day in the Shannon College of Hotel Management

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 12 December 2017; Created: 12 December 2017; Hits: 1789

TY students were invited to spend a day in the Shannon College of Hotel Management recently. The students really enjoyed the taster programme which had been organised for them. It gave them a good insight into the different courses offered and the possible future career paths which might be open to a graduate of the college.

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Transition Year Newsletter

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 04 December 2017; Created: 04 December 2017; Hits: 1846

Click on the link below for our current Newsletter

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School Calendar Updated

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 01 December 2017; Created: 01 December 2017; Hits: 2162

We have updated the school calendar with the dates for the rest of the year and this is available here

Drumming workshop

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 01 December 2017; Created: 01 December 2017; Hits: 2078

The First Year and Transition Year music classes enjoyed a pop drumming workshop with John Hennessy. The students learned about the importance of rhythm and the role of the drum kit in pop music.Students had great fun trying out a variety of rhythms on the drum kit. Some students proved to be natural drummers and played amazing music.

We will have John Hennessy back in the new year for another enjoyable workshop.

Transition Year Christmas Market

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 28 November 2017; Created: 28 November 2017; Hits: 1953

Doonbeg Christmas Market

On this coming Friday December 1st, four mini companies from Transition Year will represent our school at the Doonbeg Trump Christmas market, which is being held at Trump International Hotel in Doonbeg. The Christmas market will be open between 4pm and 8pm with a firework display rounding off the evening. All families are invited to experience an early taste of Christmas and support our transition year students

John Paul 2 Awards

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 25 November 2017; Created: 25 November 2017; Hits: 1870

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Congratulations to all of our students who received their John Paul 2 awards last thursday night 23-11-2017 in the west county Ennis. Well done to you all - a fantastic achievement.

Tulla Crowned Munster Champs

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 25 November 2017; Created: 25 November 2017; Hits: 1819

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ST Joseph’s Tulla were crowned Munster U16½ B schools hurling champions on Wednesday after beating Blackwater Community School from Waterford.
Full match report and more photos to follow soon

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European Parliament Visit

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 22 November 2017; Created: 22 November 2017; Hits: 1716

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Between October 5th and 7th, a group of students from our school traveled to Strasbourg in France for a day in the European Parliament, as part of the Euroscola initiative. We were joined by students from all over Europe. This tour, subsidised by the EU, was won by the Saint Joseph's debating team in Dublin Castle last February. On October 6th, we entered the building bright and early, where we were greeted with some breakfast. After this, we entered the massive "Hemicycle" (the room where the politicians discuss the topics at hand). Here we were treated to speeches by students representing each school there – a fascinating experience. Meaghan Peter represented Ireland and delivered a great speech signifying who and what we are. We then had a discussion and question & answer session with Rainer Wieland, Vice President of the European Parliament, before we were given the chance to interact with other schools in a quiz, which required us to use many different languages. Then we were divided into a number of groups, each dealing with a key issue of our time, such as development aid, human rights, and youth employment; we then had to draw up policy reform proposal on each topic. This proved captivating, as we got to see a multitude of opinions and insights from all over Europe. After each group elected two spokespeople, we channeled back into the hemicycle, where these spokespeople presented these ideas and proposals to all the other groups. One of the spokespeople elected was our own Michael Fitzgerald, who put forward a speech on security and human rights. We were then given a chance to use the voting machines used by the MEPs, when voting on whether or not to accept theses presented proposals. The day was finished up by an entertaining quiz show as a single to the quiz we took part in earlier. On the other two days of the trip, we visited the cities of Strasbourg and Heidelberg, which featured beautiful architecture, fascinating culture, and a microcosm of a changing Europe in the heartland of the continent – the Rhineland. Overall, the trip was extraordinary, and something that we will all remember for the rest of our lives. It made us realise we are not only citizens of Ireland, but also of Europe, and the world.

Ethan Delaney

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Clare Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships Success for St. Joseph’s

Details: Written by Administrator; Last Updated: 21 November 2017; Created: 21 November 2017; Hits: 1820

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St. Joseph’s students from 1st Year to 6th Year took part in the Clare Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships last Thursday November 16th. The event was held in the Lee’s Road Complex in Ennis on a day with perfect running conditions. Our minor girls were first to run – Chelsea Canny, Aoife Dooley and Lauren Garvey put in fine performances. This girls team came in sixth place overall in a strong field of competitors.
Next to compete were our minor boys – with a very successful second place victory, winning silver medals for the team. Conor O’Donnell (8th) and Eoin Daly (9th) finished strongly, followed closely by Darragh Moroney and Eoin McNamara. The other minor boys running were Hugh Cronin, Oisin Enright and Ross Culligan.

Our junior girls Jennifer Nicholas, Isabel O’Connell, Abi O’Sullivan and Eimear Murphy were up next – great performances from these girls gained fourth place in the team event. Fantastic performances from our junior boys led to Tulla’s second silver team medal – Fionn Hickey (3rd) and Darragh Keogh (4th) were very impressive in their steely determination, followed closely by Donal Sheedy and Enda O’Halloran. The other junior boys running were Eanna Culloo, Niall Borrmann, Neil Callaghan, Diarmuid Molloy, Marc Norte, Eoin McCarthy, Joseph Keane and Mikey Walsh.
Strong performances from our intermediate boys of Fintan Caulfield (7th), David McInerney, Adam O’Neill and Jack McSweeney ensured another silver team medal for St. Joseph’s. The other intermediate boys running were Matthew Purcell, Joseph O’Sullivan, Dean Murphy, Alex Cronin, Christopher Notre and Shane Nolan.

The last event of the day was the senior boys race – powerful running from David Meehan (2nd), Sean Cahill (3rd), Padraig Cahill (4th), Cian Keogh (7th), Cathal Brown (8th) and Stephen Donnellan (9th) delivered a team gold medal. These boys were closely followed by Darragh Whelan, Feargal Kearney and Brian McSweeney in a race that was dominated by Tulla athletes.

We are so proud of all of our athletes as their great performances led to St. Joseph’s taking first place in the Best Overall School for the “Tully Cup” 2018, for the second year in a row. Well done to all our runners!
We are now looking forward to the North Munster Schools’ Competition to be held in Pallaskenry in January.

Tulla Athletics Club have training sessions for teens and adults on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7pm at the Primary school in Tulla. Please wear a Hi-Vis vest.