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Taekwon-Do World Championships Success
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Congratulations to TY student, Joanna O'Sullivan who recently represented Ireland at the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships, where she earned a bronze medal in her individual technical discipline. This is an amazing achievement given that there were almost 1,100 black belt athletes from 62 countries competing at the event and only those who have qualified to represent their country can compete in the ITF World Championships. Joanna also put in very strong performances in in the -55kg sparring category where she narrowly lost to the current European champion from Finland. Joanna also had the honour of singing the national anthem at the opening ceremony of the championships. This was the first time an ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships was held in Ireland. Mr Stephen Ryan, PE & Geography Dept. was one of the main organisers of the championships as well as being a member of the coaching panel and competing on the senior team. Ireland finished the event in 1st place on the medals table out of 62 nations with 28 medals. A special thanks to Ms Coman for giving students the opportunity to travel to see the event in Citywest to support Joanna and to Ms Liddy and Ms Kennedy for accompanying them. Congratulations to both Mr Ryan and Joanna on their continued success. For more information visit the ITF World Championships website here: http://www.itfwc2017.com/ or the ITF World Championships Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ITFWC2017/
The event programme can be viewed Here
Trip to See the Cork Pops Orchestra
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On Friday, the 10th of November, the first year music class, and TY2, went to the Concert Hall in the University of Limerick to see the Cork Pops Orchestra play. We left school at 9:00 and departed for Limerick. We arrived to UL at 10 and were shown to our seats. The orchestra was made up of violins, a viola, cello, double bass, harp, French horn, trumpet, oboe, flute, piccolo, percussion and many more instruments. The conductor of the Cork Pops is Evelyn Grant, who also presents a classical music show on Lyric FM.
This year, there was a focus on the harp, and first piece played by the orchestra was our national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann. Other pieces performed include The Swan, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, and several airs by Turough O'Carolan. They even played well-known themes from films, such as Star Wars, E.T. and Harry Potter. Jean Kelly, a famous harpist, joined the orchestra as a guest musician. She is very well known and has recently played in the soundtrack for Paddington 2. She played Mozart's Concerto for Flute & Harp along with her sister Fiona Kelly.
Another guest to the orchestra was DJ Dashka who works with music technology to create amazing songs and tunes, using a beat board. Their final guest was Keith Hanley, a former 'Voice of Ireland' winner, who is huge in the Irish singing industry. To our delight, Keith sang songs from Disney movies, such as Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and Muana, as well as You're Never Fully Dresses Without a Smile, from Annie. Together with DJ Dashka, Keith performed Despacito by Justin Bieber and Symphony by Zara Larrson.
It was a very enjoyable and entertaining show. My favourite part was when they played music from several iconic films. I'd never realised that all these theme songs were played by a live orchestra and weren't just digitally inserted into the movie afterwards!
We then left for home, stopping briefly into McDonald's on the way back. We arrived back at 1:15, just in time to hear the bell signalling the end of school! It was a fantastic outing and I hope to be lucky enough to hear the Cork Pops play again. Many thanks to Ms. Behan for organising this fun day out for us, and to Ms. Coughlan and Ms. McCarthy for coming along too.
By Jennifer Nicholas & Molly Ellis (1st Year)
Science Week
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Some highlights below of Science Week 2017
First Year "Egg Drop"
Well done to all involved - constructing masterpieces that survived their flight from GP balcony down to the floor....CRACK!
Our First Years also attended a Science Magic Show (run by University of Limerick) in October where they had the opportunity to see lots of fun Science in action in their lab class.
Second Year "Sponge Bob Genetic Quiz" and DNA Construction
Our Second years constructed edible D.N.A and D.N.A 3D models that we showcased on our Open Night last Tuesday to our incoming students in 2018. The quiz reinforced our learning on Genetic Crosses. Our students also demonstrated the Kiwi chromosome extraction experiment at our open night.
2017 ISTA Senior Science Quiz
Congratulations to our Senior ISTA Science Group who represented the School in the regional competition on 16th November. They secured 5th place out of a total of 26 entrants. An amazing achievement. Names: Chloe Crowe, Aisling Donnellan, James O'Neill, George Bodziony, Jan Ligtvoet and Tiarnan Boyce.
Science Conundrum Friday 17th Nov
Well done to Ms. Coughlan and her Office Admin LCA class and also to Ms G. Sullivan and her 5th Yr Computers class who were the first to complete the Science puzzles (all 6 correct!) on Friday.
Research Projects
Many thanks to our 1st and 2nd years who are conducting research on leading Scientists that are showcased in the labs and on our Science notice board. This is an ongoing piece of work!
A long day but a good day for our TY students.
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On Monday, October 9th, TY students together with Mr. Fahy, Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Monaghan left Tulla after a very early alarm clock call. The group was lucky enough to get a booking to see Kilmainham Gaol and students and teachers alike were very impressed. The tour guides were passionate about bringing history alive in this building which is so intimately associated with Irish History. The stories of inmates were heart-wrenching and the building itself seemed to echo with their sadness. We were sorry that busy day did not allow even longer to spend at the Gaol.
From there, we crossed the Liffey, to visit the Zoo. Some of us had never visited the Zoo so we were delighted to have a good look around. Then we were taken on an Ecology Workshop in the Phoenix Park. This covered a habitat study, which gave us a great understanding of this section of the Leaving Cert. Biology programme. Thanks to all the teachers who travelled with us.
Prospective Students Open Night
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Ty trip to Achill -Turas go hAcaill
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The TY year accompanied by Mr. Kelly, Mr. Hanrahan and Ms Walsh took a 2 night trip to Achill Island, Co. Mayo last Monday to Wednesday (25th- 27th September). They stayed in 'bean an tí' houses and participated in activities facilitated by Coláiste Acla. They took part in surfing, cliff diving, bog assault courses and kayaking. In the evenings they headed to the céili's where they learned (attempted) to dance and played games as well as the all important 20 minutes phone time! The weather was lovely until Wednesday when the island was soaked but this didn't stop us from having an excellent time. On Wednesday when everyone sat down to a hot bowl of soup to warm up there was an atmosphere of disappointment as we had to head back home after a fantastic 3 days of fun and laughs. Everyone enjoyed the trip and can't wait for another of its kind in the upcoming year.
Chuaigh na daltaí ón idirbhlian go hAcaill le triúir múinteoirí ón scoil- An t-Uasal Ó Ceallaigh, An t-Uasal Ó hAnracháin agus Iníon Breathnach Dé Luan seo caite. Mhair an turas ar feadh trí lá. D'fhanamar sna tithe le mna tí ón ceantar. Ghlacamar páirt sna himeachtaí ar nós surfáil, cadhcáil, pleidhchíocht poirteacht agus tumadh. Chuamar go dtí coláiste gach tráthnóna chun damhsa céilithe a fhoghlaim. D'imríomar cluiche spraoi agus don fiche nóiméad deireanach fuaireamar ár bhfóin. Bhí an aimsir go maith go dtí Dé Céadaoin nuair a bhí an hOileáin ar maos leis an báisteach a thit tharr an oíche ach níor chuir sé sin isteach orainn. Nuair a shuíomar síos don babhla anlann tráthnónna Céadaoin bhí saghas díomá ar gach duine mar bhí sé in am dul abhaile. Bhain gach duine taiteanamh as an turas agus táimid ag súil leis an chéad turas eile!
le Saoirse Boyce, Dearbhla Creaven agus Emma Cooper.
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2017 -2018 Book Lists
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Please see attached the book lists for the upcoming calendar year
 Booklist 2017-18 5th Year.pdf | [ ] | 92 kB |
| Booklist 2017-18 1st year.pdf | [ ] | 39 kB |
| Booklist 2017-18 3rd Year.pdf | [ ] | 83 kB |
| Booklist 2017-18 TY.pdf | [ ] | 80 kB |
| Booklist 2017-18 6th Year.pdf | [ ] | 91 kB |
| Booklist 2017-18 2nd Year.pdf | [ ] | 82 kB |
First year Hurling title for St. Joseph's, Tulla.
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St Joseph's Tulla 2-13
Ennistymon CBS 0-9
St Joseph's Tulla captured the first year hurling title at Cusack Park on Monday. Both teams had comfortably beaten all opponents on the way to the final.
The winners led at the break, 1-8 to 0-4, the goal coming from full-forward Seán Withycombe.
An excellent Aaron Curtis goal 10 minutes from time sealed the result. It came after a period of sustained Ennistymon pressure but they were unable to breach the line of Evan Nugent, Adam Hogan and Mick Ryan.
Aaron Shanahan also made two great saves at the very beginning and end of the game.
Josh Guyler, Killian McGroary and Keith Barry were best for the Ennistymon side.
After the game, John Fawl, Clare post primary liaison officer, presented captain Oisín Clune with the cup.
St Joseph's Tulla:
Aaron Shanahan (Tulla);Evan Nugent (Tulla),Adam Hogan (Feakle), Michael Ryan (Tulla);Mikey McMahon (O'C Mills),Oisín Clune (Feakle), Tony Leyden (Tulla); Daragh Keogh (Clooney-Quin,0-7), Ronan O'Connor (Feakle);David McInerney (O'C Mills,0-1), Aaron Curtis (Tulla,1-0), Colm Cleary (O'C Mills,0-2), Billy Scanlon (O'C Mills,0-1),Seán Withycombe (Tulla,1-1),Gearóid Vaughan (Broadford,0-1).
Subs: Jack McSweeney (Tulla),Matthew Purcell (Tulla), Danny Murphy (Clooney-Quin), Diarmuid Molloy (Tulla), Cormac O'Brien (Broadford),Fionn Hickey (O'C Mills),David Cunningham (Tulla), Mikey Walsh (O'C Mills),Enda O'Halloran (Clooney-Quin), Eric Bergqvist (Broadford), Paul McNamara (Broadford)
LCVP Mini Enterprise
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Fourth year LCVP students recently set up and successfully ran a mini enterprise. They sold flowers for Mother's Day and achieved their target profit. Congratulations to all involved.
