Transition Year Music – Song School

Transition Year Music – Song School

Watch out Jedward, our transition years could be hot competition for this years Eurovision!! Recently the Transition Year students enjoyed two days of song composition, performance and studio recording with Justin and David from Song School. They visited the school in February and delivered a fantastic workshop, where students gained a first-hand insight into life as a professional songwriter.

Each of the students will receive a CD of their songs, along with a Song School/IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation) certificate of participation. The transition years found the two days most enjoyable.

Thanks to Ms Mulhern (Music Teacher) for organising it.

Cyberbullying and Internet Safety Awareness Training

In January the Parent's Association, very generously,  provided funding for Cyberbullying and Internet Safety training for all students, staff and parents.  In school as well as in the wider community, we are always conscious of this ever changing area.  In our SPHE programme we deal with the necessity to be always vigilant in our online interactions, whether they are social, work or business related.  The very informative talk certainly opened our eyes to the steps we can take to try to maintain safe and private online activity.  Many thanks as always to our Parents for the support in providing this very valuable expreience for the school

2016 Leaving and Junior Cert Exam Dates

The dates for this years Leaving certificate and Junior Certificate exams have been published and they are available from the Examination website through the link below here.

Leaving Cert Esker Retreat

On Thursday and Friday the 6th and 7th of November, 57 of our leaving Cert students attended a two day retreat in Esker Co Galway. This retreat is a long tradition in St Joseph’s Secondary school, taking place for over 20 years. The retreat offers young people the opportunity to come away together to a quiet place, to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Esker, to have fun, and activities and reflective time together. It offers them the time and opportunity to celebrate together their own humanity and affirm their dignity and self-worth, and to bond more with each other. It offers them a space to voice their questions, doubts and struggles, in a safe place where they are listened to and the space and time to experience themselves and others with truth and real joy.

We hope this reflection time will help our Leaving Cert students to focus on the difficult task ahead in the coming year but also have helped them by providing so lifelong coping skills.

Thanks to the retreat team and also the teachers who organized and went on the retreat-Ms Hogan, Mr Spelman and Ms Fitzgerald.

Aiming Higher

HIGHER EDUCATION IS A PATH TO PERSONAL FULFILMENT,A REWARDING CAREER, A HIGHER INCOME AND GREATER PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY.

With skills shortages already in many sectors, Ireland needs more higher-education graduates. These skills needs will be met mainly by graduates. Entering higher education is a significant milestone in anyone’s life. For young people thinking of going to college, it is important that they and their families are properly informed so that they can make the right choices. We know that almost half of students who do not complete third level say that the main reason they did not do so was because their chosen course was not what they expected it to be.

Attachments:

AimingHigher_update_15_4_2015.pdf

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