Hi everyone and welcome to the student council’s first digital newsletter. We hope to bring you regular update about the events in our school.
| Spring is in the air! Last week during school time the Junior infant classes went on a lovely spring walk around the school looking for signs of nature and as well as that the senior infants and junior Réalta who went to the Tearmann gardens for their spring walk. Senior infants also designed their own garden!  | Ms Phelan and Ms Maher set up a debate team. There were seven people on the team and after all their hard work staying back late doing multiple debates on Zoom, they made it to the final in the Kildare County Chambers. We argued in favour of the proposal that the business sector has the most important role in achieving the SDGs in Ireland. While the opposing team, St Patrick N.S, Morristown, Newbridge argued for the opposite and thankfully our school came out on top and we are now going forward into the last 32 schools in Ireland. Well done to the debate team and we wish them all the best of luck going forward. |
| At the start of the year Mr Walshe set up a quiz team composed of 4th , 5th , and 6th class students. They participated in a Credit Union Quiz against many other schools in Wicklow. Both teams won 1st place and are now going forward to the Leinsters. Best of luck on Saturday! | |
 | 2nd classes have had a lot of fun learning about pirates! They wrote amazing pirate themed stories, drew treasure maps and built pirate ships in groups. While everyone else was busy, 3rd classes were as well as they were learning about the solar system. and that’s not all! They were also doing a readathon and have learned many new things since coming back after the Christmas break. Réalta has also been very busy. As we have learned, a therapy dog named Lucie comes in every Thursday with her wonderful owner and trainer Terri to visit the children and they are having a lovely time getting to know Lucie. The Senior Réalta classes also went on a school trip to Wexford to see the Dunbrody famine ship. . On Mondays after school Ms. Phelan and Ms. Maher have been doing an Arts Club from 2:30 to 3:35 with pupils from 2nd to 6th class. They have been having loads of fun and a new term starts on the 25th of march and if anyone is interested contact either Ms. Phelan and Ms. Maher. On February 2nd the chess teams from 4th, 5th and 6th went to a chess tournament in Crookstown. There were four teams with eight from each class and each team had a sub. Great fun and learning was had at the tournament. |
The girls from 3rd to 6th had an indoor 7 aside soccer league organized by Mr. Walshe. France and Italy it had a tight game but Italy pulled through and won on penalties with Lily Monahan scoring a master class of 16 goals followed by Ava Furlong and Lauren Mann on 10 goals a piece!
Well done to everyone that brought in a special treat for the cake sale and thanks to the Parent’s Association for organizing such a fun day for all the students in Scoil Naomh Iósaf. There were so many treats sold and so much money raised! Well done to everyone!
Ms. Maher’s 6th class had a basketball tournament. There were six teams in total but the two teams that made it to the final were Harry Kavanaghs team: Grace Mathews, Saja and Caoimhe Kearny: Alea Nazifi`s team: Alexander Early, Dasha, Melania Anti but at the end of the day, they were no match for Harry Kavanaghs team when they came out on top! The top scorer was Harry Kavanagh.
Marathon Kids has been newly introduced to our school transferring from the east side of Wicklow and now it’s our turn for the West side of Wicklow to take on the task of Marathon running/training. Towards the end of the training there will be a day out for 5th and 6th for a 1,600-meter run. Special training be tops will be given to students who take part in the challenge
Well done to everyone that brought in a special treat for the cake sale and thanks to the Parent’s Association for organizing such a fun day for all the students in Scoil Naomh Iósaf. There were so many treats sold and so much money raised! Well done to everyone!
Ms. Maher’s 6th class had a basketball tournament. There were six teams in total but the two teams that made it to the final were Harry Kavanaghs team: Grace Mathews, Saja and Caoimhe Kearny: Alea Nazifi`s team: Alexander Early, Dasha, Melania Anti but at the end of the day, they were no match for Harry Kavanaghs team when they came out on top! The top scorer was Harry Kavanagh.
Marathon Kids has been newly introduced to our school transferring from the east side of Wicklow and now it’s our turn for the West side of Wicklow to take on the task of Marathon running/training. Towards the end of the training there will be a day out for 5th and 6th for a 1,600-meter run. Special training be tops will be given to students who take part in the challenge
| The choir having been practicing every Tuesday after school. They are looking forward to attending the Peace Proms in Waterford on March 10th! The 5th classes will be holding a Jumble Sale on Thursday 21st March. Unwanted toys in good condition can be donated to the school for the sale! Thanks for Reading, The Student Council  |  |
