Y3 Ecology Fieldtrip to Knocksink Woods

Third year students enjoyed an ecology fieldtrip to an Irish Ash-Oak woodland in Enniskerry

Y3 Ecology Fieldtrip September 2013 from John Scottus on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday Mrs Maguire Timmins!

On September 26th Mrs Maguire Timmins celebrated her birthday. Colleagues brought in cakes, some even baked in honour of the occasion. We wish our English and Careers teacher a wonderful trip around the sun this year!

Happy Birthday Ms Timmins!

Second Class Boys Science

We conducted a science experiment to observe the effects of mixing colours.

Designing the Test

Testing the idea

more testing

Recording the results

Venus in Wilderness, Sept 2013

Thanks Mrs Grace for this great video of Venus on their Wilderness Camping trip!!!


Venus Camping Trip from John Scottus on Vimeo.

The King and I Underway

On the 20th September the first readthrough for the King and I took place in Morehampton Road.  We can reveal that Fareed Sababou is cast as the bald fellow with a rake of children.....check in with the BLOG for more information soon.

Group Readthrough

The King and his Counsel

Hannah and Sophie study the text

Chinese Mid Autumn Festival at JSS

 TY celebrated the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival on the 18th of September during their Chinese Language and Culture class. They enjoyed a talk and watched an animated film about the legend of the festival. They then tasted moon cakes as well as making colourful Chinese lanterns to decorate their classroom.

Mrs Grace supervises Lantern Hanging!

Lantern engineers

Cutting and glueing

Moon cakes anyone?

Happy Chinese Mid Autumn from TY

JSS Secondary Sept P.E. Report

P.E. News September 2013

Yoga has been received very well and is offered to all classes.

 DCU Y path program: DCU will return to the school next Monday and 1st years will complete a 30min on line survey about their physical activity. This will be done during PE class. They also commence their 9day pedometer step challenge.

 The Senior and Minor hockey teams play their first friendly matches September 25^th against Holy Faith Clontarf.  League matches follow next week for Seniors in St Andrews, Booterstown and the following week for minors against Loreto on the Green