Third Class Girls Sport

 Third class girls throwing and catching as part of the athletics strand. They practice such skills as under arm throw, over arm throw, chest pass, overhead throw, catching with one and two hands, kicking and catching with partners and individually, hand eye co-co ordination and communication. The skills are then used in small sides conditioned games.

Form 2 Mark Time and Map the Heavens

Ms Laura O'Callaghan's class have been busy making Starry night chalk drawings, patterns and Watches!! Scroll down to see the lovely patterns Form 2 children made.

Team Tasks for 5th & 6th Class

5th and 6th class weekly team tasks sneak previews!

Magic Flute Sweet Surprise, December 20th

Magic Flute Sweet Treats

Work continues on the Magic Flute. The School Orchestra from Alexandra College were delighted to accept an invitation from Mr Dempsey to participate in this exciting production. A hamper of delicious treats will be raffled to raise much needed funds for this enterprise. Tickets cost 30C each or 5 for €1 and are available at the Secondary School from Mr Kerr at morning drop-off. Buy some soon; If you're not in you can't win!!!

JSS Junior Girls Hockey

Mazzy Ronaldson gets kitted out for the JSS Junior hockey team league match against Beaufort in Pembroke. Both teams were equally matched on the day. There was plenty of fine passing and many shots on goal. The final result was a  close 1-0 win for Beaufort. The JSS Junior team can be proud of their efforts!

First Year Colour Mixing & Paint Application

Han Byeol Choi

Hannah Lohan

Amy Sheilds

Kiya Ryan

Róisín Wright

Sungyoon Kim

Victoria Melkyan

Here are some paintings being created in first year art class with Ms. O'Lomasney. The students are focusing on colour mixing and paint application using different painting techniques.

Fighting Words from Julia Twamley

Writing short stories is second nature to Julia Twamley in Second year JSS.
Battle of the Sisters in published on the site of Fighting Words where she attends workshops -http://www.fightingwords.ie/battle-sisters-2011
You can read more of her work by clicking on November News on the school website.
Fighting Words was founded by Roddy Doyle. It runs workshops year-round in creative writing. 
JS Website would be delighted to publish your creative writing, so please do send your work to communications@johnscottus.ie