5th Year English student exam answers: “Foster” and Keats
Read Cormac Kelly's English summer exam answers on Claire Keegan's "Foster" and the poet Keats.
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2nd Year English students solve a murder mystery!
On Wednesday, 30th August the 2nd years had to solve a murder mystery in English class.
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Summer Reading for students and parents alike
With the start of the summer holidays, students should be actively encouraged by their parents/guardians to read for pleasure and parents/guardians should also read as an example to them. Go to your local public library, join your local public library summer reading programme or ask your friends what they'd recommend to read. In this blog a number of websites are listed where you can get lists of books to read.
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Bloomsday in Rathgar - The birthplace of James Joyce
Friday, 16th June is Bloomsday. From 2pm - 7pm there will be lots of events around Rathgar Village which is the birthplace of James Joyce.
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Charlottesville Riots: a TY media studies review
During TY, English students did a media studies module. Read Remus Treacy McGee's interpretation of the Charlottesville Riots.
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New books for the Library
Lots of new books have been put on the shelves in the Library which should excite students!
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5th Year English Short Story writing
5th Year student, Ryan Baker, wrote a short story as part of creative writing during English classes in April.
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May Book Club Choice: ‘The Ministry of S.U.I.T.S.’ by Paul Gamble
The May Book Club Choice is aimed at students in 1st and 2nd Year. It is Paul Gamble's book, "The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things" aka 'The Ministry of S.U.I.T.S.'.
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1st Year students organise an aerial photograph as part of their petition to the Irish Government
On Thursday, 27th April the first years assembled the whole school out on our basketball courts to create the figure .7%. They took an aerial shot of this and used it to accompany their petition to the Irish Government to honour the commitment of providing .7% of our GDP to the developing world.
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Photobook created by 2nd Year English students in response to Evangeline Booth’s poem “Drink”
2nd Year English students Eva Corrigan with Juno Claffey Hegarty created a stunning photobook in response to the prohibitionist, Evangeline Booth's poem, "Drink". (March 2017)
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