The Library Book Club choice for October is "We Come Apart" by Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan - two award winning authors. In a new venture, parents/guardians are also invited to borrow the book from the Library and to share the experience of reading Young Adult books over the course of the academic year.
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In early September Ms. Reynolds asked the 3rd Year English class to complete an extended writing task by extending John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". Read Kharisma Messam's exemplary piece of creative modelling.
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Read Cormac Kelly's English summer exam answers on Claire Keegan's "Foster" and the poet Keats.
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On Wednesday, 30th August the 2nd years had to solve a murder mystery in English class.
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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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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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During TY, English students did a media studies module. Read Remus Treacy McGee's interpretation of the Charlottesville Riots.
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Lots of new books have been put on the shelves in the Library which should excite students!
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5th Year student, Ryan Baker, wrote a short story as part of creative writing during English classes in April.
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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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