Mr. Conaghan has been nominated for the 2015 Carnegie Medal and the 2015 CBI Book of the Year Award for his books "When Mr. Dog Bites". He listed his top 10 controversial books for Young Adults in The Guardian on Thursday, 16th April. How many of have you read?
Mr. Conaghan has been nominated for the prestigious 2015 Carnegie Medal and the 2015 Childrens Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year Awards, for his book "When Mr. Dog Bites". On Thursday, 16th April his list of his top 10 controversial books for Young Adults was published in The Guardian.
Number 2 on his list is "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. This is on the Junior Certificate English course so everyone who has read this book or who is reading it, should look at Mr. Conaghan's review of it and sense the energy of this book.
Check out the list. Check out the books.
Our Transition Year (TY) students hosted a successful coffee morning in the school hall to raise funds for Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services in Harold's Cross. Year groups visited the hall in turn for tea, coffee, and treats. Thanks to Ms. Maxwell, Ms. Talbot, Ms. McGill and all our TY students.
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On Wednesday, the 23rd of September, a group of us TY students had the opportunity to welcome Irish writer Elaine Garvey to our school, where we took part in a two-hour workshop with her. On Friday the 25th of September, we embarked on our weekly trip which brought us northside, to Glasnevin Cemetery, so write Ianis, Vihaan and Matthew B (TY Weekly editors).
Some of our Chinese students celebrated the Mooncake Festival this morning with traditional treats, and stories about the holiday. The round shape of the mooncakes mirrors the bright harvest moon, symbolizing family togetherness and completeness.
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