World Book Day - Thursday, 6th March - and the school was witness to many World Book Day related events throughout the day.
World Book Day - Thursday, 6th March - and the school was witness to many World Book Day related events throughout the day. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
In addition to the Book Sale organised by the TY students, there was a form time quiz where each year was pitted against other as they tried to guess the Book Dingbats competition and there was a "Guess-the books-teachers-read-in-their-teens" quiz in the form of posters all around the school with images of book covers. Students puzzled over the posters trying to work out which teacher had read what.
In the Library itself the World Book Day Monster Doodle Scroll was on display - Ms. Mahon's art students had drawn little doodles of favourite books that they had read. There was a display of the Scratch photos taken of each year, word puzzles and an exhibition of old "Q" magazine music photos.
To round off the day some of the members of the Running Club dressed up as "Where's Wally".
World Book Day 2014 was brought to you by Ms. Cooper and the Library Prefects - Niall Halloran, Rory Murphy, Svetlana Cvetic, Jessica Nelkin, Andrew Enright and Oscar McHale.
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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