Selection of News Stories from St. Joseph of Cluny

Best of luck to Sixth Years!

A big thank you to our 1st Year students who left well wishes for their 6th Year Buddies ahead of their mock exams today. First years also made good luck mini books for their sixth-year buddies with Ms. Curtin, our librarian. Well done to all first years for making these thoughtful gifts!

Saint Brigid’s Day

We are delighted to have celebrated St. Brigid’s Day here at Cluny. Students took part in a making crosses workshop first thing on Tuesday. Members of the TY Chaplaincy Team attended a Showcase and Share Student Action event organised by Le Chéile Trust. They were asked to discuss opportunities for student leadership in school with other students throughout the country.

Well done to our Fifth Year SVP Society

We received a letter from SVP Sallynoggin thanking our Fifth Year SVP society for their donation of €1585 raised through their pyjama day fundraising event. These funds will be used in the community and will help with the annual Dunne’s Stores Bag Pack replacement.

Library Christmas Readathon

Between 06 December and 10 January, our library held a Christmas Readathon. In this time, we read 75 books! Well done all! Congratulations to Ava (1W), Jane (2Y), Sofia (3Y), Alice (4C), Clodagh (5N) and Jennifer (6C) for reading the most in their year groups!

Student Enterprise Competition

Congratulations to our TY Enterprise students, Anna Watson and Heather McGowan on winning the Student Enterprise “Idea Generation” competition for their Haloskin Enterprise. Well done!

September 2022 Students

We were delighted to welcome the September 2022 cohort for aptitude tests and school visit on Saturday. Many thanks to Ms. McFarland for all her hard work and to our 5th years Laura, Saoirse and Eabha for giving up their morning to show the girls around.

House Reading Initiative

The library and House Captains have launched a joint reading challenge for the school community. House Teams, consisting of students, captains, vice-captains and staff members, will compete to read the highest number of pages throughout this term. The first milestone is St. Patrick’s Day! Teams have been formed and now the reading begins! Best of luck to all.