St. Josephs College, Borrisoleigh Notes
Annabelle Wynn Jones selected for Summer School in Scotland
Annabelle Wynn Jones has been selected to be a leader at a summer school in Gordonstoun International Boarding School, Scotland for the duration of three weeks. She was chosen out of hundreds of applications from all over the world. We are very proud of her and we wish her the best of luck.
Niamh O’Brien, Megan Tierney and Gillian O’Meara
Our BT Experience by Gillian O’Meara
Niamh O’Brien, Megan Tierney and I decided we would like to help Autistic children in everyday life. We thought there was no better place to do this than the BT Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS. Our project name was Artism- Art for Autistic Kids. We hardly expected to get accepted to the BT let alone be in the top 25% in our category. As a group we decided to make an art book to help children with Autism. Over time this art book turned into an interactive social story book as the children could relate to it more. At the exhibition many people expressed interest in our books especially teachers who work with Autistic children on a daily basis. The judging went really well for us and each judge praised our knowledge of Autism and enjoyed using our books. They saw great potential for our books in the future. In the future we would love to expand our range of books and hopefully we will be accepted to represent our school in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2017! I highly recommend that every school tries to enter the BT Young Scientist as it is an experience you will never forget.
Katie Shanahan, winner of Solo Song in Munster Final of Scor na nOg
Katie Shanahan, winner in the Munster Final of Scór na nÓg
Congratulations to 5th year student Katie Shanahan who was the winner of the Solo Song in the Munster Final of Scór na nÓg last Sunday the 17th in Cappoquin. Katie will now go on to compete in the All Ireland Final of Scór na nÓg which will take place in Killarney on the 30th January.
