June 4th : JD Kelly TY wins All Ireland silver in 800m
May 23rd to 27th
Monday: TY Work Experience 2 ( all week) Junior Boys Cricket Match , Third Yr Girl Band Performance
Tuesday: Sixth Year Graduation Mass in St Maur's Church , Sixth Yr Bowling
Wednesday: Sixth Year Graduation Ceremony & reception Green Schools Flag raising Ceremony
Thursday: Dragons Den @st Josephs
Friday: Zara Jones TY wins UCC Irish Fossils Art Competition wins tours of Labs UCC exhibitionat Gluckman Art Gallery
May 16th to 20th 2022
Monday: JD Kelly, Ciaran Leddy and Emilia Zivkovic on a TY Placement with the Air Corps all week
ISL (Irish Sign Language ) Awarding of certificates to participants( TYs Adam Jane)
Tuesday: First Year Soccer final v Ardee in Drogheda (lost 7-5 ) First Years Fair Trade Day ( TYs ,bannas)
Gaeltacht scholarships awarded to ten students.
Wednesday : TY Awards & Graduation, Final of Lunch time soccer league. 1st Yr coding student Lily will compete in the Scratch National final competition
Thursday: Animal Care Fieldtrip to Dublin Zoo (Adam Jane) TAP Educational Achievement Awards ceremony in TCD 12 students received awards
Friday:
Saturday : TY Ball, Athletics Lenister Finals JD from TY will run in 400m and 800m competitions(won both)
May 9th to 13th 2022
Monday : Europe Day celebrated in St Josephs' organized by TY EPASP Young Ambassadors treasure hunt, face-painting, Kahoot , Music @Lunchtime. Rush Tidy Towns Sunflower trail sow seeds.
4D self -defence techniques workshop
Tuesday : Green Schools Award Ceremony in Radisson Blu Hotel GS Water Ambassors Charlie Savage, Keilan Noonan Dublin Regional winners Lucy Learmonth Poster Award winner
TY Girls Public Speaking Workshop
Wednesday: Senior Boys Cricket
Thursday: TY and Fifth Years trip to Paris Senior Girls Cricket
Friday: TY and Fifth Years trip to Paris , EU VIP visitor to St Josephs
May 2nd to 5th 2022
Monday: No classes Public Holiday
Tuesday : Launch of Wellbeing Week All week Energiser and Drop Everything and Move Cake sale , Face Painting, Go Orange Day ,Cycle against sucide
2nd & 5th Year students awarded certificates - Fujitsu Programme
Wednesday : Walk for Water ( 3rd & 6th Yr)
1st Yr Boys Gaelic Football Final v St Pauls Raheny (won) Tom Quinlan Cup Champions!
Senior Girls Cricket Match v
Senior Boys Cricket Match v
Thursday : School Tour Third Years Jumpzone, Omni Centre , Movie Dr Strange
Fruit Pots for all 5th & 6th Yr students .
NEWS: 1st year student in Scratch National Final & 1st year girls group in the Semi Finals of AWS Get IT
Friday : SciFest@College DCU and TU Dublin Grangegorman 1st, 2nd & TY present Projects ( 20 Awards 7 Trophys )
Junior Boys Cricket Match
Eleven TY students ' Young Ambassadors ' present at an EPASP (European Parliament Ambassador School Programme) event
April 25th to 29th 2022
Monday: 5 TY students spend the week with the Irish Air Corp.
1D visit Rush Library
Tuesday: 1A visit Rush Library
TY students Katherine, Finn, Lorcan, Keilan, Cathal, Charlie and Aniela represent St Josephs Sec School in the Science Gallery TCD
Junior Boys Cricket( won)
Wednesday: TY etiquette workshop for 4A, 4E,4F
Second Year JCSP Trip
Senior Boys Cricket Match, Senior Girls Cricket Match
North Leinster Track and Field Championship. Congrats to JD Kelly TY Gold in track and field 400 m and 800 m in North Leinster.
Camogie Match: Junior U14 Girls (won)
Thursday: TY students attend DCU Open Day.
1E and 1F visit Rush Library
Friday: TY students Katherine, Finn, Lorcan, Keilan, Cathal, Charlie and Aniela represent St Josephs Sec School in the Science Gallery TCD
Congratulations, Lily 3rd prize in the Senior German Poetry Competition of the GDI ( German Teacher’s Association )
April 4th to 8th 2022
Monday: First year JCSP students trip to see Sing 2
2A,2C,2D,2F) will be working alongside 32 TYs to complete their first LIFT leadership round table. LIFT leadership flag awarded one of ten schools in Ireland.
Gardai Talk for 4B,4D, 4F .
Tuesday: Second year students at MED day in Trinity College
First Year GAA semi-final( won)
TY GAISC trip to Glendalough
Wednesday: TY GAISC trip to Glendalough
U14 Camogie
PE EXPO in DCU students will present their Projects( 3 awards including Junior Overall Award)
Thursday:
First Year students trip to Causey Farm
TY etiquette workshop for 4B, 4C,4D
U15 Soccer Final ( Won U15 North Leinster FAI Cup )
Friday: Gardai Talk for 4A,4C, 4E
U18 GAA match
First Year Soccer semi-final ( Won )
March 21st to 25th 2022
Monday: TYs help to get the schools' polytunnel back to working order.
CLEAR MEMORIES a TY mini- Company wins award at Fingal Chamber of Commerce Enterprise Awards.
Ability Awareness week begins.
Tuesday: VIP guests arrive for Great Minds presentation and performance.
Odd socks and shoes Day
Seeds planted by Ag Science students
Minor Camogie match v Loretto
Minor ( First Year Boys ) Gaelic Match v Gaelcholaiste Reachrann
Wednesday: Five TY students attend the CEIST Student Leadership Conference this team are leading the renovation of the Schools Oratory.
Walk for Water in Glendalough
TYs and First Years mentoring meeting
Friendly Voices are back , meet & greet with senior citizens 6th Yrs and TYs then some singing.
Twelve second year students received their Certificates from Scholars Ireland at an Award Ceremony in TCD
Thursday: Three TY students represented St Josephs at Planet Youth programme
Green Schools Inspection Day , the Green Schools Team members explain all to the Inspector
Girls Junior Soccer and Minor Soccer Match v Loretto
Friday: Fifth and Sixth Year Leaving Certificate Applied students attend Restart Youth Careers Expo
Daffodil Day fundraiser , Wear Yellow non uniform Day , Bake sale, Buy a Daffodil
New Stations of the Cross installed in the Oratory organised by the TY Oratory Team
European Parliament Ambassadors attend information session with MEP Barry Andrews via Zoom
March 8th to 15th 2021
Gentle reminder our 8,000 steps per day challenge starts this week (the entire week, so no resting on Saturday or Sunday...)
We aim to encourage students, staff and parents to get out and reach 8,000 steps per day, please send any pictures of where you are walking, your step count, anything interesting you come across. If you are happy to post on your own social media please use the #SJRStepsChallenge and tag @stjosephsrush and @AnneKinsella
Two TY students will take part in a Concern TY Programme, best of luck to Darragh on a TY programme in Leinster House.
Six students represent St Josephs' at Euroscola Online in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on Friday 12th March Best of Luck. Bon Débat.
March 1st to 5th 2021
SPHE and CSPE classes take part in Fairtrade Fortnight. Enter the Poster Competition email shauna.caherly@stjosephsrush.ie with your entry.
Two new literacy and numeracy challenges for you, Comedy Caption Challenge and Emoji Questions information during SPHE JustEat vouchers available for the winners.
TY students this week are participating in programmes with Concern, a Leadership programme. TY girls attend iWish STEM Conference on Thursday
We celebrate World Book Day 4th March with a Kahoot #Bookshelfie, can you guess the Teachers' Bookshelf thanks to Ms Morrissey for the idea ,teachers for the photos and Ms Murphy for putting it all together
The Student Forum launch their latest Challenges 8,000 Steps a day.