John Scottus School - Laetus impraesens ... Delight in the Present

October 2009 was a very eventful month, with a Parents' Talk by Dr Martin O'Sullivan, Junior School Parent Teacher Meetings and a Sanskrit evening course begun. A Careers Evening was held for Senior Cycle students and TY students went on a week of Work Experience. Open Day events were hosted, along with a student Art Auction! Read on. Many trips were undertaken: 1st Year History Field Trips Comenius Trip to Bratislava 4th Class trip to Botanic Gardens, as part of a Young Scientists Exhibition project. 1st Class trip to the National Print Museum Photo opposite - Form 2 Halloween display
	John Scottus Website was named as the star site on Scoilnet on 23rd October. Comments from scoilnet - "The star site accolade is given to school websites who display good practice. Your school site is certainly extremely professional with a clean simple design and navigation. It is also very up-to-date and is generally full of really useful information about the school and the activities within." Pupils, teachers, parents and technical staff have all contributed to this achievement by submitting contributions, publishing them, reading them and giving feedback on them. One small step in progressing the use of digital communications in the school community.
Junior School pupils have had a busy month - Mathletics, Artwork, Projects, Class trips, Halloween parties. The list is endless. Junior School in Action Junior School Projects
	Founder's Day Challenge - 23rd October All pupils and teachers took part in a sponsored challenge; from the 4 year olds in Form 1 to the 18 year olds in 6th year!! The funds raised will be shared 50/50 between the school fundraising account and the Society of St Vincent de Paul. Read about it.
Sports Fixtures and Reports. Soccer, hockey and Gaelic league matches were played, with good results. The highlight of the month - U13 Gaelic team qualify for semi-final of Corn Matt Griffin - on Tues 17/Nov. All school and parental support welcome! Athletics Meet on 15th October saw two JS students achieve high places.
	Visitors from India Between the 4th and the 18th October 2009, we in John Scottus School are having a visit by two teachers from Kolkata. Read more....
First Year History Field Trips 1st Year History Class went on two field trips during October. Read more.....
	Comenius Trip to Bratislava Senior School students and teachers participated in the first stage of an EU-funded Comenius Project with schools from Slovakia, Turkey and Czech Republic. They travelled to Bratislava on 4th October. Read more...
Careers Evening on Tuesday 13th October Y4, Y5 and Y6 students attended this event arranged by Ms Emma Maguire Timmins and listened to speakers from various professions speak about their jobs and their personal journeys in their careers so far. What did the students think?

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October 09 News In Brief