Category : Post Primary
Transition
Year Students took a trip to the Athy Heritage Centre and Shackleton Museum.
Here they explored and discovered the brave and tremendous journey by Ernest
Shackleton and team on the Endurance to the Antartic. They got to see real life
exhibits of this journey, including the ‘Sledge’ that carried them across the
ice. Students also enjoyed doing the student activity where they had to find
answers to questions about Shackleton.
We also got to see John Minihan room, a world renowned photographer. John
Minihan is sometimes known as ‘the man who shot Beckett‘. It was very
app giving that today is National Poetry Day to see his photo
exhibition, which includes photos of Nobel laureates such as Samual Beckett and
Seamus Heaney.
Our Transition year students also got to see the unveiling of a Made of Athy
plaque in honour of a collaboration by Leonard Cohen and John McKenna and their
contribution to music and arts. This plaque was unveiled by President Michael D
Higgins. This project is the brain child of local Music connoisseur Colm Walsh.
Students listened to the speeches which is a great educational learning
experience for their Youth Leadership Programme (Toastmasters) class. We would
like to thank Brian Dooley and the Athy Lions Club for funding an ISL
interpreter giving us access the the speeches.
After this we visited an Art Mural by Dublin artist Solus who is famous for
Street Art. He painted a mural of local boxer Eric Donovan. Solus’ paintings
normally have boxing gloves in them. This represent putting up a fight to
conquer life’s obstacles.
Transition Year Students also used the journey to and from Athy on the bus to
share their favourite Poetry because the 2nd of May is National Poetry Day in
Ireland. Everyone enjoyed today’s trip, it was educational, cultural and great
fun.
Category : Post Primary
As part of Leaving Cert Art, 5th and 6th year students went on a school trip to Newgrange, Co.Meath with their art teachers Lorraine Creed and John Canning. The sun was shining and everyone really enjoyed visiting this 5000 years old Passage Tomb. If you like to read more information about Newgrange please visit www.newgrange.com.
Category : Post Primary
Easter week, 1A students learnt all about the different types of Triangles – such as Equilateral, Isosceles, Scalene, Right Angle Triangles and CONGRUENT triangles. They learnt all this with a fun Easter Egg Tangram activity where they coloured in the egg tangram, cut out the shapes and recreated an eggcelent and colourful bird. #Creativemaths #learningisfun
Category : Post Primary
Students and Staff of Holy Family School took part in the National Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Challenge on Friday the 12th of April at 12 noon. Thank you to Catherine McFarlane who has organised reading materials for all involved. We were treated to newspapers, magazines, books and comics. As Dr. Seuss says “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Category : Post Primary
Fantastic 3 Days FAI Camp to be had by all our Primary Students and Junior Post Primary Students. The camp came to a conclusion today with speeches by our Principal Eimear O Rourke who thanked everyone involved, and Oisin Jordan (FAI National Coordinator) who said that the 40 coaches from Carlow IT over the three days were exceptional and the Holy Family School Transition Years Students who also did an amazing job coaching all the juniors. Special thanks also went to teachers Geoffrey McCormack and Sean Herlihy. All of the juniors got an FAI football kit, an FAI backpack and also their very own football complementary to FAI. We are looking forward to FAI Camp 2020 already!
Category : All , Post Primary
Tickets on sale Friday 12th April!
Tickets cost €1
Category : Post Primary
Transiiton Years Students and Students from Carlow IT College kick started the FAI (Football Association of Ireland) Camp, with 80 young boys and girls from Holy Family Primary school and junior Post Primary School. The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm as all involved got to learn the challenges and skills of football. Our Transition Year students also created a colourful animated leaflet of basic ISL signs to give to the Carlow IT students, to help with communication during the camp. Special thank you to FAI National Coordinator Oisín Jordan and to FAI for the amazing football kit they have generously given to all of our players.
Category : Post Primary
We kick-started our Active School Week 2019 with a million steps to the Phoenix Park. Students and staff that took part in clocking up a million steps as they embarked on a 5k route this morning. The rain held out for the first leg of the walk but a welcome fresh shower came down in the second leg. Well done to all and remember it doesn’t cost anything to walk!
You can do it ANYwhere, ANYtime with ANYone!
Sarah Jane O Regan (PE Co-Coordinator)
Category : Post Primary
On Wednesday the 3rd of April thanks to Fair Isle Tours 3A and 3C got to visit Explorium (Science and Sport centre) in Sandyford. A great day of fun and learning was had by all.
