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Today is the final day of the Leaving Cert exams 2024📚📝 It's a bittersweet moment. For some it marks the first of the family to sit the Leaving Cert in our school. For others it is the last. Either way, this is a big moment for our students and we are so proud that they have made it this far!🧑🎓👏![]()
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On behalf of the teachers, staff and remaining year groups, we wish you every ounce of luck and happiness moving forward. As you move away from us and start a new stage of your life, remember that you are now, and always will be, Faithful Companions on a Journey!😊🙌![]()
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#overandout #officallysummer #leavingcert2024 #lecheileschoolstrust #fcjsistersireland #fcjsisters #BestOfLuck #farewell
Just before we finished up this year, our great TY Mo Charas held another Darts Competition for the 1st Years🎯 This was on the back of a hugely successful tournament held in the previous term🤩 With almost 100 1st Years signed up, it came down to Jack Skelton (V1) winning the event and Tony Brophy (M1) coming in as runner up!🥳 A massive thanks to our principal Mr Daly who donated €50 as the prize!💰👏![]()
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#bullseye #onehundredandeighty #mochara #lecheileschoolstrust
Today was the last day of the Junior Cycle Exams 2024! Well done to all of our 3rd Years for getting through the last two weeks👏😁![]()
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On their last day of school these students had a brilliant FUN DAY 🤩🥳 All the 3rd years headed down to our pitches where food was provided and a series of good old traditional sports day games were played🍔 These included; tug of war, obstacle courses and throwing wet sponges at the teachers!!😅🧽🏃♀️Afterwards as the sun blazed in the sky, it was ice creams for everyone🍦☀️![]()
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A big thanks to Ms Behan and everyone that helped make the day so great!😁![]()
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#endofexams #juniorcyclecomplete #summerishere
Ms Wheeler and her 3rd Year Life Skills class decided to rejuvenate the courtyard beside Lab 21 using only materials that were left lying around and unused at home🌹🌺🌸🌼 Nothing new was purchased, donations appeared daily and they got to work!🧑🔧![]()
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Firstly, the weeds, moss and some shrubs that had passed their sell-by date were removed. Next Regan got down to the power washing and then it was time to get out the powertools🔩🧰🪚 With these the students started making planters from the repurposed wood (some had a bit more prior experience of this than others, but they all got there in the end!). Finally, they planted the planters with flowering plants to attract pollinators over the summer!! 🌼🌸🦋🐝![]()
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A big thank you to all the parents for the donations of wood, screws, compost and plants, the courtyard looks fantastic!🤩🥳![]()
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#lecheileschoolstrust #flowers #summer #bloom
Some great pictures of 1st Year Science students on their Ecology field trip the other day!🌳🌻☀️ The pooters, sweep nets, bioviewers and quadrats were put to good use to sample the biodiversity on our school grounds!🐛🦋🪱🐝 It's always great when you can practically take what you learn in the classroom to the outside world!🌎
As you know we have been fundraising for Wells of Life in school this year💧 Last year we successfully raised enough money to drill a well in Uganda🇺🇬 This was named in honour of the great FCJ Sisters and their contribution to education🧑🏫 ![]()
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The target this year was €8000. We surpassed this by €1245, which means we presented a cheque to Wells of Life for €9245🤩 Pictured here is past FCJ student Aidan Jordan receiving the cheque on behalf of Wells of Life💰![]()
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Also, the classes that raised the most money were awarded a Pizza Party!🍕 The winners were; Ms Rooney’s 5th Year English class, Colm 1 and Colm 2!🥳![]()
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#wellsoflife #fcjsisters #fcjsistersireland #lecheileschoolstrust
Twas the night before exams when all through each house, everyone was studying, even the mouse!📚🐭![]()
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Best of luck to our 3rd and 6th Year students as they start their state exams tomorrow. Remember, keep calm, you got this. Take a breath, settle yourself, take each question as it comes and do your best😊![]()
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We just know you're going to do great!💪📝💯![]()
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#grannylitacandle #leavingcert2024 #FCJ #lecheileschoolstrust
A hugely proud moment for FCJ yesterday as Dannan Long not only competed in, but WON his Senior Boys Schools Athletics All Ireland 200m🏃🏁🏆🥳![]()
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This was in a time of 21.65 sec⏱ This event is so competitive that he won by just 0.1 of a second!🤩 Dannan of course won our massively admired Sports Personality Award 2024. Also a big thanks to Ms Howlin for all her guidance to Dannan and indeed all our athletics students in school👏 Well done, Dannan, we wish you continued success!😁![]()
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#lecheileschoolstrust #SchoolsAthletics #allireland #winner
Signing 6th Year shirts has been what seems like a life long tradition in our school🖊👔 On the last day the students have an unspoken competition to see who can get the most signatures on their shirt. This year the staff contemplated taking down the staffroom door as it was being banged on so much looking for teachers’ signatures. This was all in the name of fun and tradition of course! 😅🤣![]()
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There's a great throwback here too. The first picture is the Aidan 1 class from 6 years ago and pictured with them is Mr Farrell who was their Form Teacher!📸🧑🏫🧑🎓![]()
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#signmyshirtsir #throwback
Other Media
The HSE Visits FCJ Bunclody – Staying Safe in School
Christmas Prayer Service – December 2020
Enrolment/Open Day Video – October 2020
Graduation Speeches for the 6th Year Class of 2020
Our Lockdown Art Gallery
National Modern Foreign Language Award Winner 2020
“Par ma moustache!”
May Awards & Mass – 2019
‘Grease’ The Musical – 2019
