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From Academics to Sports, and Music to Environmental Awareness Campaigns, FCJ Bunclody endeavours to provide learning and life experiences for all students, whilst underpinning the core values of our ethos: TRUTH, RESPECT, and JUSTICE.
What an incredible achievement we have here🏆📚🔧 At the weekend, last year's 6th Year student, Séan Doyle, was presented with an award for securing THE HIGHEST LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENGINEERING RESULT IN THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR!!!💯🥳![]()
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Séan is pictured here with his teacher, Mr D Farrell, who also attended the ceremony👨🏫 Mr Farrell knew Séan had it in him as last year at our 6th Year graduation, Séan received the Engineering award🔩⚙ A huge WELL DONE to both men pictured here on this great accomplishment!!👏![]()
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#topresults #leavingcert #engineering #highachiever #AcademicExcellence #lecheileschoolstrust
The other day the transition year modern foreign language students joined over 17,500 students nationwide to celebrate "Think Languages" 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸![]()
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The Languages Connect flagship event aims to highlight the personal, social, professional and economic benefits of foreign language learning✏️🌎![]()
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Throughout the week TY students took part in various workshops, quizzes, and got insights into the role of interpreters working in the EU Parliament 🇪🇺![]()
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Well done to all TYs who participated in the event 👏![]()
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#thinklanguages2024 #languagesconnect
Congratulations to a number of our 5th year students who recently received their Pope John Paul II Gold award from Bishop Ger🕊🏅 The students were; Cathal Byrne, Maeve Byrne, Felicja Davis, Eoin Kennedy and Maura Doyle👏![]()
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These students worked weekly supporting their local parish and communities. This award commemorates the late Pope John Paul II who was so committed to young people✝![]()
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Also pictured here with Maura and Eoin is Fr Jim Fegan (PP) who was present on the night supporting and extending his congratulations to the award recipients😁![]()
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#fcjsistersireland #fcjsisters #popejohnpaulawards #awards
Well would you look at this!🤩 The other evening Ben Plummer (6th Year) was awarded the Garda Youth Award for his contribution to EQUALITY, DIVERSITY and INCLUSION with the FDYS, Bunclody🏅🥳![]()
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Now, if you had to pick the best person for that award, it’d have to be the man himself, Ben. He embodies every single one of these qualities. They are inbuilt into his character and he shares them with every person he meets😁🏆![]()
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There’s an old expression; ‘He’d never pass you without stopping to say hello!’ - And that’s Ben (Even if it means he’s late to class on occasion!) We are very proud to say, well done to everyone in FCJs friend, Ben!😊![]()
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#lecheileschoolstrust #FDYS #wexfordfdys #angardasiochana #award #equality #diversity #inclusion
With just over 30 days until Christmas, we have been busy collecting gifts and packages as part of our Shoe Box Appeal 2024🎅🎄 During the past week, over 1000 boxes were collected from local primary schools as part of Team Hope Shoe Box Appeal!⭐️🎁![]()
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TY students checked and sorted the boxes under the guidance of Ms Catherine Doyle and Ms Deirdre Wańczyk. The two women took on this task from Sr Madeline Hayes who many of you will remember did the job for countless years. And this year, Mr Daly even managed to find the time to wrap a few boxes!⛄ Also, thanks to David Raleigh, who brought the boxes to the collection depot in a trailer sponsored by Ivan Byrne 🚛❄️![]()
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These boxes will then be dispersed to 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa and delivered to children between the ages of 2-14 years. These boxes bring joy, happiness and hope to their lives!😁![]()
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#teamhopeshoeboxappeal #fcjsistersireland #lecheileschoolstrust #santaclausiscomingtotown
The Active Schools Committee recently put the following video together to showcase the number of initiatives and great PE programme we have in place in FCJ🏋️🤼🤸⛹️🤾![]()
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It was produced by Aoife Somers and Kyle Connolly TY, along with other active schools members too. The group have entered it in a competition so fingers crossed it wins! Best of luck to you all!🤞⚽️🏀⚾️🎾🏐![]()
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#PE #ActiveSchools #getfit #healthylifestyle #lecheileschoolstrust
A huge thanks to Bunclody Fire Brigade for welcoming and showing Aidan 3 around their station on Monday👨🚒😁 Students got a great insight into how the fire service works and how vital they are to our community🧯👏 While there, they got to see how the various life saving equipment works and how they are used in an emergency event🔥 💧![]()
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#wexfordcountycouncil #wexfordfireservice #lecheileschoolstrust
Today is International Men’s Day🙋♂️🤩 Although we owe the story of our school to women, namely the great FCJ Sisters who founded our school 168 years ago, we do have to acknowledge the huge contribution that men have made over that time too🥳![]()
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We are extremely proud to say that we are the only FCJ school in Ireland that has boys as students👨🎓 (Some may suggest this is more of a hindrance than an honour though!😅😂) And with this, our claim to fame is that we are the only FCJ school IN THE WORLD that has a hurling and Gaelic football team!⚾️🏐 Also, our Principal, Mr Daly, is the first man to ever hold that position, as in the past it was occupied solely by women👨🏫 ![]()
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A typical Convent secondary school at the time, FCJ only enrolled girls until 1969👱♀️ It was in this year that a group of local altar boys walked over the bridge in Bunclody, up the hill of Ballinapark and in the gates of St Mary’s Convent. Having knocked on the thick wooden door they sought out a word in the ear of the Reverend Mother. The ambition of these young boys was to start secondary school there the following September📚 Previous to that, and at a time where cars and buses were very scarce, many local boys had to cycle the 21 kms to the CBS in Enniscorthy or had to become boarders in St Peter’s College in Wexford Town🚴 Thankfully, our Principal at the time, Sr Gonzague, along with the other FCJ Sisters, obliged the lads’ request. And the rest as they say, is history…😊![]()
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Today almost half the student body is male. That’s nearly 500 boys that put on the green uniform everyday. With a smile on her face, Sr Madeline Hayes will tell you that, when the lads joined, things were never the same again. Of course this was all for the better!😁![]()
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#internationalmensday #fcjsisters #fcjsistersireland #lecheileschoolstrust
TY students test their maths problem solving in a nationwide online competition!➕✖️➖➗![]()
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113 of our Transition Years entered the 2024 IMTA Maggie Gough Competition. This is an online competition which tests the problem solving skills of Junior and Senior Cycle students🤔 It is named after the first known Irish woman to receive a PhD in Mathematics – Maggie Gough (Sr Mary de Lellis Gough). There were 15,795 entries from 182 schools across the country🧑🎓🧑🏫![]()
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A huge congratulations to our top students in FCJ: Fionn Stafford (1st), Kevin Freeman (2nd), Daniel Gregory (joint 3rd), Aindriú Kelly (joint 3rd), Kieran Donald, Sacha Mcauley, Jack Fagan, Danny Nolan, Damien Pohludek, Joey Whelan and Jan Dunne🏆👏![]()
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Nationwide, the mean score for TY students was 59.62% with our top two students getting 91% and 90% - a fantastic achievement. Well done to everyone who entered the competition - transition year is all about participation and taking on new challenges!🥳
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
