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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.
Join our 6th Year Career Panel on the 28th of March!🔔🎓💼🖊![]()
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We are looking for professionals or final year college students to speak on a panel for 6th Year students on Friday 28th March from 12:10 PM to 1:10 PM⏰📅🗣![]()
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We are seeking speakers from the following fields:![]()
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Social Worker👋![]()
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Early Childcare👶![]()
Occupational Therapist🦵![]()
Speech and Language Therapist🔠![]()
Psychology🧠![]()
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Each speaker will have 10 minutes to share insights about their area of expertise⏳ If you're passionate about inspiring the next generation, this is the perfect opportunity to give back! Interested?🤔 Contact Ciara Kenny, [email protected]📲
We have had jam packed SEACHTAINE NA GAEILGE this year in school🇮🇪🥳 Our SnaG noticeboards, which were made by TYs, have decorated our corridors over the past two weeks, our 5th Years had a film screening of 'Kneecap' in the Concert Hall🖼🍿🎥 Also 1st and 4th Year EAL students got to grips with Irish culture, learning Irish dancing and how to jive!🇺🇦🇨🇳☘ Finally the week was wrapped up by 1st, 2nd and 4th Years celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge with a céilí in the sun. They learned 'Preab a haon dó' (Shoe the donkey), Ionsaí na hInse, Ballaí Luimnigh, An Dreoilín💃🕺🌞![]()
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Míle buíochas le Olivia Coulahan, Hannah Kenny, Emily Rothwell, Leah Roban and Victoria Jordan Kelly as ucht cabhrach agus scileanna damhsa👏 Úsáid do chúpla focal!🗣🇮🇪![]()
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#SeachtainNaGaeilge #StPatricksDay2025 #irish #ireland
This week our TYs went to Baltinglass Outdoor Pursuits centre⛑ Activities included high wire zip lining, kayaking and archery🧗🚣🎯 The students conquered their fear of heights and a ball both in and out of the river! (Despite the cold❄️🌊) Well done to the students on their great behaviour and a big thanks to the teachers for accompanying them!👏😁![]()
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#baltinglassoutdoorpursuitscentre #lecheileschoolstrust #ShootThatArrow
Mr Byrne's 5th years LCVP class organised a 5th year table quiz as part of the Action Plan for there LCVP portfolios📝⌛🤔![]()
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The aim of this quiz was to raise money for The Wells of Life charity💧 The students raised over €700 and had a great afternoon last Friday, where over 120 students took part in the quiz and 18 students ran it perfectly! A big thanks to the teachers who helped at the event and we look forward to seeing the good work this money will do for all at Well of Life👏 The money was then presented to Ms Y Rooney by two members of our Chairperson committee, Kaylee Doyle and Aoife Waters💰![]()
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#CanYouRepeatTheQuestion #wellsoflife #water #charity #helpingthosemostinneed #lecheileschoolstrust #fcjsisters
We were over the moon to see a great article in the Irish Independent over the weekend about past student, John Milne📰👨🎓 John is so fondly remembered here in FCJ. And we were even delighted to get a mention in the article!😁 The link is attached below, so have a read of the full piece, but just to give you a flavour, here is an extract from it;👀⬇![]()
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'As events are under way across the nation to celebrate Engineer’s Week, which is Ireland's largest celebration of the engineering profession, Ferns native, John Milne, shares his experience of university, his family farm in Co. Wexford and his internship at EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity grid.' ![]()
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The article continues 'Having completed his Leaving Certificate in FCJ Secondary School in Bunclody in 2021, John gained a place in an inclusive master’s degree in energy system engineering, at University College Dublin. Now in his fourth year, the talented student is completing an eight-month internship with the transmission system operator.'![]()
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Well done and continued success, John!🚜⚡![]()
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Article: www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/gorey-news/wexford-student-is-shaping-irelands-energy-future...![]()
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#farming #agriculture #engineering #eirgrid #UCD
'In a world where you can be anything, be kind.' ✨ - The other day we celebrated Le Cheile Day✝🎆 The theme this year was Kindness. Acts of kindness are carried out by our school community every day, this was an opportunity to celebrate this core value of our school👨🎓 Siofra, a member of our Chaplaincy team, read a lovely reflection about the importance of being kind, to each other and to ourselves🙋![]()
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Some of the 6th Year Cinnealtas Leaders (Pictured here) attended a 3rd Year assembly. Cian spoke about some of the projects that they have been involved in and they gave the 3rd years some lovely exam prayer cards🕊 The Chaplaincy Team also provided some biscuits on the tables in the staffroom. Le Cheile Day was a lovely opportunity to remind the school of the importance of being kind!😁![]()
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##lechéileday #lechéileday2025 #lecheileschoolstrust #fcjsisters #fcjsistersireland #kindness
Tomorrow is International Women's Day 🙋♀️We are so lucky in our school to have such great female role models in both our staff and students alike👩🏫👩🎓 As you know already, our school would not exist without women. Stop and appreciate that for a moment..🤔![]()
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Oh yes, of course some may say, ‘Woohoo, no school!’ However, just think about that for a second. That means; no friends, no favourite teacher, no hurling or camogie team. No pride in the maroon and white jersey, no stopping the bus for a 99 after a match (Don’t tell Mr Daly!😅). No musical, no Concert Hall, no school tours, no tractor run, no student versus teacher match, no astroturf and no grass pitches that seem to go on and on forever. No awards day, no 6th Year Graduation, no Debs, no relationships, boyfriends or girlfriends, no memories…none of it would be here without women. The FCJ Sisters laid the foundations of our school 164 years ago. And this meant that we could have all of this today📚📝⚽🎵🎹🎒🎓![]()
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We don’t need a reason to celebrate women, we’ve celebrated them here since 1861. Because we know, without them, we’d be nothing. So here’s to all the great female faithful companions out there. A big happy International Women’s Day to you!😁![]()
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#internationalwomensday #fcjsisters #fcjsistersireland #whorunstheworldgirls #femalefaithfulcompanions #lecheileschoolstrust #rolemodels
This week we were delighted to welcome Veronica Kenny, who is the Society of St Vincent de Paul Area President for the Enniscorthy region👋🤝 Veronica was presented with money raised by the students who organised a Christmas Jumper Day in the run up to the holidays last term💰🎄👚![]()
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SVP is such a worthwhile and important institution and we are delighted that the funds raised here will go directly to helping people in need in our local community😁 Well done to all involved in organising and collecting the money!👏![]()
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#SVP #Ysvp #saintvincentdepaul #helpingthoseinneed #lecheileschoolstrust
How many pairs of shoes do you own?🤔👟 Some of us (including teachers!) would be embarrassed to say😅 However, imagine having none. This is a reality for some people. We are running (no pun intended) an FCJ Charity Shoe and Football Boots Appeal over the next two weeks👠 This initiative is being organised by the two Ms Doyles, C. and T. Ms T Doyle will be travelling to Sudan over the Easter break and will be taking the football boots with her for the children there👢⚽✈![]()
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‘Our Shoes’ and ‘Home NGO’ are two organisations that collect shoes which are then distributed to community programmes in Africa🌍 We are looking for all clean shoes that are in reasonably good condition. We know that many houses out there will have an accumulation of no-longer-used runners and football boots. So get emptying out those wardrobes, utility rooms and sheds!👞![]()
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Donations can be dropped into the boxes at the front office starting tomorrow📦 This will be here until the 20th of March. Please make sure the pair of shoes/boots are secured together using the laces or a cable tie👡![]()
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Please help spread the word - Thanks in advance!😁![]()
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#ourshoes #homeNGO #helpingthoseinneed
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
