St. Gerard's Senior School Summer Library Newsletter

MEET THIS YEARS LIBRARY MONITORS! MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR RECOMMENDED READING LIST!

BELLA WILKINSON, SARAH DANIEL, AVA WILLOUGHBY, RUBY TUTHILL, LILY MOORE, LEXIE HOPKINS, MAYA THOMPSON, AISLING VAN DER DOES, KATE LOUGHRAN, KATE KINSELLA, AMY ROCHE, TRUDY FRATER, ELLIE BOURKE, MIA MCGONNELL, GRACE CALLAGHAN, TARA CAREY, PATRICK CHEN, GUS DOLAN, KATIE FENELON, NICOLA HARMON, LAURA HOGAN, ISABELLA O’CONNOR, HANNAH NOLAN, LAUREN ROCHE, LILY URELL

FANTASY THEMED BOOK CLUB

IN MARCH, THE BOOK CLUB COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER A QUIZ OPEN FOR ALL STUDENTS FROM FIRST TO THIRD YEAR. THE BOOK CLUB HAD A FANTASY THEME AND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THANKS TO A KAHOOT MADE BY THE MONITORS AND LOT OF SWEETS, IT’S SAFE TO SAY EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!

WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS TO MS FANNING AND MR STANLEY WHO KINDLY PRESENTED AWARDS TO THE QUIZ WINNERS; GRACE ATHERFOLD, CHLOE ENRIGHT, SARAH JANE O’CONNELL, MOLLY O’DONNELL EGAN AND STEPHEN MARTIN. WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED!

LIBRARY MONITOR SPOT PRIZES

A SPOT PRIZE RAFFLE TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY WITH BOOK VOUCHERS UP FOR GRABS FOR ALL OF THE LIBRARY MONITORS. THANK YOU TO MR REIDY AND MS. NIC CANA FOR PRESENTING THESE PRIZES!

FIRST YEAR POETRY COMPETITION

CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRST YEARS SOPHIE AVA BURTON DIAMOND, JACK HOLOHAN AND MYLO PUST WHO WON THE FIRST YEAR POETRY COMPETITION THIS YEAR! THIS WAS A TOUGH COMPETITION SHOWCASING SOME GREAT TALENT. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED AND THANK YOU TO MS STAPLETON FOR PRESENTING THESE AWARDS!

DENISE DEEGAN CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

IN MAY, WE WERE VISITED AGAIN BY IRISH SCREENWRITER AND AUTHOR, DENISE DEEGAN, WHO HELD A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR THE SECOND YEARS IN THE LIBRARY. THIS WORKSHOP WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BY ALL AS THEY TALKED TO HER ABOUT HER WORK AND LEARNT MANY NEW SKILLS THAT THEY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TAKE WITH THEM INTO ALL OF THEIR CREATIVE WRITING ENDEAVOURS IN THE FUTURE! WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR MANY THANKS TO DENISE DEEGAN FOR HER TIME AND FOR SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE!