Wellread National Award
Clongowes will be among the first schools in the country to receive a Wellread National Award recognising the value that we place on encouraging boys to read as part of…
Magic in the Library
‘Young people can’t listen anymore’ was a remark made recently at a social gathering to storyteller Niall de Burca, who made his annual appearance in Clongowes recently. He didn’t agree…
Jane Mitchell Author Visit
‘Chalkline’ author Jane Mitchell will visit Clongowes this Fri 22nd to deliver a presentation and writing workshop to Elements… Jane last visited the school in 2012 when our current Poetry…
‘Sullivan’ Win Literary Quiz
Headed by their House leader, Michael Stapleton, quiz team ‘Sullivan’ scooped first place in this year’s James Joyce Library Literary Quiz. Stapleton with team mates, Rian McKeagney, Frankie Reilly, Dylan…
Penguins in the Library
It was appropriate that snow fell on the morning following Jonathan Shackleton’s presentation on his cousin Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic in the James Joyce Library last week. An audience…
Drop Everything & Read
In celebration of World Book Week, a D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) event was organised by the James Joyce Library here in Clongowes today, when the normal timetable was dropped at…
Fictional Clongowes
A joint literacy and ‘Men for Others’ initiative saw the staff and students of Clongowes raise in excess of €450 for Barretstown and the Jesuit Refugee Services on Book Character Dress-up Day…
The Reading Path to Empathy – the essence of becoming ‘men for others’
A small selection of our collection that will help to develop empathy. ‘The Guardian’ recently published Lost for words? How reading can teach children empathy an article by Miranda McKearney…
Unlocking the Door to Learning: Post-Primary Literacy Conference
On Saturday last, April 18th, accompanied by Ms Frampton (Learning Support Dept) I attended the PDST Literacy event titled Unlocking the Door to Learning: Post-Primary Literacy Conference. In attendance were over 230…
Inaugural Inter-House Literary Quiz
We held our first Inter-House Literary Quiz yesterday evening, Mon 11th of March. The ten Houses were each represented by a team of six, one student from each year. …