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This week @jcsplibraries.bsky.social sixth years are in "last lap" study mode... Meanwhile.... First & Second Year are living their best lives at Chess Camp! Same library, two very different survival strategies!

Big thank you to JCSP Librarian @stkillian.bsky.social for organising today's online chess tournament. We really enjoyed it! This is what it looked like at our end!! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

#DearIreland2026 We dropped everything - it was just books & reading. Helping us to slow down. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

A lovely student visiting us from Spain presented me with an origami rose & told me about the tradition of - Sant Jordi Day April 23 people exchange books & roses - a celebration of stories, love & community looking forward to #DEARIreland @12 noon today. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

History Week 2026 @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Social historian Paul Brent spoke to third years about changes in Ireland over the last 100 years including Climate Change - The Great Frost & Forgotten Famine! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social #historyweek

Delighted to be hosting South East Third Year History Quiz - 16 teams, 7 schools from Waterford & Kilkenny @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Thank you to #ChorusProject #UCD for our creative kit which arrived this week. Looking forward to exploring it & seeing what we can engineer! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Ms. McMullen's class had a great day at Make a book, Cork. They worked really hard on their book "The Art of Friendship". Lots of digital and editing skills learnt to produce their book! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Back to basics! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Multicultural Day, an opportunity to learn from one another. Diversity makes our classrooms richer, friendships stronger and our school a safe positive & caring community! #SOSIreland @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

"My library is well-furnished: books, a chair, and a cat." (Mark Twain) Maple came to visit today! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

"Fee-fi-fo-fum" Panto season @ SETU Arena Waterford @jcsplibraries.bsky.social great fun singing & dancing.

Delighted to be participating in the Friendship Project @ National Library as part of Jane Austen 250 Celebrations. Then a quick visit to the National Museum! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

On this day... Anna Haslam, Pioneering Suffragette. Thank you to heritage in schools program. Carmel Kelly visited us to share Anna's story. Bringing history alive & making it relevant. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Well done to all those first year students who submitted a project for SciFest 2025 as part of Science Week Celebrations. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Lucky to have 🦎 Zoo visiting us today as part of our Science Week Celebrations! Learning about Animal interactions, animal classification & evolution. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

The theme for Science Week 2025 is "Then. Today. Tomorrow" Barry Fitzgerald aka Super Hero Scientist visited us today. We explored the evolution of science, how it has shaped the past, its role in the present, and how it will address the challenges of the future. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

They heard Niall Da Burca was visiting..so we had some interesting visitors.. amazing some had time to visit! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

On the home stretch, a study group here for music. Lots of tapping & singing. #JCMusic @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

As we get ready to go into JC maths this afternoon. Peer support helps to settle any wobbles! "And a bit of SOC CAH TOA!! And the library being a supplier of all things mathematical 🖊️📐📏 !!｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡ Best of luck @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Great piece on the RTE website by Lidia in sixth year on how she found LC English Paper 1 . Lidiia is a true bibliophile! www.rte.ie/learn/senior... @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

A quick look over notes before the JC begins! Best of luck to all those starting exams today. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social READ the questions carefully & breathe!

That time of the year sorting our magazines - our super fans clipping their favourite teams & players before recycling! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Thank you to #BVOF2025 #LismoreCastle for inviting us to dress rehearsal of Midsummer Night's Dream, we had a brilliant time @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Enjoying our day #MSDreamSpace Ambassador's Graduation 🎓 @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Gerry Arthurs from SETU talks about the "European Experiment" to senior cycle students. #EuropeDay Thank you to @waterfordlibraries.bsky.social #eudirect @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Congratulations to our JCSP Graduates for 2022-2025! We enjoyed our time! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Always fun to work with Lily from the Museum of Literature. Getting us into writing @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Fabulous to see a replica of EIRSAT-1 (Ireland's First Satellite) here in the Explorium, with our Space Poem "All Ways Home" @jcsplibraries.bsky.social www.eirsat1.ie/space-poetry

Teachers & Staff are ready for #DEARIrl this Friday @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Big Thank You to IrishGuideDogs - Waterford Viking Branch for their visit this morning. Imogen has signed up for #DEARIrl this Friday! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Time flies when you read!! We didn't get to celebrate in their first year here in 2020! But from 2021 - 2025 we marked & will mark the day together!! Looking forward to DEAR this Friday! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social 📚📖

Our first Comic Con here in St Paul's - Big thank you to #WaterfordComics and Paul J. Bolger animator and former SPCC student. We had a great day! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Excitement building for Interschool Quiz as part of HSCL literacy initiative @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Our Young SVDP celebrated 10 years in our school with a concert, special guests High Hopes Choir. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social delighted to support their work.

Getting ready to distribute all the wonderful notes to friends, colleagues, teachers, tutors, coaches & SNAs this morning as part of #InternationalWomensDay2025 organised by student council @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Rootine Workshop for first & TY students today. All about hair care. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Homework club. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

New Year means lots of new books to read! Check out this great selection of new #eBook #Fiction titles - just added to our Digital Library on Sora. View our library at ods.overdrive.com/v2/jcsp Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools