Our school is older than the famine, older than the National Museum, older than the Zoo. We are 200 years old, and our students have made a book to celebrate our school’s history. The 2nd years worked with the JCSP librarian and their English teacher on a Make a Book project, which was part of… Continue reading Book Launch for 200 Years of Jamebo
Dyslexia is a learning difference that can cause difficulties with learning and work. It affects approximately 1 in 10 people in Ireland. It occurs on a spectrum with some people mildly affected and others more severely. 'Everyone with dyslexia is different but there is a commonality of difficulties with reading, spelling, and writing and related… Continue reading Sora Supports for Students with Dyslexia
JCSP Librarians have worked to gather lists of appropriate resources for supporting Ukrainian students. These resources reflect the need for materials to support their initial entry into the Irish education system, as well as providing on going support. These include academic and educational, cultural and wellbeing resources, and there are a wide variety of items that… Continue reading Supports for Ukrainian Students
Margaret Aylward Community College The BoB Project is a family literacy programme in collaboration with the HSCL of the school, to develop a home environment conducive to reading for pleasure. Books and other reading materials are provided to families who may benefit from a focused literacy approach. Reading and child development, the benefits of reading… Continue reading THE BoB PROJECT
Languages Connect & JCSP Library Project Digital Library Collaboration JCSP Libraries are delighted to introduce our new collaborative project with Languages Connect under which we have added a new Home Languages collection to our Digital Library on Sora. The aim of this collection is to encourage students, with home languages other than English or Irish,… Continue reading Home Languages Collection on Sora
by Kathleen Moran Register your support for DEAR here Following on from our enormously successful 2020 National DEAR Challenge - where we had over 342,000 registered participants - we are once again inviting the entire nation to take time out to join our 2021 Challenge and to ‘Drop Everything and Read’ for 20 minutes at 12… Continue reading National Drop Everything and Read Challenge 2021
The EIRSAT-1 Team in UCD and JCSP Libraries have come together to create the Space Art Challenge. This exciting new space-themed art competition is open to students in JCSP schools across Ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIa15hJnpI&ab_channel=JCSPLibraries Free video tutorials with artists Helen Robinson, Jessica Erkal, Aidan Courtney, Emer O Boyle and Alan Nolan will be posted weekly on the… Continue reading EIRSAT-1 Space Art Challenge
by Éadaoin Quinn It is always on a Thursday at “little break” when The Mile Post is distributed. The newspaper team armed with bundles of papers, take their places at the lockers and the entrance to the canteen, awaiting the bell. The buzz of excitement is evident as both students and staff rush to get… Continue reading Read All About it! Our School Newspaper – The Mile Post
by: Ciaran O'Doherty It was our pleasure to host the launch of the Inktober Art Exhibition here in New Cross College on 31st January. The exhibition includes the work of students from across JCSP Library Project schools who submitted entries as part of the JCSP Demonstration Library Project Inktober Art Competition. The exhibition includes the… Continue reading New Cross College Library Hosts Inktober Exhibition
by: Kathleen Moran A commemorative silver coin marking 70 years since rock artist Phil Lynott was born was launched by the Central Bank and unveiled by President Michael D. Higgins on November 26th. The launch took place in St. Kevin's College, Crumlin, Dublin - the school Lynott attended in his youth. Every student and staff member, as well… Continue reading JCSP Library in St. Kevin’s College, Crumlin is relaunched as the ‘Lynott Library’
