Open to all JCSP schools with Sora Digital Library! Alternatively, use this QR code to join. More information and ideas in this padlet Please encourage students to use their real name and school name when signing up to help us track down the winners Happy Reading!
DEAR Challenge Join us at 12 noon on Friday 24th April 2026 for our annual National Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Challenge. DEAR is open to everyone, click HERE to register. The JCSP Library Project, which provides professionally staffed library services in 30 post-primary schools around Ireland, are delighted to announce the eleventh year of the challenge. Every year,… Continue reading National Drop Everything and Read Challenge 2026
Heartfelt, supernatural family drama “Artie and the Wolf Moon” available for free as an ebook, audiobook or readalong along with online discussion The nights are growing longer during this magical time of year. To get into the spirit of the season, members of our Sora Digital Library Service can enjoy a “coming-of-age story of family… Continue reading JCSP Libraries get into the Spirit with Worldwide Digital Book Club
Doreen Lundon Each December in Mount Seskin Community College it is tradition for books to be given as gifts from students to their younger siblings at home. The books are ordered by the Librarian in early November, Christmas paper and tags are bought, Sellotape stocked up on, and the library is set up for all… Continue reading The ‘Every Child Gets a Book’ Initiative
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
by Kathleen Moran Register your support for DEAR here We are inviting the entire nation to take time out and to ‘Drop Everything and Read’ for 20 minutes at 12 noon on Friday April 29th 2022. The simple idea is to promote the importance of literacy and to spread the joy of reading for pleasure… Continue reading National Drop Everything and Read Challenge 2022
