Christmas Fundraising for St. Vincent de Paul
RTE Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas Competition 2017
St. Joseph’s School Choir was formed in 1998 and, in the current school year, has approx. 100 students from classes 3rd to 6th with 3rd being the newcomers this September. The Choir rehearses every Tuesday from 1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
St. Joseph’s School Choir performs for the school community regularly and at many local events including the turning on of the Christmas Lights in Tipperary Town, Carol Singing downtown in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul and by invitation to other local events.
The School Choirs at St. Josephs have made many CDs over recent years to include 2 Christmas CDs and 2 Springtime CDs and indeed were featured on the Lyric FM Christmas CD in 2012 with the RTE Concert Orchestra.
This is the Choir’s 7th time entering the ‘Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas Competition’ and we were thrilled and delighted to be runners up in our section in Dec. 2011 and winners in 2014.
On Dec 22nd, we heard the news that we won best primary school choir in the Lyric FM Choir for Christmas Competition!
We never thought we’d win and we were so excited when the results were announced !
Over 77 choirs entered the competition this year!
Our Choir Teacher is Ms. Helen Colbert.
We hope you enjoy our song for this year; it’s called Sparklejollytwinklejingly from the Musical ELF.
Click here to listen to our song.
Song Details:
Title: Sparklejollytwinklejingly
Lyrics: Chad Beguelin
Music: Mathew Skhar
Arr. Andy Beck
Accompaniment: Backing track
Choir Director: Helen Colbert
Santa has arrived.
Recent Darts Fundraiser for Joseph Beag, ASD Pre-School
My son Kyle is 4 and he was diagnosed with having Autistic Spectrum Disorder last year.
He attends preschool in Joseph Beag which is in St Joseph’s Primary School and is a special class for children between the ages of 3 and 5 who have Autism. It is run by Principal Ms. Louise Tobin in Tipperary Town.
Kyle absolutely loves his pre-school. The staff there are amazing. His teacher is Mr. Michael Mc Evoy and his SNAS are Molly Maher and Julie Webb.
We are so grateful that he is being so well looked after we wanted to do something for the school.
Kyle’s grandad is Mike Smith Treasurer of Tipperary Darts Club and he agreed to run a tournament to raise funds for the ASD preschool at St. Josephs.
On November 5th in Cahir House Hotel 33 teams turned up. It was a very successful day with a total of €3500 raised.
We would love like to say a special thank you to Alice Sheehan a friend of the Smith family who also has an involvement in Tipperary Darts she alone raised €1200. We would also like to thank every dart player that turned up on the day and made the tournament a huge success.
Words by Stacey Smith.
Thank you:
Ms. Tobin, Principal of St. Josephs would like to say a huge Thank You to Mike and Stacey Smith and Alice Sheehan for all their work to make this fundraiser so successful.
Ms. Tobin called to Cahir House on the day of the tournament and the Ballroom was buzzing with very happy darts players having a great day out for a great cause.
The staff of Joseph Beag are delighted to go shopping for much needed special equipment, toys and resources for the pupils in the preschool. Thank you to all involved.
Student Council
St. Joseph’s School Student Council
The voice of the pupils, that’s what the Student Council can be described as. Pupils from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes are the representatives of all the classes. Principal Ms. Tobin and the Student Council meet regularly to talk about goings-on in the school and future developments they might engage in. We also organise fund raisers for the school and charities e.g. cake sale for the Laura Lynn foundation. We take suggestions from the whole school and try to make them happen.
by Alexia Coca & Ella O’Keeffe, 6th Class.
An Taisce National Marine Conference at the Strand Hotel
Here are some photos of the girls at the An Taisce National Marine Conference at the Strand Hotel in Limerick on Tuesday December 5th. The girls presented a PowerPoint Presentation on the topic “Marine Litter and People” to the schools in attendance. They also displayed a variety of projects and art work completed by the pupils of the school for their current Greenschools theme- Marine Environment Global Citizenship.
Our Under 13 Football Team
Match Report for U-13 ‘C’ Ladies County Football Final 20/11/2017
On Monday 20th November the U-13 ‘C’Ladies Football Co. Final was played in Leahy Park in Cashel. St. Joseph’s Girls Primary School Tipperary town contested the final against Moyne National School. At the outset, weather conditions were very challenging with persistent drizzle and wind throughout the game. This did not dampen the enthusiasm of the large group of St. Joseph’s supporters nor the commitment of both teams who produced a fine display of football.
St. Joseph’s lined out as follows; Weronika Kowalczyk, Aishling O’ Donnell, Anna O’Brien, Eva Cremins(1-1), Emer Roche (0-1)(Capt.), Orla Kissane, Ellen Corby(0-2) Subs; Eabha Byrnes, Kate Cremins, Eva Donovan, Anna English, Kayleigh McGrath and Emma O’ Connor.
St. Joseph’s got off to a promising start with a sharp point by Emer Roche but Moyne swiftly responded with a succession of scores and St. Joseph’s trailed by five points at half-time. A determined St. Joseph’s team battled very hard in the second half, and points by Ellen Corby cut into Moyne’s lead. Aisling O’ Donnell, Emer Roche and Anna O’Brien combined in defence to set up fantastic attacking passages of play which eventually resulted in a superb goal by Eva Cremins. St. Joseph’s were denied equalising chances in the final minutes of the game by an experienced Moyne side who held on to win this enthralling encounter by a margin of just one goal.
All players for St. Joseph’s can be very proud of their performance on the day and the team would like to thank Miss Tobin (Principal), Miss Dunne, Miss O’Grady, Helen Cremins and Ritchie Lohan for their involvement with the team.
Our Under 11 Football Team
U 11 Blitz
On Monday 22nd of October the U-11 football panel went to New Inn on a bus to play teams in a blitz.
Our first match was against Thomastown. It was a very tough match but we came out with a draw. The final score was 2-3 to 2-3 .
Our second match was against Ayle. We flew through that match. The score was 7-5 to 1-1
Our last match was the toughest match of the day against New Inn. It was a close match but we powered through with a one point win.
After a great day in New Inn we were in the semi-final against Mullinahone. We were delighted.
U 11 Semi-Final Report
On Friday the 10th of November, the U 11 football panel went to Clonmel along with 5th class supporters to play Mullinahone in the semi-final, we were all very excited.
Mullinahone got a good start and scored. It didn’t take St. Joseph’s long to come back and score. It was a tough match but St. Joseph’s came out on top. The final score was St. Joseph’s 4-3 to Mullinahone 1-2. A great win for St. Joseph’s. Well done to the team.
U 11 County Final
On Friday the 17th of November the U11 football panel travelled to Littleton to play Littleton in the U11 County football final. There was great excitement and a bus full supporters from 4th, 5th and 6th followed to support the team.
From the start it was a tough match. Every player played their heart out. Unfortunately it was not our day. The final score was Littleton 4-1 to St. Joseph’s 2-2 .
Well done to all the panel. St. Joseph’s will be back stronger than ever next year.
The panel were,
(Joint Captains ) Kate Cremins and Eva Donovan
Grace Kelly Eabha Byrnes
Kayla Mannix Róisín Lam
Emma O’ Connor Taillte Crowe
Davina Mullally Béibhinn Ward
Oral O’ Donnell Lil Maher
Sophia O’ Grady Ava Quinlan
U11 and U13 Teams qualify for County Finals
Shoeboxes for Team Hope
Fundraiser for Joseph Beag
Under 11 Team
Minister Bruton meets 5 Principals of Tipperary Town Primary Schools regarding DEIS allocation.
Press Release 14/9/17
The 5 Principals of Tipperary Town Primary Schools had an hour long meeting this morning(Thursday) with Minister for Education Richard Bruton T.D. with reference to their lengthy campaign for much needed extra resources under the DEIS programme in their schools.
The Principals made a detailed presentation outlining their concerns about the identification process used to select new schools. The Minister listened with great interest, discussed at length the processes used and committed to investigating the issues raised.
The Principals expressed their appreciation to Minister Bruton for taking the time to meet with them and look forward to his response to their concerns.
It is also hoped through further discussions with the local councillors over the coming days in Clonmel that both Minister Bruton and the Taoiseach will be further briefed on the urgent needs in the schools in Tipperary Town.
The Principals appreciate and acknowledge the support of Councillors Michael Fitzgerald, Mary Hanna Hourigan, John Crosse and Michael Murphy in organising the meeting on their behalf and look forward to their continued support in further discussions.
Issued on behalf of the 5 Principals Eoghan Breathnach, Gaelscoil Tiobraid Arann; Ide Mooney, St. Michael’s G.N.S.;Pat O Halloran, The Monastery CBS; Louise Tobin, St. Joseph’s Primary and Siobhan Verdon, St. Michael’s JBNS.
Pictured at the meeting of the 5 Principals of the Primary Schools in Tipperary Town with Minister Bruton in The Clonmel Park Hotel left to right
Eoghan Breathnach, Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann, Louise Tobin, Principal, St. Joseph’s Primary, Cllr. John Crosse, Minister of Education Richard Bruton T.D., Pat O Halloran, Principal, The Monastery CBS, Ide Mooney, Principal, St. Michael’s GNS, Cllr. Michael Fitzgerald, Siobhan Verdon, St. Michael’s JBS, Cllr. Mary Hanna Hourigan.