SOCC English Department

English department of @StOliversCC here to learn and share.

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💌 So many ways to tell a story…
🤗 Join us today for our opening evening.
🕢 6pm - 8pm
📍 St Oliver’s CC, Drogheda.
🫶🏼 All literacy and numeracy lovers welcome!

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@StOliversCC Christmas Video 2024

https://t.co/DaHwSGNtVa

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👏🏾A massive thank you to @chaptersbooks for welcoming our book club today.
🎄 Our students had a wonderful day!
🙏🏼 Staff were so helpful and enthusiastic & we really appreciate the time given to us today
🥰 Thanks to Ms. Markey, Ms. Keenan and SNA Sarah !
#SustainableReading

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⭐️ One of our incredible 5th year students, Rachel Mc Closkey, has been published today in @IrishTimes @FightingWordsIE supplement this week.
🐕 Read her poignant poem ‘Labrador’ here https://t.co/BHmINXBSBZ
📑 We in @StOliversCC are so proud of you!

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🍦 Treat time for teachers today!
😌 Thank you @StOliversCC

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⭐️ The stars aligned today and we got to create a circle of sonnets in the sun.
✍🏼 3rd year students shared sonnets they had written in response to Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 18’
🫶🏼 Their creativity was staggering!
🥹 ‘ this would definitely have been in my final selection for CBA2’

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🧑🏼‍🏫 Today we had a little department send off for Mary, the most caring, sensitive and compassionate teacher you could ever meet!
🍎 Happy retirement Mary, @StOliversCC students have been privileged to have you as their teacher!

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📚What better way to finish literacy week, than with SOCC Book Club Readathon!
😍 Reading forts, some read dating, reading zones, a raffle and pizza- heaven!
🍕 HUGE thanks to ⁦@dominos⁩ Drogheda for sponsoring these hungry minds.
🍎 GRMA to Ms Markey, Ms Keenan & Mr Gall

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📚 Author @Nicola_Cassidy_ visited our SOCC Book Club today in honour of World Book Day!
😝 Students were eager to ask questions about writing and gain knowledge about the publishing process.
🍎Míle buíochas to Ms Rossiter and Ms Markey! #WorldBookDay2024

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📚 Author @Nicola_Cassidy_ visited our SOCC Book Club today in honour of World Book Day!
😝 Students were eager to ask questions about writing and gain knowledge about the publishing process.
🍎Míle buíochas to Ms Rossiter and Ms Markey! #WorldBookDay2024

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🗣️Thank you to our Literacy Leaders in TYC and the English Dept for facilitating debates across 1st and 2nd year throughout the week.
✨There were 12 debates in total with 4 representatives from each base class competing.
👏🏾Well done to every student that participated!

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🗣️Debate finals were held today.
👩🏽‍🎓Once again our students excelled in their research, preparation & delivery
1️⃣Winners will be announced tomorrow!
⭐️Míle buíochas to Ms Markey for coordinating and to our English teachers also!
#literacyweek

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📖 We have a very active Instagram account for our book club run by Ms Markey.
🏃‍♀️ Worth checking out their recommended reads this weekend!
#getlost #irelandreads

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@CKeeganFiction

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📖 5th year students have just read ‘Small Things Like These’.
🫖 Rachel was inspired to write this beautiful poem ‘Small Things Like Teas’.

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✍🏼 TYC Literacy Leaders were teaching students in 2 Roe & 2 Gola how to write a letter.
🎄 These letters will be sent to residents in a nursing home to spread some Christmas cheer as part of the Kindness Initiative from https://t.co/vfmWL68C57 & An Post.
🍎 Thank you Ms Markey

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📚 SOCC Book Club have been perusing and purchasing on their trip today.
🎄Many thanks to @chaptersbooks for the special discount & help today!
🤶🏻GRMA to Ms Markey and our SNAs Aileen & Jackie.

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👀 A new student joined 1 Long today
🫠 There may be trouble ahead …
🎄☃️🎁