Visit from Science Genius Marty Jopson Electrifies Science Week

Marty Jopson paid the school a visit on Tuesday the 13th of November. Marty put on an electrical display that showed how interesting and powerful electricity could be. He explained Sonic Booms and even played music using electricity! Each class was captivated by Marty as he used his knowledge to wow the audiences. It was truly electrifying stuff.

You can find out more about Marty and science on his blog or on his twitter page.

Girl’s and Boy’s Teams do Holy Family Senior School Proud in Football Finals

There was a historic victory on Wednesday the 24th as the Girls of Holy Family Senior School were crowned Cumann na mBunscol champions for the first time. The victory coincided with the boy’s team finishing as hard fought runners up in the shield final.

The girls, who were managed by Ms. Duff, Ms. O’ Keefe and Ms. Delaney put on a virtuoso performance as they displayed great teamwork, determination and skill to beat a well trained Ratheniska team.

Unfortunately for our boys team, they fell short against a good Abbeyleix team. A word of thanks must go to the management team of Mr. Malone, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Barry and Mr. Downey.

Well done to all involved as attention turns to a well deserved mid-term break for both teams.

THE COUNTY FINAL

Match report compiled by Conor McCausland and Ciara Lee from Mr. O’ Connor’s 6th class.

The county final turned out to be an outstanding game on Sunday for Portlaoise Senior team. It was a tight game throughout, but the town pulled it out of the bag. It meant that O`Dempsey’s were in hard luck though.

As both teams came out onto the pitch their supporters cheered them loudly. As Morris Degan threw in the ball O’ Dempsey’s went on the attack. The attack was stopped by Cahir Healy and Gareth Dylan with the help of Kieran Lillis. The ball was then passed to Ciarán McEvoy and nicely put over the bar. Then the O’Dempsey keeper kicked it out and it was caught by Kieran Lillis.

Further into the game Portlaoise scored 2 goals and ran out winners by 7 points. Even though it was Portlaoise’s 11th year winning, O’Dempseys put up a great fight against Portlaoise and they can be very proud of themselves.

On monday the Portlaoise team brought the trophies to our school and met with the 5th and 6th classes.

Maybe the players will have inspired the pupils to play football or indeed any sport that they are thinking of trying

WELL DONE THE TOWN!!!

Ms. O’ Hara’s Class Light Up Amber Flag Day!