SOCC English Department

💌 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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👏🏾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

⭐️ 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 irishtimes.com/culture/books/… 📑 We in @StOliversCC are so proud of you!

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

⭐️ 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’

🧑🏼‍🏫 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!

📚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

📚 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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🗣️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

🗣️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!

📖 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

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

✍🏼 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 Carepack.ie & An Post. 🍎 Thank you Ms Markey

📚 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.

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