This year we were absolutely ecstatic to secure a visit from the much-sought-after author Darren Shan.  Horror readers will know he is the bestselling writer of The Saga Of Darren Shan and The Demonata Series.  His books have been translated into twenty languages in twenty-eight different countries and have sold over 9,000,000 copies worldwide.

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To celebrate National Poetry Day Aquinas held it’s annual Poetry competition.

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As part of the celebratations for National Poetry Day a Poetry competition with the theme of ‘Dreams’ was held. To view the winning entries click below.

Senior School 11-13

First place: Corle Magee ‘Dreams’

Second place: Bridget Flangan ’Dream’

Third place: Owen McEvoy ‘Daydreamer’

In the Junior School (Yrs 8 -10)

First place: Lorcan O’Connor 9S   ‘Dreams’

Second place: Tara McFadden 9D ‘Titanic’

Third place: Ciaran Foster 8E  ‘The Ghastly Garden’

Aquinas paid host to bestselling Australian author Garth Nix. Click on the image below to find out more.

In March last year, the school applied for inclusion on a DV Pilot run by C2k.  We were successful and to facilitate us in our work, we received an eMac Computer, DV Camera and keyboardThe project, called Environment Matters was launched in Year 9 Geography classes in May where we discussed local and global environmental issues such as climate change, rainforest deforestation, pollution, recycling and litter.  At the same time, the ICT Department taught the pupils the skills of video editing.  Later, around June time, the Year 9s were divided into groups (based on the Art classes) of four or five.  This allowed the English Department to begin creative writing tasks where each group had to produce a story based around an environmental theme.

These tasks were finished by September and now the Art and Design Department was able to bring the stories to life by constructing sets and plasticine models which was facilitated by the school in having two ‘collapsed timetable’ days.

To learn more  and view the winning films click below