Open Night at St Joseph's

The weather was foul and nobody would have been surprised if the recent St Joseph’s NS Open Night had been a washout.

But it wasn’t. A really good cohort of parents and prospective pupils turned out to see what is arguably Kildare’s nicest primary school show off its wares.

“D’you want a bun?” one of the current pupils asked, just after she had pulled a new batch from an oven.

“Sure,” I said.

“Fifty cent,” she said, “or four for a euro. It’s all for Haiti.”

And they were good buns, too. Elsewhere there were demonstrations going on of the computer systems, and the whiteboards were all being busily worked on, the children themselves showing the parents how to use the technology. Many of them were probably bemused at the lack of chalk dust ...

Elsewhere, other St Joseph’s students were demonstrating painting skills, small science experiments, and various other things that simply weren’t on the agenda during this writer’s primary school days.

St Joseph’s recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and opened a new extension which provides some really modern and bright learning space.

Brian Byrne.