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Kevin Howard, Josh Hanson and Niall O'Mara.
The three boys have attended many practice sessions with Ms. Shaw and no doubt have put in many hours of practice at home.
In order to ascertain who would go forward to the up and coming Eason's Spelling Bee competition and the North Dublin Spelling Bee competition another tense final was held in February 2019.
The three boys fought a valiant battle but alas we had our two finalists.
Kevin Howard will represent the school at both the Eason's Spelling Bee competition on April 2nd at 10.30 in the Carlton hotel (Dublin Airport) and the North Dublin Spelling Bee competition on April 5th in Sutton Park School.
Josh Hanson will also represent the school at the North Dublin Spelling Bee competition.
Best of luck to Kevin and Josh. We would also like to thank Niall O'Mara for his hard work and all of the other boys and girls who took part in this years in-school Spelling Bee competition.
Could you be the next great speller in Pope John Paul II ?
Of course you could. Start your practice now by working hard on your class spellings and reading lots of wonderful books.
Valerie Shaw
Our Credit Union Quiz Journey
Last October saw over one hundred students try out for a coveted place on one of the quiz teams. Thirty six students were successful and the many hours of practice began. All the students gave willingly of their time over the coming months in preparation for their first competition. The time had arrived and our nine teams were ready to meet the challenge.
The first competition took place in St. Sylvester’s GAA club on February 4th 2019. It was a hard fought battle with both our Junior and Senior teams giving a great display of their talents. One of our Senior teams narrowly missed out on a place in the North County Final. However, one of our Junior teams topped the board winning first place and proceeded to the next stage of the competition.
On Sunday March 3rd 2019 our Junior team, consisting of Ciaran Peacock, Conor Despard, Charlie Mollahan and Rory Lawton represented our school at the North County Final in the Clayton hotel. The boys did themselves, their parents and our school proud. It was a tightly fought battle with the boys working hard right to the last question in round ten. Congratulations to the boys on finishing 4th in the competition.
Ms. Kieran and Ms. Shaw would like to take this opportunity to thank all the boys and girls in the school who were part of the whole Credit Union Quiz experience this year. We wish the boys and girls from 6th class all the best as they leave us in June and we hope to see many other students at the school try-outs in October 2019.
Friday 15th February marks mid-term for us at PJP II and what better way to celebrate than with CAKE at our annual School Cake Sale?! If you would like to volunteer on the day in the school hall please contact Mike on 0879667486 with your name & time available. All offers greatly appreciated!
This Friday is the 1st of February - the first day of SPRING!
Get those walking shoes on, dust off the bike or scooter and join us for Feet First Friday! Non-uniform is permitted for those who contribute €1 to the hard-working PA to support our activities this school year! ![]()
Click on the link below to check out our new e-magazine featuring news, photos, articles and events from term one around the school!
https://www.flipsnack.com/pjpnewsletter/pjp-e-magazine/full-view.html
On the 3rd of December, some of our fifth class students were extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Microsoft Dreamspace. Click on the link below to read a full account of their day at Microsoft.
http://www.pjp.ie/class-news-23/
The PA is in the school every morning this week from 8:45 - 9am to sell tickets for Gibney’s Annual Wine Tasting Fair on Thursday 15 November. All proceeds from ticket sales bought from us in advance of the night will go directly back to our school!
Tickets to the night at The Grand Hotel are €15 each or 4 for €50 and available for purchase now!
● Simply complete the form in schoolbags today bring it with money to Mary Twomey’s office in the school to collect the tickets.
● Alternatively, drop in and see us! The PA will be selling tickets in the school each morning 8.45-9.00am
Raffle tickets or a very generous hamper on the night are €5 per strip or 5 strips for €20. If you can’t make the event support us by buying a raffle ticket!
Thanks in advance for your support.
The PA.