Oireachtas Committee on Educ makes v strong recommendations on school library development in recent reports. Department of Education new 10-year Literacy Strategy totally ignores this & contains zero refs to school libraries. Unbelieveable
Read the Strategy here👉gov.ie/en/publication…

So no school libraries as promised to the DEIS schools? Disappointed that the Department of Education is ignoring the best way to improve literacy levels. Every other country in Europe know a school needs a library. What a shame for our students Department of Education JCSP Library Project

Dungeons and Dragons last quest of the term! We've had a great year and look forward to welcoming new members in September too :-) JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.

Chess Camp for Thomond Community College students in the JCSP library! Thomond C.C. JCSP Library Project

Librarians Catríona and Gráinne from Watch House Cross library talking about their facilities and Summer workshops available to students :-) watchhousecross JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.

Bring a book! Take a book! Staff taking part in our book swop in the staff room today at break time 😍 JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.

Bring a book! Take a book! Today at break time in the staff room. Find your perfect Summer read at our staff book swop 🌞 JCSP Library Project DEAR Ireland Thomond C.C.

Saw this last night, it is really brilliant and so funny. I cannot recommend it highly enough so don't miss it!!

Lovely trip to O'Mahoney's book shop to buy books for the book club students! Looking forward to our next book club to discuss them! We also enjoyed our lunch in Supermacs :-) JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C. OMahonys Booksellers

Well done Kathleen :-) JCSP Library Project

Well done to first place winner Christos and second place winner Oscar in our champions' chess final! Also well done to Patrycja (first) and Nicholas (second) in the runners-up final! Thanks to Mr O'Donoghue and Mr Cronin for organising this :-) JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.

Final in the chess tournament! Nail-biting stuff! JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.

Semi finals of the chess tournament! Thomond C.C. JCSP Library Project

Chess tournament in the library today organised by Mr O'Donoghue and Mr Cronin. Very exciting games going on! Chess every Tuesday and Thursday at lunchtime here. JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C. LimClare ETB Schools Division

Great selection of new #Fiction #eBook titles just added to our Digital Library on Sora. Something for everyone. Check them out!
#LoveReading #JCSPDigital

irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourvi… There are ZERO publicly-funded school libraries in following counties: Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary and Westmeath. Why? JCSP Library Project Norma Foley T.D

irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Happy National DEAR Day! Roscrea Community College joined Thomond CC book club for a Drop Everything and Read in our library today. #DEARIrl Students discussed books and chose books from the library to read for the DEAR. DEAR Ireland JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C. CPR

Roscrea Community College teachers and student council visited us to get ideas for books and library layout. They also discussed their school's Code of Behaviour with TCC class reps. Our book club gave them some books by TCC students. JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C. CPR

Great trip to the Natural history museum in Dublin. First years in Mr McAwley's class recently read the book In Pieces which is inspired by this museum. We also enjoyed a yummy lunch in Captain America's on Grafton Street :-) JCSP Library Project Thomond C.C.