Catholic schools honoured in week-long celebration [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 22 February 2011
To celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2011, TY students from St Kieran’s College Kilkenny opted to teach religion lessons in local primary schools.
Catholic Schools Week 2011 was celebrated across Ireland from Sunday 30 January to Saturday 5 February.
Now in its third year, the week is a celebration of Catholic primary and post-primary schools throughout the country, north and south, and an acknowledgement of the contribution that these schools make to Irish society and to the mission of the Church.
The theme for this year, 'Catholic Schools - Rooted in Jesus Christ', was inspired by the Pastoral Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholics of Ireland, which was published on 20 March 2010.
To mark the week in their own unique way, twelve Transition Year students from St Kieran’s College Kilkenny - themselves interested in teaching as a career - volunteered to prepare and deliver a religion lesson to 5th and 6th class pupils in the local St Patrick’s De La Salle and St John of God primary schools.
Their lessons focused on saints whose feast days occurr around springtime such as St Bridget, St Blaise, St John Bosco and St Patrick. The students delivered the lessons in pairs, assisted by the class teacher.
All involved reported that the experience was worthwhile, educational, enjoyable and a great success.
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