Second Class
Teachers
A short introduction to our Second Class Teachers

Ms. Kate Cormican
Room 20

Ms. Orla McGrath
Room 21

Ms. Hanna Farrell
Room 22

Mr. Joe Hynes
Room 26

Ms. Aoife Dolan
Room 27
About Second Class

Welcome to Second Class at St Joseph’s N.S!
Second Class marks an important stage of development, where children gain confidence and take on greater challenges in their learning journey. Building on the foundation of earlier years, students in Second Class deepen their understanding of key concepts in literacy, numeracy, and creative thinking. They also engage in more complex projects, group work, and critical thinking activities. Our goal is to inspire curiosity, foster independence, and encourage collaboration among classmates. Second Class is a time for growing both academically and socially, as children prepare for the next stage of their educational path with excitement and enthusiasm.
We had the best time on our annual autumn trip to Charleville a few weeks ago. The class were on a mission to collect the most colorful leaves, acorns, conkers
We all spent a lovely morning learning about the nature all around us. The children made nature crowns!
We had such a wonderful time this week when Laura from An Taisce visited our 2nd Class for a Nature Treasure Hunt! The children explored the school grounds with excitement,
2nd class have been very busy exploring secondary colours in art. We have been mixing primary colours with paint to create orange, purple and green. We used the colours to
The boys and girls really enjoyed our trip to Charleville forest for our annual Autumn walk. We spotted many signs of Autumn along the way including, changing colours of leaves,
This week Art Club commenced in our school. A group of boys and girls from 2nd class are engaging in a block of art lessons and activities after school. This