Digital School

Click here to hear Minister Hanafin speak at Digital Award Cermony

On October 25th. 2006, Minister or Education and Science, Mary Hanafin, presented the Digital Schools Award to St. Joseph's BNS. The Digital Schools award was initiated this year to inspire schools to use ICT to support learning and teaching in the teaching.

In St. Joseph's we developed the concept of the Digital Curriculum. The Digital Curriculum allows us to use digital media to deliver the curriculum.

Each teacher in the school has a laptop.
Each classroom in the school has a data projector,
Each classroom has a wireless mouse and keyboard to allow the children to interact with the digital media.
We have developed a central resource library from which the teachers can access resources for all subjects.
Each classroom has its own email address so children may email their work to class or from school to home.
All classrooms are have wired and wireless network access.
All classrooms have broadband internet access.
Children may present work from the computer room or project work from home to the other children in the class.

Minister Hanafin unveils the Digital Schools Award watched by some of our Junior Infants, Mr. Matt Hume, Principal, and Ms. Deirdre Kelly, President of the Parents' Association.

Minister Hanafin is welcomed to the school by the boys from St. Joseph's, Fr. McDonald and Mr. Matt Hume

Minister Hanafin visits the Junior Infant classroom to see the Digital Curriculum in action.

Ms. Thornton and the Junior Infants show the benefits of the Digital Curriculum

The Junior Infants show what Dancing Doll does

The Minister is told all about nests and nature

Ms. Hogan's First Class, show how you can enjoy learning maths.

Ms. McCabe's 5th class were all anxious to talk about the Digital Curriculum to the Minister

A selection of boys told Minister Hanafin how it can be used in all subjects across the curriculum.

Mr. Hume addressed the audience of boys and invited guests

Miss Chrissie Fox, the oldest surviving member of staff tells the Minister what it was like to have 80 pupils in her class.
From left: Mr. Sean Kenny, Board of Management, Ms, Chrissie Fox, Minister Hanafin, Ms. Nora Brew, Ms. Maura Howett.