Blog Articles, tagged with: Read
Well done Athleague N.S.
Students from Athleague National School, Co. Roscommon who took part in the MS READaTHON 2012 raised a whooping €630!! At a special presentation, students presented our ambassador, Margaret Ryan with a huge cheque.. Margaret thanked pupils for helping peo...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Thursday December 13 2012 06:34 PM
More MS Video Stories!
Meet Gareth and Anne-Marie, two people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland. Gareth and Anne-Marie were kind enough to share their experience of Multiple Sclerosis with us, through our ‘Living With MS’ video series, where people from different walks of life explain the im...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Monday December 03 2012 04:21 PM
It’s a Wrap!
We can't quite believe it here in MS READaTHON HQ, but this year’s remarkable, reading and raising event has drawn to a close!!! It’s been an absolutely amazing year for us at MS READaTHON HQ. Over 550 schools signed up to take part, which we are astounded by! This year was ou...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Thursday November 29 2012 12:39 PM
46 Books and Counting: Guest Blog from Lúí!
Hi Everybody! Thank you for sponsoring me. I read 46 books and collected €145. I have listed all my books below but here are my three favourite books: 1. Captain Underpants and The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkle-Trousers. The story is long and very interesting. George and Harold t...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Wednesday November 14 2012 12:00 PM
Elev8 visits Burrows N.S. for the 2012 MS READaTHON!
Stay tuned to your screens tomorrow, to catch Ivan from Elev8 visit the 5th & 6th class of Burrows N.S., Sutton to find out how they're getting on in this year's MS READaTHON! The students were more than happy to tell Ivan and the Elev8 viewers how much they enjoy reading, what their favouri...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Tuesday November 13 2012 03:35 PM
Guest Blog from Megan!
Hi Everybody! This week I read some really good books: Back Home by Michelle Magorian (she also wrote Goodnight Mister Tom which is a classic). I read 5 children and It by Edith Nesbit because I loved 4 children and it by Jacqueline Wilson! I had a pretty hectic week and got lots of homew...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Tuesday November 13 2012 02:24 PM
The MS READaTHON survey results are in: We are a Nation of Bookworms!
At the beginning of the reading period, here at MS READaTHON HQ we decided we needed to find out about the reading habits of our dedicated MS READaTHONers, with some surprising results!! MS READaTHON ‘reading’ survey reveals: • A nation of bookworms – two out of thre...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Friday November 09 2012 04:45 PM
Winners - Halloween Stories!!
Over the mid-term, here at MS READaTHON we decided we needed some terrifying tales, so we asked our very imaginative MS READaTHONers to scare us with their own horrid Halloween stories! We’ve picked the three best stories, and their authors each get a signed copy of Marissa Mackle’s ...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Friday November 09 2012 11:27 AM
I Can Be A Writer - And the winners are…..!!!
This year at MS READaTHON HQ, we realised that not only are our MS READaTHONers brilliant readers, they’ve also got some fantastic stories just waiting to be written and shared! So that’s why we set up the ‘I Can Be A Writer’ section, where our MS READaTHONers could ...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Thursday November 08 2012 11:55 AM
Competition Winner!
We are delighted to announce the winner of last week's competition is Emma Cass from Co. Laois! Emma's name was pulled from the MS READaTHON hat, after she correctly answered Castletaggart as the town that Eily, Michael and Peggy O'Driscoll travel to, to find their great-aunts in ‘Und...
Published by MS READaTHON Team on Wednesday November 07 2012 11:06 AM
