by Dylan Hegarty,Luke Kelly, Leon van Cauwenberge November & December 2018 We are writing about the photostories that we did in November and December 2018.The photostories are about Celtic myths and legends in Ireland many, many years ago.These are some of the Celtic Myths and Legends we made into Photostories: Fionn & the Giant, Diarmuid and Gráinne,  Oisín in Tír na nÓg, How Cú Chulainn got his Name and The Brown Bull of Cooley. We really liked these photostories because it ...

by Maeve Heraghty, Kate Mc Nulty and Katie O’Brien November 2018 Tomi Riechental came to visit our school on the 23rd of November 2018. Tomi told us about his life. He lived in Merašice  in Slovakia with his family; his mother Judith, his father Arnold and his brother Miki. Tomi had a very happy and fun life until he was six and that was when World War 2 started. Tomi’s father escaped from a train on the way to a concentration camp in Bergen Belsen because he was Jewish. Two yea...

by Ryan Chinnery Newsome, Cathal Deegan, Ailbhe Moloney October 2018 In October we went to Castletown House on a maths trail. We went on a bus with 5th and 6th class .When we got there we had to walk to the house. Then we got into groups of four. We got a sheet with questions on it that we had to answer.We went for a tour around the house. We had to answer a question and solve a problem about maths in each room. In the Ballroom we saw a servants' secret passage. Also in the Dinin...

by Alexandra Butler, Caoimhe Davis and Amy Martin September and October 2018 In September and October two people came to teach us cycling. Their names were Ruth and Graham. We did it for eight weeks on Wednesdays. They brought bikes and helmets for us but you could bring your own if you wanted. They told us that the right clothes to wear were a helmet, a high vis jacket and bright clothes. Most weeks we had sun but one week it rained. On that week we watched a video on how to cycle. We lea...

by Matthew Blake, Jake Hamill, Hugh McNulty September 2018 Our class helped out with the Student Council elections this year by showing people where to go and by stamping their votes to make them official.      The student council talks about ways to improve the school and they are always coming up with new ideas.    We also had an election in our own class. The contestants were: Alexandra Butler Ryan Chinnery Newsome Maeve Heraghty ...