Sixth Class used a poetry app on the iPod Touches to create poems about disastrous weather conditions. We have been studying hurricanes, typoons, tornadoes, blizzards, floods and storms in Geography. We each chose a weather force and wrote a poem about it. Here are some of our poems. Snow Typhoons By Emer H By Oisin S Swirls all around Forms in
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On Friday 24th September 6th class visited the newly refurbished Northwest Hospice. It is a very bright, colourful and friendly place. A nurse called Hazel met us and brought us into the ward. Here she talked to us about the patients who come to stay in the hospice. She explained that the hospice is not only for cancer patients but also for other patients with long term
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On Tuesday 1st June 3rd, 4th & 5th classes went on their school tour to Dublin Zoo. We left on the 7am train. We had two carriages reserved just for us! The train journey took 3 hours. It was very noisey! When we arrived in Dublin we got a double-decker bus to the zoo. Some people had to get taxis. When we arrived
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade On St. Patricks Day some of our children marched in the Parade. Our Green School committee have been doing a lot of work on conserving water over the past two years in order to renew our Green Flag. We decided to base our entry in the parade on this theme. The bath & shower Can you believe it?
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4th Class PANTO! We are in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ in the Hawk’s Well. The dressing room is small but we are having lots of fun. On Sunday we went to The Embassy for a party. It was great fun. Some nights we get a standing ovation! We have our last show on Saturday night. It will be sad when it is
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Starfish on Lissadell Beach A freak storm washed between 30,000-50,000 starfish on to Lissadell Beach in Sligo last Thursday. We had really strong winds over the past couple of days which could have caused it. Scientists have said that the storm force winds could have caused a tsunami-like monster wave which lifted the starfish from the seabed, as they were feeding on
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What are Starfish? Starfish are a sea animal with spiny skin in the shape of a star. They are not really a fish. They are crustaceans. They cannot swim, they crawl and climb. Most have 5 arms. If a fish bites off one, it can grow a new one! A starfish can survive with only their centre part and
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Fourth Class Halloween Fancy Dress!!! Everyone came in to school today dressed up for Halloween. Even the teachers dressed up! We had an assembly this morning and saw everyone’s costumes. The teacher’s couldn’t pick winners so everyone got a treat! We had a fun day at school. Enjoy the holidays.
3rd & 4th Class will be going to a hurling blitz in Kevinsfort Park this Friday. There will be five other schools participating. We wish then the best of luck!!!!!!
Healthy Eating We are learning about the food pyramid. You should eat 6 or more portions from the Carbohydrate group. Try to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables everyday. Eat something from the fish, meat and dairy group. Eat foods from the top of the food pyramid sparingly!!! We are all healthy eaters in 4th Class!!
