The Guards came to our school and they talked to us about what they do. We asked them questions about their work. They let us see their handcuffs. They had special uniforms. We went outside to see their van. We saw the place in the van where they keep the robbers. They put the siren on and we were allowed to sit down in
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On Monday May May 29th we had an ice-cream party in our classroom in school. Mr. Quinn bought some wafers for the class. He put the ice-cream in the middle of the two wafers. We had a piece of cake from our First Communion with the ice-cream. We watched a DVD called Alvin and the Chipmonks in our class. It was a great DVD
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The 1st of June 2010 was a Monday and that is when we do PE. We did relay races using batons and egg and spoon races using wooden eggs and wooden spoons. Mr. Quinn split us into teams. Then we put cones in lines for the relay races. Mr. Quinn said “On your marks, get set, go!” Then we started the races. We had three
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A few weeks ago we focussed on electricity. We worked in groups. We started by getting some wires, batteries, a bulb and crocodile clips. Then we made a circuit, starting with the battery and attaching the crocodile clips to the battery and the wires to see if we could bet the bulb to light. All groups were able to get a bulb working once.
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We did work in class on history timelines. Mr Quinn brought in old and new cameras. We worked out which one was the oldest and which one was the newest. He also brought in old records and CD’s. We had to work out which was the oldest and which was the newest. It was fun doing this type of history. By Sarah and Caoimhe
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On the 22nd May Rang II made their First Holy Communion. We had to be at the church at 10.40am. When the mass started we all had to walk up to our places. We were all excited. When we were all finished our prayers we went up for communion with our families. After mass we went to the school to have a party. We
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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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In January we started reading Hans Christian Andersen stories like “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Emeror’s New Clothes”, “The Little Match Girl”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Little Nightingale”. We really enjoyed them and we would like to read some more. We would like to tell you about “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The Emperor’s New Clothes is about an Emperor who loves new
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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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