The first Mass of this parish based programme for the preparation of the First Holy Communion class will take place on Sunday, 29th November at 11am in Ransboro Church. Our school choir will sing at the Mass and we invite all children to attend.
We are beginning work this week on our christmas cards, which we hope to have printed and back in the school by early December. We will inform you of the price and details shortly, and an order from for the cards will be going home with the children next week, so you can pre-book your cards. These were beautiful last year, so we appeal
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The annual appeal for shoe boxes is happening again! Please have your shoe boxes back to school by Monday next, as they will be collected. This is a lovely carity involving children helping children.
We learned about the brass instruments in the orchestra – the tuba, the trumpet, the trombone and the French horn. We listened to the instruments on these websites: The New York Philharmonic Kidzone: HERE>>>>> The San Francisco Symphony Kids HERE>>>>>
Today we used a programme called Spelling Bee to help learn spellings. You can look at the programme and use it at home HERE>>>>>
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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Art Work by Sarah John Lennon was in a band called “The Beatles”. John wrote the songs. Then the band broke up. Then he became a singer by himself. He is a great singer. We listened to John Lennon’s song “Imagine”. It was great. We made an Imagine sheet. We wrote about what we imagined the world should be like. By Lynne and Lola
Art Work by Caoimhe O’ Queen Maeve and Ailill lived in Connacht. One night Maeve and Ailill started to boast about their riches. But then Ailill then remembered his white bull Finnbhennach. Maeve was silent because she had no bull in her herd like this one. Maeve sent for her druid immediately! “Tell me”, she demanded, “where in Ireland will I find a bull
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Russ is our class bear. He gets chosen to stay for one night at someone’s house. Russ stayed at school for the Hallowe’en holidays. He has already been home with everybody so far this year. We wrote stories about Russ. Russ wears a brown hat, a check scarf, a stripey jumper, a cool jacket, jeans and brown shoes. He also has a karate suit.
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