Feb
08

Letters to the President

Filed Under (Ms Shannon's Ms Desmonds's boys, Sixth Class) by aodonnell7509 on 08-02-2012

Recently in class, we had a class project. For this project we wrote and sent a letter to the president of Ireland (Michael D Higgins). Each pupil in the class wrote a letter; also each pupil included a poem or a picture. We bound them all into one big book. We hope we get a reply from him. We invited him to come to our school and open our new hall extension which will hopefully be finished by the end of the school year. By Robert Carton, Tabeeb Choudhury, Michael Murtagh, Aiden King and Jason Murray (Ms. O’Donnell’s class )

Feb
01

St. Brigid’s Day

Filed Under (Sixth Class) by mflannery9927 on 01-02-2012
St. Brigids Day is celebrated on the 1st February . There are many stories associated wit St. Brigid but the most popular story is called ” The Magic Cloak ” . It is about Brigid wanting land to build a church . Brigid asked him for as much land as her cloak could cover . The chief laughed and said she could have that much land . Brigid threw her cloak onto the ground and it somehow grew bigger and bigger . Eventually the cloak stopped growing , but by then it was miles long . there are many facts about St. Brigid . One of the big facts is that the dandelion is sometimes called Brigid’s flower probably due to the fact that it is one of the first wild flowers to come into bloom . Brigid is the patron saint of cattle , and dairy work , poets , blacksmiths , healers , Irish nuns , midwives and new -born babies . To see a hedgehog on St. Brigid’s day was a good  weather sign, for the hedgehog to comes out of the hole in whitch he spends the winter,looks about to judge the weather and returns to his burrow if bad weather is going to continue. if he stayed out ,it indictated that mild weather is coming.
Legend has it that St. Brigid came to the site of the monastery in clondalkin and baptised pagans at the well on boot road.The sturcture dates from around 1761.The well is believed to have curative powers.A piece of rag dipped in the water and used to wipe the face, was said to cure eye complaints . After use the rag would be hung on the adjoining tree .  
Another fact about the feast of St. Brigid is placing a silk ribbon on the window sill outside on the eve of St. Brigid. The ribbon was said to lenghthen during the night.And was kept as a remedy for headache .this was known as ” Ribbon Bride ” .

In class today we made our own St. Brigid.s cross out of paper straws.

making our own crosses

 By the boys in 6C (Ms. Flannery’s class)

 

Jan
30

War Horse

Filed Under (Sixth Class) by mflannery9927 on 30-01-2012

Our class have recently been reading a box set of Michael Morpurgo’s novels . The last book we have read has been War Horse . Here is a little review we put together . This book is mainly about a horse’s experience as a war horse . He starts off with his mother but is then sold in the local horse fair , the man who buys him is drunk at the time but his son Albert takes good care of him and names him Joey . Albert’s father needs the money for a heavey to plough so sells him to the army . Joey learns to become a war horse by his new friend Topthorn . When him and Topthorn are taken away , their new job is to pull the ambulance cart . When the war cools down Topthorn and Joey get to go and live with a girl and her grandad . After a year the army comes back and takes them away . Thats all we’re going to tell you , but we would definitely recommend the book and film for you .

By Zak O’ Neill , Shane Rafter , Josh Cullen and Joshua Gaynor 

From Ms Flannerys 6th class  :) :D :P ;)    !!!!!!!!

 

" War Horse "

 

 

Jan
20

School Plans

Filed Under (Sixth Class) by pbregazzi6229 on 20-01-2012

Jan
13

HELLO ALL

Filed Under (Sixth Class) by aking5356 on 13-01-2012

hi everyone we are training to use the school blog today aiden  and jason

Jan
13

Hello Everyone

Filed Under (Sixth Class) by zoneill3534 on 13-01-2012

Hi Everyone , We Are Training To Use The School Blog Today .

Zak O Neill and Ryan Brown

Jun
08

Fourth Class Tour

Filed Under (Fourth Class, Second Class, Sixth Class) by bbergin7503 on 08-06-2011
Jun ’11
10
9:15 am

Fourth Class are off to Fort Lucan on Friday 10th. We are leaving at 9.15 and will be back before 2.30. The boys have to bring a change of clothes and shoes, towel, lunch and plenty of drinks but no fizzy drinks! Suncream if needed and a jacket.

No mobile phones or ds.

Enjoy the day!

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May
22

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Filed Under (Sixth Class) by bbergin7503 on 22-05-2011

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