Bright Sparks!

Here's a little bit about us....

My name is Kian. I am in 5th class and I like it because all of my class are my friends and I have an awesome teacher Ms.Keogh. My favourite sport is soccer I play for Artane Beaumont F.C. I also play the bódhran and the tin whistle. I hope that we get Ms.Keogh next year because she is very nice.

My name is Jacob.I am in 5th class.(at the moment.) school is pretty fun because, you could play with your friends. We have one of the best teachers in the school,Ms.Keogh. She is very fun. Anyway, my favourite sports are probably everything. But football and basketball are my favourite. I don't play for a team though. I am practising the guitar at the moment. I hope we have Ms.Keogh next year. She is very fun and nice.

My name is Seán. I'm in fifth class. Fifth class at the moment has been the best year yet. My favourite sport is football (not gaelic) and my least favourite would probably be tennis. I aslo play for Grange Woodbine FC. I've really enjoyed fifth class with Ms.Keogh and I hope we get her next year.

My name is Adam.I am in 5th class.Fifth class has been really good so far.Most of the fun has been Ms.Keogh's fault.She is great fun.I love loads of sports.My two favourite by a mile are soccer and golf.This year has been a blast through all our subjects.I really hope we have Ms.keogh next year.

My name is Aaron.I am in Room 1,5th class.I enjoy reading, playing on the Playstation and talking with my friends.I have 2 brothers and no sisters.My favourite subjects are History and English.I am 11 years old and I am turning twelve this month.

My name is Sarah.I am in 5th class room 1.I have been really enjoying 5th class so far.My favourite hobbies are playing camogie,shopping and art.I have three brothers and no sisters.I am eleven years old and i'm twelve at the end May.I play camogie for the school and for a club outside the school.This school year has been really fun.

My name is Deborah. I am in 5th class. My favourite colour is blue. My favourite foods are pizzas and tacos. I love reading.My favorite singer is Rhianna. I have a dog, his name is Buster. I have one sister and no brothers. I have really enjoyed this year. I hope I have Ms Keogh next year.

My name is Nicole.I am in 5th class.My favourite things to do are reading, drawing and playing games with my friends.My favourite colours are purple, yellow and light green.My favourite foods are chilli, roast dinners and chinese.I like listening to music and watching television or playing my DS.My favourite activities are riding my bike or going to the playground with my friends my favourite things in the playground are the swings and the roundabout chair it's really fun.I hope we have Ms.Keogh next year. This year was really fun.

My name is Alex.I am in 5th class.I have the best friends in the world and I wouldn't be able to live without them.I really like music and I love going places with the cubs.I have two dogs called Sooty and Toosh.My favorite singer is Jessie J and my favourite band is JLS.My favourite colour is green,red and white the school colours (red and white not green).I love to have fun and I like to mess about but I always get my work done.This year was really fun so far and I know it is going to get better day by day.Thanks for reading bye XD

Hello, my name is Niamh. I'm in 5th class. I have one older brother his name is Pádraic. My hobbies are playing the flute in Artane Junior Band and I love singing and dancing. I play football for Scoil Uí Chonaill in Clontarf. My favourite colours are red and pink. My favourite singers are Jessie J and Taylor Swift.
                
                 Thanks for reading about me. bye bye Niamh :>

Hi my name is Richard.
I like Storm chasing, storm watching and storm tracking.
I am also into basketball, music,and playstation.
I love cycling I cycle (or try to) cycle 2 km every day.
My teacher Miss Keogh is the awesomest teacher in this awesome school-not forgetting Mr Creaner!
I also have a lot of fun in school such as messing around with my class in the yard as well as working as hard as I can in class.
Thanks for reading
 see ya Richard :)

Hi,my name is Dónal.
I like cycling,music and PS3.
I play piano and I am a good artist.(Or I like to think so!)
Jones is my favourite drink and garlic bread is my favourite food.
I also like chocolate,history,Coca Cola and hanging chairs.
I have a lot of fun in school with my friends(as seen above and below me) and my teacher,Ms Keogh.
Thanks for reading about me!

Peace man,Dónal.=)

Hi my name is Christopher.
I love swimming,soccer and hurling.
My favourite food is BBQ ribs.
I love reading Diary of the Wimpy Kid books.
I have a dog called Shelly and I love the movie the Goonies.
Thanks for reading!

By Christopher

My name is Cillian.
I like soccer,golf and taekwondo.
I have two dogs named Buster and Vico.
My favourite foods are curry and pizza.
I like reading books and going out with my friends.
My favourite movie is I am legend.
Thanks for reading

By Cillian

Hey, my name is Daniel.
I am 11 years old.
My favourite sport is football and my favourite food is a take away curry.
I like to play with my friends and play sports.
My favourite thing to do when I am bored is to play Playstation 3 or watch a movie.

By Daniel

Hello, my name is Anna. I play the violin and piano.
I like school because you can learn interesting facts.
My favourite subject is History because I LOVE learning about the past.

By Anna.

Hello my name is David.I like to play with my friends.I like to learn about history and I love swimming.Sometimes when I have done my homework, I like to play with my friends if it's a nice day . I like to play on my Xbox 360.My 2 favourite colours are green and blue .My favourite football team is Arsenal.

By David

Hi my name is Leah.
My favourite colour is blue.
I have had a great time in 5th class.
My favourite subject is history.
My favourite thing that I learnt about in history was the Famine.
I love music, swimming and playing with my friends.

By Leah

Hi! My name is Laura .
I'm 12 years old .
I'm in 5th class.
My favourite singers are Katy Perry and Rhianna.
My favourite colour is purple.

By Laura


I'm Ian,
I'm 12 years old.
My hobbies are playing Playstation 3 and playing the drums.
My favourite band is The Beatles.
I also like U2, Green Day, Nirvana, The Foo Fighters and Paramore.
My favourtie band at the moment is either Green Day or The Foo Fighters
I also like soccer.
I support Liverpool.My favourite colour is red.
I think I like red because Liverpool's home colours is red

Thanks for reading!!

By Ian

My name is Rachael,I am 11 years old.
I play camogie for the school and Whitehall Colmcile.
I love animals and I have a dog called Milo.
My favourite colours are green and pink.
I love playing with my friends.
My favourite singers are Justin Bieber and Katy Perry
Bye

My name is Katie.
I am nearly 12 years old.
My favourite colours are yellow and red.
I have a little sister called Ava she is 4 years old.
My favourite animals are girrafes and elaphants
My favourite singers are Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.

bye bye!

Hi my name is Conor. My favourite food is spaghetti bolognese. My favourite make of car is the Porsche 911. I would like to go to Spain for my holidays this year. My favourite country is Ireland. My favourite counties in Ireland are Dublin, Cork and Louth. My favourite animals are the penguin, the lion, the seal and the snowy owl. I have 9 cousins !

Hi my name is Emma. I am in 5th class room 1.My favourite food is pizza. My favourite subject is Art.
I am 11 years old. I like going shopping, playing with my friends and doing projects.
My teacher Ms.Keogh is really, really nice. My favourite animal is a dolphin and a penguin.
My favourite holiday I ever went on was to Menorca. My favourite singer is Jusrtin Bieber and
Alexis Jordan. My favourite shop is Penneys.
Last but not least my favourite emotion is ... Crazy :) .

Thanks for reading this!

Xxx Emma!

My name is Dáire.I am in fifth class.I'm eleven years old, nearly twelve.I have

a brilliant teacher Miss Keogh.My favourite sport is football.I support Liverpool.I play for Artane Beaumont F.C with all my friends.I love music too.I play the trumpet in the Artane Band and I have played in Croke Park.I hope we get Miss Keogh next year.We have had lots of fun this year.

Thanks for reading!

By Dáire.                                                                                                                          

1916: The Leaders

There were lots of leaders in the 1916 Rising.The most famous were Pádraig Pearse,Tom Clarke,Joseph Plunkett,Eamonn Ceannt,Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly.Tom Clarke was a tobacconist and had the honour of signing the proclamation first.Pádraig Pearse had a squint in his eye and always stood sideways in a photo.Eamonn Ceannt was born in Ballymoe moved to Dublin when he was 10 years old.Joseph Plunkett was a great poet and a scholar and got married just hours before his execution.James Connolly was born in Scotland and left school at the age of 11.Seán MacDiarmada was stricken with polio and was forced to walk with a cane and became manager of a newspaper called"Irish Freedom".

Kilmainham Jail

My class and I are going to see Kilmainham Jail on the 15th of June so we thought we might tell you a bit about it.

Kilmainham Jail was bulit in 1769,Kilmainham Jail is also know as Kilmainham Gaol.Kilmainham Jail has a unique part in Irish History,and was where,for more than 100 years,those who fought against the English occupatoin of Ireland were imprisoned and where many of them died.

A PLACE OF DEATH

In 1803,Robert Emmet,leader of an ill-fated rebellion against the English,was imprisoned in Kilmainham before being taken to Thomas St. where he was hung and beheaded.The block where he was beheaded is in an exhibit in the jail.Emmet's famous speech before his execution was:"When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth then and not until then,let my epitaph by written".The most famous,or infamous,executions of all in Kilmainham were those of the 14 of the leaders of the failed 1916 Easter Rising.These took place in May 1916 between the 3rd and the 12th in the early hours of the morning in the Stonebreaker's Yard.Among them was the leader of the Rising Pádraig Pearce and his brother.Willy Pearce,William James Connolly,Eamon Ceannt and Seán McDermott were also executed.Stark black crosses now mark the places where these deaths occurred.That's all the information we know now but wait until we get back and we will have more information for you.But the last thing that I want to say is that my great grandad was in Kilmainham Jail some of you may think "her grandad is a criminal" but I couldn't be more proud of anyone.He was fighting during the Rising and I am so proud of him.He was put in  Kilmainham in 1922 and was released in 1924.He had 2 horrible years in there but he always knew he would be welcomed home by his brother and his Mam and Dad.

By Alex

Christopher and Daniel - Our Hurling Legends

We started our trials around Janurary.We really wanted to make the trials for the hurling team.We heard back from a boy in Miss Lafferty's class that our training sessions would be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.We were so happy that we made the team it was a great privilege to represent the school - such an honour.Our first match was coming  up, it was just a friendly to kick-start the season.Unfortunately we lost but we all played a stormer.We didn't lose by much but it was only a friendly so it didn't really matter.So, it was a week after our first match and we were playing the same team as we played the last time; we didn't lose by much.Our next match was a great match too we didn't lose by much in that match but started slacking.Our next match was against Scoil Mhuire both teams had a lot of players so we could split our teams in to two
teams.I played two more matches.I think we lost the first one but we hammered the last team by loads they looked alright but they were terrible.

By Christopher and Daniel

Our Class

I have known my class           Since I was  five,                                                                                                                                        We have all grown up together.  
Through the ups and downs
The smiles the frowns,
We have stormed many a weather.

Our class is unique,
We each have different talents.
In athletics and academics,
We have a perfect balance.

Our class is a happy one,
I am so glad that it's mine.
We are all good friends,
And get along just fine.

We only have one more year,
That we will be a class.
So let's make the most of it,
And try and make it last.         

By Aaron , May 2011                                                

Our Fantastic Camogie Girls

At the end of February there were comogie trials.Our coaches are Ms. McIntyre,Ms.Murray and Anne.    Every Tuesday and Friday we train for matches.Our first match was a challenge match and we unfortunately lost.As the season progessed, we started to win our matches.We worked really, really hard in training to be the best that we could be.We were so lucky to get into the quarter finals.On the 3rd of May, we played against Mother of Divine Grace.We had lots of support from teachers to parents and friends and the one and only Mr.Creaner.The overall score was 13-3 to 1-0. On the 11th of May, we have a match in preparation for our semi -final. If we win the semi-final, we will get to play in Croke Park for the final.We are going to work to the best of our ability to win our semi-final.Thanks for all the support.


By Rachael and Sarah.

Our Cake Sale

We decided to have a cake sale, to raise money for charities that you will learn about further on in our blog.

                   









   We wrote letters to managers of shops to ask them if they could donate some of their items for our raffle and jumble sale. Lots of shops gave us items like vouchers, bath items, toys and lots more.

                          On the day of the cake sale we were all excited. In the morning, we put out our cakes and put up posters that said how much the items or cakes were. We had a chocolate fountain, 47 raffle prizes, a popcorn machine and lots more. 6 classes came to our cake sale and 2 other classes had a cake sale on the same day as ours to raise money for charity.

                          At the end of the day, all the cakes were sold and we were all so tired. On the next day we spent a lot of time counting money. We raised €2,068.28 altogether.

                         We all really enjoyed our very first cake sale. It was a great experience and we learned a lot from it. We would really like to do it again.


                                                                  Hope you enjoyed this blog!!!!!!



                               By: Leah &Jacob                 
                                                                                       

Our Work in Haiti.

The Haven Foundation is run by a man named Leslie Buckley. The Haven Foundation go to very poor countries to build houses, churches, shops and even community centres. Ms.Keogh's sister Rosemary went over to Haiti for a 'Build It Week' since all of the people's houses or shelters were destroyed during the earthquake last year. Rosie had to raise over €6,000.On the 'Build It Week',there were all different kinds of people there like;brick layers, carpenters, painters and the people who decorated the houses. They all played their parts and everything worked out and was successfully completed. We raised €800 for Haiti (and gave €1,268 to Operation Smile since Haven only needed 800 euro).We are very proud of what we achieved;80 houses were built that week in April,80 families' lives have changed.

By Kian and Conor

Operation Smile

Our class had a big cake sale and we raised around €1,268  for Operation Smile.A lady from Operation Smile called Mrs.Earley came to visit our class.She gave us our cheque and we got a photograph with the cheque and Mrs.Earley.We then wrote letters to Mrs.Earley.

We wanted all our letters to go up on the website but unfortunately she could only pick one(she is deciding at the moment which letter to put on the website).We paid for six children to have operations on their cleft palates(you see, having a cleft palate means that you can't eat food properly because you have a problem with your palate and it's a very hard thing to deal with so it feels so good to help someone like this).      

  BY DANIEL and  DAVID                                                

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Our class did plays 'as Gaeilge'  for Seachtain na Gaeilge.We performed and recorded over seven plays.We were put into groups to do separate plays.We were given our lines in September so we could practise our parts for Seachtain na Gaeilge.

We had a lot of props for our plays such as;horses,boats,money bags,beds,cakes,eggs,umbrellas and bagels.We thought that it would be a lot more fun than reading and learning them.There were characters like a king,a guard,children and teachers.We spent over a week practising and recording our plays.We spent about a day on each play.We all thought it was a fun way to learn Gaeilge.It was very hard learning our lines because they were in Irish.

We entered the Seachtain na Gaeilge Irish competition.It took 2 weeks to finish our plays for Seachtain na Gaeilge.About four and a half weeks later ,we received certificates from Conradh na Gaeilge congratulating us on our plays.We learnt the words in a fun way, not like just reading and learning them we acted them out when we knew our 'script'!.After we recorded our stories, Ms.Keogh  uploaded the videos on to the laptop.We watched them on the interactive whiteboard and really enjoyed them.It was fun and I hope we do it again.

By Rachael,Dónal and Adam .

Our Visit to Newgrange

Our class went to Newgrange on the 8th of April. First we went to the Visitor Centre. We saw many models and pictures of Newgrange.After visting the Vistor Centre, we took a bus to Newgrange.We entered Newgrange and it was very cold.We found out lots of interesting facts about Newgrange.We went back to the Visitor Centre and had our lunch.The tour guide said we were the best class she had ever met.We arrived back at school feeling very happy.

What Newgrange is;

Newgrange is a passage tomb and a spiritual temple.The stone - age people built Newgrange and decorated it with quartz.Newgrange is over 5,000 years old.It is older than the pyramids of ancient Egypt and Stonehenge. 

Before our Visit....

A boy in our class named Ian typed some questions that all the Class wanted to ask the manager (Clare Tuffy). All of us wanted to meet Clare Tuffy, and we did.

We even made our own Newgrange models.Among other things,we used tennis balls, bowls,papier maché,clay,rocks,oranges,towels,wood,bricks, cows, cardboard and even cement! We really enjoyed the trip and learnt a lot of interesting facts.

By, Evan, Aaron, Cillian and Anna.

Our Special Letter

A girl in our class named Nicole went to see the President.She told us a lot about her.We learned about her in our History book.We decided to write her a letter to see if we could visit her.We put a lot of effort into our letters.It took us a while but it was worth it.We were hoping to get a letter back.We got a letter back from President McAleese.In the letter we got a DVD and a signed picture of President McAleese.We tried to watch the DVD but it was in Irish so it was a bit too hard to follow.So my teacher called Áras an Uachtaráin and asked for another one of the DVDs.We watched the DVD the day we got it and wrote down some interesting facts.That night we wrote an essay about Mary McAleese,it was fun.Here are a few facts about Mary McAleese.Mary McAleese was born in 1951 in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.Before becoming President of Ireland she was a professor in Trinity Colleage Dublin.Mary McAleese held the same position as Mary Robinson.She also worked as a journalist and presented programmes on RTÉ.

By Alex,Katie and Nicole.

Our Nativity Play - The Great Yes!

Cast:

Angel 1 - Deborah

Angel 2 - Alex

Angel 3 - Niamh

Angel 4 - Nicole

Angel 5 - Sarah

Angel 6 - Katie

Angel 7 - Richard

Angel Gabriel - Aaron

God - Sean

Mary - Leah & Rachel

Joseph - Daniel

Samuel - Adam

Abraham - Jacob

Moses - Christopher                                                         

Shepherd 1 - Dónal    

Shepherd 2 - Evan
Shepherd 3 - Ian

King 1 - Conor

King 2 - David                                                                

King 3 - Christopher

Wife 1 - Deborah

Wife 2 - Anna-Maria

Wife 3 - Emma
Innkeeper 1 - Kian
Innkeeper 2 - Dáire
Innkeeper 3 - Cillian

Our class play was called The Great Yes! We only had one week to rehearse it so it took a lot of effort.

When we first rehearsed the play it was too short so we had to insert some scenes . The inserted scenes were a scene about the importance of having camel insurance, the second was about the Kings' wives with their gifts and our third new scene which we wrote was based on the cast sitting around Baby Jesus. The costumes were hard to figure out . The hardest props to make were the innkeepers' houses and the stable. It was hard to learn our lines in just one week. We had to move the whole classroom around to rehearse. We were very excited when the first class came in. We had performed for 4 or 5 classes and then it was time for our parents  to witness our amazing play!

We were very excited when our parents came in.At the start, there were only about 7 or 8 parents but about 5 mins later lots of them came in in time for the play. We were half way through the play when our new idea about the camel insurance came- it was great ;our parents loved it. When the play was over everyone cheered. We knew right then we had done an amazing job. Thank you for reading about our nativity play.

By Emma , Deborah and Christopher.

                                                                                                                                                                                           

Beaumont House

Sometime in the middle of October our class went to Beaumont House. Beaumont House was owned by the Guinness family. Richard Guinness, father of Arthur Guinness, had three sons including Arthur. Arthur married Olivia Whitmore and had 21 children 10 of whom lived. The entrance to Beaumont House was from Kilmore West until Arthur laid the present avenue linking the house with Goose Green. Goose Green Avenue, now called Grace Park Road, was named after a township in South East London. Arthur the second was born at St. James's Gate in 1768. Arthur the Second married his cousin Anne and had nine children. Arthur also had 40 nieces and nephews. After visiting Beaumont House we visited sister Madeline, a friend of Ms. Keogh's.

By Seán, Richard and Niamh:>

Our Visit to Sr.Madeline

At the start of the year we visited a nun named Sister Madeline .Sister Madeline used to teach Religion in
our school.Unfortunately she retired before we entered the Senior School .We thought it would be a good idea to give Sr.Madeline a gift .We separated into pairs and designed a calendar for every month of the year and wrote a prayer for each month too.A boy in our class named Aaron wrote an amazing poem about her.Sr.Madeline's gift turned out great.

On the day we were going on our vistit,everyone was buzzing with excitement.When we got there, our student of the week for that particular week, Dónal, presented the gift with great pleasure and then Aaron recited his poem.We also sang some songs for Sr.Madeline which made her smile.Just as we were about to leave we received some chocolate bars from Sister Madeline.All and all the day was great.

By Laura and Sarah

Our Fun in Room 1!

Welcome to our blog!!

We are Ms. Keogh's Class, Room 1. We have had lots of fun this year. I think the year has flown by.We have done lots of things this year from our Nativity play to our cake sale to Newgrange.We have found out lots of interesting things this year. We have learned English, Irish and French and lots of interesting stories in History, Geography and much more. We've even done Irish plays!!

We are all friends in this class. There is always a good atmosphere in our class. We have great fun together but we get our work done. We all respect each other's ideas, feelings and opinions.

We have had a very busy year, so we wanted to update you on it now-enjoy!

Thank you for reading our blog!!

By Dáire and Ian.