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.