March 2004 Márta 2004
Thank you for visiting our website. Our names are Alix & Stephen. We are in 6th class, and we are the current editors.
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My name is Colin. I go to school in Whitechurch N.S. I am twelve years old and I'm in 6th class. I will be one of the editors with Jack and Kevin for March and April. My favourite sports are hurling, soccer and football. I play soccer with a club and I play football and hurling with a different club. I have two brothers and no sisters. I have one dog called JJ and two cats. I have blue eyes and fair hair. My friends are Jack, Lorcan, Kieran and Kevin. I live in a bungalow. My favourite soccer team is Manchester United and my favourite players are Roy Keane and Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Hi my name is Jack. I am eleven years old. I am one of the editors for the months of March and April. I have one one sister and three brothers. I live in a two-story house. My favourite soccer player is Thierry Henry and my favourite soccer team is Arsenal. I love rugby, hurling, football and soccer. I play for St. Olivers. I have three pets. One is a dog, his name is Junior. I also have one pony, his name is Bob and I have a brown horse called Ainne. I have brown hair and blue eyes. My favourite subjects are P.E. and geography. I HOPE YOU LIKE THE WEBSITE!! Bye Bye! Hi, my name is Kevin and I'm one of the editors for March a April along with Colin and Jack. I am twelve years old and I'm in 6th class. I live in a bungalow. I have blue eyes and black hair. I have five brothers and no sisters. My favourite sports are hurling, football and soccer. I play hurling and football with St. Olivers and I play soccer with Cappoquin in Cappoquin. My favourite professional soccer team is Arsenal F.C. and my favourite soccer players are Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie. Fishy Riddle Q. What day do fish hate? A. Friday
My Goldfish My goldfish is The Perfect pet, She isn’t any trouble, She doesn’t bark. She doesn’t mew, Just bubbles Bubbles Bubbles.
My goldfish is The perfect pet, She isn’t any trouble, We don’t have To feed her much, She doesn’t need A rabbit hutch, Just bubbles Bubbles, Bubbles. Marie Brooks 12345 once I caught a fish alive 12345 once I caught a fish alive 678910 then I let it go again Why did you let him go? Because he bit my finger so Which finger did he bite? This little finger on the right.
Claudia’s favourite fish poem
The children in Mrs. Collins' class have been busy inventing machines...
Super Shopper Sam | |
Sam the Super Shopper Robot does all your shopping. All you have to do is press the on button and Sam will say ‘What would you like me to get for you today’. Then you type in what you want him to get and he’ll go and get it. You can even make him go to a different country to get something. All you have to do is type in what you want him to get and what country you want him to get it in. By Elaine |  |
Magical Money Machine | |
I have invented a machine and it is called the Magical Money Machine. And the best bit of all it makes money for you. Cool and I love THIS IS HOW IT WORKS You put in a piece of paper and push a button | |
by Heather | MATERIALS REQUIRED
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DAISY’S AUTOMATIC CLEANING UNIT | |
 | How it works First you put in what date ,day and time after that you put in how long you want it to clean for. When your finished that you press start and if you want it to be done it will start working. If you want it to be done some other time it will put it in it in a file.
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THE LEAN MEAN BUTTERING MACHINE | |
The buttering machine can butter things in seconds. There are four buttons, if you press the red one jam will come out on the bread. Then if you press the yellow one butter will come out and the brown one nutella will. The other one is for turning it on and off. All you must do is plug it in and press a few buttons. By Regina |
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THE GREAT STIR MACHINE | |
 | The great stir machine is worked by a crank at the side. It can be used for many jobs such as stirring salads. All you have to do is put the forks over the salad and stir.
by Laurence |
H.D.M | |
| If you want the machine to do your maths homework you write down the sums and place them under the magnifying glass. There is a small camera lens on the magnifying glass which sends a signal up to the sun, which sends another signal back down to the milk cartons. |
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This sends another signal to the tinfoil tube, which sends one last signal out to the magnifying glass which once again looks at the sum and the answers appear in the bottle. by Meabh | |
THE CRAFTY CRANE |
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My invention is a crane. It works by just turning the handle on the left hand-side and the arm will move up or down. I made my invention from mecano. By Joseph
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THE BUTLER MACHINE |
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First you push the blue to turn it on.The green, pink, yellow and peach buttons are for: washing up, washing clothes, cooking, baking and cleaning the house. It is very automatic. By Sinéad |
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A STRING INSTRUMENT |
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| My string instrument is like a guitar except it does not have a handle. It has 5 elastic bands which makes sounds. Each time you put your finger through a band it makes a louder sound. MATERIALS REQUIRED
By Mary |
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The Cat I saw a cat on dad's hat, I saw him on a mat. I saw him running under a mat, I saw him on the car, I saw him on the new tar, I saw him on a bag, I saw him like a rag.
by RaeAnne |
Ballinameela monthly quiz
In what year did England win the soccer world cup for the first time?
What is the highest peak in Ireland?
What is the largest lake in Ireland?
What is the Capital of The United States of America?
What song did Abba win the Eurovision with?
What are the Nore the Barrow and the Suir better known as?
What is the capital of Thailand?
In which American state is Las Vegas?
Who won the FIFA world soccer player of the year 2003?
Who won the Super Bowl 2003?
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States joining the E.U
The Countries joining the E.U are Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Lithuania. They are joining on the 1st of May. It will be a big economic boost to these countries. When they join there will be 25 countries. Many of these countries are former members of the Soviet Union.
by Conor, James and Evan
Enrolment Ceremony
2nd class had their Enrolment Ceremony in St. James church Ballinameela on the 29th of February 2004. It started at ten o’clock but they had to be there at ten-to-ten to get ready, and it was over at half ten. They had to bring their baptismal candles. They had to go up to the altar and hold hands in a big circle and say a prayer. Michael, Karen, Mary-Kate and Rae-Anne went to the altar and said a prayer. They were called by name and received their certificate, they had to shake hands with the priest while saying peace be with you. On the certificate was a picture of the child, a picture of a church, picture of the church window and a cross. Father Butler asked them questions and they replied ‘We do’. Their parents had to light their Baptismal candles. Their Communion will be on the 8th May 2004.
Written by: Lisa, Jenny and Louise.
Here is a poem written by Michelle in 2nd Class
My Goldfish
I had a goldfish,
His name was Sam,
But he got rolled over
By my sisters pram.
She started to cry
Because I ate her pie,
I started to cry because
She rolled over my goldfish.
My bubbly baby has bubbly eyes,
That is why I called him Bubbly Pie.
I know he is a goldfish
But I love him like a pet
That’s why he goes to the vet.
By Michelle
The Infant class have been learning about...
Fishes
These are our school fish –Flipper and Nemo. Flipper is the larger one with the spots. Nemo has a red cap.
- We feed or fish once a day with special fish flakes. A little food does them, as over-feeding can kill them.
- We change the water once every two weeks. It is good to wash the tank with salt and then rinse it out. We leave the water get to room temperature before we pour it into their tank. We don’t want to shock them with very cold water.
- Flipper and Nemo are friendly fish and they swim around excitedly when the children come in every morning.
- Teacher takes them home during school holidays
This is Emma’s fish tank. She has 6 fish-2 gold ones,1 black moor, 2 spotty ones and1fancy fish with a red cap.
 | These are Luke’s fish. One is gold and the other is a black moor. The orange fish is called Nemo and the black one is called Shadow. They eat two goldfish flakes a day. They have an orange tree in their tank. |
| Louis’ fish are gold and the live in a tank in the kitchen. Louis likes to watch them swim around. |
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These are Laurence’s fish –Sparky and Crunch. They are very lively and chase each other around the tank.
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Thank you for visiting our website. Our names are Alix & Stephen. We are in 6th class, and we are the current editors. Also, just to finish off, you might like to take a look back to this time last year.