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Thank you for visiting our website. Our names are Mary and Elaine. We are in 6th class, and we are the current editors. At school it is fun. I Like it. But I don’t like getting homework at All. Its boring getting homework. If it’s raining we stay in side and play a game. And if it is not raining we go out and play a game. I like playing out side because it is fun. I play with my friend’s all the time. by Kate. Our class There are 16 people in our class. Our teacher is called Mr. Culloo. There are 8 boys and 8 girls. We do p.e every Friday and we have art every Wednesday. We have computer class every Tuesday. Computer class is on at 2 o’clock. We have to wear our uniform on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we have to wear our tracksuits on Wednesday and Friday. We get homework every day except Fridays. We have spelling tests on Friday. Sometimes we have substitute teachers. There are 4 classes in our school and seven teachers. We were making St.Brigid’s crosses today. Our DogsWe have four dogs. Their names are Fardy, Taxi, Tobie and Bruce. Fardy is eleven, Tobie is two, Taxi is three and Bruce is one. Fardy is an Alsatian, Taxi is a Rhodesian Ridgeback, Tobie is a Terrier and Bruce is a Jack Russell. Fardy is big, Taxi is huge, Tobie is small and Bruce is small as well. Fardy is white, black and yellow, Taxi is brown and white, Tobie is Brown and white and Bruce is black and brown. Everyone owns Fardy. Our dad owns Taxi. Mary-Kate owns Tobie. Sara-Jane owns Bruce. There are loads of people who have dogs. Michelle has two Jack Russels. All of our neighbours have dogs. Plants Most plants are green. Some people have plants out side the door. Some plants are really big. There are some plants in the jungle that can be really dangerous. And others can be even more dangerous. Some plants even eat other plants! There are lots of different kinds of plants. I think the biggest is a tree. Soccer Soccer is a sport where the outfield players can’t use their hands. The goalkeeper can use their hands for saving shots from the outfield players. There are a few different leagues from different countries. One of the leagues from England is the premiership and one from Italy is San Siro. Some of the teams from the Premiership are Liverpool, Man U , Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspurs and Bolton. Four good players from Liverpool are Gerard, Reina, Kuyt and Finnan. Four from Man United are Rooney, Saha, Giggs and Ronaldo. Four from Chelsea are Robben, Drogba , Terry and Lampard. By Jason, Kealan and Lauren SPORTS There are a lot of different sports like soccer, football, rugby and lots more. Cian’s favourite sport is rugby. Michael favourite sport is soccer. Michelle’s favourite is horse riding. Our school plays other teams at football and hurling. At lunch break we play lots of sports such as soccer, football, basketball and catch. We do P.E. once a week. Last week we played cruby with Danyel. He is from England. Sport is very good for you because it helps you to get fit. Cruby is a training game for rugby. Cian plays rugby on Saturdays. We like sports. Swimming
We have seven weeks of swimming with the school. We left the school at half twelve just after drama. We go swimming at Clonea. We got there around one o’clock. Our swimming teacher is called Martin. Each class in the school gets seven weeks of swimming. First and Second are going swimming now. Swimming is an Olympic sport. It is great to get fit and healthy. We have been swimming since first and second class. We do lots of different strokes. We do front stroke, back stroke, breast stroke, side stroke, the butterfly, inverted breast stroke and we do different dives as well. By Laura Heather and Tom The Apple Tree Once upon a time there was a tree. It was in our local park. It was a big tree so all the children played on it. They had lots of fun on it. There were lots of branches on it so children could swing off it. Parents disliked this idea. They thought it was very dangerous so some of them stopped their children from visiting this park. But other parents decided to go the government about it. The government came out and had a look at the tree. They thought it was very dangerous to play on aswell so they stopped the kids from playing on it. The children were very upset. They tried their best to convince the government to let them keep it there because it was there for generations. But they still felt that it was too dangerous. Instead they told them that they would put some monkey bars and other things in the park. The children knew that it wasn’t going to be as good as the tree but they were still happy but they knew that the new stuff would be much safer. The end. THE LITTLE BUTTERFLY Once upon a time there was a little man called Billy. He had a pet called Joe and Joe was a butterfly. He liked to fly around the big garden. One day Billy went to the shop to buy some food for Joe. While Billy was away Joe flew away. When Billy got home he saw that Joe had escaped. He was very sad. He looked everywhere for Joe but he could not find him anywhere. He went home disappointed. Next morning he went to his window and saw something flying towards the window. It was Joe! When my mammy was 7 My mammy had a car when she was 7, but they only had one car so she had to get a spin to school. My mammy had a TV when she was seven, but it was only black and white and they only had one channel. Called RTE1. My mammy had a radio when she was seven, but it was called a wireless. It was a lot bigger than the radios we have now. My mammy had a washing machine when she was seven. It was called a twin tub washing machine.
When my nanny was young in school In school we made a ramp. I put a book up against my pencil case. We tested what could roll down the ramp. When the grip is on the right the pencil rolls to the left. Brigid of Ireland
Also known as Bride; Bride of the Isles; Bridget of Ireland; Bridget; Brigid of Kildare Brigit; Mary of the Gael
Memorial
1 February;
Daughter of Dubtach,
pagan
Scottish
king of
Leinster, and Brocca, a Christian
Pictish
slave who had been baptized by
Saint
Patrick. Just before Brigid's
birth, her
mother was sold to a Druid
landowner. Brigid remained with her
mother till she was old enough to
serve her legal owner Dubtach, her
father. Born 453 at Faughart, County Louth, Ireland Died 1 February 523 at Kildare, Ireland of natural causes; buried in Downpatrick, Ireland with Saint Patrick and Saint Columba; head removed to Jesuit church in Lisbon, Portugal.
Here are some stories of Brigid.... The Fox. A king had a tame fox as a pet and that it performed all types of wonderful tricks. One day an unfortunate man killed it, thinking it to be wild. The man was seized and sentenced to death. This was to be his fate unless he could produce a fox of equal skill and intelligence. A wild fox came to Brigid seeking shelter under her cloak. She took it to the royal court where it equalled the skill of the dead fox in every way. Accordingly, the man was released. Soon after the fox escaped from the court and returned to its wild state.
The Cloak Legend tells us how Brigid got her home, her convent at Cill Dara. She set out one day with a few companions, to find a suitable site. Eventually she stumbled across the perfect site. Alas, the land belonged to the King of Leinster. But, being determined to have the land, Brigid went in search of the king. She had barely left the site, however, when who should she see but the king himself with a band of horsemen galloping out of the wood. They were returning from a day's hunting, which, judging by the sound of their voices and laughter had obviously been successful. As they drew nearer the king saw Brigid. He rode towards her and after jumping lightly from his horse, bowed to her. After curtsying Brigid began, "Your majesty," she said, "we need land." "You do, do you?" replied the king at the same time stroking his pointed beard. "How much do you need?" The horsemen had by now dismounted and now pressed eagerly forward, straining to get a view of this Brigid whom they had heard so much about. "We need only the land my cloak will cover - no more", answered Brigid. "Well if that's all!" said the amused king, "You shall have it. That can be settled easily." On hearing that, Brigid removed her white cloak and laid it on the ground. Then to the absolute amazement and astonishment of everyone watching, the cloak began to grow. It grew and grew. It stretched all round at once, stretching itself out and rapidly gaining speed. Startled the king jumped back. The cloak was like a living thing. "Magic," shrieked a long thin man and ran for his life. All the king's companions leapt back, knocking into each other, pushing each other on the ground and shoving and jostling trying to get away, but the cloak kept growing. Finally it stopped. Everyone stared, momentarily frozen to the spot. Suddenly there was a burst of excited chatter. "Did you ever see such a thing ?" "How can that have happened?" "What an odd cloak!" Brigid looked around her. In every direction her cloak stretched. It covered acre upon acre of rich, green, pastureland. With twinkling eyes she said, "Thanks be to God." "And thanks be to me ", broke in the king. "Make good use of it." With that the king and his attendants sprang onto their horses and galloped away. Brigid remained gazing contentedly at her land.
The St. Brigid's Cross
This is the most common shape of the St. Brigid's cross. It has interwoven patterns and unaligned arms.These crosses, woven from rushes or straw, were placed under rafters of houses to ensure good health and fortune for the coming year. The Legend of the cross One evening , Brigid was summoned to the bedside of a dying chieftain. She stood near by waiting to see if he needed any more assistance, after making him as comfortable as she could. Brigid stood and watched the old man struggling for breath and she thought of God's mercy and prayed for the dying pagan. Now and again, she moistened his dry, parched lips or wiped the sweat from his forehead. After a while he fell into a light sleep. Darkness was stepping in and it was very quiet. Suddenly Brigid had an idea. She bent down and picked up some rushes from the floor and began to weave them into a cross. Slowly the chieftain opened his eyes and, although he was on the brink of death, he was very curious. "What is that you are making", he queried feebly, trying in vain to lift his head. "Hush," answered Brigid, "and I will show you." Then, placing the cross in his shaking hands, she added, "It's a cross." "A cross ?" repeated the puzzled man. "What does it mean ? Tell me about it," he pleaded. "I can only tell you a little now since you are so weak but later, when you are stronger, I will tell you more." "I feel better already. Tell me now please," he begged. So Brigid told him about God's love for all men and women. She told him that God had sent His only son to die on the cross so that, after life on earth, all men might be eternally happy with Him in Heaven.
Just to finish off for this month, you might like to take a look back to this time last year. |
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