Last October after weeding our vegetable patch we covered it with carpet. We wanted to see if we could stop weeds from growing by stopping the weeds from getting light. Tomorrow we will take up the carpet and see if our experiment worked. Over the next week we will begin preparations for planting vegetables. We will definitely sow potatoes and any suggestions for the other vegetables will be welcome. |
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This Friday 11th of March we are having a non uniform day in aid of Downs Syndrome Ireland. Mr Mescal a teacher in our school is cycling to Galway and back after Easter as part of the Galway Cycle an annual charity event organised by students of Maynooth University. Donations can be made on Friday and we look forward to supporting this worthy cause The Confirmation for 6th class boys takes place tomorrow.When the boys and their families are finished in the church they will come back to the school for refreshments . Mrs Corrigan has asked us if we could bake or donate cakes,buns ,sandwiches etc. They can be dropped in to the office in the morning.
We have started to learn the words of Oró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile the famous Irish song written by Padraig Pearse. During the flag presentation next Tuesday all boys in the school will sing it. Below is a version of the song sung by Ronnie Drew and The Dubliners. Underneath is a copy of the words. Boys need to spend a few minutes each night practising what they learned during the day.
Last week Mr.Murray from M.U. Barnhall RFC came into our school to teach us rugby. It takes place during our P.E hours. It is very exciting. Last week he taught us the rules of tag rugby. You can only pass the ball backwards if you pass it forward you get a foul against you. To tackle a player you have to pull their tag off. When you are tagged you have to return to where you were tagged. You restart by throwing the ball to one of your team mates. We really enjoyed last weeks games and are looking forward to doing it again in the coming weeks.
Today we started reading Molly's Diary a children's novel based on the Easter 1916 Rising written by author Patricia Murphy. Tonights homework is based on reading the first extract from Molly's Diary up to page 15 and finding the information asked for in the document below. In the next two weeks we will be celebrating fair trade fortnight. We are learning about Fairtrade with the green schools committee. Fair trade is about ensuring that farmers around the world get a fair price for goods that they produce. You can recognise fair trade products with the fair trade symbol pictured above. As a project over the next to week we are asked to come up with ideas of how to use fair trade products in deserts, smoothies, fruit salads etc.The green school committee will have prizes for the most creative ideas. Boys can send in pictures of their finished products either by email or on a usb key. If anyone is looking for an idea a sample video of chocolate banana pops made with fair trade bananas and fair trade chocolate can be seen below! Banana Pops |
Author4th Class pupils in Scoil Na Mainistreach, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, keeping the world up to date with events in our classroom! Archives
June 2016
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