Rowing

This year seven children from our school took part in four regattas and the All-Ireland Rowing Championship during the summer. The people from our school were in the under 12 girls crew and the under 12 mixed crew. In the under 12 mixed crew were, stroke oar Siobhan O Sullivan, bow, David O Sullivan, Tadhg O Sullivan and Ben o Shea. In the under 12 girls crew were, stroke oar, Mary-Teresa Burns. Bow, Stacey Righter, Saoirse Kavanagh and Rachael Looney.

Under 12 mixed - blue
Under 12 girls - red

Sneem - 3rd , 2nd
Waterville - 1st , 4th [County championships]
Cromane - 3rd , 7th
Callinafercy - 1st , 4th
Whitegate Cork - 4th , 8th [All-Ireland coastal
rowing championships]

Under 12 girls are county champions

Miss Behrends

This September my school got an American teacher, her name is Miss Behrends. She is staying until December, and is teaching 4th, 5th and 6th class while she is here. Miss Behrends is staying in the home of the Murphy’s (Tara, Rachel, Joe, Maureen and Joe). She is from Illinois, she has 7 nieces and nephews and 2 brothers. She is alot of fun because she plays games with us. Miss Behrends teaches us Maths, Science, Drama, Art and English, she does not teach Irish as she does not know any. She helps us any time we need it. Her favourite things about Ireland is travelling and teaching, also while she is here she will be visiting France, London and Germany. Her favourite things to do are take pictures, travel, run, bake and scrap book. She is here for one more month, and when she goes back home she will be a full time teacher, and would like to teach Kindergarten (senior infants). She is enjoying her time here but would like to stay a little bit longer.

By Tara Murphy

Halloween Fancy Dress

On the last day before midterm break we all had a party in school and we dressed in scary clothes. Everyone dressed-up even our American teacher Miss Behrends. All of our costumes were recycled. Here are some examples. Miss Behrends dressed up as a mummy. Tara Murphy dressed up as an American football player. Stacey Rigter dressed up as a serial killer. And David Murphy dressed-up as a wizard. Our teacher called up seven people and the rest of the class got to vote the best one. First prize was a voucher for an ice-cream shop ,€10 worth of ice-cream. And the runners-up got a bag of sweets. Everyone voted and the winner was Rachael Looney. She wore an old t-shirt and an old skirt, covered in newspaper. And she had tin cans as bracelets.


By Catherina Murphy

St. Michaels N.S. New Addition

When we came back in September our new school was built and it is really nice. It is bricked. There are 3 new classrooms in the new school and it has a photocopying room. In every classroom there are 2 toilets. In the 3 classrooms there are interactive white boards and 5 computers in every classroom. You can do anything on the interactive white boards. For instance it can be connected to the computer and we found out recently that it has a load of maths games that can help you with maths. Our old classrooms are now used for a p.e., hall, art room and a resource room. There are new tables and chairs for everyone attending St. Michaels N.S. I am looking forward to spending the rest of the year in the school.

Written by David O’Sullivan

The New Garden

We have a new garden outside of the back of the new school. We are so excited to get our hands dirty in the new garden. We are making plans for the new garden. We are thinking to plant trees, a Nursery, and a pond for the new garden. We are going to put more fruit and vegetables in the garden. We might put in a few trees as well. Every time we are gardening Paul always comes to help us out.

By James O’Shea