OUR SCHOOL GARDEN

After brainstorming some ideas for our new garden we decided to make models of our ideas.

We split into groups and some people worked on their own. We used recycled material to make models of our dream gardens. They included picnic areas, a leprechaun garden, sculptures, vegetable pathes and scarecrows, ponds, trees, flowers, fruit bushes, paths, polytunnels, birdhouses, compost bins and other interesting features. Look closely at the models of our gardens and see if you can spot these features.

Tá Failte Romhaibh ar ais

It's September and we are back to school after a long, fun Summer.
We are excited to be back to school this year as we are starting in our newly built classrooms. They are bright and colourful. There is great excitement about our new interactive whiteboards and many computers. We also have improvements outside. We now have a lovely big playground. We kept a little patch of rough ground for ourselves to develop into a school garden and we are already making plans for that. Keep in touch and we will keep you updated.

St.Patrick by Siobhán O Sullivan
La fheile Padraig
Tá se ann
Ta an seamróg
Ag fás ag an t am seo

When St.Patrick was young
Pirates came
They put him in a boat
And to Ireland he came

They sold him as a slave
A Sheppard he now became
To a man called Milku
Who lived on Slieve Mish
And probably gave him a cane

He escaped one day
At the dead of night
When Milku woke up
He must have had a fright

He had a dream
One night
God gave him
Some orders and advice

To Ireland
He returned
With a new life
What a lovely lad to return

He thought us
The holy trinity
With some shamrock
It was a clever way
To teach us the holy trinity

St.Patrick
He rid us of the snakes
He didn’t even use
A rake

On the 17’Th of March
Is his feast day
We thank him
In every way

We parade
Through town
So he’s
Not let down
Hurrah for St.Patrick hurrah

Hurrah for St.Patrick hurrah
He’s our patron saint
I haven’t got a doubt
He’s one of the best saints around
By Siobhán O Sullivan

Achieving our fourth Green Flag
We are trying to get our travel flag here in St. Michaels NS.
When the weather gets better we are going to do a walking bus.
The Green Flag Commitee are having a competition .
If you walk 3 days week you are entered into a raffle on Friday afternoon.
People are starting to carpool even the teachers!!!
In Febuary hopefully we are going on a nature walk.
Hopefully all our hard work pays off and that we will get our travel flag.
By Stephanie and Siobhan.

An clár teilifíse is fearr liom

An clár teilifíse is fearr liom le Ciarán O' Conchúr.

Is é I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here an clár teilifíse is fearr liom. Is comórtas é. Bíonn sé ar siúl gach lá. Is maith liom an clár.

MR Hussey's class

DURING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD CLASS RESEARCHED DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THEN DID A PROJECT ON THE FOODS OF THE WORLD.

SPAIN

SPAIN IS FAMOUS FOR PAELLA DISH, RICE WITH VEGTABLES WITH FISH OR CHICKEN.

POLAND

POLAND LIKE POLISH HUNTERS STEW.POLISH HUNTER STEW IS SLICES OF BACON, POUND BONELESS LEAN PORK, POUND FRESH MUSHROOM, GARLIC AND TWO BAY LEAVES.

ITALY

ITALY LIKE PIZZA AND PASTA.THEY LIKE WINE ASWELL

JAPAN

SUSHI IS ONE OF THE MAIN DISHES IN JAPAN, ONE OF THE MAIN INGREDIENTS IN THIS DISH IS WASABI POWDER THIS COMES FROM THE WASABI ROOT.


. ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS FAMOUS FOR BUBBLE AND SQUEAK FOR BREAKFAST ENGLAND NORMALLY HAVE SAUSAGES, PUDDING, RASHERS, TOAST AND BEANS.




SCOTLAND

IN SCOTLAND THEY EAT HAGGIS. HAGGIS IS PRACTICALLY MADE OF SHEEP ORGANS.

IRELAND

BACON AND CABBAGE IS FAMOUS IN IRELAND.
NORMALLY PEOPLE IN IRELAND EAT STEW.

CANADA

CANADA IS FAMOUS FOR MAPLE SYRUP. MAPLE SYRUP IS MADE FROM FIDDLEHEADS, ONE TABLESPOON OF
BUTTER AND ONE TABLESPOON OF OLIVE OIL

FRANCE

FRANCE LIKE FROGS LEGS AND SNAILS.THEY LIKE BAGUETTS
FOR BREAKFAST.

TURKEY

IN TURKEY THEY PUT YOGART ON THEIR MEAT. ANOTHER TRADITIONAL DISH OF TURKEY IS SPICEY SAUSAGES

BRAZIL

IN BRAZIL THEY HAVE A SNACKCALLED CHEESE SNACK.
IT IS GRATED COCONUT, MILK, PARMASAN CHEESE AND LARGE EGG YOLK.

We are learning about NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

SOME FAMOUS NATVIE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Sitting Bull by Mary Teresa burns aged 11.


Slow was a member of the Sioux tribe. he fought against many warriors and beat them all. His father was very proud of him so he called him Sitting Bull. The tribal members were also very proud of hime because he proved that he was very powerful and brave so the tribal members made Sitting Bull chief. While Sitting Bull was chief white men came and invaded his tribe. All the tribal members fought against white men. Every time the tribe succeeded in beating the white men. but one day Sitting Bull was captured by the white men (the Europeans). After two years Sitting Bull was released from the Europeans and when he came back to his tribe most of them were killed or very sick because all the white men brought over these illnesses with them. While Sitting Bull was gone to Wavoca, a member of the tribe had a dream that they could bring back all the people that had died. The tribal members did a dance to bring back the dead and it scared all the white men and they had a battle. In the battle Sitting Bull was killed.





Sequoyah by Rachael Looney age 12.


Sequoyah's mother was a Cherokee and his father was a white trader. Sequoyah lived with his mother in the Smokey mountains of Tennesse. One day when Sequoyah went to trade he saw a silversmith and he brought some tools home to make silver. He made some knives, spoons and jewellery. He was very good at shaping silver. Sequoyah had a dream to write down every word in the Cherokee langauge . Sequoyah moved from town to town until he finally settled down in Alabama. Sequoyah married a Cherokee woman. When he was walking in the forest with his daughter he noticed that some of the sound the birds made sounded like the Cherokee words. Sequoyah made 86 symbols for the Cherokee alphabet. He wanted to make an easier way to write. One day when finally Sequoyah's house was full of symbols his house was burnt while he was walking in the forest with his daughter. In the forest he met a Cherokee woman named Sally. Sally believed in Sequoyah's dream. When Sequoyah went home he saw that his house was burned down and he knew it was time to leave Alabama. Sequoyah showed the Cherokee council his alphabet, they did not believe him. Every indian and Cherokee wanted to write. Once everyone knew how to write they started up a newspaper called Cherokee Phoenix. Sequoyah got a medal with two pipes on it symbolising that he brought people together.