Mrs Dignam loved the descriptions in Liam's Christmas story. She decided everyone should read it. Well done Liam.

A Christmas Tale by Liam Breen
It was a lovely white Christmas morning. My dad was after making a cosy, warm fire. I loved the way the embers flew up so lively like a kid on a holiday. The crackle from the wood made a sound that said it was Christmas. My favourite time of year had come.
It was then, while I dived into a big present, that the phone rang. "Hello. This is James". It was my uncle Jamesy. The man who makes Christmas special. I could hear the phone line breaking up . Then we lost connection. I rang again. "Hi Jamesy. Can't wait to see you". "Pass me on to your mom, okay?" "Diane, can I talk to you?"."Sure". I won't be home this Christmas". "Wh... wh... what do  you mean?" "Listen. I'm out in the middle of nowhere and my car gave up"."What shall I tell Liam?" "I don't know". I opened a small rectangular present. It was a PSP game!! How happu I was. It was great. "When's Jamesy coming home?" I asked mom half interested. "Wait there's still one more present". But before I opened it I read the card, From Jamesy. I knew mom you not be pleased if I opened it without Jamesy being there. I retreated away from the present.
I wolfed down my juicy turkey and stared out the window. My mom put her arm around me and said "Jamesy won't be here this Christmas". "Why, what happened?" Mom explained. I stormed upstairs and laid on my bed. I wished I could have my uncle James home. I slept for 3 hours and woke up and walked outside. It was Santa. He had my uncle Jamesy in his sleigh. It was a miracle!

Looking at our Hedgerows

 

 

 

    

 

1st, 2nd and 3rd class took a different animal or tree and looked into how they make up our hedgerows. We discovered how importnant every single one of them is to our environment.All the children were put into groups and they picked a topic. They gathered information and pictures,they made their topics with clay. Then they made a presentation in Mrs Dignams classroom.

Halloween

Some scary characters in the school yard

Karl Buckley, winner of the Best Homemade Costume award. Karl dressed as a Samuri.

Junior Monsters

Punk Rocker

Halloween poetry

Devil Bride, Zombie and Zombie School Girl read their Halloween poems.

More Halloween Poetry.

REd Devil!

A Motley Crew

Goodbye Kieran, Aidan and Áine.
This week our good friends Kieran (4th class), Aidan (1st class) and  Áine (junior infants) McVey are completing their last few days in St Michael's National School. They are leaving Sneem and moving to Scotland. We all wish you the very best in your new home, new school and new town. We hope that you make lots of friends who care about you as much as we do.
We will miss you all very much.
Lots of love

All the teachers and pupils of St Michael's National School, Sneem

Photography Competition

The Green Flag committee are holding a photography competition between 1st-6th classes. The Junior and Senior Infants are doing a drawing competition. As the school is trying to get their 5th Green Flag the competitions are all about biodiversity. The closing date for the competition is the 2nd of December.The committee hopes that everyone will enter and that there are some good drawings and some good and interesting photos.
by Karl Buckley and Kaitlyn Fenton-White

Healthy Eating

4th, 5th and 6th class are promoting healthy eating.

We made our own homemade pasta sauce to go with the organic pasta that Mrs. Dignam bought. We pulled the carrots from our own vegtable garden. The meal was very cheap at €11.50. That meant it only cost 50c per child!! I'd say that is the cheapest meal ever.

Everyone in 4th, 5th and 6th class has invented a new day "Fruity Tuseday". On "Fruity Tuseday" everyone is encoraged to bring a piece of fruit or vegtable to school. It is good to see everyone having a munch on some fruit or vegtables. Some childeren bring fruit and vegtables to school every day which is even better.

By Kaitlyn Fenton-White 

The boys stir the pot

 TASTY!ingredients

Adding basil to the sauce      Dylan looks after the pasta

  

Stacey's Tomato Pasta Sauce

Makes 6 portions
Ingredinents
4 garlic cloves
1 big onion
A handful of basil
2 tins of tomatos
1 carrot (grated)

Method

1. Cut onion into small pieces.
2. Grate the carrot.
3. Cut the garlic into pieces.
4. Put onion and garlic into warm pan to cook for ten minutes.
5. The add the tinned tomatoes.
6. Chop the basil and add it to the pan.
7. Bring the mixture to the boil. Then turn down the heat and leave to cook for ten more minutes.
8. When cooked, blend the sauce using a hand blend blender.
9. Pour the sauce over your pasta.
10. Enjoy!! J

 By Kaitlyn Fenton-White