A Pirate’s Tale by 2nd Class 2A.
Just click on the name A Pirate’s Tale to load and view our film. We made our story by painting lots of pirate pictures. We even made the sounds of the storm by clapping our hands, clicking our fingers and stamping our feet for the thunder!
On Tuesday the 24th May, the two second classes went on their school tour to the Tayto Park in Ashbourne. The bus left the school at 9.30 am and returned at 2.30pm. The tour began with a look at some unusual animals. following that, there was a tour of the factory where you could see where and how the tayto are made. After more looking at animals, lunch was had in the Tipi’s. Mr Tayto even came to visit and got in a picture with everybody. To finish off the day, there was a playground which was great fun. When you leave the Tayto park, you even get a free packet of crisps!!! We all had great fun, even Ms Watters, Ms Mongey, Ms Duff and Dolores!!
On Sunday, the 15th May last in St. Mary’s Parish church 45 boys from both Ms Mongey’s and Ms Watters 2nd classes made their first holy communion. It was a great day and the boys put alot of hard work into preparing for their special day. Some boys had jobs to do on the day and they did them very well. The singing and prayers were great and everyone was very impressed. And everyone would agreethat the boys looked great on the day, suits and shiny shoes everywhere!!! A big thank you to Fr Denis and Mr Weir for all their help during pracices last week and on the day and to the boys a HUGE WELL DONE!!. We hope you enjoyed your very special day.
Below are some photographs of the boys in their suits at school and receiving their certificates.
Second class had a great time during seachtain na gaeilge! We all participated by speaking Irish as much as we could during the week. We went down to the hall and played some fun games through Irish. Also, Ms. Watters’ class dressed up for the occasion!
In Ms Mongey’s class, we were learning about recyling. It is better for our environment if we try to recycle as much as we can. In school we have paper bins to save waste. At home you may have a green/blue bin. It is good to use these as much as you can. We made up our own acrostic recycling poems. in art, we brought in rubbish that can be recycled and use it to make pencil and paper holders for our desks. It was great fun and they are really useful!!
Class 2A were crowned class of the month for March!! We worked very hard this month on our work, manners and behaviour and our very happy with our achievement. We will get a treat soon and are looking forward to it!! YE!!!
Last Firday, our teacher had a party for us as our class of the month treat. We had popcorn and sweets and played board games. There was also a nintendo wii set up and we all got to play tennis! It was a great afternoon!!
Next Thursday the 31st of March, we will be making our first confession. We are preparing in class and will be going to the church to practice too. We know our prayers and songs very well. Some boys have jobs on the night. We are looking forward to it.
Well done to all the boys who made their confession last Thursday. You did yourselves and your parents very proud.
Ms Mongey and Ms Watters.
Next week is Seachtain na Gaeilge. On Monday we will playing games in irish in the PE hall. We will display our Scríobh Leabhars in the hall too. The halls are decorated with Irish posters and bunting to celebrate. Miss Mongey showed us how to do Irish Dancing. We learned ‘The Walls of Limerick’ and ‘Shoe the Donkey’. We are trying to speak in Irish as much as we can!! ” Beannachtaí na Féile Ort!!!”
Today we made our first skype phonecall to our friends in school!! We made a video call so we could see each other. Michael, Keih, Jack, Harry and Eli all got to talk to five of the Spanish students. They talked about themselves, their families and the weather. It was great fun. We could see their classroom and their teacher and they could see ours. They thought it was strange that we wore uniforms and we thought they were lucky not to have to wear any! We are going to call them again soon and five other boys will get to talk. We are going to prepare a song for them too and they will have one for us.
On Wednesday the 2nd of March we attended a sambe workshop in the PE hall. We learned about samba music and the Carnival festival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. First we learned how to keep the pulse and rhythm using our hands. When we were able to do this, we were given instruments to try it on. Some boys played big drums, others had tamberims, others had cow bells and go go bells. It was very noisy but great fun. The drum teacher had a samba whistle too. He had ear plaugs to protect his ears as he has to listen to the instruments every day. Miss Mongey took some pictures-i think she needed ear plugs too!!
