What we got up to this week!

Tree Planting

For science, our class planted an alder tree. We planted it in the garden in the car park. Isabelle was the pupil that planted the tree. Our class did this to enhance our school environment.

EU Coding Week

Last week was EU Coding Week. The 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils took part. These classes did Scratch to participate. Ireland was the country with the most groups doing coding in the EU. There were 205 different groups in Ireland that did coding.

Garda Cup

The 5th and 6th class boys participated in the Garda Cup in Gort. They won the shield final and in 5th class, Luke Martin scored six goals, Ben Lalor scored two goals and Sam O'Neill scored two goals and two points. They did very well.

By Caoimhe and Fiona.

Weakly news report

National
Budget of 2014 was announced, no major cutbacks and Irish families will be slightly better off.

International
59 Irish people helping in Liberia and Sierra Leon to fight against Ebola.

Sport
Ireland drew 1-1 with Germany in the European cup qualifier match on Wednesday evening.

By Adam Fitzgerald and Sam O'Neill

Weekly News report

International News:
The Islamic state was on the verge of taking the Syrian border town of kobone last night despite being bombed by American Air-force .
Ebola virus has spread to USA and Spain.
Great Britain are to build a new nuclear power station.

National News
Breifne O'Brien has been jailed for seven years for tricking his friends and associates out of 8 and a half million Euro.

Sport
Ger Cunnighan is the new Dublin Hurling Manager .

Environmental Study of our School yard

In our Science class this week we looked around are school yard and saw all the different habitats and came up with some improvements that we could make for are school.

Here are some things we came up with.

  1. We could set up another birdhouse outside our classroom to feed the birds during the winter and also observe the birds that visit our school yard.

   

  2. We could weekly send out two of our class to collect all the the rubbish outside.

  3.We are going to plant a new tree in our school yard this year.

  4.Avoid walking on the flower beds and vegetable garden.

The News

                                                               National News

           The Taoiseach Enda Kerry launches the ''Blue Star'' initiative for primary schools; it                                              develops awareness of the European Union.

                   A man,Brendan Megraw who disappeared at the time of 'The Troubles' in the                                     North in 1978, his remains were found recently in a bog in Co.Meath 

                                    Unemployment is falling in Ireland, it is now 11.1%

                                                              Local

                 Over 200 people demonstrated in Galway city against the new water charges this week.

                   
                         Turloughemore Hurling club have been thrown out of the County                                                           championship for playing an illegal player
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                        Sport

                                                   Liverpool lost to Basel 0:1
By Jacqueline.

Our Historical Cycle Trip

On Wednesday, October 1st 2014 the fifth class pupils, Mrs Kelleher, Ms Kelly, and parents Geraldine Bonner and Eileen Murphy of Killeeneen N.S. cycled around Clarenbridge, Craughwell and Athenry parishes. We first went Geo-cashing around the parish and we found one Geo-cash, beside the monument near the Lynch's house in Lavally, in very bad condition with a loom band inside. 

We then cycled to Lisduff and left our bikes in Lisduff Turlough and walked to the site of a hedge school called Scoil Cois Claí' and a corner where Anthony Raftery use to sit, play his fiddle and recite poetry.

Also in Lisduff Turlough we visited an old Mass Rock, Ms Kelly explained to us it's importance during Penal Times in Ireland.

When we returned to school we were all extremely tired but it was well worth it as we had a wonderful day!

By Michael and Adam