Our Science Experiment

Today, we did Pneumatic experiments. Pneumatics is all about air pressure.

In our experiment, we wanted to see if a plastic bag filled with air could lift  a pile of books. We pierced a plastic bag with a straw then placed the books on top. After that we blew into the straw.

This resulted in the filled bag pushing the book up and lifting the heavy books.

By: Paschal Walsh

Our News Report

NATIONAL;
A seven year old boy broke his right leg while he was bouncing on a unstable trampoline at home and has been awarded €35,000 euro damages in a circuit civil court action against Smyth's toys.

INTERNATIONAL;
Siberian air passengers had to get out and push the plane the were about to go on in temperatures of -52 degrees Celsius after it's chassis froze, Russian prosecutors said this morning.

SPORT;
Arsenal played Borussia Dortmund  on Wednesday night. Yaya Sonogo scored a brilliant goal at the 2nd minute and Sanchez scored to make it 2-0 for Arsenal.

by Sam Mcilrath

News Report

 Sport
                                                                                                                                                           Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge is out from playing until after Christmas with an ankle injury.                                                                                                                                                                                      National                                                                                                    
The government have decided to reduce the water charges. They now hope that people will agree to pay and the demonstrations will stop.                                                                                                                                                
 International                                                                                            
A woman is looking for status on her lawsuit against apple as she wants to be able to send i messages on a non-apple device. The service allows users to send message through apples's network and does not work on other phones such as Android or Windows phones.

Cross Country

On Thursday the 20th  of November 16 pupils from the school took part in the cross country event in Renmore. The sixth class boys team won. Phelim McCann came second and Christy Brennan came seventh. Niamh Niland came first in her race and Adam White came forth in his race.  

                             

By; Sam O'Neill and Dara Sheeran.

Green Hat Thinking

We used Green Hat Thinking to look at alternatives and tried to think of all the different things the paint spot could represent.

The Runty Pig Pop - Ups

For our Art class we constructed pop-up pigs to tie in with our English story, The Runty Pig, which is an extract from Charlotte's Web, By: E.B. White.

Paper Helicopters

Paper Helicopters

On Tuesday we conducted an investigation on Energy and Forces and investigated gravity.

In this activity we explored how some things fall and how varying the size of the

rotor blades, the shape of the rotor blades and the weight of a paper helicopter affects

the way a helicopter spins.

History Artefacts

World War One Artefacts
On Wednesday Peter Monaghan brought in his Great Grandfather's bayonet that he swapped with a German soldier at the end of World War 1 in 1918.
Peter told us that his Great Grandfather, Private Patrick Ryan had fought in World War 1 and at one point was involved in a serious explosion in which his friend was killed.  Private Ryan survived the war and was given medals for his service and a medal for meritorious service.
Bayonets were designed to be attached to the barrel of a rifle to be used in close combat.

The bayonet has a metal scabbard and leather holder or Frog.

The symbol of an eagle's head is visible on the handle.

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Established on 26^th July 1919.
Also known as 'Squeak'.

The silver or bronze medal was awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918 inclusive. This was later extended to services in Russia, Siberia and some other areas in 1919 and 1920.

Approximately 6.5 million British War Medals were issued. Approximately 6.4 million of these were the silver versions of this medal. Around 110,000 of a bronze version were issued mainly to Chinese, Maltese and Indian Labour Corps. The front (obv or obverse) of the medal depicts the head of George V.

The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim.

The Allied Victory Medal
Also known as 'Wilfred'

It was decided that each of the allies should each issue their own bronze victory medal with a similar design, similar equivalent wording and identical ribbon.

The British medal was designed by W. McMillan. The front depicts a winged classical figure representing victory.


Information about the medals was taken from the following website:
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm
Further details and information about these and other World War One medals and artefacts can be found there.

Jacqueline brought in a baseball bat from the 1960s or 1970s, tennis racket from the same time, coins (one from 1914) and a vinyl record again from the 1960s or 1970s.
 Fiona brought in an old casette player with a tape and earphones.  Finally Peter Murphy brought in one picture of one of a few diaries almost all were over a hundred years old.  Peter all so brought in a picture of a brass horse and cart which is around 30, 40 or 50 years old.

Written By: Peter Murphy

Erin brought in this 1950's vintage hair dryer.

Falling For Foreshortening

Foreshortening 

We used foreshortening  to make the hands and feet appear as though they are coming toward the viewer.

We traced around the hands and feet and then drew in the body and face.

News Report

International: 
A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has left a Madrid hospital after recovering from the deadly virus. The nurse Ms.Romero was diagnosed with Ebola on the 6th  of October.

National:
 A couple whose baby boy died shortly after he was born at the Midlands regional hospital in Portlaoise  settled their legal action against the Health Service Executive.

Sport:
Champions League Results:
Man City 1-2 CSKA Moscow.
Chelsea 1-1 Maribor
Barcelona 2-0 Ajax
Bayern Munich 2-0 Roma
Sporting  CP 4-2 Shalke
PSG 1-0 Apoel
Shakhtar 5-0 Bate

By:  Peter Monaghan & Caoimhe Kennedy.

Sculpted Science: Turn Milk into Plastic!

 MAKING PLASTIC!

Have you ever heard that plastic can be made out of milk? If this sounds far-fetched, you may be surprised to learn that from the early 1900s until about 1945, milk was commonly used to make many different plastic ornaments. This included buttons, decorative buckles, beads and other jewellery, fountain pens, the backings for hand-held mirrors, and fancy comb and brush sets. Milk plastic (usually called casein plastic) was even used to make jewellery for Queen Mary of England! In this investigation we made our own casein plastic out of hot milk and vinegar.


All plastics are composed of molecules that repeat themselves in a chain, called a polymer. Polymers can be chains of either one type of molecule or different ones, which are linked together in a regular pattern. Also, in a polymer, a single repeat of the pattern of molecules is called a monomer, which can consist of just one type of molecule or include several different kinds.

Milk contains many molecules of a protein called casein. Each casein molecule is a monomer and a chain of casein monomers is a polymer. The polymer can be scooped up and moulded, which is why plastic made from milk is called casein plastic.

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