Author: JM

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Aviva Stadium

On Wednesday 16th May we left Clontibret N.S. at 7am and 2 hours later we were at the Aviva Stadium. We registered and trained on the astro pitch outside the Aviva. We went through the players’ entrance and our name was called out when we walked onto the pitch. We got a picture with Paul O’Connell. We played our 1st match and then got a tour of the dressing rooms. We got sitting on the players seats. We came back to the pitch and played our last two matches. After that the girls had their photo taken with Leah Lyons who plays for the Irish Women’s Team.
All the schools sat together and Paul O’Connell was interviewed and said he was very impressed with our standard of play. Each school got a framed team photo with Paul O’Connell. We really enjoyed our day and were delighted we were picked to go to the Aviva. It was a day we will never forget.
On our way home we stopped at Apple Green and had something to eat. We were tired when we got back to Clontibret but we would not have missed the excitement of our day in the Aviva.
By Luke Lowey

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G.A.A.

Monaghan GAA goal keeper Rory Beagan came and taught us skills and rules of Gaelic. The skills in Gaelic are useful in many sports. We played mini matches and kerb ball. We also did some training drills. We had great fun with Rory and we hopes he continues to come to Clontibret N.S.
By Evan McCullagh and Jack Cunningham

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Rugby

During December Malcolm our new rugby coach came to the school to teach us rugby skills. On the first week he taught us how to pass and catch. On the second week we played a game where we couldn’t run with the ball and we had to pass the ball and not let the other team get the ball. On the third week we learned more skills ad played the rugby passing game with more difficult rules. The ball had to be thrown below head height. We also played a mini rugby match – girls verses boys. The girls played very well but the boys won by a try. We have enjoyed the rugby and will continue with it in the New Year.

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Autumn Walk

On Monday 23rd October, the Junior Room went for a walk in Mrs. Crawford’s garden. We wore our wellies and coats. We gathered beech and chestnut leaves, conkers and pine cones. We saw the biggest tree in the garden. We went to the apple tree and gathered some apples. Inside we had stewed apples and vegetable soup. They were lovely and it was good on a cold day. We saw her cat and dog. We had a great day at her house.
By Vicky & Holly

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Lunch Time Activities

At lunch time we play together and enjoy getting outside. We play rounders when 2 classes at a time take turns to play. While one group plays rounders the other may play basketball or Wembly (football game). 3rd and 4th class sometimes like skipping. Tip the can, tag and weddings, where we take turns to have different brides and grooms are also popular. Last week we gathered crab apples for Sandra to make apple jelly. All of these games are team games and it’s good to work as a team.
By Louise & Luke

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SESE Projects

The senior pupils produced very informative and interesting projects each based on the Netherlands and The Normans. We also produced a project on a topic of our own choice. We use the laptops to help us research the information and to help illustrate our work . We can type or hand write our projects and present them in A4 or A3 folders.

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A Report on Dr. Ken and the Science Circus

On Monday 13th November we departed from Clontibret N.S. to the Garage Theatre, Monaghan to Dr. Ken and the Science Circus. We arrived at 9.50am and waited to go in. When we went in, it was difficult to get a seat. Zoe and I sat together. When Dr. Ken came out he did a lot of tricks. He talked about ‘force’. A boy called Darcy came up and tried to push Dr. Ken but couldn’t. Then Dr. Ken stood on a skate board and it was much easier to push him. He explained how gravity pushes everything to the ground. A girl came up and dropped balls and showed us that they fall and land at the same time, it doesn’t matter how heavy or light they are. He said that Galileo found that out. Dr. Ken took up four children and they balanced peacock feathers on their hands. He spun a basketball on his finger and got a girl to try it. He got her to hold a drill and turn it on. He balanced the basketball on it and it didn’t fall off. He got her to try and fling something on string. Then he got on a unicycle and juggled. When he got off it was the end of the show. We lined up and when we were getting on the bus we waved to Dr. Ken. It was 11.30am when we got back to school.

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Birds Of Prey Display

Today we enjoyed having Ian Patterson with his Birds of Prey display. He brought a barn owl, a wood owl and a kestrel. Ian is a licensed keeper of birds of prey and it was wonderful to see them flying and swooping in our GP room. Ian told us lots of interesting facts about the birds and some of the children were allowed to pet them.

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STEAM

Science, Technology, English, Arts & Maths-On Wednesday 25th October 6th Class travelled to Castleblayney College to a Steam Exhibition. When we arrived and were welcomed and divided into groups. We began building towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Then we had a break. We went to the H.E. room where we made buns and learnt how to keep the kitchen tidy. In the Art room we did stop motion animation where we made characters out of plasticine and used sets that had already been made, to make short cartoons. We went for lunch and had a choice of curry or shepherd’s pie. Finally we went to the Science room and did lots of experiments such as refraction (bending) of light and learned how metal when heated expands and if you put glass in a freezer it cracks because it has no flexibility. We got certificates at the end of the day and we really had a great day.

By Hannah & Louis

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The Celts/Crannogs

They came to Ireland 2600 years ago. They lived in promtary and hill forts. The houses or crannogs were built on islands for safety. They had secret stepping stones and draw bridges to get to the island. They also had secret passages under the crannogs called souterrain where they stored food and hid from their enemies. A tribe or clan lived in a crannog. They were the first people to discover Ireland. Women were considered better warriors than men and most of the time they were the leaders.

By Chloe & Thomas