2019 YEARBOOK
2019 Yearbook
Pupils in Slieveardagh N.S.
Junior Infants: Tristan Cleere and Ella Tobin
Senior Infants: Caitlin Tobin, Taylor Hayes, Emily Maher and Bridie Fitzpatrick.
1st class: Conor Cuddy, Oisin Cleere, Caitlin Cleere and Emma Fitzgerald.
2nd class: Romy Cleere, Michelle Maher and Erin Tobin.
3rd class: Sarah Pollard, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Aisha Lowe, Laura Barrett, Kyle Scott, Nathan Switzer and Aoibhe Tobin.
4th class: Sean Barrett, Sonny Cleere, Dylan Breen, Brogan O Shea, Thomas Grant and Jonathan Lowe.
5th class: Lucia Jorge and Rachel Fitzgerald.
6th class: Leah Switzer, Lucy Pollard, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher, Edward Mullally, Jellyan Cantwell and Eva Walsh.
Staff in Slieveardagh N.S.
Principal: Mrs. Looby
Deputy Principal: Mr Ryan
SET: Ms. Scott
Secretary: Margaret Mullally
Cleaner: Margaret Butler
Caretaker: John O Meara
U`11 hurling
On the 11th of April we went to a hurling blitz in Mullinahone. All the matches that we played were closely contested. We played Drangan, Ballysloe, Lisnamrock and Grangemockler. We won against Ballysloe, Grangemockler and Drangan. The team for Slieveardagh was Kyle Scott, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Nathan Switzer, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathon Lowe, Dylan Breen and Sean Barrett.
By Sean Barrett
Pancake Tuesday
On pancake Tuesday we got pancakes in school. Margret Mullally, Elizabeth Ivors and Yasmin Lowe made us pancakes. The options were sugar, lemon, nutella or Oreo sauce. The pancakes were enjoyed by all children. Thank you to everyone that helped to make the pancakes, they tasted really nice.
By Sean Barrett
Egg Hunt
All of the school went on an egg hunt. The sixth class hid the eggs in really good places - In holes, bird houses, bushes and the grass. We were divided into six teams and there were 4 people on each team. Each team had to find 4 eggs. We had to hold hands for the whole game. My team won. My teammates were Ella, Conor, and Dylan. We were very happy.
By Sarah Pollard
Funky Kids
We had a funky kids show on the 27th of March. Dennis and Olivia were teaching us all the dances. 1st , 2nd and 3rd class did a song with bells. Dennis dressed up as a clown and brought up Rachel’s mother for a magic trick. Dennis shook a bell and it worked and he gave it to Rachel’s mother and she shook it but it didn’t work.
The senior room did a song with masks and then both rooms did a song called my teddy bear. In the middle of the show they had to wear grass skirts. Leah and Rachel mimed Hardy and Laurel. It was a very enjoyable show. We hope we have another funky kids show again.
By Nathan Switzer
Yard games
Every Tuesday we do yard games at big break. We do games like basketball, uni-hoc, bowling, jenga, skipping, bucket blast, sticky pads, badminton, lacrosse, flip toss rackets and rugby. 6th class girls love unihoc. Yard games are part of our active school flag initiative.
By Nathan Switzer
Taster day
The Ballingarry taster day was in Ballingarry presentation secondary school. We all went on a bus and we were divided into 3 groups. We were mixed in with other schools. It was very educational. We did computers, science, woodwork, home e.c., language and P.E. The taster day was in November 2018. In the end everybody got a bag of sweets filled with popcorn, jellies and juice. It was very fun and most of our pupils from Slieveardagh N.S. will be going to Ballingarry presentation. By Lucia Jorge
First Holy Communion
This year on the 19th of May Erin Tobin, Michelle Maher and Romy Cleere made their First Holy Communion in the church of Assumption in Ballingarry. The choir sang beautifully on the day. Erin read the prayer after communion; Michelle read the first reading and Romy brought up the bread. The girl’s were brilliant on the day. Also a big thanks to Father Quirke for his weekly visits to the school and helping the Communion pupils prepare for their special day.
By Aoibhe Tobin
School Book Fair
This year the school book fair took place in November. Everybody got to look at all the books. There was a big selection of books. The teachers let us have a look around before we bought any. There were big shelves of books and there was also a value box where some books were only 2 euro. We hope to have a book fair again in the future.
By Aoibhe Tobin
Maxi Zoo
This year in October a girl called Louise came to our school from Maxi Zoo. She brought a rabbit called Fluffy from Maxi Zoo. She also thought us a lot about animals. We even got to pet Fluffy the rabbit. The children from playschool even got to pet him too. We love pets in Slieveardagh National school.
By Aoibhe Tobin
Active schools
In 2018/2019 our active school committee was Mr Ryan, Leah Switzer, Rachel Fitzgerald, Sean Barrett, Patrick Mullally, Romy Cleere, Emma Fitzgerald and Bridie Fitzpatrick. This school year we did a lot of games, sports, dances etc. Some activities that we did were walk on Wednesday, yard games, sports day, take on the teachers, basketball, Irish dancing and lots more. An inspector came on the 21/5/19 to see us play yard games and perform dances. We showed the inspector a power point presentation of all the things we did this school year. At the start of the year we did a survey to see all of the clubs everyone has joined.. We do super troopers for our active homework every night. Our active school week time table 2019 is:
Monday, lacrosse and orienteering
Tuesday, dodge ball and basketball blitz, unihoc
Wednesday, activity stations and school sports day
Thursday, Zumba dancing and rounder’s
Friday, swimming and hurling.
Some of the games we play for yard games are jenga, unihoc, blast buckets, foam rugby balls, sticky pads, Frisbees and lots more. Our active school slogan is:
‘Be active don’t be lazy go outside daily, an active school is a cool school, running, jumping, skipping …….. Be active in any kind of way.
At the start of the year we did an activity where we walked or cycled to school. We have an active school notice board to show everything we have done this school year. We are really proud that all of our hard work paid off and we were awarded our Active school flag in May.
By Rachel Fitzgerald
Under 11 Football
On the 24th of September we had an under 11 football blitz in Clogheen. We played Kilusty and Skeheearinky. The first game was against Kilusty. We got beaten by four points, it was a good game. Then we played Skeheearinky, it was a difficult game. It was a close game, they beat us by two points. The final score was 1.02 0.03. It was disappointing the blitz was over but we had a good time. We hope to do better next year. The team for Slieveardagh was Kyle Scott, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Nathan Switzer, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathon Lowe, Dylan Breen and Sean Barrett.
By sonny Cleere
Football and hurling with Paddy
We have football and hurling with paddy every Friday. At the start of the year we played football and after October we played hurling. We did lots of warm ups and drills throughout the year. After all of the drills we have 20 minutes of a match. A lad called Dylan comes to help Paddy. We learned rising the ball, hand passing, soloing, catching the sliotar and striking the ball.
By Patrick
Computer time
We go on the computers Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Every pupil in the senior room has 30 minutes a week on the laptops. On Monday at 1 o’ clock Laura Sean and Megan are on the computers. On Tuesday at 1 o’ clock Patrick, Thomas and Leah are on the computers. On Wednesday at 1 o’ clock Nathan, Lucia and Jellyan are on the computers. We do PowerPoint’s every year in the senior room and the junior room come in to watch them.
By Patrick
Green School
This year our green school committee included Ms. Scott, Lucy Pollard, Lucia Jorge, Jonathan Lowe, Aoibhe Tobin, Michelle Maher, Connor Cuddy, Bridie Fitzpatrick and Tristan Cleere. Currently, we are trying to work towards our Water Flag but also maintain our other 2 flags {Energy and waste}. At the moment we are doing a lot of work to make people more aware of saving water like making posters, having tips of the month and Green School announcements. Each member of the committee has a particular job like light guards {Checking lights are turned off }. We have 2 light guards for each room who make sure we are saving energy. We do a spring clean also to make sure our surroundings are a cleaner place. Just outside of Ms. Scott’s room we have a suggestion box and in the senior classroom we have a suggestion cup where if you have any ideas on how to save water you write it down on a piece of paper and put it in. Every day after big break we do Water Warriors. Water Warriors is when a certain group of people have an allocated month each and everybody has a go to check taps if they are turned off or if they have leaks. If there is a bathroom or Classroom with a tap running that isn’t leaking we make sure it improves. At the moment we are also doing litter picking after big break so like Water Warriors A group of people has an allocated week. They go around the school for about 2 minutes making sure there is no litter and if there is they pick it up. The committee are also making posters for each tap to make sure they are turned off and for the posters there is a group of 2 making the posters and to make it fair we grouped up a child from the Junior room with a child from the senior room. We have a tip of the Month and a reflection of the month too. At the start of the year we did a survey of how many taps we have and how many were left running. The majority of them were running so we made sure that improves. Ms.Scott is also collecting any electrical appliances and batteries so they can get recycled. Our Tip of the month was: Don’t turn on the dishwasher if it’s not full. On behalf of the students on the committee we would like to give a big thanks to Ms. Scott because she organised everything for us. We did an art competition on how to save water and you could win prizes. We have been given a water dispenser and reusable water bottles from Carambola, because students from Slieveardagh were using too many plastic bottles. So, this means we fill up our reusable bottle in the morning going to school and if we need a refill we go to the water dispenser in the school to refill the bottle and we are wasting less water and plastic. Well done to all the committee and pupils on all the work they have achieved.
By Lucy Pollard.
6TH CLASS
This year [2018/19] the 6th class of Slieveardagh N.S: Lucy Pollard, Jellyan Cantwell, Edward Mullally, Eva Walsh, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher and Leah Switzer.
We talked to Leah Switzer about her future next year: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Johnstown secondary school [Colaiste Mhuire]. Are you excited for secondary school? Yesss, I’m soooo excited. I just can’t wait! What’s your favourite subject? I like maths. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know.
Next we talked to Caroline Maher: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Ballingarry secondary school Are you excited? Yeah. what’s your favourite subject? English what do you want to be when you’re older? A musician.
Now it’s Eva Walsh’s turn. What secondary school are you going to? Pres. Ballingarry. Are you excited for secondary school? Yes but nervous. What’s your favourite subject? P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A hairdresser.
Now, Jellyan Cantwell. What secondary school are you going to? Ballingarry are you excited? Yes. What’s your favourite subject? Science. What do you want to be when you grow up? A marine biologist.
Now we are talking to Lucy Pollard: Are you exited? Yeah, kind of you know. What’s your favourite subject? P.E, Irish and sometimes art. What do you want to be when you’re older? I don’t really know to be honest.
Now we’re talking to Megan Grant: What secondary school are you going to? Ballingarry Are you excited? A tiny bit. What’s your favourite subject? P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A famous youtuber.
Next we have Edward: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Ballingarry Secondary school. Are you excited? Yep. What’s your favourite subject? Umm...P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A civil engineer.
We asked the present 6th class to give some humorous words of advice:
Edward: “Don’t be Greedy give it to the needy”
Jellyan: “Bring sweets everywhere and always bring chocolate [for backup!!!]”
Leah: “Don’t order the scones from the Carambola lunches and don’t go near staplers!!!”
Megan: “Trust no one!!!”
Eva: “Be active!!! Don’t handball the football into the goal!”
Caroline: “Don’t go too close to fire!”
Lucy: “Expect the Unexpected!! {‘Hon Ballingarry}
We asked some of the Third, Fourth and Fifth class if they’d miss Sixth class and here’s what they said:
Aisha Lowe: “No! [Just joking] I will!”
Sonny Cleere:”Yes I’ll miss Edward, a lot!”
Thomas Grant:”I don’t really know”
Brogan O’Shea: “Ammm... Yeah”
Sean Barrett: “I’m going to miss Edward and the rest of the 6th class a lot!!!”
We asked 3rd, 4th, 5th and some of 6th class what their favourite memories of 6th class {funny moments}:
Cathal Ivors: “Eddie’s goal”
Aoibhe Tobin: “Lucy’s hairstyles”
Kyle Scott: “Edwards bicycle kick”
Rachel Fitzgerald: “Jellyans jokes”
Laura Barrett: “Lucy’s hairstyles”
Sarah Pollard: “Their quietness [not!] And when Caroline said “I’m a good friend when I tell Eva she has no bumps in her hair!”
Lucy Pollard: “The bumps in Eva’s hair!”
Caroline Maher: “Leah and Megan’s ‘Hilariousness’!”
Eva Walsh: “I’m going to miss being one of the oldest!”
We asked the sixth class what their favourite memory in primary school is:
Leah: “All of them!”
Megan: “All of them as well!”
Jellyan: “My first day at school and getting lots of sweets [hehehe]”
Edward: “The U/11 football final”
Eva: “Ice-cream in the junior room”
Caroline: “When we painted a mural on the bicycle shed”
Lucy: “U13 Camogie - When I was captain and when we annoyed Ms.Scott with grammatically incorrect words {Sike!!}”
This year we really enjoyed the ‘unreal activities’ we got to do. We have to thank Miss Scottish who taught us at the start of the year. Huge thanks to Mister Ryan who taught us at the end of the year as well. Special thanks to Mrs. Looby who organized all the activities and events this year. To be fair though, we are an unreal class and we are the BEST 6th class EVER!!!!! {Even if we do say so ourselves} Good luck to everyone in the future.
{Hon Ballingarry!!!!} {Peace out!! “Sike”!!!}
By Caroline Maher and Lucy Pollard.
Aldi Rugby Stickers
Our school participated in the Aldi Rugby Sticker’s competition. We filled 2 posters and there were 300 stickers on each poster. You have to spend 30 euro to get 1 sticker, which means our school spent 18,000 euro to fill the posters. Our school got more than 600 stickers but there wasn’t enough time to fill a third poster so we gave the remaining stickers to other schools. If your school wins the competition you will get 50,000 euro worth of sport equipment or a training session with Paul O’Connell. All the schools that participate will get free rugby balls.
By Leah Switzer
School Garden
Our school garden is at the back of the school. We have a vegetable garden and a polytunnel. The senior room go out to the polytunnel for half an hour every week in the summer months. We are growing a vine, fig tree and tomato plants in the polytunnel. We are growing raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, carrots, spuds, beetroot and peas in the vegetable garden. At the end of every year all the students get to take home a bag of vegetables from the garden. This year we planted heather and flowers in the front of the school.
By Leah Switzer
Basketball with Martin
Our school started to do basketball with Martin. We had eight sessions altogether.
First Martin made teams and each team wore different coloured bibs. Then Martin picked two people from different teams. One person try’s to score and the other person try’s to stop them. That was our first week.
The second week we were playing games. Martin made two teams. Each team were standing at a hoop. Then Martin blew the whistle and we started to shoot in the hoop. If one team scores five points we swap hoops and the team that got five points has to score four points. It gets lower every time you swap hoops. By Aisha
Cashel Fire Men
On the twenty eight of May two men from Cashel fire brigade came to our school to talk to us about fire safety. Their names were Greg and Kevin. They showed us the gear they have to wear going into a fire. They taught us about smoke alarms. They told us that they trained from six to ten in the night. When they are going into a fire they have to stay together and they cannot see, so they have to walk beside the walls. If one man stays still too long with the gear on an alarm goes off. If it was in a fire they would have to try and help him get out of the building.
By Dylan Breen
Christmas play
The Christmas play took place in December 2018. The junior room put on a play called the snowman and the senior room put on a play called the Grinch. The room was filled with relations and friends. Instruments were played, it was a very enjoyable night and the Children were excellent.
By Kyle Scott
I PADS
In school we learn on the iPads. We use lots of apps like pop math, chicken coop fractions and lines of symmetry. On the Ipads we create I movies. We made videos about the active school flag so we can get an active school flag. We also record our work we did throughout the year.
By Thomas Grant
Road Safety
In 2018 a lady came to our school. She was teaching us all about road safety. She said that if you’re walking to school a parent needs to be with you at all times. She also said that if you’re on a train or bus you must be very careful. Afterwards we did a dance for the safe cross code. Edward had to dance on his own. When he was finished dancing, Cathal started dancing. Then when he was finished we all had to dance. The lady said that we are in a competition so if we dance very well we could win a prize. After that it was time for the lady to go home but before she went home she gave us RSA jackets and hats. Then we said thank you to her and waved goodbye. We had so much fun learning about road safety. By Aisha Lowe
Oral hygienist.
The oral hygienist came in February. She told us how much sugar is in fizzy drinks and sweets. Everyone was shocked by how much sugar was in every sweet and drink. She passed around a tooth and said guess what animal the tooth was from, and she said it was from a donkey and everyone was surprised. She told us how to brush our teeth better. And she also gave us goodie bag going home with mouth wash a tooth brush, tooth paste and a tablet. We all hope she comes back next year.
BY LAURA BARRETT.
SWIMMING
We started swimming on the 10th of May. We had five sessions. Some people moved up levels and others stayed the same. The second group went to the big pool to do diving. The people in the second group are Aisha, Connor, Aiobhe Nathan and I. The 3rd group did swimming on their backs, back stroke, front stroke, breaststroke and water tag. The 3rd group are, Sonny, Eva Lucia and some more.
By Kyle Scott
Spring clean
In May we did a Spring Clean. The groups on the roads collected six bags of litter. We got some very unusual things like a pipe, a dickey bow and a glass bottle. Joanie, Elizabeth and Yasmin helped us. There was a lot of rubbish on the roads. There were three groups. Two groups were on the road and group stayed in the school. The people in the school got seven bags full of rubbish.
By Cathal Ivors
Spikeball
We had three TY students come into our school for spikeball. Their names were Daniel Quinn, Ethan Lowe and Ciarrai Lawler .They taught us to serve, dig, volley and spike. It was a really big help. We had a spike ball blitz. There were four teams from Slieveardagh, there names were the Baby sharks, The Commons Cow Boys, Spike ball warriors and Irish rovers. The Commons cow boys beat Ballingarry and got to the semi final. The team players were Lucy pollard, Leah Switzer, Megan Grant, Sonny Cleere and Patrick Mullaly. The Baby Sharks got a few points but they lost .We nearly beat Mullinahone. They beat us by one point. Ballingarry and Mullinahone were in the final. Mullinahone won. We hope to have another blitz next year.
By Sarah Pollard
Irish dancing
We had 6 sessions of Irish dancing with Michal Cooney. We did a lot of dances in many different groups. Here are some dances we did shoot the donkey, Sliding doors, the chain and limerick Walts. By Brogan
Active School Flag
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded our Active School Flag. All the children have been working hard for the past three years to earn the flag and we finally have it. On Tuesday the 21st of May an inspector from the active schools came to see our school. His name was Tommy Lanigan. Leah Switzer, Rachel Fitzgerald, Sean Barrett, Patrick Mullaly, Romy Cleere, Emma Fitzgerald and Bridie Fitzpatrick our Active School Committee did a great job showing him around the school. They showed Tommy a slideshow on all the activities we do in the school, a video of us playing and talking about the activities. They also showed him the P.E. room, the active school notice board and the active school slogan, the whole school playing yard games and dances. The junior room’s dance was Kung Fu Fighting and the senior rooms dance was Iko Iko. The whole school danced to Indian Moonlight and Bouje from Gonoodle. He was very impressed with all the work we done.
By Rachel Fitzgerald
Cross Country
In September my school Slieveardagh N.S and I went to a cross country competition in Thurles. We had great fun. I came 2nd and Dylan came 3rd. We were the only ones in the whole school that got an individual medal. The boys in third and 4th got a gold team medal. All the other teams in the school got a bronze team medal. In October we went to another cross country competition in Clonmel. I came 2nd and I was the only one who got a medal. I think I did really well for my age. I hope I bring home a gold medal next year.
BY LAURA BARRETT
Take On the Teachers
For are active school flag we did an activity called Take on the Teachers. We were doing a few activities. 6th class got more points than anyone on basketball, so they won. The main thing is we beat the teachers. Our whole school did it. Mrs Looby, Miss Scott, Miss O Halloran and Mr Ryan were all the teachers.
From Aisha
School Website
Our school got a new website this year. It has all the information about our school like; the active and green school news, the monthly newsletters, the schools contacts and address. To find the website just look up www.slieveardagh.com. We are also on twitter. Please follow our school for news on SlieveardaghNS.
By Leah Switzer
U13 Football
On the 1st of October we had u13 football. We played Skeheenarinky and Killusty. We lost to Skeheenarinky by only four points we were unlucky not to win even though we had the most opportunities. Then we played Killusty and we lost by 4 goals. They were too strong for us in the end. The team was Edward Mullally, Dylan Breen, Sean Barrett, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathan Lowe, Cathal Ivors, Kyle Scott, and Patrick Mullally. The captain was Edward Mullally. Ms Scott and Dicko Barrett kindly brought us to the blitz.
By Edward Mullally
Community Games
We had Community games in February. We did a handwriting and art competition. For art we had to do the theme sports. Everybody had a unique style of art. The winners were Leah Switzer who came 1st place u12, Edward Mullally who came 2nd place u14, Lucy Pollard who came 2nd place u14 and Jonathan Lowe who came 3rd place u12. They all did an amazing job. For the Handwriting Competition we had to do a poem call *A man’s best friend* it took us around 35~40 minutes to write it all down. The winners were Jellyan Cantwell who came 1st place u14, Edward Mullally who came 1st place u14, Nathan Switzer who came 1st place u10, Cathal Ivors who came 2nd place u12, Jonathan Lowe who came 1st place u12, Aisha Lowe who came 2nd place u10, Lucy Pollard who came 3rd place u14 and Aoibhe Tobin who came 3rd place u12. Everyone had an enjoyable time.
By Jellyan Cantwell
Jokes& Riddle
The Recycling Lady
In 2018 a lady called Sarah came to our school for recycling. She was telling us what goes in each bin. Tissues, apple cores, orange peels and soggy paper go into the waste bin and hard plastic goes into the recycling bin. Afterwards we played a game what stuff goes into each bin. It was nearly time for her to go home but before she went she said there’s a competition. She said you need to make a truck out of empty tissues rolls, plastic, cardboard and glue. She then said you can win an IPad or a school tour. Then she went home. Soon we were finished our trucks and Miss Scott took a picture of them and we sent the pictures to her.
By Aisha Lowe
G.A.A Quiz
On Sunday the 2nd of December 2018 Lucy Pollard, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher and Leah Switzer travelled to the Sarsfield Centre, Thurles to a G.A.A quiz. The quiz started at 6:30 and we were all very excited but equally nervous for the quiz. When we arrived it was rare to see any girls at all and we were the only team with all girls! We were table 11 and there was 36 tables altogether. We got a good lot of questions right and we did very well in the picture round. Also, one of the questions was about the U16 County final that Ballingarry were playing last year. After 10 rounds of 10 questions they announced the top 10 places and we came 7th!!! Out of 36 teams. Well done to all involved you did great. Here are some of the questions.
Q1. What county has a purple and yellow jersey?
Q2. Who won the All-Ireland senior football final {2018}?
Q3. Who won the All-Ireland senior hurling final {2018}?
Ans to Q1= Wexford
Ans. to Q2= Dublin Ans.
To Q3= Limerick.
By Lucy Pollard, Leah Switzer, Caroline Maher and Megan Grant.
Knitting
Every Tuesday we do Knitting with Sister Miriam. We had knitting from 11:15 to 12:30. The items that we knitted included hats, scarves, teddies, wrist bands, gloves and blankets. Sister Miriam would do Crochet with some of the children. Sometimes she would take the girls first, then the boys or the other way around. Each group had a half an hour each. Sometimes she takes all the children altogether. We were allowed to chat as we knitted. We would do knitting in the Library.
By Eva Walsh
Junior Infants
In September two pupils joined our school. Their names were Tristan and Ella. The School is called Slieveardagh N.S. We have three teachers Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Lobby and Ms Scott. Our secretary is Margaret Mullally. The principal is Mrs. Lobby. Mr Ryan has 23 pupils in his class. Mrs Lobby has 13 pupils in her class. Tristan and Ella are in Junior Infants. They have lots of friends here in Slieveardagh N.S.
By Brogan
Ladies Football
On the 2nd of October there was a ladies Football blitz in Mullinahone . On the team there was Lucy Pollard, Leah Switzer, Eva Walsh, Jellyan Cantwell, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher, Brogan and Rachel. In the first match we played Poulacapple , they won. The 2nd match we played against Lismarock. Jellyan was the captain. In the first match Leah and Eva played in midfield. Lucy and Caroline were in the backs and in the Forwards there were Rachel and Brogan. Jellyan was in goal. Everyone played their best and enjoyed the day.
By Eva Walsh
FAI Soccer
On the 2nd of April Dicko Barrett and Miss Scott brought Edward, Sonny, Sean, Jellyan, Eva, Lucy, Leah and I to the FAI soccer blitz in St. Kevin’s in Two Mile Borris. Edward was the captain. We played against Ballingarry, Mullinahone and Lismachlin. The score in the Ballingarry match was Slieveardagh nil Ballingarry five. The score in the second match was Slieveardagh one Lismachlin two. In the third match the score was Slieveardagh two Mullinahone four. Edward scored 3 goals, I scored 2 and Sean scored one goal.
By Dylan Breen
Confirmation
On the 3rd of May 2019 six children from Slieveardagh N.S made their Confirmation. There were forty-six children altogether making it. Everyone made it in The Church of Assumption Ballingarry at 11:00 am. The children in Slieveardagh N.S that made their Confirmation were Megan Grant, Lucy Pollard, Caroline Maher, Eva Walsh, Rachel Fitzgerald and Edward Mullally. The church was full. At the start of the mass the Altar servers were coming up from the back and the Archbishop Kieran O’Rielly was walking up behind them. There was singing from the choir. Everyone was standing. He said Good Morning to you all and everyone sat back down. Then he got on with the mass. Caroline Maher did a reading at the start. Lucy and Rachel also did a reading and Eva brought up the bread. At the end of the mass every school took a photo with the Archbishop and we all went to our families and took more photos. Everyone had a great day. Lucy went and had a meal .Caroline went to the New Park hotel and had dinner. Rachel went out for dinner in Langton’s. Eva went to Fethard hall and had a bouncy castle and food with a cinema. Edward went back to his house and had a party and bouncy castle. Megan went for dinner in the Horse and Jockey.
By Eva Walsh
Katie Godhue
In February, Katie Goodhue came to teach the junior and senior room art.
Before we started our art, Katie gave us all a twig from a specific tree. We each got a booklet with little clues on what twig we had.
For our art, we had to draw the twig Katie gave us in as much detail as possible. We used pastels to draw our pictures. Some of the trees Katie brought in were: oak, sycamore, beach, horse chestnut and a few more.
We all enjoyed Katie and hopefully she’ll come back again!
By Caroline Maher
Junior Infants: Tristan Cleere and Ella Tobin
Senior Infants: Caitlin Tobin, Taylor Hayes, Emily Maher and Bridie Fitzpatrick.
1st class: Conor Cuddy, Oisin Cleere, Caitlin Cleere and Emma Fitzgerald.
2nd class: Romy Cleere, Michelle Maher and Erin Tobin.
3rd class: Sarah Pollard, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Aisha Lowe, Laura Barrett, Kyle Scott, Nathan Switzer and Aoibhe Tobin.
4th class: Sean Barrett, Sonny Cleere, Dylan Breen, Brogan O Shea, Thomas Grant and Jonathan Lowe.
5th class: Lucia Jorge and Rachel Fitzgerald.
6th class: Leah Switzer, Lucy Pollard, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher, Edward Mullally, Jellyan Cantwell and Eva Walsh.
Staff in Slieveardagh N.S.
Principal: Mrs. Looby
Deputy Principal: Mr Ryan
SET: Ms. Scott
Secretary: Margaret Mullally
Cleaner: Margaret Butler
Caretaker: John O Meara
U`11 hurling
On the 11th of April we went to a hurling blitz in Mullinahone. All the matches that we played were closely contested. We played Drangan, Ballysloe, Lisnamrock and Grangemockler. We won against Ballysloe, Grangemockler and Drangan. The team for Slieveardagh was Kyle Scott, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Nathan Switzer, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathon Lowe, Dylan Breen and Sean Barrett.
By Sean Barrett
Pancake Tuesday
On pancake Tuesday we got pancakes in school. Margret Mullally, Elizabeth Ivors and Yasmin Lowe made us pancakes. The options were sugar, lemon, nutella or Oreo sauce. The pancakes were enjoyed by all children. Thank you to everyone that helped to make the pancakes, they tasted really nice.
By Sean Barrett
Egg Hunt
All of the school went on an egg hunt. The sixth class hid the eggs in really good places - In holes, bird houses, bushes and the grass. We were divided into six teams and there were 4 people on each team. Each team had to find 4 eggs. We had to hold hands for the whole game. My team won. My teammates were Ella, Conor, and Dylan. We were very happy.
By Sarah Pollard
Funky Kids
We had a funky kids show on the 27th of March. Dennis and Olivia were teaching us all the dances. 1st , 2nd and 3rd class did a song with bells. Dennis dressed up as a clown and brought up Rachel’s mother for a magic trick. Dennis shook a bell and it worked and he gave it to Rachel’s mother and she shook it but it didn’t work.
The senior room did a song with masks and then both rooms did a song called my teddy bear. In the middle of the show they had to wear grass skirts. Leah and Rachel mimed Hardy and Laurel. It was a very enjoyable show. We hope we have another funky kids show again.
By Nathan Switzer
Yard games
Every Tuesday we do yard games at big break. We do games like basketball, uni-hoc, bowling, jenga, skipping, bucket blast, sticky pads, badminton, lacrosse, flip toss rackets and rugby. 6th class girls love unihoc. Yard games are part of our active school flag initiative.
By Nathan Switzer
Taster day
The Ballingarry taster day was in Ballingarry presentation secondary school. We all went on a bus and we were divided into 3 groups. We were mixed in with other schools. It was very educational. We did computers, science, woodwork, home e.c., language and P.E. The taster day was in November 2018. In the end everybody got a bag of sweets filled with popcorn, jellies and juice. It was very fun and most of our pupils from Slieveardagh N.S. will be going to Ballingarry presentation. By Lucia Jorge
First Holy Communion
This year on the 19th of May Erin Tobin, Michelle Maher and Romy Cleere made their First Holy Communion in the church of Assumption in Ballingarry. The choir sang beautifully on the day. Erin read the prayer after communion; Michelle read the first reading and Romy brought up the bread. The girl’s were brilliant on the day. Also a big thanks to Father Quirke for his weekly visits to the school and helping the Communion pupils prepare for their special day.
By Aoibhe Tobin
School Book Fair
This year the school book fair took place in November. Everybody got to look at all the books. There was a big selection of books. The teachers let us have a look around before we bought any. There were big shelves of books and there was also a value box where some books were only 2 euro. We hope to have a book fair again in the future.
By Aoibhe Tobin
Maxi Zoo
This year in October a girl called Louise came to our school from Maxi Zoo. She brought a rabbit called Fluffy from Maxi Zoo. She also thought us a lot about animals. We even got to pet Fluffy the rabbit. The children from playschool even got to pet him too. We love pets in Slieveardagh National school.
By Aoibhe Tobin
Active schools
In 2018/2019 our active school committee was Mr Ryan, Leah Switzer, Rachel Fitzgerald, Sean Barrett, Patrick Mullally, Romy Cleere, Emma Fitzgerald and Bridie Fitzpatrick. This school year we did a lot of games, sports, dances etc. Some activities that we did were walk on Wednesday, yard games, sports day, take on the teachers, basketball, Irish dancing and lots more. An inspector came on the 21/5/19 to see us play yard games and perform dances. We showed the inspector a power point presentation of all the things we did this school year. At the start of the year we did a survey to see all of the clubs everyone has joined.. We do super troopers for our active homework every night. Our active school week time table 2019 is:
Monday, lacrosse and orienteering
Tuesday, dodge ball and basketball blitz, unihoc
Wednesday, activity stations and school sports day
Thursday, Zumba dancing and rounder’s
Friday, swimming and hurling.
Some of the games we play for yard games are jenga, unihoc, blast buckets, foam rugby balls, sticky pads, Frisbees and lots more. Our active school slogan is:
‘Be active don’t be lazy go outside daily, an active school is a cool school, running, jumping, skipping …….. Be active in any kind of way.
At the start of the year we did an activity where we walked or cycled to school. We have an active school notice board to show everything we have done this school year. We are really proud that all of our hard work paid off and we were awarded our Active school flag in May.
By Rachel Fitzgerald
Under 11 Football
On the 24th of September we had an under 11 football blitz in Clogheen. We played Kilusty and Skeheearinky. The first game was against Kilusty. We got beaten by four points, it was a good game. Then we played Skeheearinky, it was a difficult game. It was a close game, they beat us by two points. The final score was 1.02 0.03. It was disappointing the blitz was over but we had a good time. We hope to do better next year. The team for Slieveardagh was Kyle Scott, Patrick Mullally, Cathal Ivors, Nathan Switzer, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathon Lowe, Dylan Breen and Sean Barrett.
By sonny Cleere
Football and hurling with Paddy
We have football and hurling with paddy every Friday. At the start of the year we played football and after October we played hurling. We did lots of warm ups and drills throughout the year. After all of the drills we have 20 minutes of a match. A lad called Dylan comes to help Paddy. We learned rising the ball, hand passing, soloing, catching the sliotar and striking the ball.
By Patrick
Computer time
We go on the computers Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Every pupil in the senior room has 30 minutes a week on the laptops. On Monday at 1 o’ clock Laura Sean and Megan are on the computers. On Tuesday at 1 o’ clock Patrick, Thomas and Leah are on the computers. On Wednesday at 1 o’ clock Nathan, Lucia and Jellyan are on the computers. We do PowerPoint’s every year in the senior room and the junior room come in to watch them.
By Patrick
Green School
This year our green school committee included Ms. Scott, Lucy Pollard, Lucia Jorge, Jonathan Lowe, Aoibhe Tobin, Michelle Maher, Connor Cuddy, Bridie Fitzpatrick and Tristan Cleere. Currently, we are trying to work towards our Water Flag but also maintain our other 2 flags {Energy and waste}. At the moment we are doing a lot of work to make people more aware of saving water like making posters, having tips of the month and Green School announcements. Each member of the committee has a particular job like light guards {Checking lights are turned off }. We have 2 light guards for each room who make sure we are saving energy. We do a spring clean also to make sure our surroundings are a cleaner place. Just outside of Ms. Scott’s room we have a suggestion box and in the senior classroom we have a suggestion cup where if you have any ideas on how to save water you write it down on a piece of paper and put it in. Every day after big break we do Water Warriors. Water Warriors is when a certain group of people have an allocated month each and everybody has a go to check taps if they are turned off or if they have leaks. If there is a bathroom or Classroom with a tap running that isn’t leaking we make sure it improves. At the moment we are also doing litter picking after big break so like Water Warriors A group of people has an allocated week. They go around the school for about 2 minutes making sure there is no litter and if there is they pick it up. The committee are also making posters for each tap to make sure they are turned off and for the posters there is a group of 2 making the posters and to make it fair we grouped up a child from the Junior room with a child from the senior room. We have a tip of the Month and a reflection of the month too. At the start of the year we did a survey of how many taps we have and how many were left running. The majority of them were running so we made sure that improves. Ms.Scott is also collecting any electrical appliances and batteries so they can get recycled. Our Tip of the month was: Don’t turn on the dishwasher if it’s not full. On behalf of the students on the committee we would like to give a big thanks to Ms. Scott because she organised everything for us. We did an art competition on how to save water and you could win prizes. We have been given a water dispenser and reusable water bottles from Carambola, because students from Slieveardagh were using too many plastic bottles. So, this means we fill up our reusable bottle in the morning going to school and if we need a refill we go to the water dispenser in the school to refill the bottle and we are wasting less water and plastic. Well done to all the committee and pupils on all the work they have achieved.
By Lucy Pollard.
6TH CLASS
This year [2018/19] the 6th class of Slieveardagh N.S: Lucy Pollard, Jellyan Cantwell, Edward Mullally, Eva Walsh, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher and Leah Switzer.
We talked to Leah Switzer about her future next year: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Johnstown secondary school [Colaiste Mhuire]. Are you excited for secondary school? Yesss, I’m soooo excited. I just can’t wait! What’s your favourite subject? I like maths. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know.
Next we talked to Caroline Maher: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Ballingarry secondary school Are you excited? Yeah. what’s your favourite subject? English what do you want to be when you’re older? A musician.
Now it’s Eva Walsh’s turn. What secondary school are you going to? Pres. Ballingarry. Are you excited for secondary school? Yes but nervous. What’s your favourite subject? P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A hairdresser.
Now, Jellyan Cantwell. What secondary school are you going to? Ballingarry are you excited? Yes. What’s your favourite subject? Science. What do you want to be when you grow up? A marine biologist.
Now we are talking to Lucy Pollard: Are you exited? Yeah, kind of you know. What’s your favourite subject? P.E, Irish and sometimes art. What do you want to be when you’re older? I don’t really know to be honest.
Now we’re talking to Megan Grant: What secondary school are you going to? Ballingarry Are you excited? A tiny bit. What’s your favourite subject? P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A famous youtuber.
Next we have Edward: What secondary school are you going to? I’m going to Ballingarry Secondary school. Are you excited? Yep. What’s your favourite subject? Umm...P.E. What do you want to be when you’re older? A civil engineer.
We asked the present 6th class to give some humorous words of advice:
Edward: “Don’t be Greedy give it to the needy”
Jellyan: “Bring sweets everywhere and always bring chocolate [for backup!!!]”
Leah: “Don’t order the scones from the Carambola lunches and don’t go near staplers!!!”
Megan: “Trust no one!!!”
Eva: “Be active!!! Don’t handball the football into the goal!”
Caroline: “Don’t go too close to fire!”
Lucy: “Expect the Unexpected!! {‘Hon Ballingarry}
We asked some of the Third, Fourth and Fifth class if they’d miss Sixth class and here’s what they said:
Aisha Lowe: “No! [Just joking] I will!”
Sonny Cleere:”Yes I’ll miss Edward, a lot!”
Thomas Grant:”I don’t really know”
Brogan O’Shea: “Ammm... Yeah”
Sean Barrett: “I’m going to miss Edward and the rest of the 6th class a lot!!!”
We asked 3rd, 4th, 5th and some of 6th class what their favourite memories of 6th class {funny moments}:
Cathal Ivors: “Eddie’s goal”
Aoibhe Tobin: “Lucy’s hairstyles”
Kyle Scott: “Edwards bicycle kick”
Rachel Fitzgerald: “Jellyans jokes”
Laura Barrett: “Lucy’s hairstyles”
Sarah Pollard: “Their quietness [not!] And when Caroline said “I’m a good friend when I tell Eva she has no bumps in her hair!”
Lucy Pollard: “The bumps in Eva’s hair!”
Caroline Maher: “Leah and Megan’s ‘Hilariousness’!”
Eva Walsh: “I’m going to miss being one of the oldest!”
We asked the sixth class what their favourite memory in primary school is:
Leah: “All of them!”
Megan: “All of them as well!”
Jellyan: “My first day at school and getting lots of sweets [hehehe]”
Edward: “The U/11 football final”
Eva: “Ice-cream in the junior room”
Caroline: “When we painted a mural on the bicycle shed”
Lucy: “U13 Camogie - When I was captain and when we annoyed Ms.Scott with grammatically incorrect words {Sike!!}”
This year we really enjoyed the ‘unreal activities’ we got to do. We have to thank Miss Scottish who taught us at the start of the year. Huge thanks to Mister Ryan who taught us at the end of the year as well. Special thanks to Mrs. Looby who organized all the activities and events this year. To be fair though, we are an unreal class and we are the BEST 6th class EVER!!!!! {Even if we do say so ourselves} Good luck to everyone in the future.
{Hon Ballingarry!!!!} {Peace out!! “Sike”!!!}
By Caroline Maher and Lucy Pollard.
Aldi Rugby Stickers
Our school participated in the Aldi Rugby Sticker’s competition. We filled 2 posters and there were 300 stickers on each poster. You have to spend 30 euro to get 1 sticker, which means our school spent 18,000 euro to fill the posters. Our school got more than 600 stickers but there wasn’t enough time to fill a third poster so we gave the remaining stickers to other schools. If your school wins the competition you will get 50,000 euro worth of sport equipment or a training session with Paul O’Connell. All the schools that participate will get free rugby balls.
By Leah Switzer
School Garden
Our school garden is at the back of the school. We have a vegetable garden and a polytunnel. The senior room go out to the polytunnel for half an hour every week in the summer months. We are growing a vine, fig tree and tomato plants in the polytunnel. We are growing raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, carrots, spuds, beetroot and peas in the vegetable garden. At the end of every year all the students get to take home a bag of vegetables from the garden. This year we planted heather and flowers in the front of the school.
By Leah Switzer
Basketball with Martin
Our school started to do basketball with Martin. We had eight sessions altogether.
First Martin made teams and each team wore different coloured bibs. Then Martin picked two people from different teams. One person try’s to score and the other person try’s to stop them. That was our first week.
The second week we were playing games. Martin made two teams. Each team were standing at a hoop. Then Martin blew the whistle and we started to shoot in the hoop. If one team scores five points we swap hoops and the team that got five points has to score four points. It gets lower every time you swap hoops. By Aisha
Cashel Fire Men
On the twenty eight of May two men from Cashel fire brigade came to our school to talk to us about fire safety. Their names were Greg and Kevin. They showed us the gear they have to wear going into a fire. They taught us about smoke alarms. They told us that they trained from six to ten in the night. When they are going into a fire they have to stay together and they cannot see, so they have to walk beside the walls. If one man stays still too long with the gear on an alarm goes off. If it was in a fire they would have to try and help him get out of the building.
By Dylan Breen
Christmas play
The Christmas play took place in December 2018. The junior room put on a play called the snowman and the senior room put on a play called the Grinch. The room was filled with relations and friends. Instruments were played, it was a very enjoyable night and the Children were excellent.
By Kyle Scott
I PADS
In school we learn on the iPads. We use lots of apps like pop math, chicken coop fractions and lines of symmetry. On the Ipads we create I movies. We made videos about the active school flag so we can get an active school flag. We also record our work we did throughout the year.
By Thomas Grant
Road Safety
In 2018 a lady came to our school. She was teaching us all about road safety. She said that if you’re walking to school a parent needs to be with you at all times. She also said that if you’re on a train or bus you must be very careful. Afterwards we did a dance for the safe cross code. Edward had to dance on his own. When he was finished dancing, Cathal started dancing. Then when he was finished we all had to dance. The lady said that we are in a competition so if we dance very well we could win a prize. After that it was time for the lady to go home but before she went home she gave us RSA jackets and hats. Then we said thank you to her and waved goodbye. We had so much fun learning about road safety. By Aisha Lowe
Oral hygienist.
The oral hygienist came in February. She told us how much sugar is in fizzy drinks and sweets. Everyone was shocked by how much sugar was in every sweet and drink. She passed around a tooth and said guess what animal the tooth was from, and she said it was from a donkey and everyone was surprised. She told us how to brush our teeth better. And she also gave us goodie bag going home with mouth wash a tooth brush, tooth paste and a tablet. We all hope she comes back next year.
BY LAURA BARRETT.
SWIMMING
We started swimming on the 10th of May. We had five sessions. Some people moved up levels and others stayed the same. The second group went to the big pool to do diving. The people in the second group are Aisha, Connor, Aiobhe Nathan and I. The 3rd group did swimming on their backs, back stroke, front stroke, breaststroke and water tag. The 3rd group are, Sonny, Eva Lucia and some more.
By Kyle Scott
Spring clean
In May we did a Spring Clean. The groups on the roads collected six bags of litter. We got some very unusual things like a pipe, a dickey bow and a glass bottle. Joanie, Elizabeth and Yasmin helped us. There was a lot of rubbish on the roads. There were three groups. Two groups were on the road and group stayed in the school. The people in the school got seven bags full of rubbish.
By Cathal Ivors
Spikeball
We had three TY students come into our school for spikeball. Their names were Daniel Quinn, Ethan Lowe and Ciarrai Lawler .They taught us to serve, dig, volley and spike. It was a really big help. We had a spike ball blitz. There were four teams from Slieveardagh, there names were the Baby sharks, The Commons Cow Boys, Spike ball warriors and Irish rovers. The Commons cow boys beat Ballingarry and got to the semi final. The team players were Lucy pollard, Leah Switzer, Megan Grant, Sonny Cleere and Patrick Mullaly. The Baby Sharks got a few points but they lost .We nearly beat Mullinahone. They beat us by one point. Ballingarry and Mullinahone were in the final. Mullinahone won. We hope to have another blitz next year.
By Sarah Pollard
Irish dancing
We had 6 sessions of Irish dancing with Michal Cooney. We did a lot of dances in many different groups. Here are some dances we did shoot the donkey, Sliding doors, the chain and limerick Walts. By Brogan
Active School Flag
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded our Active School Flag. All the children have been working hard for the past three years to earn the flag and we finally have it. On Tuesday the 21st of May an inspector from the active schools came to see our school. His name was Tommy Lanigan. Leah Switzer, Rachel Fitzgerald, Sean Barrett, Patrick Mullaly, Romy Cleere, Emma Fitzgerald and Bridie Fitzpatrick our Active School Committee did a great job showing him around the school. They showed Tommy a slideshow on all the activities we do in the school, a video of us playing and talking about the activities. They also showed him the P.E. room, the active school notice board and the active school slogan, the whole school playing yard games and dances. The junior room’s dance was Kung Fu Fighting and the senior rooms dance was Iko Iko. The whole school danced to Indian Moonlight and Bouje from Gonoodle. He was very impressed with all the work we done.
By Rachel Fitzgerald
Cross Country
In September my school Slieveardagh N.S and I went to a cross country competition in Thurles. We had great fun. I came 2nd and Dylan came 3rd. We were the only ones in the whole school that got an individual medal. The boys in third and 4th got a gold team medal. All the other teams in the school got a bronze team medal. In October we went to another cross country competition in Clonmel. I came 2nd and I was the only one who got a medal. I think I did really well for my age. I hope I bring home a gold medal next year.
BY LAURA BARRETT
Take On the Teachers
For are active school flag we did an activity called Take on the Teachers. We were doing a few activities. 6th class got more points than anyone on basketball, so they won. The main thing is we beat the teachers. Our whole school did it. Mrs Looby, Miss Scott, Miss O Halloran and Mr Ryan were all the teachers.
From Aisha
School Website
Our school got a new website this year. It has all the information about our school like; the active and green school news, the monthly newsletters, the schools contacts and address. To find the website just look up www.slieveardagh.com. We are also on twitter. Please follow our school for news on SlieveardaghNS.
By Leah Switzer
U13 Football
On the 1st of October we had u13 football. We played Skeheenarinky and Killusty. We lost to Skeheenarinky by only four points we were unlucky not to win even though we had the most opportunities. Then we played Killusty and we lost by 4 goals. They were too strong for us in the end. The team was Edward Mullally, Dylan Breen, Sean Barrett, Sonny Cleere, Thomas Grant, Jonathan Lowe, Cathal Ivors, Kyle Scott, and Patrick Mullally. The captain was Edward Mullally. Ms Scott and Dicko Barrett kindly brought us to the blitz.
By Edward Mullally
Community Games
We had Community games in February. We did a handwriting and art competition. For art we had to do the theme sports. Everybody had a unique style of art. The winners were Leah Switzer who came 1st place u12, Edward Mullally who came 2nd place u14, Lucy Pollard who came 2nd place u14 and Jonathan Lowe who came 3rd place u12. They all did an amazing job. For the Handwriting Competition we had to do a poem call *A man’s best friend* it took us around 35~40 minutes to write it all down. The winners were Jellyan Cantwell who came 1st place u14, Edward Mullally who came 1st place u14, Nathan Switzer who came 1st place u10, Cathal Ivors who came 2nd place u12, Jonathan Lowe who came 1st place u12, Aisha Lowe who came 2nd place u10, Lucy Pollard who came 3rd place u14 and Aoibhe Tobin who came 3rd place u12. Everyone had an enjoyable time.
By Jellyan Cantwell
Jokes& Riddle
- What do you call a Mexican who lost his car? Carlos
- Why was the baby ant confused? Because all his uncles were ants
- What do you call an alligator in a vest? An invest-igator
- Where do you go when your dog loses its tail? The retail store
- What is the longest word in the dictionary? Smile because after s there’s a mile
- Imagine you are in an empty room and there was water rising up and soon you are going to drown but there are 2 items in the room a rope and a bowl what do you do?
- This old lady went to the bank; she asked a woman if she can check her balance, so the woman pushed her over.
- What room do ghosts avoid?
- What has roads with no tarmac, rivers have no water and Fields but with no grass [ANS] A map
- My sister told me I always act like a flamingo so I put my foot down.
The Recycling Lady
In 2018 a lady called Sarah came to our school for recycling. She was telling us what goes in each bin. Tissues, apple cores, orange peels and soggy paper go into the waste bin and hard plastic goes into the recycling bin. Afterwards we played a game what stuff goes into each bin. It was nearly time for her to go home but before she went she said there’s a competition. She said you need to make a truck out of empty tissues rolls, plastic, cardboard and glue. She then said you can win an IPad or a school tour. Then she went home. Soon we were finished our trucks and Miss Scott took a picture of them and we sent the pictures to her.
By Aisha Lowe
G.A.A Quiz
On Sunday the 2nd of December 2018 Lucy Pollard, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher and Leah Switzer travelled to the Sarsfield Centre, Thurles to a G.A.A quiz. The quiz started at 6:30 and we were all very excited but equally nervous for the quiz. When we arrived it was rare to see any girls at all and we were the only team with all girls! We were table 11 and there was 36 tables altogether. We got a good lot of questions right and we did very well in the picture round. Also, one of the questions was about the U16 County final that Ballingarry were playing last year. After 10 rounds of 10 questions they announced the top 10 places and we came 7th!!! Out of 36 teams. Well done to all involved you did great. Here are some of the questions.
Q1. What county has a purple and yellow jersey?
Q2. Who won the All-Ireland senior football final {2018}?
Q3. Who won the All-Ireland senior hurling final {2018}?
Ans to Q1= Wexford
Ans. to Q2= Dublin Ans.
To Q3= Limerick.
By Lucy Pollard, Leah Switzer, Caroline Maher and Megan Grant.
Knitting
Every Tuesday we do Knitting with Sister Miriam. We had knitting from 11:15 to 12:30. The items that we knitted included hats, scarves, teddies, wrist bands, gloves and blankets. Sister Miriam would do Crochet with some of the children. Sometimes she would take the girls first, then the boys or the other way around. Each group had a half an hour each. Sometimes she takes all the children altogether. We were allowed to chat as we knitted. We would do knitting in the Library.
By Eva Walsh
Junior Infants
In September two pupils joined our school. Their names were Tristan and Ella. The School is called Slieveardagh N.S. We have three teachers Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Lobby and Ms Scott. Our secretary is Margaret Mullally. The principal is Mrs. Lobby. Mr Ryan has 23 pupils in his class. Mrs Lobby has 13 pupils in her class. Tristan and Ella are in Junior Infants. They have lots of friends here in Slieveardagh N.S.
By Brogan
Ladies Football
On the 2nd of October there was a ladies Football blitz in Mullinahone . On the team there was Lucy Pollard, Leah Switzer, Eva Walsh, Jellyan Cantwell, Megan Grant, Caroline Maher, Brogan and Rachel. In the first match we played Poulacapple , they won. The 2nd match we played against Lismarock. Jellyan was the captain. In the first match Leah and Eva played in midfield. Lucy and Caroline were in the backs and in the Forwards there were Rachel and Brogan. Jellyan was in goal. Everyone played their best and enjoyed the day.
By Eva Walsh
FAI Soccer
On the 2nd of April Dicko Barrett and Miss Scott brought Edward, Sonny, Sean, Jellyan, Eva, Lucy, Leah and I to the FAI soccer blitz in St. Kevin’s in Two Mile Borris. Edward was the captain. We played against Ballingarry, Mullinahone and Lismachlin. The score in the Ballingarry match was Slieveardagh nil Ballingarry five. The score in the second match was Slieveardagh one Lismachlin two. In the third match the score was Slieveardagh two Mullinahone four. Edward scored 3 goals, I scored 2 and Sean scored one goal.
By Dylan Breen
Confirmation
On the 3rd of May 2019 six children from Slieveardagh N.S made their Confirmation. There were forty-six children altogether making it. Everyone made it in The Church of Assumption Ballingarry at 11:00 am. The children in Slieveardagh N.S that made their Confirmation were Megan Grant, Lucy Pollard, Caroline Maher, Eva Walsh, Rachel Fitzgerald and Edward Mullally. The church was full. At the start of the mass the Altar servers were coming up from the back and the Archbishop Kieran O’Rielly was walking up behind them. There was singing from the choir. Everyone was standing. He said Good Morning to you all and everyone sat back down. Then he got on with the mass. Caroline Maher did a reading at the start. Lucy and Rachel also did a reading and Eva brought up the bread. At the end of the mass every school took a photo with the Archbishop and we all went to our families and took more photos. Everyone had a great day. Lucy went and had a meal .Caroline went to the New Park hotel and had dinner. Rachel went out for dinner in Langton’s. Eva went to Fethard hall and had a bouncy castle and food with a cinema. Edward went back to his house and had a party and bouncy castle. Megan went for dinner in the Horse and Jockey.
By Eva Walsh
Katie Godhue
In February, Katie Goodhue came to teach the junior and senior room art.
Before we started our art, Katie gave us all a twig from a specific tree. We each got a booklet with little clues on what twig we had.
For our art, we had to draw the twig Katie gave us in as much detail as possible. We used pastels to draw our pictures. Some of the trees Katie brought in were: oak, sycamore, beach, horse chestnut and a few more.
We all enjoyed Katie and hopefully she’ll come back again!
By Caroline Maher
