Irish Dancing

We do Irish dancing every Tuesday. We learn lots of new steps. Ursula is our Irish dancing teacher. Sometimes she brings in her son Ciarán. He is really good at Irish dancing. We had an Irish dancing show a few days ago. There are three main types of dances, the jig  the reel and the hornpipe. All the five, six and seven year olds danced two or three dances like Jelly on the plate. Then all the ten, eleven and twelve year olds danced four or five dances.. The show was really good there was lots of people there.

Kailin Rang 4

Gaelscoil na Rithe - School Tour Rang 5

For our school tour we went to Tanagh it’s a HUGE outdoor adventure centre. We went there on the 7^th of June 2011. First we went canoeing; we did canoeing for about 1 hour, at the end we all got to jump out of the boats.

After that we did the Slippery Slope, Slippery slope is a big piece of white plastic on a hill covered in soapy water and then you slide down on it (mostly on your belly not your back).

After the wet activities we went on to do land activities, the first thing we did for that was orienteering it was fun, after we did an obstacle course which was great .The last thing we did was rock climbing, for the rock climbing we got 2 chances to climb to the top of the wall. We also played a game of gladiators which is when you have to try take the other peoples shoes off while climbing the wall.

On the bus when we were coming home our teacher bought us all a McDonalds which was yummy and there was a little playground and we played in it for a while. It was fun.

By Sinead  R and Amy F

Tayto Park School Tour, Rang 3 & Rang 4



We went on our school tour this week. We had lots of fun in a place called Tayto Park. First we had a look at all the animals. A tour guide called James brought us around the place and gave us loads of information about the animals. Here’s a list of   some of the animals we saw: buffalos, birds, foxes, highland cows, donkeys, monkeys, pot bellied pigs, porcupines, lamas, wallabies, ducks, leopards and racoons.

After we had a look at the animals we went to the Tayto factory where they make 9 different types of crisps like Hunky Dorys, King Crisps, Tayto, and Chicketees. Did you know that Tayto Crisps were the first  in the world to add flavouring to crisps? After the factory we had lunch in the picnic area. After lunch we went to the Sky Eagle Zone where you can do loads of activities like rock climbing, bungee jumping and sky walking. There was face painting and body art in one of the tipi tents and we all got our names painted on our arms.

Luke Rang 4



Our boys’ hurling team made history by winning our third succesive county tital when we beat Rathbeggan national School in the final.  We started well with an early goal and then we followed with two quick points. Rathbeggan responded with a point but we ended the half on a high note with a poacher’s goal from our full-forward. In the first ten minutes of the second half they put a lot of pressure on us but our defence held strong by only conceding a goal and a point. Then we finished them off with two well taken goals. The game ended 4-5 to 1-2.

After the game our captain Aodh O’Suilleabháin was presented with the cup to finish off the three in a row!!!

Le Aodh agus Seán (Rang 6)

Gaelscoil na Rithe Rang 2 school tour

The zoo Rang 2

We went to Dublin zoo yesterday. It took us a long time to get there.

When we got there we saw a snow leopard , giraffe , snowy owl ,

Flamingo and a hippo and lots more. We had our lunch in the

Meerkat Restaurant and there were meerkats there. Then we went to the

Phoenix Park and played on the grass and the teachers bought us sweets

And then we went home. It was great fun.
 http://www.dublinzoo.ie/           http://www.phoenixpark.ie/

Saoirse Rang 2 



Gaelscoil na Ríthe, Trim Castle

On the way home from swimming classes last week we visited Trim Castle.

This is a well know local attraction which is very close to our school.

Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter.

Gaelscoil Na Ríthe, Fairy Tales.

We wrote some powerpoint fairy tales for Junior Infants. They really enjoyed them. Maybe your Infant classes might like to see them. ( Download as PPT to view slide show)

Charlotte Rang 4 (4th. class)

Micky & Minnie Mouse By Ciara

Pugs The Cutest Dogs In The World By Seán

The Wedding By Liam

Princess Penelope By Emma

A Happy Ending By kailin

Apes V Aliens By Niall

How Did This happen? By Rachael

Rang 5 Gaelscoil na Rithe

Hi St. Pius X all the way from Dunshaughlin, Meath, Ireland. If you want to see our school just go on to Google, street view. It’s a small town so it should be easy to find.

                                      

Our school is called Gaelscoil na Ríthe {School of kings in Irish}. We have 193 students in our school, 14 teachers and 8 class rooms.

We have two gardens with sunflower seeds, oak trees and much more. We also have a scarecrow and a bug hotel. About a week ago an Australian came to our school to see our garden. His name was Dale, he was from Tasmania. Oh yea we have a chicken and 5 chicks in the school too.

We have a computer room, library and a playschool, which we call the Naínora in Irish 

We made a lot of aboriginal art like a picture of Australia and some animals. We also did a project on Australia which everyone in the class did. We will post a couple of pictures to see what you think.

                                  

           

We play loads of sports such as basketball, olympic handball, soccer, rounders and a different version of Aussie rules called Gaelic football. Another game we play is called hurling, it’s like hockey but you pick up the ball, you should have a look at it on Youtube if you can. Our school team is in the final on Saturday, we will take some photos of the game and post them to the blog.

Here are some questions from 5th Class

What is the most popular sport in Australia?

How many people are in your school?

What sort of pets do you have?

Do you have a garden in your school?

What games do you play at lunch break?

Séamus & Darragh Rang 5

Year 5-6 SP4

Schools

In Warrnambool there are three high schools and seven primary schools.   There are four Catholic schools and St Pius is included. There are one or two high schools that are Catholic. How many Catholic schools, high schools or primary school’s do you have in your town ?

By Leah, Carl and Dante.

Sports uniforms

At our school we have sport uniforms. We have four team colours, they are red, green, yellow and blue. We have t-shirts that are the colours of the teams and shorts for the bottoms, when it cold we have tracksuit pants, we also have navy jumpers and sneakers. And in summer if we have sport outside we have hats. Do you have sport colours and if you do what are they?  Emma, Ricky, Myra                                                           

After School Program

After School Program is when people stay after school and play sports and games. The grade preps to 2s do multi skills and the grade 3 to 6s do things like tee-ball, football, tennis and cricket. The after school program is ran by a teacher called Shay and she gets people to teach us multi skills and sport. Shay also sets up food for us before we start. Do you do sports after school? James, Mitchell and Hayley.

Warrnambool

  In ‘Windy’ Warrnambool there is many attractions like the beaches, many rivers, Flagstaff Hill, Hopkins Falls, the break water and once a year there is Fun 4 Kids. Fun 4 Kids attracts many children of all ages and has lots of fun activities. Do you have many attractions in Ireland? Jack, Kyella and Stacie.

Lining up

Yes, we do line up but only the grades prep and 1/2 line up at recess.The whole school lines up after lunch for assembly. We line up in our classes and are expected to be able to line up into pairs and after we’ve done that one of the school teachers will talk to us about some notices and important information.

Do you have a small assembly when you line up?

From Georgina, Harry and Jackson

Interschool sports

Yes, we do have interschool sports, we have different stages to move up to if you get a good score. We have our normal sports day as the first stage where the whole school competes and selected students get into interschool. Then after interschool there is zones, regional’s, states, nationals, and then internationals. At the athletics, we have seven events; there are hurdles, sprints, high jump, long jump, triple jump, long distance and big bash. We also have house colours and the house colour with the most points win a trophy that the captains get.

How many events do you have at your sports?

By Taylah, Lauryn and Isaak.

Assemblies

At our school we have assemblies every fortnight, after lunch and on pastoral care days. We have a student leadership team who run our assemblies and they do a great job. In assemblies we also have awards for each class and there are also trophies for each year level. Do you have a student leadership group and do you give out awards at your assembly?

Ebony, Caitlin and Tom.

Excursions.

At our school, we have excursions from grade prep to grade 6. We go anywhere the teachers organize with a permission note from the parents. Every year the grade 5/6 get a camp and we go somewhere for two or three days. Do you have camps or excursions?

Ally, Shona and Sam.

Gaelscoil na Rithe, Assembly

 We have assembly once a week. All the school gathers together in the hall. Each class is given the opportunity to  perform or sing a song.

Do you have assembly in your school?

Rang 5

Rang 4

Rang 3

Rang 3