My Last School Tour

On the 23rd of June I woke up at quarter past 7 and ate my breakfast. I went down to Londis to get my lunch. I went to school and then I got on to the bus.
I was sitting in the back. We went to Limerick to see Carambola. We got to see where they make the the lunches.
Then we went to Bunratty Castle and Bunratty Folk Park. We went to an old street and an old  school.We went to Craggaunowen. We saw bronze age houses and a Fulacht Fhia ana a Crannóg. When we were going two ponies broke out of the field. My favorite part of the tour was Craggaunowen.
The journey home was long.
    I was tired after the tour.

                             By Fiachra Scott

Our School Tour

Yesterday, June 23rd, was our school tour.

We got onto the bus at eight o'clock. It took a long time to get to Limerick. First we went to the Carambola factory. We saw our lunches being made there. We had to put on white hats and coats for health and safety reasons. At the end of the tour we were given our lunches. We were given a pencil, a balloon and a ruler each. When we were getting on to the bus Cara and Bola came to wave us off. We had a great time there.
by Claire Egan, 4th Class

The next place we went to was Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Our guide for the tour of the castle was Elizabeth. She showed us around the castle. Then we went off in groups to have a look around. We saw the 'murder hole', the 'spy holes' , the trapdoor and the 'ladies' window'. The stairs were very narrow. After that we saw the old houses in the Folk Park. There was a very smokey smell inside the houses. We then went to the old school house. I would not liked to have gone to school there. We had a look at an old hardware shop. We saw a black and white wolfhound. Then we went to the gift shop.
by Cormac Maher, 4th Class.

Next stop was Craggaunowen. We went into the castle and our guide Olivia told us how things were used like a turtle's shell for plates! Then we went to the crannogs to see the old houses. We saw a souterrain in an iron age fort for the children to escape from danger. We also saw a canoe & a road dug out from Longford they were about 2,500 years old!We also saw Tim Severin's boat & we saw some wild boar too!         
by Caoimhe Ivors,4th class.

Beside Bunratty Castle is Folk Park.Folk Park isold houses.The smell in the housesare treacherous because of the turf fires in the houses.We saw a old plow and a cart that horses pulled.We saw two irish wolf hounds they were really big.After that we went to the gift shop I bought a yellow pencil and a mood pen with sheep on it.
by Sarah Walton ,4th class.

When I am 18

When I am 18 I want to be a chef. Instead of having to pay for college I will join the army and get my chef cert for free. I would like to join the army because I would like to help my country and I would like to be a chef. I would like to grow up to be like the kitchen hero because he believes in the taste not the look of his food.
                                               John Clancy 6th class

When I am 18

When I am 18 it will be 2017. I want to be studying performing arts in Cork.When I am finished my degree I want to have my own Dance School in Kilkenny and my own car.I would like that because I love Dancing.:)

                                                      By Katie Cleere

Conor Ivors

Conor Ivors visited our school yesterday for the sports day. He only found out that it was called off when he arrived at the school which was called off due to the weather but has been rescheduled to Friday. He brought his two medals from boxing and showed them to pupils and teachers from the school. Then he came outside and played soccer with us. He said he will be back up for the sports day on Friday and we all hope so. He is a great boxer for Callan boxing club and narrowly lost in the All Ireland Final. We wish him the best for the future in all sports.

Swimming

Today Monday 20/6/2011 we had our last session of swimming. We have been attending swimming lessons for the last 7 weeks as part of our P.E.curriculum . Today the 8th week we had lots of fun. We were diving off boards and swimming up and down the swimming pool. That was very tiring. After we got on a boat and paddled up and down the pool. It was very good.
    By Aiden Mullally, Fifth Class

Moving on ceremony for 6th class

On Wednesday the 8th of June all of the 6th participated in the Moving On ceremony because we are moving to a new school. I will be going to the secondary school in Ballingarry. Nearly all of my class mates will be going. There are ten of us leaving Saint Josephs N.S this year. We got a survival kit, It consists of a pencil case, a mint, a pencil, rubber, a plaster, a paper, a ruler and tissue. Each of these gifts has a meaning. I had a great day. Soon after I went home. The End

By Óran Ivors

Trip To France

On the 10th of June at 3.30 am we had to meet at the church carpark in Littleton. We all went on a bus for an hour and a half to Shannon Airport. Our flight was at six o'clock.
   21 players and eight parents travelled. the flight from Shannon was about an hour and a half to London Stansted. We had our breakfast there and went to the Arcade. We also looked around. Later on we flew to Lyon and met the Lyons President. We took a 40 minute bus trip to Lyon's training ground. We had some drinks and played soccer. Later the host family came and collected us.
    On Saturday we woke up at eight o'clock. We left at quarter to nine for the soccer pitch. We played five matches each day and had food Saturday night at the soccer pitch. I ate Piella.
      On Sunday it was the finals day. The B team lost in the semi final and the A team lost in the group stage. We had about seven matches each. Our host family brought us to McDonalds and brought us to a massive church and to the top of the tower. On Monday morning we woke up at 7 o'clock and went and went to the hotel to meet up with all the others players. We went to the airport and flew back to Ireland.We got the bus back to Littleton and were met by our parents.It was a great expierience.
      

Fr Breen Farewell

Our Parish Priest Father Breen is leaving Ballingarry and going to Ballylanders. Father Breen has been Priest in Ballingarry for a long time. He will bevery missed. Our school had a ceremony for Father Breen.  He was presented with a card and a Children of Lir statue so that it would remind him of the children in our school, past and present.We also gave him a book. father Breen will be missed by the whole Parish.

The Larry Wall Day

On the 12th of  June 2011, I got up at about half 10 .The Larry Wall day was starting at 2 o'clock.The Larry Wall Day is a day of tradtional Irish music and dance to remember the best tradtional player you could hear .He was born in The Commons and was reared in The Commons .He was known all over the world.Every year since he died they have had a tradtional Irish music and dance day to remember him.He has relations in New Zealand and England who travelled from their countries to The Commons.Roundy Lawlor was there.He is the best bodhrán player around.He is 88 years old.He was Larry Wall's best f riend and he  played music with him in the past.Girls from New Zealand danced, they were good.It was a great day. Can't wait for next year!

                                                  By Katie Cleere and Rachel Fitzpatrick

Goodbye Fr. Breen

Fr Breen has been our Parish Priest for a long time. He is leaving this parish and a new priest is coming. The parish he is going to is called Ballylanders in Co Limerick. A new priest is coming to our parish. His name is Fr Quirke.
We had a ceremony for Fr Breen in the school today. We gave him some gifts and we sang a song for him. Shannon, Maria and Katie played some songs on the tin whistle. Mrs. Corcoran and Ms. Crowe came back to be part of the ceremony. They gave us a box of sweets and they were yummy.

by Claire Egan, 4th Class.

Today we had a ceremony for Fr Breen. Some parents came. We sang 'This is the Day' and we gave him a statue of The Children of Lir, a prayer and a big card with messages from everyone. Shannon and Maria played a song on their tinwhistles.Afterwards all the parents went for tea in the kitchen. Fr Breen is going to Ballylanders in Limerick. Ms. Crowe and Mrs. Corcoran came back and we got sweets from  them.
by Kaitlyn Waugh, 4th Class.

Bring and Buy Sale

Today there is a Bring and Buy Sale in our school. It starts at 1o'clock at ends at 3 o'clock. We baked a few cakes in preparation for today.Children from every class brought in books and toys that we are selling today,to raise money for the school.