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Clontuskert NS
Hello!!! I am from Clontuskert National School in Ireland. We are a small school in the countryside. There are only 40 pupils in our school. There are 2 classrooms.
We are involved in many projects but my favourite is the First Lego League. This is a project about technology and food. Our project is about meat, meat production and preservation. We were looking at meat and we found out about nitrates. Nitrates are preservatives injected into meat to help it to stay fresh. But the problem comes when you cook the meat. The nitrates turn into nitrosium which can be harmful to you. We tried ringing shops to ask them to promote fruit and vegetables. Fruit and vegetables have polyphenols in them fight against illness.
But there is another side to it : technology. We had to build a robot and program the robot to do tasks. We had to go to Dublin for the Crest Science Awards after the FLL competition and we had explained our project to the judges. With the robot we had to do as many tasks as we could in three minutes. We came 21st, but we were one of only 4 primary schools in the competition. We hope to do more projects in the future. To see our other projects read our blog at www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
By MiniMe
(We use nicknames in school as part of our Internet Acceptable Use Policy.)
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Clontuskert National School
Hey!
Today is a great day here in Clontuskert and were all excited about it.
The 29th February is going to be a great day. Here in Clontuskert we are so busy with our own blog and all our projects, here are some of the projects we are doing : Peace Proms, Eircom Junior Spiders awards, Jr FLL, FLL, Keep on Track and Greenwave. So as you can see are very busy.
I also love Clontuskert. It’s great and I’m so excited about this blog. I really love art and I really enjoy it and I also always have good fun with my sister. Here are some of my pastimes : kayaking and playing music. My little sister is a bit mad but she’s great fun and so are my parents and all my friends. I also love hanging out with my friends from school and all my cousins and we always have a great time.
By Star
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Words from Clontuskert
February 29th the worlds biggest blogging project
Hi my name is Reddevil I’m from Clontuskert N.S in Ireland. I’m here to tell you about our school and the great projects we do. This year we were involved in the FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL) the JUNIOR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (JFLL), the Greenwave project and the Keep on Track project are just some of the projects we have done.
In our school there are only 40 students. Our school is in the countryside.
My favourite t.v programm is Zyke and Luther my favourite subject in in school is History.
Bye. I hope you enjoy your February 29th.
By Reddevil.
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Nomadic Learning and Teaching
Today I write about the good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a nomadic (substitute) teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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Nomadic Learning and Teaching
Today I write about the good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a nomadic (substitute) teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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Posters
Today February 29th and we learned lots of interesting facts about this special day. We divided our class into 5 groups and we each researched different topics. They were: The history of February 29th, Famous people born on the 29th of February, ways of making 29 in maths, 29 ways to improve the world and 29 words to describe Ireland. Each group designed a poster containing the facts on their chosen topic. We then displayed them in our classroom. We had a great day and we are glad we did so much it’s a shame this day is only once every 4 years. We would love to keep blogging but it’s nearly home time.
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Nomadic Learning and Teaching
Today I write about the good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a nomadic (substitute) teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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More about meeee.
Hi there, my name is Mario and I’m from Clontuskert N.S. which is in Ireland. My school is a forty pupil school. In my school we all like different things. I like hurling horse riding and soccer. I like watching TV, especially Pop Girl. The programms are sleep over club, Evens Stevens, Saddle Club, Mary Kate and Ashley and Blue Water High.
My Dad’s a farmer and my Mom a postwoman. I always go farming with Dad and I help him milk the cows and calve them. I can’t go posting with my Mom because it is against the law.
By Mario.
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Abou us
Clontuskert National School is based in the country side outside Ballinasloe with 42 students.
There are 7 teachers in the school and a secretary. My teacher’s name is Mrs. Murray, the principal. There are 2 halves built, in our school, the old and the new one. The old one was built in 1956. The new half was built in 1999. Our school has seven different rooms including the hall. The two main ones are the junior room which has junior infants to second class and the senior room which has third class to sixth class. We also have a maths room and two resource rooms. We do many science projects ( which includes on 4 primary science schools awards ) which we won we also won 2 heritage awards. One of the other amazing things about Clontuskert is the ringforts. There are over 200 ringforts of then in the parish and we bare starting another project about then soon. There is also a church in the parish : Fr. Finneran is our parish priest. Clontuskert NS is also known for spikeball, winning an All Ireland in 2010 and for the 4th time in a row this year we won the county final.
In Crossconnell there is an old school which opened in 1886 and closed in 1956. By the way Crossconnell is an old road. There is also a pitch in Clontuskert which is at the side of the church. That’s only some of the facts about our great parish.
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About Mee
Hi my name is Indi; I go to St. Augustine’s N.S Clontuskert.
I go to the boxing club in Ballinasloe. I have 3 brothers and 1 sister I have twin brothers that are 9 months old and my other brother is 12. My sister is 9 but she will be 10 soon. My brother goes to the boxing club too and so does my sister. I have a cool Mum and Dad. They give me everything I need. Clontuskert is a cool school. I love it when we go swimming in school. We do volleyball, all of the girls and the boys do it. Mrs Burke brings us to matches and we get a lift with Mary. Mrs Murray is my teacher. She is cool and she helps me a lot.
I go to school at St. Augustine’s N.S in Clontuskert. It is a class school. I love it when we get to go swimming every Tuesday. We get to do LEGO also. We have two breaks and before we go outside to play, we get ten minutes to eat our lunch. We get to do good things and the 6th class are doing a project about meat and ham. We read a book called, “The Druids Tune”
Bye,
Indi
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About my exciting school.
Hi my name is Primrose and I’m in sixth class in St. Augustine’s N.S. Two years ago we got a new teacher called Mrs Murray. She is a Tipperary woman, but I’m a Galway girl.
Last year sixth class had a man teacher called Mr O’ Riordan who is from Tipperary as well but unfortunately he had to go to a different school up the road from our school. We have 42 students in our school and two teachers and three resource teachers. There are two classrooms. The two main teachers’ names are Mrs Murray and Mrs Scott. Mrs Murray’s classes are 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th class. Mrs Scott’s classes are juniors, seniors, first and second class. Our resource teachers’ names are Mrs Hardiman and Mrs Burke and our school has a blog called www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie You can get more information about our school in the website.
Bye,
Primrose
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About us.
It’s Big, It’s the Best, and it’s brilliant.
Hey everyone I go to St. Augustine’s N.S in Clontuskert. It is a 40 student school but the best school. We do lots of different projects.
There is lots of history about the school but I can’t fit it all into this piece but you can find out more in the parish book “The parish of Clontuskert- glimpses into the past” or go to or schools blog www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
There were two Lego projects we did. The 1st and 2nd classes did it and the rest are helping 6th class on the FLL (First Lego League).
After Easter we are starting a movie on Ringforts. There are 204 ringforts in Clontuskert. We are building a hut. We already have made a movie which was called “Larry’s Adventure”. You can also see it on our blog, its good but were hoping our acting skills will have improved well. That’s nearly everything about our school but if you want to find out more you no what to do. Thank you,
Bye 
Angel
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cool post
2022
I hope I am going to be playing soccer for Liverpool and get a hat-rick against Manchester United and play for Ireland and be a millionaire!!!
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“Feb-29TH WORLDS BIGGEST BLOGGING DAY”
Yo!
Hi my name is Buzzer and I’m buzzing with excitement because it’s February 29th which is it’s World’s Biggest Blogging Project Day.
Anyway back to reality. I am 12 years old and like any 12 year old boy I love sport especially playing soccer. I always play soccer when I get a chance to. I support Chelsea FC and my favourite player is Ramires. I also love listening to music especially rap. My favourite rappers are Rizzle Kicks, Tinie Tempah, B.O.B, Jay-Z and Professor Green.
I go to Clontuskert NS which is a great school. The school does so many amazing projects. Last year we did a project which was called “Keep On Track”, where we learned how old steamed trains would work and how new trains work. Our school does a lot of LEGO projects. Last year was our first year to enter the First Lego League. We also entered it this year and it was great fun. We also had to have a project for FLL and we decided we would do a project about Nitrates. The name of our project was “What’s the beef with your meat?” Our school also have a blog which is : www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie
On our blog you will find out everything that is going on in our school such as all the school projects, activities, sport and much more. I think Clontuskert is the best school you could possibly go to.
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hellllloooooooooooooo people of earth
hi i am in school my 29 most fun things to do
1. rugby
2. football
3. chess
4. grass
5. lollypops
6. jumping
7. walking
8. D S ing
9.rolling
10.helping
11. laughing
12.superheros
13. pokemon
14 houy
15 marvel
16.DC
17.sammys day out
18 doctor who
19 jumping agan
20 computer
21 ert
22 loo
23 runnig
24 laaaling
25 snailing
26 planking
27 jumping time 3
28 typing
29 toby turner
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Diary Entry For the 29th of February 2024
In the year 2024, there will be no school books, as everything will be on an IPAD. We wouldn’t have to worry about carrying a big load of books in our school bag, all we would have to carry is a small Ipad. There would be no more writing long essays by hand, just type it out on the Ipad, and best of all you would have spell-check!
Perhaps we could be going on holidays in Space and staying in a really cool resort with a pool. I wonder what the weather would be like?
I hope there would be new PlayStation that if you pressed a button on your remote YOU would go into the game.
Imagine playing with the professional footballers on Fifa 24 and riding in cool cars in Just Cause 5.
Maybe my Red Mercedes Benz special edition with auto drive would be parked outside my Big Villa in Barcelona.
A BOY CAN DREAM.
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About us.
Hi! I go to school in St. Augustine’s NS which is just outside Ballinasloe in Galway. There are 40 students in our school.
We do a lot of Lego projects and this year we entered in the First Lego League, which is all about food. You have to build a robot and program it to do different tasks. We finished 21st.
We also live very close to an abbey. It was built around 1180. We have an heritage group and a book on its history, it’s called The Parish of Clontuskert – Glimpses into its past. Our weather is nearly always wet. We play hurling, football, gaelic, tag-rugby and we swim. Our school jersey is yellow with green stripes.
I live right beside the school. I go across a stile to school. My favourite subject is Science. My favourite sport is horse-riding. I really looking forward to our “WORLD’S BIGGEST BLOGGING PROJECT”. I hope loads of people will go online and look at our blog : www.Clontuskert.scoilnet.ie
By Eggburt
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my life
My name is aaoifee. Im cool and my Friends names is katie and eshal and it bye now
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Hi world
Hello my name is Eshal Skaria today in school we did the usual .I hung out with my friends(Katie and Aoife) we were at the shelter going lots of handclap things me and Aoife were together as a group doing hand claps Katie and her sister was a group as well.There was two other girls called Caoimhe and Amythey were like judges from x-factor and they judge Katie and Amy did theirs and when Aoife and i were doing it Amy luaghed at us and we got distracted we were going to do it again but the bell rang,and now i’m up in the Computer Room(where all the computers are obviosly)writing this Katie’s right beside me ………BYE
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Projects.
It’s Big, It’s the Best, and it’s brilliant.
Hey everyone I go to St. Augustine’s N.S in Clontuskert. It is a 40 student school but the best school. We do lots of different projects.
There is lots of history about the school but I can’t fit it all into this piece but you can find out more in the parish book “The parish of Clontuskert- glimpses into the past” or go to or schools blog www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
There were two Lego projects we did. The 1st and 2nd classes did it and the rest are helping 6th class on the FLL (First Lego League).
After Easter we are starting a movie on Ringforts. There are 204 ringforts in Clontuskert. We are building a hut. We already have made a movie which was called “Larry’s Adventure”. You can also see it on our blog, its good but were hoping our acting skills will have improved well. That’s nearly everything about our school but if you want to find out more you no what to do. Thank you,
Bye
Angel
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Justin Bieber
I’d like to say Happy Birthday to Justin Bieber (for tomorrow). Have a good one. And thanks to my family for everything. Love you loads & my beautiful tuffy bichon Wiggles. 
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Christmas play
Hi, I’m Jodie. I go to school in St. Fiacc’s NS, Carlow, Ireland. I am aged 11.
In our class we did a play called The Dream at Christmas. It was about Mary & Joseph’s car breaking down and they have to make it through the night. But what happens when Mary has her baby???
We also sang songs. This was for Christmas and everyone enjoyed our play.
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About our school.
OH, what a day there will be in Clontuskert N.S. on Feb.29th! I’m Bobbles and I am a 6th Class student in St. Augustine’s N.S. Clontuskert.
All the students are very excited about the “Feb.29th” Project. I would like to say this on behalf of all the students and members of staff in Clontuskert. Our school does many projects about many different topics, from “Keep On Track”, a Train Project, to the FIRST LEGO League with a “Me” of food factor. We also do many activities in the classroom, such as reading novels that are linked to one of our projects, for example; we are planning to make a ringforts film to show people that we learned about ringforts. We chose ringforts because our parish has 204 ringforts! The link to it was a novel called “The Druids Tune”, which is set in the time of the ringforts. Everyone enjoyed the book and it is encouraging the pupils to read it and I myself love reading the novel.
With all of our projects and activities are encouraging people to read or take interest in; art, music, drama and science. The school is great for giving the pupils a bright idea of their future.
To find out more visit: www.clontuskert.schoolnet.ie
By Bobbles.
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History
Our school is very interested in Clontuskert’s history as well. We were so interested that we decided to do a project on ringforts in Clontuskert. There are 204 ringforts in Clontuskert. We are going to make a film on one of the nearest ringforts. We are also reading books to do with ringforts. 3rd and 4th are reading “NUALA AND HER SECERT WOLF” and 5th and 6th are reading “THE DRUID’S TUNE”. My name is Buttercup. My interests are camogie, reading, playing music and singing. Our school has a blog too. Just go to www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
I hope you will visit and like our blog. Have a nice 29th of February! BY BUTTERCUP.
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having fun
Today i am going to leave school at 3 o clock . Then i ‘m going to play outside then i’ll wa tv . Then i will look at the cattle.
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Random
Hello person who has decided to read a blog with the title random on it.
I might have met you. You were beside that monkey under the palm tree.. Right?
My name is Katie. I haven’t got a baby panda. Yet.
My best friends are Aoife and Eshal. (Thats EE-shel, I-shil.. Lots of people make that mistake)
Shes from India. She came here on a leap yer.
Aoifes Irish. She’s cool. Nothing of interest to share with you.
My school was built in 1884. (ancient… Also a leap year)
I like Harry Potter. And hate Twilight… A sparkling vampire.. More like a fairy.
I’m going to go now.
I will miss you greatly.
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About me
Hey!
Today is a great day here in Clontuskert and were all excited about it.
The 29th February is going to be a great day. Here in Clontuskert we are so busy with our own blog and all our projects, here are some of the projects we are doing Peace Proms, Eircom Junior Spiders awards, Jr FLL, FLL, Keep on Track and Greenwave. So as you can see are very busy. I also love Clontuskert. It’s great and I’m so excited about this blog. I really love art and I really enjoy it and I also always have good fun with my sister. Here are some of my pastimes, kayaking and playing music. My little sister is a bit mad but she’s great fun and so are my parents and all my friends. I also love hanging out with my friends from school and all my cousins and we always have a great time. By Star
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ME
Hello my name is Eshal Skaria .I came here to Ireland in 2008(a leap year!) I’ve been here for 4 lovely years.Ever since i came here i had two great friends that are AWESOME!
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do you like pokemon?
I am Bl0gging on this blog in craggagh ns and giving a shout outv to all you big pokemon fans out there! post a reply containing your favorite pokemon! (just for big fans)
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Birthdays on the 29th
29 – Jan – 1954 Oprah Winfrey (58) – talk show host
29 – Feb – 1980 Taylor Twellman (32) – footballer
29 – Mar – 1964 Elle Macpherson (47) – supermodel
29 – Apr – 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer (53) – actress
29 – Apr – 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis (54) – famous actor
29 – May – 1917 John F. Kennedy (94) – american president
29 – May – 1967 Noel Gallagher (44) – songwriter and guitarist for oasis
29 – Jun – 1978 Nicole Scherzinger (33) – popstar
29 – Jul – 1883 Benito Mussolini (128) – dictator
29 – Aug – 1958 Michael Jackson (53) – popstar
29 – Aug – 1939 William Friedkin (72) – director of the exorcist
29 – Sep – 1901 Enrico Fermi (110) – invented the atomic bomb
29 – Oct – 1947 Richard Dreyfuss (64) – actor (jaws)
29 – Nov – 1832 Louisa May Alcott (179) – author of little women
29 – Nov – 1898 C.S. Lewis (113) – author of famous childrens series
29 – Dec – 1972 Jude Law (39) – actor (Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes 2011)
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Nomadic Learning and Teaching
Today I write about the good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a nomadic (substitute) teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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Business Development
I am in a suburb of Dublin call CityWest and i am seeking new friends around the World who want to contact me about business and Networking and also the History of Ireland.
I am av ailable at any time ;
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Take a Leap!
In today’s class, we are writing about times in our lives when we have ‘taken a leap’ or a chance that paid off. There are some interesting stories emerging, from tales of love to tales of regret. Our favourite so far is the boy who leapt upon the chance to ask a girl out. She said yes!
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Lá an Bhisigh
We are 5th and 6th class in Carlow Educate Together. Today is the 29th of Feb. We have been doing Irish, Maths, English and learning how to batik. Parents beware, one day your child will come home smarter than you.
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my first post
i am typing in my ecdl class and i am in st. johns college in ireland in cork and i am enjoying it
i love going places on the bus eireann buses
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Social Networking
My Favourite Social Networking Site Is Facebook & Bebo. I Like These Because You Can Connect With Your Family & Friends From All Over The World! And I Also Like Them Social Networking Sites Because When You Are Bored You Could Go Onto Facebook, Bebo, Skype, Twitter, Tagged And Interact With All Your Friends And Family!
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FIRST LEGO League in Clontuskert
Hello!!! I am from Clontuskert National School in Ireland. We are a small school in the countryside. There are only 40 pupils in our school. There are 2 classrooms. We are involved in many projects but my favourite is the First Lego League. This is a project about technology and food. Our project is about meat, meat production and preservation. We were looking at meat and we found out about nitrates. Nitrates are preservatives injected into meat to help it to stay fresh. But the problem comes when you cook the meat. The nitrates turn into nitrosium which can be harmful to you. We tried ringing shops to ask them to promote fruit and vegetables. Fruit and vegetables have polyphenols in them fight against illness. But there is another side to it. It is technology. We had to build a robot and program the robot to do tasks. We had to go to Dublin for the Crest Science Awards after the FLL competition and we had explained our project to the judges. With the robot we had to do as many tasks as we could in three minutes. We came 21st, but we were one of only 4 primary schools in the competition. We hope to do more projects in the future. To see our other projects read our blog at www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
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virutal time capsule
Hi this is morgan
This is a virtual time capulse.
Now-a-days kids have xboxs, ps3, Ds, tv, raido and smart phones.
All this stuff might be junk when you get this. But all the kids think these are fun.
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leap year
Hi my name is Conor, I live in Carlow, Ireland. I am in 5th class and I’m going to talk about a Leap Year. In a leap year a woman is able to ask a man to marry her. A person who is born on the 29th of February they usually celebrate their birthday on the 28th of February or the 1st of March. Or else they only celebrate it every 4 years
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My 29 favourite guitar riffs/solos
29-Enter sandman- Metallica
28-Are you gonna go my way- Lenny Kravitz
27-The boys are back in town- Thin Lizzy
26-Seek and Destroy-Metallica
25-purple haze-Jimi Hendrix
24-Johnny b good-Chuck Berry
23-Sad but True-Metallica
22-Whole lotta rosie-AC/DC
21-IRON MAN- Black Sabbath
20-Plug in baby-Muse
19-Layla-Eric Clapton `
18-Tears in heaven-Eric Clapton
17-Smoke on the water-Deep Purple
16-Voodoo child-Jimi Hendrix
15-Under the bridge- RHCP
14-We will rock you-Queen
13-Sunshine of your love-Eric Clapton
12-Welcome to the jungle- Guns N Roses
11-Walk this way-Aerosmith
10-Back in black-AC/DC
9-Highway to hell-AC/DC
8-Raise your hands-Bon Jovi
7-Sweet home Alabama-lynard skynard
6-Paradise city-Guns N Roses
5-November rain-Guns N Roses
4-Hotel California- The eagles(solo)
3-Sweet child o’ Mine-Guns N Roses
2-Free bird-Lynard Skynard
1-One-Metallica
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My 29 favourite songs to play on acoustic guitar.
1. Streets of New York – The Wolfe Tones.
2. Dirty Old Town – The Pogues.
3. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison.
4. Whiskey In The Jar – Thin Lizzy.
5. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynyrd.
6. One – U2.
7. The Man Who Cant Be Moved – The Script.
8. Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel K.
9. Im Yours – Jason Mraz.
10. Cosmic Love – Florence And The Machine.
11. By The Way – Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
12. Save Tonight – Eagle Eyed Cherry.
13. Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns And Roses.
14. Knockin On Heavens Door – Guns And Roses.
15. Alice – Smokey.
16. The A Team – Ed Sheeran.
17. Ride On – Christy Moore.
18. Black Is The Colour – Christy Moore.
19. Little Lion Man – Mumford And Sons.
20. Ordinary Man – Christy Moore.
21. July – Mundy.
22. Galway Girl – Mundy.
23. Wherever You Will Go – The Calling.
24. N17 – The Saw Doctors.
25. I Used To Love Her – The Saw Doctors.
26. Ceili Band – The Saw Doctors
27. Aint No Sunshine – Bill Withers.
28. Hotel California – The Eagles.
29. Rollin In The Deep – Adele.
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Fetac level5
I am taking part in International blogging day in Cork and I am sitting in my college class hoping to do at least do ok at it!!!
I am just back from watching my daughter take part and come first in The primary schools choral feis-woohoo!!!!!!
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blogging from Ireland
My name is Younus. I am 10 years old. I am here in Ireland 3 years now. I am from Bangladesh but I am living in Carlow now.
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waiting…..
Hi my name is Lee. I am 11 years old and I live in Carlow. I am in 5th class.
A few weeks ago I bought a new bicycle off Ebay and I told it would be here on a Monday. When Monday came I ws sitting in the window waiting for it to arrive, but it never came. When Tuesday came, it still hadn’t arrived. On Wednesday I came home from school and my new bicycle was sitting in the sitting room.
I was so excited to go on it! And now sadly it has a flat tyre. 
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Hello World
Dia duit!
Conas atá tú?
I’m in computer class in College writing my blog
Happy Leap Year World!!!!!
Slán leat
Dee x
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fly me to the moon
Hi, my name is Elsa, I am 11 years old.
I have a great interest in space, I would love to be one of those lucky people who win one of the last few remaining tickets to visit the Moon in 2013! Hmmmmm….!
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Farewell Mrs. O’Gorman
Today is the 29th February 2012. Mrs. O’Gorman is leaving St. Fiaccs National School. She has been in the school over 30 years. Mrs. O’Gorman has been a great teacher and we will miss her very much.
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HEY
Hi its me and Beca here, its lunch, were going to play hot shot, and if i am out, i will do the hard slip jig with Beca. We love irish dancing, but i will miss my class today cos im goin shopping with my sponsor Mari Claire, i luv her, shes my cousin. Shes getting me my confo present, bye bye bye xox xox
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time capsule
Hi my name is Zara, I live in Ireland. I would like to put money in a time capsule and lots of school books and old pictures. I would like to dig it up about 20 years from now to see if anything has changed
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The Leap Year
Hi, my name is Shenice and I’m going to tell you a bit about the leap year. Every 4 years there is an extra day in February, the 29th. Anyone who has their birthday on the 29th can either celebrate it on the 28th of February or they can celebrate it once every 4 years.
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life in 2012
I had fun in the playground today playing a carnivore game with the lads.I went to guitar lesson. Eshal came over to hang out. We watched the Simpsons.
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blogging from Ireland
Hello to the world, wherever you may be today is world blog day let’s all log on and see.
My name is Bryan, I was born and raised in Ireland, in a town called Carlow. It’s a beautiful town built on the river Barrow
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I’m blogging and so are my pupils!
The room I’m sitting in with my pupils in Craggagh National School, Co Mayo, Ireland was built in 1884…..a leap year! I wonder what went on in this room on February 29th 1884?
Well, for a start, the student population was about 3 times what it is today. The average family size has dropped significantly over the past 128 years. Also, in 1884, boys and girls were kept separate, separate teachers, separate classes and separate playground.
The photocopier is working very hard beside me here and there are 10 laptops/PCs buzzing with bloggers. How would someone from 1884 interpret that sentence?!
The concept of using a “slate” in school has changed dramatically since then too! Children in 1884 used white chalk to write on slates, today’s child sees slates in a very different way!
I was told once that children will not remember everything you teach them but they’ll remember “how” you taught them.
In future leap years, I hope my pupils will remember Feb 29th, 2012 fondly!
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29th feb 2016………
On the next 29th Feb I’ll be 19 years old!! aah…that’s kinda scary when i think about it:) So here’s a list of the 29 things i hope to have achieved by the 29th Feb 2016:
1. do well in my junior cert
2. relax and do nothing for all of this summer
3. get to the all-Ireland Fleadh
4. make a bit of money…
5. then spend it all on clothes!:)
6. go to see 1 direction in the O2
7. go on holidays with my family
8. climb Crough Patrick at least 4 more times
9. watch breaking dawn part 2
10. finish reading all 3 of the hunger games…
11. and see the movie
12. start reading wuthering heights again (for like the 10th time!! )
13. lose a bit of weight
14. get an A in English for the junior cert (maybe!!)
15. try lots of new crazy foods
16. visit France
17. say goodbye to Art after the junior cert(thank god!!)
18. meet Beyonce
19. finish this list…….!!:)
20. choose my subjects for the leaving cert
21. get a new phone
22. watch every scary movie made (well at least all the good 1′s!!)
23. get my driver’s license
24. appreciate my mom and dad more
25. enjoy some good weather in Ireland for once
26. go to Kerry and visit all the cousins again
27. study hard for the leaving cert
28. pass the leaving cert
29. go to college or university
God I have a lot to do……………..!!!!!!:)
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My top 30 books of all time !
My top 30 favorite books of all time are:
1.MorganVille series by Rachel Caine
2.Mortal instruments series by Cassandra Clare
3.jane eyre by Charelette bronte
4.Harry Potter series by jk rowling
5.The hunger games by Suzanne Collins
6.wurthering heights by Emily Bronte
7.Alices adventure in wonderland & through the looking glass by lewis carroll
8.To kill a mocking bird by harper lee
9.Pride and predjuduce by jane austan
10.the host by stephanie meyers
11.Angelas ashes by Frank Mc Court
12.uglies by Scott Westerfeld
13Percy jackson series by Rick Riordan
14.Shiver by Maggie Stiefvar
15.A great and terrible beauty by Libby Bray
16.Vampire academy by Richelle mead
17.Hush hush hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
18.The luxe by anna Godberson
19.Evernight by Claudia Grey
20.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakspeare
21.The meditator by Meg Cabot
22.Fallen by Lauren- kate
23.Circe Du freak by Darren Shan
24.just listen by Sarah dessen
25.Vampire Diaries by Lj Smith
26.the secret circle by lj smith
27.the iron knig by Juile kagwa
28.the pretties by Scott WesterFeld
29.Twilght saga by Stephaine Meyers
30.Midnight Sun by Stephaine meyers
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Leap Year resources
I’ve written a blog post about social networking with students: digital identity, privacy & authenticity, available at www.catherinecronin.wordpress.com.
And now I’ll have some lunch! Happy Leap Day, everyone
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Fetac level5
I am taking part in International blogging day in Cork and I am sitting in my college class hoping to do at least do ok at it!!!
I am just back from watching my daughter take part and come first in The primary schools choral feis-woohoo!!!!!!
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29 favorite apps.
29 Best apps
1. Shazam
2. Viggle
3. Skype
4. Facebook
5. Twittelator
6. iMovie
7. Garageband
8. iTunes U
9. Kindle
10. Keynote
11. Pages
12. Fotoplanet
13. Say what you see
14. Globs
15 Rat on a skateboard
16. Flood it.
17.Lesson plans
18. Netflix
19. Dragon dictate
20. Google earth.
21. PS Express.
22. Color Blast.
23. Pro create.
24. Toontastic
25. TeeVee
26. Vimeo
27. Naked trailers.
28. 60 Minutes.
29. Video time machine.
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The Big Bang Theory
Am in college today. We are taking part in World Blogging Day.
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Happy to be Here
Today I am very grateful for my current job.
I am happy and working towards getting myself more grounded/present each day…..certainly is a challenge and definately a work in progress
29th Feb is a good day….
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Nomadic Learning and Teaching
Today I write about the good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a nomadic (substitute) teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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I love rugby
Hi I’m Sam. I like to play rugby because I want become a professional rugby player and play proper rugby when I’m older. When I was six years old I was watching television then I was called into the kitchen by my Mam and Dad. They said I could take up a sport it was either Rugby, Gaelic or Hurling? I knew nothing about Gaelic or Hurling. I saw my Dad watching rugby a lot on the television and that’s why I picked rugby. I have being playing rugby for five years and I started it at six years old and I’m eleven now. My Mam and Dad play rugby aswell. I met a few Ireland players and I was very excited.
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A day of memories and mixed emotion
It is 15:50 hours on the 29th of February 2012 and already I have received farewell emails from 4 of my soon-to-be former colleagues who have opted for the Irish public service early retirement scheme. They will have had 141 years of primary school teaching experience between them. It is difficult nowadays, to imagine the bare bones appearance of classrooms 40 years. No maps to speak of, a record player and if you were lucky a reel to reel tape recorder which was shared by the entire school. The nuns in the girls’ school had a 16mm projector which they used for fund raising – no videos or YouTube back then. Art and Crafts was been introduced but it was difficult to use paint and jars of water on the old slopping desks. Some teachers just left the new curriculum to the “young ones” and never embraced the change. Of course nibbed pens and ink wells were still in use but a court case soon put an end to them in the late 70s. Corporal Punishment was stiil in use and you were viewed as soft by the staff and pupils if you did not use it. I was a member of the Irish branch of STOPP – I think it stood for the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment. The department of education banned it in 1982. One teacher I know of, retired early when the ban was eventually passed into law in the mid 90s.
Together they would have gone through various sensory modalities of teaching and learning such as the nylon board with sandpaper backed paper figurines, using a shared slide projector and filmstrips and manhandling an awkward 28 inch black and white television from classroom to classroom. In my first school’s case the TV was confined to senior classes due to its weight and an insurmountable flight of stairs.
For many of my colleagues in their late 50s and early 60s the digital classroom was an unnecessary imposition on an already overburdened curriculum.
I, on the otherhand, am trying to get back to work after a 6 months absence due to back trouble. Bring on the interactive whiteboards, online activities, eTwinning, Skyping and of course digitally assisted creativity. There is life in the old dog yet!
Good luck and best wishes to everyone in the public service who availed of the early retirement option today. You served your country well. Let’s hope there is enough in the kitty to meet all your dreams.
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Usain Bolt
Hi I’m Cathal, I’m going to write about Usain Bolt.
He is the world record holder for the 100m 200m sprint with 9.58secs for 100m and 19.19 seconds for 200m.
He’s from Jamaica and oh I almost forgot, he also has the world record with the Jamaican relay team, with a time of 37.04 seconds
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hi
i like rugby so i did the top 25 rugby teams yes ireland 8th
Australia
France
South Africa
Wales
England
Argentina
Ireland
Tonga
Samoa
Scotland
Italy
Canada
Japan
Georgia
Fiji
Romania
United States
Spain
Namibia
Uruguay
Russia
Chile
Portugal
Belgium
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Right Now
Hi, its Sam here, right next to bffs Beca and Carmen. Hi Lorry. Lorry is my bff too. She has just come to read my post, shes reading it aloud, so STOP. tanx. Sorry. I am in Dunshaughlin, in school. sam just left tehe im taking over its lorry her bff. I am back!!! thanx for taking over, Lorry. Lorry loves JLS and blue, for Aston Merrygold.I love Justin Bieber, dancing, music, Harry Potter and purple. Carmen loves The Hunger Games, Hp, Narnia, dancing and music, oh and esPECially Tracy Beaker (returns), And yellow,pink,purple,turquise and lime green !!!!!!!
Beca loves dancing, music and reading & yellow and Tracy Beaker. OH and B4 i forget, I have an amazing bff cousin, Roisin. We are so close, like sisters, and shes awesome. We went to Italy together, and Mayo and MORE. she is awesome, i love her xox 4 roro please!!!.
xox bye from sam, beca, carmen and lorry.
ps. I have 3 more frends, cousin Nora, frend Elise, and 2nd cuz once removed, Fiona. Hi to Nor, Elise and Fiona!!!
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29 things about nomadic teaching (posh term for being a substitute teacher!)
I blog today as a learner and a nomadic teacher.
29 good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a substitute teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
Bain sult as an lá bisigh seo ;o)
Enjoy today the leap day!
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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29 things about nomadic teaching (posh term for being a substitute teacher!)
I blog today as a learner and a nomadic teacher.
29 good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a substitute teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
Bain sult as an lá bisigh seo ;o)
Enjoy today the leap day!
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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29 things about nomadic teaching (posh term for being a substitute teacher!)
I blog today as a learner and a nomadic teacher.
29 good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a substitute teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
Bain sult as an lá bisigh seo ;o)
Enjoy today the leap day!
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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:P
Hi uh….. Isobel that’s my name XD. sooooo……uh nothin much to say oh my confo is on saturday so I’m excited ye! well by xoxox
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29 things about nomadic teaching (posh term for being a substitute teacher!)
I blog today as a learner and a nomadic teacher.
29 good, bad, beautiful and ugly things about being a substitute teacher
1. Developing the ability to think on my feet
2. Opening my mind to new ideas
3. Getting to see my county under many different guises/ethos’s/frameworks
4. The sinking feeling going to bed without work the next day
5. The elation of being booked for a days work…a weeks work…a months work…
6. Frantically making my lunch
7. Trying to locate a new school while eating my breakfast in the car
8. Discovering something new about my teaching abilities
9. Seeing a lesson idea come to life
10. Seeing a lesson idea fall flat on its face
11. Getting a call back from a school – SCORE!
12. The trepidation of trying to call a school via text-a-sub* before someone else
13. Leaving a school knowing that we, as a class, had a great day
14. Leaving the class wondering where it all went wrong
15. Connecting to the world via my teaching
16. Volunteering at home and abroad as a teacher
17. A welcoming staff room
18. Friday evening: driving home, parking and chilling out ready to prepare for another week
19. The mystery – Will I work? Will I not? (positive and negative)
20. The paycheck!
21. Seeing my diary fill up!
22. Enjoying the mid-term/Easter break because I too have been working
23. Having a child in your class tell you that they enjoyed your lesson
24. Having a teacher asking you about a lesson you did with their class
25. Making good friends with staff members even though you now work somewhere else
26. The support and advice I get from other teachers
27. The support and advice I can give to other teachers – esp subs!
28. Lunchtime!
29. Making a contribution to the world, as a learner and teacher
Bain sult as an lá bisigh seo ;o)
Enjoy today the leap day!
*Text-a-sub is a text service in Ireland which allows schools to advertise subbing positions to sub teachers within a geographical region
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in school
im in school and im really excited for my confirmation and I’m going to library today at 15 minutes past 3 and I’m going to church for a practise for the confirmation .On the day of the confirmation I’m going to the hair dressers to get my hair done and my godmother is my sponsor.She is really nice cause for my birthday she would always bring me shopping .So that’s it, bye
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My Bucket List:
These are not in order!
29. Tweet ten thousand tweets ..
28. Move out of my small house .. :/
27. Learn how to drive the tractor!
26. Bungee jump 
25. Travel the world
24. Keep playing the guuitar ..
23. Meet One Direction!
22. Have LOADS of children ..
21. Get a huge dog (:
20. Climb a mountain ..
19. Live in a foreign country ..
18. Dye my hair seven colours of the rainbow!
17. Keep all my friends that I have now :’)
16. Be a sponser at one of my brothers confirmation ..
15. Get a donor-card ..
14. Spend my last living moments with my close family ..
13. Have a HUGE family Christmas at my Grandparents house
12. Swin a smallish sea ..
11. Full five wardbrobes with shoes
10. Go help people in Afica ..
9. Run a marathon ..
8. Make a video blog on Youtube ..
7. Have a thousand friends on Facebook ..
6. Get a blue guitar ..
5. Play in Crooke Park ..
4. Play soccer for Mayo ..
3. Have a massive and wild 18th
2. Have loads of children
1. Never stop loving my family <3
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snow
snow
snow is so soft like a feather
It turns to ice after a night or two
It comes every winter and melts after it is ice
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What I’m doing today
I am going to the library I’m doing my homework which I hope I don’t get any! I probably will go on my computer and I might watch some TV, eat dinner, usual… I will probably finish my Confirmation project @ the library :):) I might read and eh….. That’s probably it because that’s my usual routine… I might get some stuff ready for my Confirmation because it’s in only 3 days and I’m so exited =)=)=) Yeah so that’s it!!!
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Taking time away from other things to say “Hello”
February 29th, eh?
Hm… Nothing special about today for me. It was a normal enough day. That’s kind of nice, though. Plus, it was the start of a short week at work! (I had Monday and yesterday off, so I was refreshed going back to work today ).
Other than that? Nah, nothing. In saying that, as soon as I’ve this finished, I’ve a mind to do some writing in a novel I’m trying to finish. I’m only on the first draft, but it’s taking forever!
There are many things I could rant about, could discuss, whatever. But I won’t. Instead, I’ll just say: Live life. Enjoy every experience. Store everything you hear, see and feel away somewhere. You never know when it might come in useful.
Peace out!
^_^
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Student Life
Today was the day that I propsed to my boyfriend!……………..haha just kidding, I don’t even have a boyfriend.
I am a media student studying for an MA in TV an Radio production, so being a student, my day was pretty boring and average. One thing that crosses my mind most days, including today, is the fact that my generation’s future is very uncertain.
It is scary to think that even after studying for four years to obtain a degree, at the end of the day it is worth nothing if there are no jobs. It is even scarier for media students because media is one of the hardest industries to get in to even at the best of economic times.
But people don’t realise that the world probably wouldn’t even be able to function if the media didn’t exist. Media students are vital to the industry but we are faced with an uncertain and instable future. I am the type of person who likes to know what I will be doing but when I think ahead to this day in five years time, I couldn’t even give a guess of what I will be doing.
I have settled with the fact that I could be spending a lot of time unemployed or in a job that I don’t love, but eventually I hope, it will be worth it and I will end up where I want to be.
That crossed my mind today…and that was probably as exciting as my day got.
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Me?
Hiya, I’m Phoebe. I am 12 years old! I am in primary school, but in September I’m going into secondary school! I do irish dancing, and have won lots of medals and trophys.I have about 5 Irish dancing dresses, not to brag or anything! I have a little sister, Pippa, who just turned four, and my Mum just had another baby, called Primrose, two weeks old, but we call her Prim for short! (unusaul but pretty!!) I chose it. Mum said I could. And I have an older brothes Mathew too.He’s 15. He’s actually ok for a brother! I’m making my confirmation on Saturday 3rd March. It’s quite early…. kinda! I love dancing, reading, music, tv ,my laptop, yellow, Tracy Beaker Returns and my pets. I have a puppy,mini.We found her at the side of the road. She is sooooooooo small,she’s a cross between a yorkie and a Shih Tzu. We also have fish, a hamster (hamlet!) and a kitten. We found the kitten too and she was almost DEAD!!! We called her Saphire. She’s complety white! I dunno why I’m writing all this!!!???? Anway g2g cause I’m in school and were about to do art! Bye and I hope you liked reading this! xxxooo Phoebe ps: Smiley faces are my LIFE! xxx
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29 facts on Niall James Horan
1.His full name is Niall James Horan.
2.He is 18 years old.
3.He is a member of One Direction.
4.He is from Mullingar,Co.Westmeath Ireland.
5.His birthdate is 13th September 1993.
6.He has the same the same birthday as one of the writers of this blog.
7.His band members are called Liam Payne,Zayn Malik,Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles.
8.He has a brother called Greg Horan.
9.His mother’s name is Maura.
10.His father’s name is Bobby.
11.He has blonde hair and BEAUTIFUL blue eyes.
12.His favourite fast food is Nandos.
13.He defys gravity – He can jump incredibly high.
14.He cried on his homestage in the O2 in Dublin because he was so happy and proud.
15.He can play the guitar.
16.He can imitate Peter Dickinson,a.k.a voiceover man on The X Factor.
17.He is claustrophobic.
18.He likes to say ‘YEAAAAAAAAAAHHH BUUUUDDY!!!’
19.He is the shortest member of One Direction.
20.He is the second youngest member of One Direction.
21.His Twitter is @NiallOfficial
22.He has over one and a half million Twitter followers.
23.His favourite colour is red.
24.He really likes hightops.
25.Katy Perry put him through to Bootcamp on The X Factor 2010 as a guest judge.
26.He and his band members won a BRIT Award for Best British Single.
27.He hates it when fans scream in his face when he is trying to talk to them.
28.He has a cat.
29.The two writers of this blog reallyREAAAAAAAAAAALLY love Niall James Horan and his band members,One Direction
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Awsomeness
1. crocodile
2. butter
3. stamper
4. jump
5. treasure
6. pencil case
7. sharp
8. banana
9. people
10. table
11. notes
12. rhino
13. houses
14. accommodation
15. book
16. yeah buddy!
17. business
18. stunnahh
19. highlighter
20. car
21. coco-pops
22. strings
23. spider
24. toast
25. Yeah boyy.
26. call me
27. t-shirt
28. clock
29. skittles
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Confused….TWICE
well im in school typing this up not sure why but i might as well everyone else is so………
happy feb 29th everyone………
i think
well im in school typing this up not sure why but i might as well everyone else is so………
happy feb 29th everyone………
i think
oops did i say that twice?
i….i.. did that deliberately just in case you didnt see it the first time…….
.i think………
if your still not happy……
why did the chicken cross the road?
HOW WOULD I NO!!!!ASK THE CHICKEN!
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Mr. O’Donovan Retires
Our teacher remembers you when you were a very young teacher starting your first job teaching in Scoil Lorcain an all-boys school in Kilbarrack. At the time there were over two thousand children in the parish of Kilbarrack-Foxfield and almost one thousand of them attended Scoil Lorcain.At that time Kilbarrack Foxfield was a newly created suburb on the perimeter of the city. Newly arrived local boys were called “culchies” when they went back to visit their old friends in the city centre.
At that time It was normal for teachers to have up to forty five children in their classes at this time. You might wonder how they even fitted in the classroom but then the tables were much smaller with up to six pupils sitting around a two trapezoidal shaped tables. Recently a pupil in my class complained that she didn’t have enough space at her table. She had the space of three pupils back then. The forty five boys from Mr.O’Donovan’s first class are scattered around the world although some now visit Scoil Eoin as grandfathers of our current students.
As a young boy sitting in his primary school in Co.Cork Mr.O’Donovan could scarcely have imagine some of the new inventions that have been developed in recent years and have been introduced into the school since he started teaching..Items such as the spirit duplicator, reel to reel tape recorder and BBC commadore Computer have been superseded by later inventions.In this era of scanning and instant photocopying it is hard to imagine that once handouts were manually printed using a Gestetner.In recent years the advent of the Interactive whiteboard and the Internet were beyond the wildest dreams of Mr.O’Donovan when as a young boy he wrote stories fin his primary school about how he imagined the future.
Over the years hundreds of children have passed through your classes and benefited from your knowledge and expertise.You contributed in many ways to the life of the school sharing your expertise and knowledge of many aspects of the curriculum, Gaeilge, mathematics, computers and science.All of these activities and contributions had the stamp of a teacher who was totally dedicated to his work and had the admirable and conscientious sense of duty always putting the welfare of this students first.
He was the teacher who purchased organised and catalogued many of the books that are currently in the library. We hope that when he returns on a visit we’ll have it in the same condition as he has left it.
Mr.O’Donovan could turn his hand to many things training young footballers in Naomh Barrog, making movies, assisting in the garden club and even demonstrating his knitting skills to members of the Knitting club.
Today a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. You are now free as a bird ready to fly away on many new adventures. We wish you good health and happiness in the years ahead and hope that you will have the opportunity to explore many new areas of the world.
Go n-eiri an bothar leat is an old Irish saying wishing you good luck on the road of life.
Míle buíochas Thanks a million.
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Leapday !!!!
Helloooooooooooooooo…..I’m writing this post yoke on my teacher’s computer!!!!!!! And I’m not sure what else to say…………….. Em…em … My teacher was singing on the Late late show on Friday the 24th of february and she was really good, she was going 2 be on the Eurovision if she won, but JEDWARD won instead….sadly but Maria(my teacher) was brillant !!!!!!!!!! Every1 should look her up on Youtube cause she’s really good !!!! her name is Maria McCool!!!!!…………..Well thats all I can think of writing right now ……… o i think I’m gonna watch LEAP YEAR (the movie,just in case you didnt know that it’s a movie) today !!!!!!!!!!! Te he……..OO my class’ Confirmation is this Saturday the 3rd of March. We’re all really really excited for it,it’s gonna be really fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, Bye then XoxoxoxoxoxoxoX Slán go fóill XoxoxoxoX xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Leapday !!!!
Helloooooooooooooooo…..I’m writing this post yoke on my teacher’s computer!!!!!!! And I’m not sure what else to say…………….. Em…em … My teacher was singing on the Late late show on Friday the 24th of february and she was really good, she was going 2 be on the Eurovision if she won, but JEDWARD won instead….sadly but Maria(my teacher) was brillant !!!!!!!!!! Every1 should look her up on Youtube cause she’s really good !!!! her name is Maria McCool!!!!!…………..Well thats all I can think of writing right now ……… o i think I’m gonna watch LEAP YEAR (the movie,just in case you didnt know that it’s a movie) today !!!!!!!!!!! Te he……..OO my class’ Confirmation is this Saturday the 3rd of March. We’re all really really excited for it,it’s gonna be really fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, Bye then XoxoxoxoxoxoxoX Slán go fóill XoxoxoxoX xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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froggy leapy year
im in school now and im on the laptop in my class and showing my class how to use it!! hopefully in four years time i still wont be in sixth class !!! :0 fingers crossed ! 
oh yeah forgot to say happy birthday to my cousin stephen he is 19 today !!! happy birthday !!
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Bieber fever
Hello my name is Katelyn and I love Justin Bieber as you all know it is his birthday tomorrow and he will be 18 he was born in 1994 the first of march I love his music and i hope you do to happy leap year everyone.
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all about joseph
Hi there my name is Joseph and tomorrow we are going on a tour up to cork
on a ship.it is going to be great. and last week i went to the park and it was a nice day.
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Sport
Hi my name is cian i am from Ireland and i love sport.My favourite sport is handball it is the best sport in the world and .I have a game on this Saturday it is a munster semi-final.I hope i win
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Sport
Hi my name is cian i am from Ireland and i love sport.My favourite sport is handball it is the best sport in the world and .I have a game on this Saturday it is a munster semi-final.I hope i win
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Kicking in
Hi im Adam.I in 5th class.I go to school in St.Patricks Cork Mallow.Im from Ireland.Im going to be a 11 in 8 days.I woke up this morning and moned because I had school.After school im planning on relaxing and have fun with friends and have a free day.Bye and peace out homies of the world
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horses
my name is Miley. I live in Ireland and I go to St Patrick boys School I like drawing horses. I own two horses their names are Sperrot and Gypsy.
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Shakey ass walk
Right so I’m doing a blog so I’ll write about something that I find interesting all though lots of people won’t. The thing I’m talking about is athletics. I race-walk. Yes it’s that weird walk that involves shaking your hips and at my school has become named “The shakey ass walk.” I live in Mayo, in Ireland. (and no it’s not all sheep, cows and tractors) Infact there are about ten of us in the county who compete at a national level, to be honest there are only really ten of us who racewalk in the county. Surprisingly only one person race-walks from Dublin our capital county where a quarter of our population live! Which proves how much better it is to live in the countryside.
As much as it tires me to get up ridiculously early every morning to go training I can see myself getting better and that’s one of the best things about doing sport. It might seem serious but we are the biggest bunch of insane, fun-loving people ever! ☺ Some of my best friends do race-walking and I kept in contact with practically everyone even if they live on the other side of the country.
I think this is the best sport I could have ever got invovled in because I’ve got to go to England twice and have won several medals at all-Irelnd competitions. We go to different places in Ireland during the year to train and have “the craic.”(it’s Irish slang for fun not a drug) We could end up staying up all night, talking to lost drunks or guzzling two litre bottles of coke but those are the moments that make every trip memorable!
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life
hi my name is aaron i’m from ireland and i’m 11 i’m writing about my life and future. i hope to get good grades in school in my future i pray for a good life lots of friends and id be glad to get into college i’m going to be a pilot i have a wonderful girlfriend and a great family i go to a school called st.patricks b.n.s. and i hope to get married and move to italy bye this is my life and happy leap day and ill see you in 4 years chow amigo.
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29 reasons why we hate school
1. We have to get up really early. :Z
2. There is too much effort. :@
3. School is simply boring. :O
4. It’s a waste of time, we have better things to do 
5.The chairs are uncomfortable. :L
6.The rules are stupid. :/
7. Teachers are stubborn. :<
8. Too much homework. :'(
9. The breaks are too short. </3
10. We don't get enough time off on holidays.
11. We hate the stupid timetable! :@
12. We look like nuns in our uniforms. hah lol
13. It's an all girls school
14. We barely use the computers.
15. Facebook is blocked from the internet </3
16. Some teachers make you feel stupid when you do something wrong. :L
17. Classes are too long
18. We can't eat during class, even when we are hungry :O
19. The school day is too long. </3
20.The canteen smells :L
21. There is only one male teacher in the school </3
22. Some teachers don't have a sense of humor
23. We get detentions for everything and anything
24. We get too many exams and they are marked badly.
25. We can't draw on boards.
26. Too many subjects.
27. We have to wear black shoes and tights.
28. They make us read too much.
29.But the one thing we do like is the canteen man
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hello whats up
Hi I’m Alex I’m from Ireland
Yesterday I was playing handball with my friends jack,cian,ethan,trevor,niall and tom.my hobbies are handball,soccer and riding my bike.I support liverpool.my favourite player is luis suarez and steven gerrard.i like pasta,pizza and chocolate.i have a dog he is a jack russel and i have two fish.tommorw i am going to the navy ship with my class some boys are going to an FAI soccer tourmement
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29 things about St pats b.n.s.Mallow
(1)Good teachers such as mine Mr Moroney
(2)All the sports such as gaelic football,hurling,soccer and spikeball
(3)Subjects such as Irish,English,georphary,science,history and religion
(4)Interactive whiteboards
(5)Computer Rooms
(6)Classrooms
(7)Hall,Yard
(8)Good big field
(9)Library
(10)Office
(11)Good principal
(12) a lot of tours
(13)We go on school tors every year
(14)Desks and chairs are provided
(15)A fish in our class called Karl
(16)A lot of games in our classrooms such as connect 4 and jigsaws
(17)We have a music teacher called Jackie
(18)We get free fruit
(19)We do Student of the week the well done draw and student of the year
(20)We collect a lot for charities
(21)2sports rooms
(22)Free soccer balls to play with
(23)Gaelic football coaches and hurling coaches
(24)Soccer coaches
(25)A lot of history objects
(26)A rifle a bayonet and shell
(27)A lot of nature
(28)Diversity of countries
(29)A lot of nice helpers
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Mr.Bloggers
29th of Febuary . A day when women propose to men . Our english teacher tells us that for todays lesson we will right a blog on this website.
Why? we ask . But we do not refuse , because lets face it , sitting in the computer room typing on the brand new apple computers is alot more fun then sitting in the cramped english room discussing the techniques in the poem Timothy Winters.
WRITERS BLOCK.
… awks
However , not as awkward as when our married english teacher totally has a crush on the man who made this website.
You have a fan here in Ireland .
Chuckle , chuckle
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the extra day…
hello peeps.
how now? were in an english class doing this right now this very second we are trying to decide what to say… :/ soooo ehm well ya see we like kinda wanna give you this special gift of literature..
i have died everyday waiting for you, darling dont be afraid for i have loved you for a thousand years and ill love you for a thousand more, all along i believed i would find you, time has brought your heart to me i have loved you for a thousand years.. i love you for a thousand more <3
we are going now, to exclaim our feelings and watch shauna propse </3 she is devastated that christina perri took her song lyrics and she is now going to search on her list of 29 cats to find her true love
bye babes :*
ex oh ex oh … GOSSIP GAL!
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the extra day…
hello peeps.
how now? were in an english class doing this right now this very second we are trying to decide what to say… :/ soooo ehm well ya see we like kinda wanna give you this special gift of literature..
i have died everyday waiting for you, darling dont be afraid for i have loved you for a thousand years and ill love you for a thousand more, all along i believed i would find you, time has brought your heart to me i have loved you for a thousand years.. i love you for a thousand more <3
we are going now, to exclaim our feelings and watch shauna propse </3 she is devastated that christina perri took her song lyrics and she is now going to search on her list of 29 cats to find her true love
bye babes :*
ex oh ex oh … GOSSIP GAL!
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29 things about St pats b.n.s.Mallow
(1)Good teachers such as mine Mr Moroney
(2)All the sports such as gaelic football,hurling,soccer and spikeball
(3)Subjects such as Irish,English,georphary,science,history and religion
(4)Interactive whiteboards
(5)Computer Rooms
(6)Classrooms
(7)Hall,Yard
(8)Good big field
(9)Library
(10)Office
(11)Good principal
(12) a lot of tours
(13)We go on school tors every year
(14)Desks and chairs are provided
(15)A fish in our class called Karl
(16)A lot of games in our classrooms such as connect 4 and jigsaws
(17)We have a music teacher called Jackie
(18)We get free fruit
(19)We do Student of the week the well done draw and student of the year
(20)We collect a lot for charities
(21)2sports rooms
(22)Free soccer balls to play with
(23)Gaelic football coaches and hurling coaches
(24)Soccer coaches
(25)A lot of history objects
(26)A rifle a bayonet and shell
(27)A lot of nature
(28)Diversity of countries
(29)A lot of nice helpers
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Its my dog’s birthday!
Sir Rogerston Mitchel II was born on the 30th of feburary but unfortunately cannot celebrate this day except in Ethopia. 29 years old today, getting old. I bought him a cake. Shower cubical. His favourite sport is polo and toilet surfing. His favourite film is ‘HOW TO KILL A CAT IN TEN DAYS’. If you are intrested in finding out more informaation on Sir Rodgerston Mitchell II buy his self titled autobiography. I love my cat. <3
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MY LIFE
Hi i am Sean i am 11 the name of my school is ST.patricks BNS today it is just a normal day at school but Thursday i am going on a trip to blackrock observatory and we are also going on a naval ship.I have a football match at the weekend.Our school is the best.
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i want vimto.
fruity and delicious and it comes in a can.
NOM.
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My Story
my name is Darren. I live in Ireland.I am going to pay soccer after school today.I like playing soccer.I love liverpool,My Favourite player is Stephen Gerrard
By Darren O SULLIVAN
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Just Me
Hi my name is Ethan and i am from Ireland.My age is 10 i love to skateboard and play the sport Handball.My friends are Conor Cian Aaron and Jack H.We always have good fun but only Aaron Conor and Me likes to skateboard.In the next leap year i will be 14 and hope to do good in my leaving cert. Are school is really cool because we are going to a navy ship tomorrow. peace out my homies of the world
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Working in Education
I’ve been in some sort of a school for most of my life. I think I have almost avoided going out into the “Big Bad World” too by staying “inside” education. I’ve gone from Primary to Post Primary, to a couple of Colleges as a student and then into a job as a teacher.
Then, I got a job in the NCTE in Ireland, where I work in teaching teachers about bringing ICT into their classrooms. I’m still a teacher though, so the “Big Bad World” has got closer, but is still an arm’s length away (ish).
I’ve always enjoyed teaching, whether it the students were kids or adults. It’s the buzz of the interaction, the development of ideas (new to me or them) that has kept it fresh for me.
So, the “Big Bad World” will just have to wait a little longer I guess.
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Its my dog’s birthday!
Sir Rogerston Mitchel II was born on the 30th of feburary but unfortunately cannot celebrate this day except in Ethopia. 29 years old today, getting old. I bought him a cake. Shower cubical. His favourite sport is polo and toilet surfing. His favourite film is ‘HOW TO KILL A CAT IN TEN DAYS’. If you are intrested in finding out more informaation on Sir Rodgerston Mitchell II buy his self titled autobiography. I love my cat. <3
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Awesome
Hi my name is Desire I am 10 years old.I am going to be eleven in 2 months.My favourite food is pizza.My school is called St.Patricks boys national school in mallow.
My class is going on a trip.My best friend is Cian.
I am in 5th class.My favourite game is dragon ball z.
The tallest guy in our class is patryk.I am awesome.
The funniest guy in my class is me.
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fun day
hi my name is josh i am Ireland. i like sports my favourite one is hurling i like this sport because it is the fastest ground sport.i love chocolate so much i would build a chocolate house. my school name is st pats bns
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best sports
HI my name is colm i am from ireland i play rugby and handball and soccer i have a rugby match on saturday i hope we win
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My Story
my name is Darren. I live in Ireland.I am going to pay soccer after school today.I like playing soccer.I love liverpool,My Favourite player is Stephen Gerrard
By Darren O SULLIVAN
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happy 29th
hi I,m Michael and I,m 11 and I,m from Ireland The next time I will be 15.I am going to rugby later and were going on a navy ship tomorrow {so excited}.Happy 29th everyone
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happy 29th
hi I,m Michael and I,m 11 and I,m from Ireland The next time I will be 15.I am going to rugby later and were going on a navy ship tomorrow {so excited}.Happy 29th everyone
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Awesome
Hi my name is Desire I am 10 years old.I am going to be eleven in 2 months.My favourite food is pizza.My school is called St.Patricks boys national school in mallow.
My class is going on a trip.My best friend is Cian.
I am in 5th class.My favourite game is dragon ball z.
The tallest guy in our class is patryk.I am awesome.
The funniest guy in my class is me.
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Working in Education
I’ve been in some sort of a school for most of my life. I think I have almost avoided going out into the “Big Bad World” too by staying “inside” education. I’ve gone from Primary to Post Primary, to a couple of Colleges as a student and then into a job as a teacher.
Then, I got a job in the NCTE in Ireland, where I work in teaching teachers about bringing ICT into their classrooms. I’m still a teacher though, so the “Big Bad World” has got closer, but is still an arm’s length away (ish).
I’ve always enjoyed teaching, whether it the students were kids or adults. It’s the buzz of the interaction, the development of ideas (new to me or them) that has kept it fresh for me.
So, the “Big Bad World” will just have to wait a little longer I guess.
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WIMPY KID
HI everyone my name is flinton i play soccer and i am going to play for BARCELONA FC. and i am from IRELAND
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News from Newmarket
Today we get to dress up as our favourite characters from books since its World Book Day tomorrow.
I like this blog because we are missing some of our Maths. We are rehearsing for a show called Funky Kids
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i love 2 sport
HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS JACK
I Love 2 play sport and i am from Ireland,i love 2 play sport and draw.
I love 2 play RUGBY !.My favourite sport is RUGBY!!.I am 11 years old.
My best friend is Eoghan!.I love the team CHELSEA!!.I support Ireland in RUGBY!! and CHELSEA in soccer!!!!!.My favourite RUGBY! player is Ronan O Gara and in soccer my favourite player is Juan Mata.
FROM JACK 2 U by.A.K.A 49 PENCE
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sports
Hello my name is Aoibhinn Bracken and I like sports. I play a a bit of soccer and I play Gaelic and
hurling.I am nine years old and im in third class.
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WIMPY KID
HI everyone my name is flinton i play soccer and i am going to play for BARCELONA FC. and i am from IRELAND
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respect your elders
hi
my friend was born on leap year day and is 6 but is really 24 years old so i can say respect your bludy elders riff raff
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soccer
This Friday a few people from 3rd class in Gaelscoil na Rithe are going to see Drogheda utd play shamrock Rovers and we are playing a match at half time. I am so lucky because my friend shane is on my team he is a good footballer. aidan o fraher
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My Life
Hi everyone. My name is Patrick im 11 years old. My school is St Patricks Boys National School in Ireland. I like soccer .And i have soccer training tonight.
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sports
Hello my name is Aoibhinn Bracken and I like sports. I play a a bit of soccer and I play Gaelic and
hurling.I am nine years old and im in third class.
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active day
Hello my name is DOK today I’m going to be active at all the sports I’m going to be doing in school and out of school.i have a soccer match tomorrow and I’m going to try my best.
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My first blog
As you all know already it is Wednesday 29 of February. I like Wednesdays. Being halfway through the week it is kind of peaceful. I do not know why. P.S all Kingdom hearts fans will know that Roxas is not my real name.
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today 29th of feb
Hello my name is michael, i like playing sports.I like playing hurling,football,soccer,handball and rugby.I play the guitar.My school is big.I have a match tomorrow.
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MY CHOCOLATE
Hi my name is Conor i come from Ireland. I am very good at Handball and skateboarding.some of my friends names are Cian Ethan and Eoghan.By the next leap year i hope to have a good leaving cert.My school is ST PATRICKS BNS.There is one more thing you should no about me i love chocolate. I am a CHOCOHOLIC
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my day
hi i am damien i am going on a tour to blackrock observatory and a naval ship so cool when i come home i will play with my friend
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This day 4 years ago
This day 4 years ago I was struggling through my French and sociology degree wishing I had chosen primary teaching as my undergrad! Today I am finally graduated and 4 weeks into the primary teaching postgrad by some miracle! I wonder where I will be this dy in 4 years time…..
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My 2nd ever blog post!
Long time iPhone addict, recent twitter convert. Novice blogger.
I spent my whole day teaching. I was teaching primary school children during the day and adults in the evening. I wish someone would teach me some time management skills!
Perhaps taking up blogging is not the way to go?! I hear it can be quite the time drain (especially all those hours lost by ‘researching’ other blogs!).
At least we get this extra day once every four years to claw back all our wasted hours!
Happy February 29th! I hope you made the most of it!
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Fáilte – Welocme
…looking at an application called Voicethread in order to help teachers prepare students for an oral-examination in our native language, Gaeilge.
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Teaching with Images
Today I had a group of first year ITE students for a seminar on ‘teaching with images’. We explored how powerful images can be as a teaching resource, how they are open to multiple interpretations, and some approaches to teaching with images. We also looked at where to source images and some different media to present them, including how images can be used to make posters using the really great Blockposters site: http://www.blockposters.com
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29 things i do
1)get up for school
2)eat my breakfast
3)get my bus and go to school
4)go to my first three class religion ,computers and irish
5)have lunch for 15 minutes
6)eat my lunch
7)go to german maths then english
8)then have break for 45 minutes
9)eat my lunch and talk to me friends
10)go to last three classes pc and double home economics
11)get the bus
12)go home
13)have my dinner
14)go and get out of my uniform
15)go to my foroige club
17)go on the computer
18)text
19)watch geordie shore
20)watch neighbours
21)feed my dog
22)play with my dog
23)talk to my friends on the phone
24)go on facebook
25)go down town to friends
26)talk to them
27)walk home
28)do homework
29)go to bed!
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29 Things I’ll Do Today
1)Get Up For School
2)Go To School
3)Go To My First three Classes= Religion,Computers,Irish
4)Have Break For 15 Minutes
5)Go To the Next Three Classes=German,Maths,English
6)Have Luch For 45 Minutes
7)Have The Craic With My Friends AtLunch
8)Go To The Last Thr Classes=Pastoral Care(Pc),Double Home Economics
9)School finshes Go Home On The Bus
10)Get Home Have A Yummy Dinner (Hopefully )
11)Do My Homework
12)Watch Coach Trio
13)Watch Neighbours
14)Watch Home And Away
15)Study For My Junior
16)Play With My Dog
17)Feed My Dog
18)Go On Facebook
19)Chat To My Friends
20)Go To County Camogie Training
21)Train
22)Go Home
23)Clean My Horse’s Stable
24)Go Into My Grannies Next Door
25)Have A Great Chat With My Granny
26)Go Home
27)Watch Love In The Wild
28)Watch The Only Way Is Essex
29)After A Busy Day Go To Bed
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snow
snow
snow is so soft like a feather
It turns to ice after a night or two
It comes every winter and melts after it is ice
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29 best friends
1) niamh
2) caolan
3) shannon
4) hannah
5) edel
6) eddie
7)megan
8) ciara
9) skirmante
10) lauren
11) shauna
12) elaine
13) roseanne
14) saibhe
15) brendan
16) louis
17) colm
18) cricky
19) nathan
20) mark
21) shannon
22) rebecca
23) becky
24) eoin
25) darren
26) stephen
27) katie
28) leanne
29) racheal
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How I am spending feb 29th
1. Go to school
2.Chat to my friends
3.Come home eat my dinner
4. Do my homework
5.Watch television
6.Go on facebook
7. Go to foroga for an hour
8. Come home again
9.Go to bed
10.Sleep ………..!
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Blogging from Carlow
Hi my name is Joseph and I am 11 years old. I live in Co. Carlow. I go to school in St. Fiaccs NS and I am in 5th class. In school my favourite subject is Maths. My favourite sport is rugby.
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My Masters Dissertation and the Semi-colon
I have sat on my backside in my home office typing on my laptop. I am analysing data for my Masters degree in Technology Learning Innovation. & Change. The whole day, filled with daylight, sunshine and bird song has passed me by whilst I bashed away on my keyboard and struggled with the correct use of the semi-colon. Oh life’s too short for this.
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Waaaal
Waaaal laawds! , wats goin on ??
this morning i ate brekkie and got the bus to school !
i have irish next class !
i love irish
LEAP YEARRR 2k12
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Can it not be a weekend add-on
I was ill all day, and have been for the past week with Flu. It would be much better for me if we got an extra day in the middle of the summer, that was also and extension to the weekend.
Might I suggest the week as follows : Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Friday, Friday (2), Saturday, Sunday… See what I did? Or alternatively, and more seriously, we should use the day to do something epic and good willed. Perhaps everyone who is working, goes to work as normal, but donates their whole days pay to a charity of their choice..
Just a little idea before I drift off to the land of nod..
zzzzzzz
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Ar scoil inniu (At school today)
This leap year marks our final year in Primary school. We are in 6th class (Age 11/12 yrs). This week in our school we are hosting ‘Literacy Week’. The emphasis throughout the school is on reading, writing and oral language skills. Our class are writing short stories for the senior infants class (Age 5/6 yrs).
Also this is Engineering week in Ireland and as part of that we are visiting Honeywell engineering in Waterford city tomorrow. They design and manufacture boosters for car engines.
Today we are taking part in a ‘Sticks & Stones’ anti-bullying drama workshop.
Our interests outside school include hurling, soccer, rugby, tennis and athletics. Some of us also like gaming, going to the cinema and watching TV. Our favourite programmes are South Park, Family Guy and Mrs. Browns Boys.
Our favourite music is Coldplay, Eminem, The Rubberbandits, Rizzle kicks, Flo Rida and Bob Marley.
Our favourite teams are Waterford hurlers, Munster rugby, Irish rugby team, Man Utd., Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham.
We are in Miss Aylward’s 6th class and in September 2012 we are starting in De La Salle secondary school.
Is áit álainn é Port Láirge. Tabhair cuairt orainn! (Waterford is a beautiful place. Come visit us!)
Slán anois.
6th Class, St. Declans BNS, Waterford
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29th February teacher in Dublin
Started the day talking to my form about the extra day in the year. they were most upset for those whose real birthdays only come once every four years. I was in class all morning. I had meetings with my colleagues, we discussed Literacy and Numeracy. Spent the afternoon preparing the library for World Book Day tomorrow, we are having a Book Fair and a Reading Assembly – students and teachers will read a passage from their favourite books. This evening I gave a course for Home Economics colleagues, we explored ways of improving our students’ literacy and numeracy skills while they are enjoying learning Home Economics. Now home having avoided the supporters form the Ireland v Czech Republic football match and the traffic chaos that ensues. All in all a very busy extra day in the year.
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A poem for Feb 29th inspired by Baldrick
The essense of Feb 29th
Blog, Blog, Blog
Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog
Blog, Blog, Blog
Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog
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Our 29 Favourite Books
As part of the World Blogging Project on February 29th, our class have been busy looking at all things relating to the number 29! Below is a list of our favourite 29 Books in the Senior Classroom.
Name Book Author
Sir The Club Christy O’ Connor
Jack CrocodileTears Anthony Horowitz
Cormac Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
Hannah The Longest Whale Song Jacqueline Wilson
Ava Sapphire Battersea Jacqueline Wilson
Tom Lack the Good Bad Dog -
Chloe Little Man Fred Michael Morporgo
Eoin P Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan
Callum The Lion the Witch and Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Ciara Nag Club -
Nicole Candyfloss Jacqueline Wilson
Orla Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Augustine Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever Geff Kinney
Eoin M Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Geff Kinney
Brendan Féile Fever Joe O’Brien
Sinéad War Horse Michael Morporgo
Leanne The Ghost Wardrobe -
Declan Diary of a Wimpy Kid Geff Kinney
Katie Dare to Dream One Direction
Sir Teacher Man Frank Mc. Court
Caoimhe The Fall of Fergal Philip Ardagh
Leah Catwalk Queen Cathy Hopkins
Caoimhe H The Wishing Chair Collection Enid Blyton
Rachel Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Páraic B Tiger Boots Joe O’ Brien
Pádraic F Horrid Henry and The Haunted House Francesca Simon
Caitlin Horrid Henry and the Nits Francesca Simon
Aisling My Sister Jodie Jacqueline Wilson
Sarah Animal Arc: Puppy in a Puddle Lucy Daniels
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An average day, no proposals
Today was an average day for me as the headteacher of a primary school. Meetings followed by more meetings. However, our school is being decorated by some of our children and teachers with amazing window paintings and they have really brightened the place up. After school I went to the gym, which always puts me in good humour even when I don’t look forward to going. Overall, an average day!
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Blogging from school
Spent the school day blogging on Feb29th.net with my students. They were really excited about the whole idea and we are looking forward to reading some of the posts in school tomorrow
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Twenty Nine ways we can show manners and respect in school:
To coincide with The World Blogging Project on February 29th, our class came up with twenty nine ways we can show manners and respect in school:
Eoin M – Say Please and Thank You.
Ciara – Do not boss others around.
Orla – Do not run in the corridors.
Leanne – Never leave somebody out of the game.
Rachel – Share with other people.
Caoimhe H – Always knock on the Office Door.
Caitlin – Always be nice to others.
Tom – Be kind to your classmates.
Callum – Do not hit others.
Padraic – Do your work neatly.
Paraic – If someone falls help them stand up.
Aisling – Answer someone when they are talking to you.
Hannah – Do not make fun of others.
Eoin P – Don’t talk when the teacher is with another class.
Ava – Tidy your desk every day.
Nicole – Listen to your teacher.
Brendan – Dont run into the classroom.
Jack – Sit down and be sensible in the lunchroom.
Cormac – Dont talk when not told to do so.
Sinéad – The students should be nice to eachother.
Sarah – Respect school property.
Augustine – In the graveyard, walk do not run.
Declan – Ask for things.
Katie – Do not start rumours.
Leah – Be happy.
Caoimhe G – Be quiet when someone is at the door.
Chloe – Don’t ignore your friends.
Jack – Don’t speak out of turn.
Augustine – Always listen to the person who is talking to you.
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29 Things About Denis Leamy
To coincide with February 29th and the world Global Blogging Project, we decided to find out 29 things about somebody famous from our locality. We chose Denis Leamy!
Caoimhe H – Denis Leamy was born on 27th November 1981 in Cashel.
Caoimhe G – Denis was first selected in the Irish Rugby Squad in 2004.
Sarah – He initially loved hurling, but stopped playing when he was 18.
Ciara – His full name is Denis Patrick Leamy.
Jack – He enrolled in Rockwell College when he was 15.
Eoin – He played rugby for Cashel for one year.
Callum – He weighs 108KG.
Caitlin – He plays No. 8.
Cormac – He made his debut for Ireland against the USA.
Aishling – He won the Heineken Cup twice.
Katie – He made his 6 Nations Debut against Italy.
Orla – He was born in Cashel.
Ava – He is 6 ft “2” in height.
Páraic – He usually wears No. 8 or No. 7.
Declan – He went to Primary School in Dualla National School.
Leanne – He has 57 caps for Ireland.
Brendan – He has 5 siblings.
Sinéad – He went to Cashel Community School before Rockwell College.
Eoin M – He played hurling for Boherlahan Dualla.
Augustine – His local rugby club is Cashel RFC
Pádraic – He has played 145 times for Munster.
Leah – He dreamed of following in the footsteps of his heroes Nicky English & Pat Fox on to the Tipperary Hurling Team.
Tom – He is 237 pounds in weight.
Hannah – He is 30 years old.
Rachel – He won his second Heineken Cup medal in 2008.
Nicole – A hip injury ruled him out of action for four months in January 2012.
Chloe – He played in four of Ireland’s Six Nation Games in 2011 .
Sir – He has scored a try in a Heineken Cup Final.
Cormac – He was awarded his first Munster Cap when he was nineteen years old.
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Dunboyne
Spent the last few hours doing assignments. Getting tired now. Goodnight from Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland
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Liebster Blog Awards
Today I published a post on my blog nominating 5 other blogs for Liebster Blog Awards. The Liebster Blog Awards are not traditional awards – the idea behind them seems to be to support and showcase blogs that you enjoy reading. I think that this is a great idea to help spread the word about blogs you come across that you come back to.
The rules for accepting a Liebster Blog Award are
1. Thank the person who gave you the award
2. Link back to their blog
3. Copy and paste the Liebster award to your profile
4. Pick 5 blogs that you feel deserve to be in the spotlight (they must have under 200 followers)
5. Blog about it and leave a comment for your nominations to let them know that you have chosen their blog
I think it might be a lovely idea for class blogs to help spread the word about other class blogs. So have a think about the 5 blogs you might nominate
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To learn Another Day
Today I woke early not knowing if I had a job to go to. I dusted off my laptop and begane to edit my children’s book. My phone Zappa to life and I know; today I will be teaching. The call was from a school an hours drive away,so I waist no time and grab my iPad and jump into the batmobile.
I taught senior infants today, we covered what their usual class teacher had laid out and when there was time leftover I showed them a prezie presentation with fact and pictures abut Feb 29, by connecting my iPad to the projector.
After a quick art lesson I snapped some pictures and showed them on the projector. They rally love their work being on the IWB.
And now? Well my day as a substitute teacher is over and so I am heading back to edit. You see that’s the thing about being a teacher, always learning, sharing, re-learning and re-sharing.
Http://TeacherMoloneyKing.com
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My boring day..
well, had a pretty much, boring day! started with an alright school day, but got so tired as the day went on. I looked forward to football training then, but of course their was hardly any of the team their. So unfortunately, i am left thinking about a boring depresssing day.
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Liebster Blog Awards
Today I published a post on my blog nominating 5 other blogs for Liebster Blog Awards. The Liebster Blog Awards are not traditional awards – the idea behind them seems to be to support and showcase blogs that you enjoy reading. I think that this is a great idea to help spread the word about blogs you come across that you come back to.
The rules for accepting a Liebster Blog Award are
1. Thank the person who gave you the award
2. Link back to their blog
3. Copy and paste the Liebster award to your profile
4. Pick 5 blogs that you feel deserve to be in the spotlight (they must have under 200 followers)
5. Blog about it and leave a comment for your nominations to let them know that you have chosen their blog
I think it might be a lovely idea for class blogs to help spread the word about other class blogs. So have a think about the 5 blogs you might nominate
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chocolate (mmm….)
29 most loved chocolate bars <3 ( don’t get to hungry while reading these )
29. mars
28. milkiway
27. kit kat
26. buttoms
25. flake
24. twirl
23. snickers
22. wispa
21. wispa gold
20. white buttons
19. double decker
18. picnic
17 kinder beuno
16.crunchie
15. dairy milk plain
14. carmello
13. Turkish delight
12. mint crisp
11. golden crisp
10. milky bar
9. fruit and nut dairy milk
8. roses
7. malteasers
6. mini eggs
5. rolos
4. smarties
3. aero
2. aero mint
1. galaxy
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Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich Abú!
Táimid ar scoil inniu, i Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich, Maigh Nuad. Táimid 7 mbliana d’aois agus i Rang 1. Tá 29 sa rang. Rinne Rang 2 a chéad faoistin inniu. Sin an chéad blog a scríobhamar. Ba maith linn blog ranga a thosnú.
Hi, we are in First class in Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich, Maynooth. We are 7 years of age. There are 29 in our class. This is our first blog. We would like to start a class blog. Second class made their first confession today. We are proud to have participated in this project.
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My Bucket List
29. go parachute jumping
28. go in a hot air balloon
27. fall in love
26. get married
25. own houses in different countries
24. swim with killer wales (hopefully they wont eat me)
23. get a dog
22. become RICH!
21. help the poor
20. die my hair for charity
19. get a parrott
18. own limos
17. own an animal pet farm
16. meet the president of the united states
15. have a huge 16th + 18th + 21st party
14. be homeless for ONE night
13. own a huge shopping centre
12. build a huge tree house
11. bungee jump
10. own a boat and private jet
9. move to america
8. have lots of healthy kids + grandkids
7. travel the world
6. swim with dolphins
5. have a mansion
4. get a jetski
3. learn how to surf
2. get hamsters
1. go down th grand canyon
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…. late already !!
… running out the door to do pick up from Gymnastics. Fab day – total Spring. Well done on getting this special blog together. Enjoy the evening.
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Interdependence
Today I taught a lesson on Interdependence and we explored all the things that connect us to the rest of the world. Our books came from Ireland, some of our pencil cases came from Korea, our pens from France, we had some lip gloss made in Spain, school bags made in China, highlighters made in Japan. The list could go on and on (that’s their homework – to add to the list of connections!)
Exploring all these things made us realise how much we are connected to the rest of the world and really how small the world is.
Then I told my students about the Feb29th.net project. If they add their stories tonight to the blog they will be connecting even more to the world around them!
Great teaching and learning opportunities arise all the time.
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A Leap of Faith on Leap Day
On this bonus day of my life I have made a time-capsule tin to bury in the garden. I will dig it up in 4 years time and see what happened now, and what has happened in between. Then I shall bury a new one! Why don’t you bury a time-capsule tin too.
http://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/2012/02/today-is-29th-february.html
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29th feb 2016………
On the next 29th Feb I’ll be 19 years old!! aah…that’s kinda scary when i think about it:) So here’s a list of the 29 things i hope to have achieved by the 29th Feb 2016:
1. do well in my junior cert
2. relax and do nothing for all of this summer
3. get to the all-Ireland Fleadh
4. make a bit of money…
5. then spend it all on clothes!:)
6. go to see 1 direction in the O2
7. go on holidays with my family
8. climb Crough Patrick at least 4 more times
9. watch breaking dawn part 2
10. finish reading all 3 of the hunger games…
11. and see the movie
12. start reading wuthering heights again (for like the 10th time!! )
13. lose a bit of weight
14. get an A in English for the junior cert (maybe!!)
15. try lots of new crazy foods
16. visit France
17. say goodbye to Art after the junior cert(thank god!!)
18. meet Beyonce
19. finish this list…….!!:)
20. choose my subjects for the leaving cert
21. get a new phone
22. watch every scary movie made (well at least all the good 1′s!!)
23. get my driver’s license
24. appreciate my mom and dad more
25. enjoy some good weather in Ireland for once
26. go to Kerry and visit all the cousins again
27. study hard for the leaving cert
28. pass the leaving cert
29. go to college or university
God I have a lot to do……………..!!!!!!:)
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Social media skills class
We’re finding out about social media – this week it’s LinkedIn, websites, Pinterest… We’re also finding out about information overload from Clay Shirky and the importance of responding to facebook followers. And we’d like to know why Enda Kenny is not paying us for an extra day…?
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ireland
I’m from Ireland the most amazing country in the world. At the moment I am watching Ireland v Czech republic and of course Ireland are going to win.
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June 2020
June 2020
I am 20 years old. I am lead guitarist with a blues band. We are having a break in Portugal relaxing in the sun, windsurfing and having fun before we go on our European tour!!!
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25 things i like about school
1.school tours
2.none uniform day
3.sports week
4.mr.moroney
5.sports day
6.friends
7.football
8.yard
9.facilities
10.hall
11.well done draw
12.art
13.fun day
14.english
15.no homework
16.news 2 day
17projects
18.books
19.prizes
20.library
21.we have a computer room
22.lunch time
24.art room
25.soccer field
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21 things about school
1.the teachers are kind
2.all different activities
3.sports week
4.all different subjects
5.everyone has friends
6.we are allowed run in the yard
7.people from different countries
8.we have a computer room
9.we get spelling tests
10.we get school tours
11.we have a library
12.we play games
13.we get rewards
14.we get to draw
15.very good pastimes
16.you get help if you are stuck on a subject
17.we sometimes get no homework
18.interactive whiteboards
19.fun days
20.art room
21.a lot of projects
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2012 count down
I’m in the classroom serching internet for my project.
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10 facts about Claremorris town.
-There is a Superalue in Claremorris but no one goes to it now that Tesco has opened
-Tis the size of a pea!
-Everyones knows everyone.
-Everybody’s neighbours.
-People are as nosey.
-PLACES TO BE: The lake and the alley
-The most dangerous person is Iarla (pervert)
-People live on spuds
-Everyones name is either John or Mary.
-People hae milky, pastey skin
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Clontuskert NS
Hello!!! I am from Clontuskert National School in Ireland. We are a small school in the countryside. There are only 40 pupils in our school. There are 2 classrooms.
We are involved in many projects but my favourite is the First Lego League. This is a project about technology and food. Our project is about meat, meat production and preservation. We were looking at meat and we found out about nitrates. Nitrates are preservatives injected into meat to help it to stay fresh. But the problem comes when you cook the meat. The nitrates turn into nitrosium which can be harmful to you. We tried ringing shops to ask them to promote fruit and vegetables. Fruit and vegetables have polyphenols in them fight against illness.
But there is another side to it : technology. We had to build a robot and program the robot to do tasks. We had to go to Dublin for the Crest Science Awards after the FLL competition and we had explained our project to the judges. With the robot we had to do as many tasks as we could in three minutes. We came 21st, but we were one of only 4 primary schools in the competition. We hope to do more projects in the future. To see our other projects read our blog at www.clontuskert.scoilnet.ie.
By MiniMe
(We use nicknames in school as part of our Internet Acceptable Use Policy.)
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Hi, I go to St. Augustine N.S.
My teacher is Mrs Murray. She is the best in the West.
My favourite teacher is Mrs Murray.
Now it is my turn to talk about myself.
I have best friends called Little Star and Daisy flower.
My favourite sport is tennis.
I like my school.
My friends are cool and so is my teacher.
I go to Ms. Baynes for maths.
I go for spellings with Ms. Baynes.
I LOVE MY SCHOOL.
By Rose
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leap year
A leap year only comes once every four years on the 29th of February.
If your birthday falls on the 29th of february, you will be 1 for every 4 years. But people would just celebrate it on the 28th of February or the 1st of March.
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About our school.
Hey what are you doing today? Its the 29th of February of course! Hello I’m student from St. Augustine N.S in Clontuskert. I am here to tell you about our school and as you see, we have a blog. If we go somewhere we would put it on the blog with some pictures. This year the 6th class went to represent the school at the “First Lego League”, in January and it was a good day too. We also like to do a lot of sports like volleyball, hurling, soccer and others too. To see more go on to our blog; www.clontuskert.schoolnet.ie.
By Daisy
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hi
today i am in school (sadly)want to be at home on the xbox shooting zombies.we get to go home at 3 o clock. we done maths and science and learned that 3.8 litres of blood flow through the heart every minute.
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first post
computer class
5 things about me
1 mad
2 loving
3 caring
4 love dogs
5 moody
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FEB 29th…
Im taking part in international blogging day,trying to get my brain to engage itself back into college work zone!! Was out watching my baby girl win the Choral school feis-woo hoo!!
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CHANGE
I plan to live this day as if it is the start of a new chapter. Im hoping to change my ways, but fretful of veering off course.
Let Feb 29th be the day of change, besides 70,000 public sector workers are retiring in Ireland today, so if ya want to change something…well hey!!, quit your job
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Teaching Excellence
I’m at work. The deadline for teaching award nominations was on Friday, and my job today is to contact all of the 43 wonderful nominees to let them know how much they are appreciated. It’s a tedious task, but wonderful at the same time. I’m particularly happy that so many students took the time to make a nomination.
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…strugling with installation
I am struggling to install Moodle site for one of teaching projects I am involved in, having huge difficulties to pass “Dataroot directory is not secured” error message as hosting option does not give me a flexibility of using settings as I would like to use… spend all morning on that, trying many different options, installing from root directory, sub-folder, creating .htaccess file – no luck. Now I’m going for a lunch break treat myself for all that frustrating morning errors with a good meal! task for afternoon – contact hosting company to make the installation happen! wish me luck guys!
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My dog Bailey
Every day my dog, called Bailey, always gets out on the street. When you go out to get her and get closer to her she always flys off like a bullet. But after a while she gets tired and just comes back in.
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I love rugby
My favourite sport is rugby. I love rugby because it is so fun and you get to tackle people and you get tackled too. I love when it’s wet and when you fall you get covered in muck. I like playing matches but I prefer the matchs at home because you don’t have to get up earlier and drive far. Although we tackle each other we still are a team.
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Hello World
I’m in computer class in College writing my blog
Happy Leap Year World!!!!!
Slán leat
Dee x
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Hello World
Dia duit!
Conas atá tú?
I’m in computer class in College writing my blog
Happy Leap Year World!!!!!
Slán leat
Dee x
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