Visit to Dunsany Castle June 2014

Visit to Dunsany Castle June 2014

When all the pupils were sleeping in on the first morning of the holidays, 6th class were busy having a very enjoyable and informative morning at Dunsany Castle. On foot of an invitation from Lord Dunsany and his mother Lady Dunsany, we took ourselves up to the majestic Dunsany Castle for a hands-on, exciting walk-through history on 27 June 2014.

Our guide was long-serving member of staff at the Castle, the very knowledgeable Michael Smyth. Michael gave us the full tour and made the Castle’s history come alive for us.

Our sincere thanks to Michael, Lord Dunsany and Lady Dunsany for affording us this unique opportunity.

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Senior Room Tour 2014 W5 Belfast

The Senior Room enjoyed a great day out to W5, Belfast on 12 June 2014. After an early morning train to Belfast, great experiments were carried out over the whole day. We began the day with a challenging, but fun Maths Workshop before exploring the whole centre. Great fun was had by all. Our thanks to SNA, Yvonne who came along with us yet again. You’ll see that we had an exciting chance meeting with the Special Olympics Team bearing the Olympic Torch. Good luck to all our Irish Athletes taking part in the qualifiers in Limerick.

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Romeo and Juliet

 

     Romeo and Juliet  

            

The pupils of the Senior Room recently staged a very creditable adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio and Tybalt put on a great display of sword fighting, but true to the play they both perished!  The adaptation, written in old English really put it up to the pupils – but they were word-perfect and the quality of acting was superb. Well done boys and girls. Shakespeare is probably somewhere saying “so smile the heavens” on this very convincing performance – we doubt it not!

A large crowd of parents, grandparents and friends joined us on the night. After some tea and refreshments on this beautiful June evening, it was all into the Senior Room for our 6th Class Farewell, which included songs and poetry and ended on a very fine and witty PowerPoint presentation by 5th class for the 6th class.

We wish our 6th class every good wish and blessing as they leave us for their new secondary schools. You have been wonderful contributors here over the years and we shall all miss you. Bon Chance!

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History Day at Dunsany NS

        Living History Day @ Dunsany N.S., 29 May 2014

For our Living History Day pupils and teachers dressed in old- style clothing. We also had some interesting historical characters – Martin Luther King, Al Capone, Abraham Lincoln, Frank Sinatra, Marie Antoinette, the Great Geisha and a 1920’s charlston girl.  

 Everyone went to great lengths to ‘get the look’. We were most impressed by you all. A ‘huge thank’ you and ‘well done’ to all the mums, dads and pupils for all your efforts. The pupils looked so authentic. The day was topped off by an interesting display by Kilmessan man Richard Farrelly, chairperson of Navan Historical Society. Richard brought along his vast collection of artefacts and fielded questions from the pupils for nigh on two hours! Thank you to Richard for giving the pupils the opportunity to see and touch items from our past.

Remember what Richard told us….
“The worst handwriting is better than the best memory.”
 In other words, get writing! Keep records! Ask questions of your parents, grandparents and great grandparents and write down what you learn. Who knows maybe the pupils of Dunsany NS in 2114 will be reading your records and handling your artefacts!

 

 

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So to be a geisha girl I just need to….
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Anyone for a close shave.
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Check out Al Capone in the background
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Did Marie Antoinette get the widows penny.
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Hoover for your life
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So-to-be-a-geisha-girl-I-just-need-to…
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Ireland’s next boy band Its Frank Sinatra and Honest Abe.
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Ill be home in time for dinner
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I correctly guessed this was for measuring the-perimeter of a field.

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Class Election Spring 2014

Class Election Spring 2014

 
The Senior Room conducted a full ‘general election’ in Spring 2014. Candidates were drawn up following an anonymous nomination process. The pupils then organised themselves into ‘parties’ or chose to remain independent.
They then had to prepare their own campaign literature. Then it was all put to the test in what turned out to be a very lively (and funny!) debate. Everyone voted on a ballot paper prepared by Ciara Maher, 4th class. There was a presiding officer, plus assistant. Papers were franked and voting went ahead. We used the PR system for counting. The count was public. Congratulations to Cian Maguire, 5th class who topped the poll. Well done to all for putting themselves up for the process.
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History Field Trip

The Senior Room took themselves off to Dublin recently on one of their History Field Trips. The day began at Trinity College Library where we viewed the Book of Kells. It’s a great exhibit, well worth the visit. Did you know that there was a ‘purposeful’ mistake made on each page – to show that we are not perfect! We made friends with a couple of retired school teachers from Kentucky at the exhibit. We convinced them to include a trip to the Hill of Tara in their itinerary.

 

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On to the Science Gallery at Trinity then. They’re running a Failure Exhibition at the moment. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett. We actually have that quote in our classroom! We learned that from failure comes success.

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After a quick lunch, we took a gallop around St. Stephen’s Green, where the pigeons took a liking to our Lorcan! Onwards then to the National Museum on Kildare Street. Mary Jane our guide, gave us a great talk and her undivided attention for over an hour. She took us right from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, onto the Celtic Iron Age and finished off with a very informative talk on the Bog Bodies. We took ourselves off to the Viking Exhibition, The Egyptians & Christianity in Ireland then. We saw the Tara Brooch, the Ardagh Chalice & Derrynaflan Chalice. We really had a most interesting visit.

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An ice-cream finished off the evening nicely! A great day was had by all. Watch out for our written recollections on what we saw on our History Field Trip – coming soon!

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Confirmation 2014

Sixth Class made their Confirmation on 2nd of March 2014 in Kilmessan Church, along with their neighbours and friends from sixth class in Kilmessan N.S. The ceremony celebrated by the Bishop of Meath, Bishop Michael Smith was concelebrated by our PP Fr Toner.The choir comprised 3rd-5th classes from both schools. It was a lovely ceremony in which the pupils partook ably and reverently.

 

Congratulations to all our sixth class pupils.

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