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Hallowe'en, Orchestra and Maths Week Fun

30/10/2018

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Hallowe'en Dress Up

Hallowe'en Art

The junior class room did some spooktacular art with Ms. Geraghty. They were so spooky. Their spooky ghosts were very fun to make. They printed out ghosts and then they stuck tissue paper onto the ghosts .They scared us when we walked in the door. The following Friday they made pumpkins. They cut, coloured and painted the pumpkins. They were so scary. They coloured the eyes black and their mouths either black or yellow. They also cut them out when they finished painting and coloured the pumpkins. They also made some spooky spiders. The whole school is looking very spooky. WOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Orchestra - Music Workshop

On the 17th of October the fourth, fifth and sixth classes of Knockroon and Cross national schools got together to form an Orchestra. The instruments that were played were the cello, the flutes, the clarinet, the violin and the viola. Sorcha played the keyboard and every class presented and performed a piece. The pieces that were performed were “Daydreaming” for the sixth class,  “Knickerbocker Glory” for the fifth class and “Goldfish Bowl” for the fourth class. Then everybody played ”Fiannia”, “Chinese Street Festival”, “Amazing Grace” and “My Bonnie lies over the Ocean” together.
The teachers of both schools were very proud of all the students.  Then we talked about some of the instruments and because of all of our hard work we got treat bags. It seemed like Hallowe’en came early!  It was great fun and everyone enjoyed themselves. It was exciting to be in an orchestra for a day!

A visit from P.C.H.

​Ms. McAlpine and one of the schools secretary’s Bernie Creaven came to our school from Presentation College Headford. They spoke to sixth class about the choice of subjects the school offered and all the sports the school has. A subject sample day will be held on the 8th of November for the sixth class to try out the new interesting subjects such as German, Home Economics and Business. P.C.H. will hold an open day on the 13th of November for the parents of the sixth class to get a tour of the school and help sixth class choose their subjects.

Tremendous Tomatoes

We sowed tomato seeds last May.  Look at our bumper crop now in October. 

Maths Week

We did all sorts of maths work during Maths Week. We did “Dan the Detective” and “The Three Monkeys” and we had all sorts of puzzles to figure out. The Junior Room did sorting, matching, patterns, construction and counting games. They also did maths games using dice, counters and maths board games. The Second and Third classes did a Maths trail, Problem of the Week, online maths and really hard mental maths games. They also did maths problems for the whole school. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth classes did some maths activities like maths games, board games, online maths problems and maths stations.

The Young King

The children from Ms. Muldoon’s and Mr. Bourke’s classrooms had a truly magical experience in the Linenhall Theatre, Castlebar.  They thoroughly enjoyed Slingsy Theatre’s performance of Oscar Wilde’s “The Young King”.

Seashore Safari

The Senior Room took part in a “Seashore Safari” at Grattan Beach. We found lots of interesting sea creatures including starfish and crabs.
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Competitions.......

14/10/2018

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We will be participating in the selection of the mascot for the under 17 team soccer for the UEFA Championships. We had to come up with a mascot that represents Ireland. A lot of schools are participating in this. Some people drew leprechauns and potatoes. If your mascot is chosen it will be used and you will win tickets to the match for your class. A lot of the boys are doing this instead of the credit union art competition but some people are entering both competitions. Mr Bourke showed us different mascots from the World Cup. Some were from the 1960s. One of them was an orange thing. We thought it was ugly.  It was just like a blob. We are all very excited to start our drawings and then see the finished drawings.
We are participating in the Credit Union Art Competition.  The theme this year is “The Power of Nature”. Some people drew things like storms, trees, waves, thunder, lightning and jungle scenes.  We take part in the Credit Union art competition every year.

Art

Rainy Days

Even though the weather was not kind to us this week, we still found ways to keep active.
Remember to check out our STEM page for details of some science activities we did this week.
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Good Luck to The Neale

6/10/2018

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Good luck to the Neale

The Neale Intermediate’s Gaelic football team are in the semi-final of the championship. They are playing Burrishoole in McHale Park on Sunday. They got to the final three years ago so can they do it again. There are a few players who are on the team who were pupils at this school such as David and Stephen Morrin, Aidan O Sullivan, John Coleman, Keith Hennelly, Michéal Varley, Conor O’ Malley and Rory King. The manager is Eoin Hughes. The game starts at 4 o clock. The captain is Stephen Conroy from Cong. I think the game is going to be really tight. Burrishoole has Jason Doherty on the team. The Neale beat Parke by 2 points in Claremorris to get into the semi-final. We wish The Neale the best of luck from all of us at Cross N.S.



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Violin Lessons
​On Wednesday the new second and third class children went to violin lessons for the first time.  The teacher’s name is Sorcha.  They started off by plucking the G, D, A and E strings.  It was really exciting when they got their first sheet of music.  It was called “Stepping Stones”. They learned about the different parts of the violin.  Violin lessons are for children from second to sixth class.  Everybody is doing very well indeed.


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Mini-Sevens, Cross Country and Mass

1/10/2018

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We went to the Mini Sevens on Friday. Biggins’ bus collected us at 9.30 am to bring us to Kilmaine. The girls’ first match was at 10 o’ clock against Kilmaine. It was a tough match but we played our best. Unfortunately we didn’t win. We were disappointed to have lost so we decided to support the lads who got to the final but sadly lost also.  A few of the boys couldn’t play as they were too old.  The boys beat Cong and Cloonliffen on the way to the final which was against St. Joseph’s, Ballinrobe. The boys were beaten by a team from a much bigger school than ours. The ref was very fair.  It was nice to meet the children from other schools. 
​On Thursday we went to the county final in Cross Country.  We had three runners from our school who had progressed from the South Mayo final.  We had to be at school early as we were going to Ballina.  We went on the bus with Cong N.S. Cliodhna ran in the first race and ran superbly.  She was really happy with her performance.   Luke and Tom ran in the next races and they were very happy with how they ran.  It was really fun and a good competition.  Ms. Presnail came with us and she encouraged us to do her best.  Unfortunately we had to miss the school mass as it was on Thursday also.
It was the mass for the beginning of the school year on Thursday morning in Cross church at 9.30am.  Everyone had to leave their bags at the front door or in the shelter.  The children that were reading prayers sat in the front seat.  We sang “This is the Day” “Your love’s Greater” and   " Siúl sa Ghrá”. Everybody did very well and behaved excellently. We all walked back to the school safely, making sure we wore our Hi-Viz vests.
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