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Stories and poetry from our students.
Poetry
Rhymes (sung to the tune of Row your boat)
Smile, smile, smile a lot
It will make you happy.
La la la la la la laaaaa
My feet feel so tappy.
Skip, skip, skip a lot
Jumping up and down.
Skip, hop, skip, hop
Skipping all day long.
Jump, jump, jump around.
It will keep you fit.
Dum de dum de dum de dum de dem de,
I don't even sit.
Bark, bark went the dog gently down the lane.
Bark, bark, bark, it began to rain.
Bark, bark the dog fekt teh pain in the rain.
I saw that he was a Great Dane.
Fight, fight, fight all day,
Punch and whack too.
Don't hit him too hard
Or he will go boo hoo.
Sweets, sweets lots of sweets,
More candy every day.
Yummy, yummy, yummy.
This is my greatest dream.
Run, run, run alot,
It will keep you fit.
Haha, ha, haha, ha
When its cold put on your mits.
Junior Room
Stories
Politics - Our Views
Every time we turn on the T.V. we hear adults arguing. The Minister for Finance, the Taoiseach, the journalists and all the other Ministers all arguing about the same thing “MONEY”! To be honest we think it’s ridiculous. They’re the ones who ruined it all so they could have their fancy cars and chauffeurs and big houses and then they realised that they just bankrupted the country, but won’t admit it! Not to forget Bertie Ahern who always has foundation near-by! Brian Cowen smiles in every photo even though he knows we have no money. Then they make it worse by taking our money to try to make it all better and to pay the gambling debts of banks. The Government makes us so angry and we are sick of it. They’re like a bunch of babies arguing over who gets to sit where and who gets to say what. Honestly they should be ashamed of themselves - how greedy can they get? Next thing you know they’ll be taking our livestock and pets. Then they’ll close down loads of hospitals so you’ll have to go to Dublin to get a cast on your broken wrist. Instead of the Government being allowed to walk around everywhere they should be locked up or fined and sacked or something like that. Or instead of the Ministers having fancy cars they should sell them for money so they could pay for their mistakes. We wish that the Government would think about the country and not themselves.
But enough!!! This is a list of solutions that we compiled:
• Get rid of Ministerial perks e.g. state cars, chauffeurs, over-inflated pensions
• Introduce jail terms and fines for corruption
• If it’s proven that they can’t do their jobs they should be sacked
• People should vote for people who are good for the country and not just their own area
• We must stand up to the Government and tell them what we want done for the country and they must give us answers.
Jonathan Toolan & Darragh McGuire
Local History
1. Douglas Hyde was the first President of Ireland. He was born on the 17th January 1860 at Longford House, Castlerea. He died in 1949 when he was 89.
2. Albert Reynolds was born in Rooskey, he was the 8th Taoiseach.
3. St. Patrick visited Rooskey between 438 and 440
4. Am ambush took place in Scramogue on the 27th March 1921 during the War of Independence when the IRA fought against the British Army. The IRA were victorious on this occasion.
5. Strokestown House was owned by an Anglo-Irish family, the Mahons, from 1671-1982. Denis Mahon was assassinated in 1847 by locals.
6. Strokestown had a long history as a market town. It has the second widest street in Ireland after O’Connell Street in Dublin.
Chloe Kelly & Darragh McDonnell
Local Placenames
The Irish for Slatta is Slatach – ‘Slat’ is Irish for rod. The area was well-known for flexible rods. These were suitable for weaving or thatching baskets long ago.
The Irish for Kilglass is Cill Ghlaise – ‘Cill Ghlaise’ is Irish for Green Church and could be called this because they had to have mass on mass rocks so they would be all around green.
The Irish for Rooskey is Rúscaigh – ‘ Rúscaigh’ is Irish for bog or swamp. Perhaps Rooskey was built on a bog or swamp.
The Irish for Strokestown – Béal Átha na mBuillí – The Mouth of the Ford of the Strokes with strokes referring to ancient clan battles in the area.
The Irish for Roscommon is Ros Comáin – Roscommon was named after St. Coman’s – St. Coman built a monastery in woods near Roscommon town in the 5th Century.
Aimée Neary
Faraway Places
Egypt
We went to Egypt with our family last summer. We had a great time. We had a great time. We went to the airport and took a very long flight. It took five hours. When we stepped off the plane and it was 35˚C – very hot! We got to the hotel and it was dark and hot. Two of the waiters came down and gave us some sandwiches. We got up the next morning at 9.00 am and we went to look around. It was 45˚C and we were so hot so we got in the sea and it was the most amazing waters we had ever been in. There were fish everywhere and coral banks. All the colours of the universe were there! After swimming we went to the room and had a shower and went to have dinner. We spent the second day at the hotel. In the evening we booked a glass boat trip and people were nagging us to come into their shops. We went into one shop and bought some snorkels and goggles. The next morning we had breakfast a bit early because we had to go on the glass boat trip. When we got there the boat was very small but there was enough room. There were tons of fish and we saw an under water min-volcano. We got up the next morning and we went to Aqualand. It was one of two waterparks in Sharm el Sheikh. We got there and it was really fun. There were allsorts of slides there. The last day we went back to the hotel and we went down to the sea. We all were snorkelling and we saw a reef shark and it was quite big, about 2m long. We all enjoyed our time in Egypt. It was such great fun!!
Cameron & Georgia Helliwell
Update
There is a lot of trouble in Egypt at the moment. The people of Egypt have started to revolt because there is so much poverty in Egypt and the President of Egypt, Mubarek, is doing nothing about it. The Egyptian Army were trying to stop the revolt but then they started to realise that they aren’t getting much money either. So they just helped the people. We hope all this stops because I want the Royal Grand Sharm, the hotel we stayed in, to get as much business as possible. We feel sorry for the Egyptian people, who we found to be so kind, friendly and helpful and we really hope that the situation improves for them.
My Holiday in Portugal
When I went to Portugal on the plane I saw lots of things out of the window. I saw lots of buses – they were like toy cars. I had so much fun on the plane. When I stepped off the plane in Portugal it was like stepping into an oven. We got a taxi to the apartment. We were staying in a village called Alvor. It was lovely there and I went sightseeing with my Aunty Susie and family. My Nanny and Grandad came along too as did my Uncle Frank. We all went on different planes. The food was really different to Irish food. There was a lot more fish, the potatoes were more flavoured and there were tiny bananas!
The cliffs were amazing. I will never forget them nor the sea stacks and sea arches. I also will never forget the people there because they were so friendly. All in all, my visit to Portugal was a wonderful experience.
By Niamh Doorley
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