Christmas Pantomime

Our Visit to the Pantomime

By Sadhbh-Aine Galvin

On the 12^th December we went to Dublin on the bus. The whole school went to the pantomime to watch Cinderella and it was really good. My favourite character was Buttons. He was one of the main characters in the play. They sang “gang nam” style when the ugly sisters entered the stage. Buttons would say “ a hear” and then we would say “leave it out”. There were two acts and one interval. We sat up on the balcony and I sat in the front row. We all joined in with the singing. The ugly sisters were dressed in crazy clothes. They were both men but they were pretending to be women.

After the pantomime, we went back on the bus and we went to McDonalds. We all got happy meals, drinks, toys and ice cream. Then we got on the bus and went back to school. We arrived at school at 4.15p.m.. I really enjoyed my day and look forward to our next trip. 

The Annual Carol Service 2012

The Annual Carol Service 2012

Our annual Carol Service was held in St. Saviour’s Church on Sunday 16^th December. The children sang beautifully and it was a very moving service. The whole school sang “Come and Join the Celebrations”. The Infants sang “The Rock your Carol”. Second to sixth classes played several tunes on their recorders. The “piece de resistance” however was the singing of “Dona Nobis” and “The Angels Song”. This was a historic occasion as it was the first time The Angels Song was sung in a Church in Ireland. The seniors performed a modern version of the Nativity and at the end the whole school was gathered to sing the final carols.

Tree Week

Everyone enjoyed Tree Week. The children learned how to identify trees in their classrooms and they did art on trees too. Then at the end of the week they had a tree trail  in the school grounds. 

 CHRISTCHURCH VISIT

 On Thursday 27^th of September the pupils of 5^th and 6^th classes and their teachers and helpers of St Saviours N.S. travelled up to Dublin on a bus to attend Christchurch. On the way into the church each pupil was given a one cent coin. The service was to mark the start of the new academic year.

 The archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough Rev Michael Jackson led the service. Rev Garth Bunting gave the address. He told everyone how to pray using a one cent coin.There were many hymns such as Father I place into Your Hands, I’ve got a Home in Glory land and you Shall Go Out With Joy.

 St Andrews N.S. Lucan sang an Irish song and Kildare Place N.S. in Rathmines mimed the actions to a hymn.

BY EMMA WOODS 5^TH CLASS

CHRISTCHURCH VISIT

On Thursday 27^th September 5^th and 6^th class from St.Saviours  N.S.

 went to Christchurch Cathedral because of the Diocesan Schools Service to mark the start of the academic  year .The Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough  Rev. Micheal Jackson led the service. Rev.Garth Bunting gave the sermon.Some of the schools that took part were St.Andrews N.S. who sang a hymn in Irish .Kildare place N.S. in Rathmines mimed the actions to a hymn.Some of the hymns that were sung there were Father I place into Your hands,I,ve got a home in Gloryland and You shall go out with Joy.

By Dalton 6^th class

Our trip to Christchurch Cathedral

On Thursday the 27^th of September the pupils of  5^th and 6^th classes at St Saviour’s  School  travelled to Dublin by bus to attend the Diocesan Schools’ Service to mark the beginning of a new school year.

Rev. Mark Bunting gave the sermon about using a one cent coin to help us to pray. It reminds us to concentrate, to pray for our country and for other countries in Europe. It also reminds us of all those who have very little. Some of the hymns sung were ‘Father I Place into your hands’ and ‘You Shall Go Out With Joy’. The collection was in aid of the Laura Lynn Childrens’ hospice and Christchurch Cathedral. The pupils of St. Andrew’s N.S. Lucan sang a hymn in Irish, and the pupils of Kildare Place N. S. Rathmines mimed the actions to another hymn.  The Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough the Most Reverend Michael Jackson led the service. I think it is safe to say that everyone left the cathedral with happy faces.

Our School Tour

What I liked was when we got to use the weapon and armour. The shield was particularly heavy.The sword was light.It must have been very hard to run with all that armour on and with the weapons on.I enjoyed carrying the armour to see how heavy it was.I liked the Fulachta fia and the feeling of how heavy the armour  was in the viking house. Overall everyone really, really enjoyed themselves and would love to go again.

Gillian Purdue's Visit

On the 15th of June 2012 the author Gillian Perdue visited our school.
She visited our school because we had been reading her book Adam's Starling in our classroom.
She told us about her inspiration for the book which was fear.
We all talked about our fear's such as the Boogie man and the closet monster.
She then told us about her other stories such as Conor's cowboy's suit which was based on her little brother Conor and another of her books called salvage girl which took 4 years to write but she was unable to publish it.We were then all made to do some drama, we acted out

On the 15th of June 2012 the author Gillian Perdue visited our school.She visited our school because  we had been reading her book Adam's Starling in our classroom.She told us about her inspiration for the book which was fear.We all talked about out fears such as the Boogieman and the closet monster.She then told us about her other stories such as Conor's cowboy suit which was based on her little brother Conor and another of her books called Salvage girl which took four years to write but she was unable  to publish it.
We were then all made to do some drama, we acted out the funny parts in the book which we all enjoyed because it was very funny. we all enjoyed the visit and had a lovely time reading the book.

School Tour

                               
School Tour

On Tuesday 25th of June,we all went on our school tour.We went to the Heritage Park in 
Co.Wexford.Our guide,Damien,was dressed as a Viking. He was very knowledgable about the different types of plants and trees around the park,as well as the history.





The park was very well made.  My favourite place was probably the fort or  the farm.


Most of the houses were very small but some of the houses were big.The roofs of
the houses were thached it was very dark in the houses.I hope we can go again.
It was great!

I enjoyed the exploration of the houses.I also enjoyed when
Eminhin and Nicole dressed up in the viking clothes.Ireally enjoyed this trip.

Senior Room: School Concert

The Senior Room were delighted to perform Daniel and the Lions in our school concert on the 29th March.