Forest School September 2016 

5th & 6th classes went to Ballyteigue Wood to go out and learn all about surviving in the woods with the teacher Alec Dunne. We are going to go there every Friday for six weeks. First we walked up to the base where we all sit there and gather around for when we want for when we want to go somewhere else. We learnt how to know where North, East, South & West was by just using the sun. So in midday your shadow is north and in the morning your shadow is is east and and at sunset your shadow is West.

He told us NOT go around and just eat any berries you want because some berries are poisonous. He said that the redder the berry is the more poisinous it can be. Then we all went down the hill and he told us a little about the bark of a beech tree and that you'd recognise it by how the bark is silver. then we went down the woods a little bit more and saw lots of mushrooms. we saw a big hole and Mrs. Lawson predics that it was on of the bombs from World War 2. And Anita got very excited whe she found an edible mushroom and she was so kind that she gave it to Alec Dunne.

Then the amazing adventure soon came to an end and we had to say goodbye to the brillent teacher Alec. I am sure I can speak for everyone when I say I would LOVE to thank Mrs. Lawson and Alec Dunne and all the parents willing to drive us to the Woods. It was a great experience and I can't wait to see what adventure would be waiting for us next Friday.

By Maeve 5th Class

Leson 1 Forest School 

For 6 weeks everyone in 5th & 6th clases get to go to Forest Schools. It is in Ballyteigue Wood. The teacher is called Alec Dunne. He showed us about the compass and we got to make a compass out of sticks and rocks. Then he told us about each season. we all ate wood sorrel and poped the sap bubbles. 

Then we went on a walk and looked at the mushrooms we looked at the fungi on the trees. then we walked back to the benches and packed up our bags and went back to school. When we got back to school the bell went and we went home. 

By Lucy 5th Class 

Some  Recent Creative Writing: 

 The Sun

So amazing and so bright

So unbelievable and powerful!!

Never-stopping

Life could not be without it!!

Interesting and mysterious,

Gas and plasma, filled  with solar flares

Hot all the time!!

The sun is a star

My star!!

By Rowan Rang 5

                      The Sun

She sends her beams to the rippled lake,

Like the golden frosting on a sunlit cake.

She puts a gleam in the fish’s eye,

As it flows down the stream, bobbing on by.

She sends shafts of sunlight to the forest floor,

She puts her beams on the rabbit’s door.

She watches the children splashing on the golden beach,

She makes the water so blue and clear so 

You can see into the deeps

She makes the dog sleepy, as it lies on the grass,

And she casts shadows on the cat as it lies on a branch

Then towards the end of the day she hides  her face far away.

By Shane Rang 6

My First Day of School

My First Day of School,

I had the butterflies,

I remember my dad bringing me in ,

With my big tears brimming in my eyes,

I remember looking around at everybody,

And thinking everybody was looking at me,

I remember doing some work as I thought then,

And feeling so professional as I took out my glittery pens,

Before the day had come to an end 

I'd  made myself a couple of friends.

 by Nadia  Rang 6

Cooking Soup in School

On the 20^th of October 2016 we made soup and scones in school. We used the vegetables we had grown in our school garden this year.

First we peeled and chopped the vegetables then we put butter in the pot and melted it. After a while one of the other groups started making scones. To make the scones we put cheese, flour, milk ,sugar, baking powder, egg ,butter and water into a bowl. In my group(Ava, Leah, Alannah-Bel and I. We kept on peeling vegetables while three other groups made the scones. When it was little break we went and had lunch. After break we did work until big break then we went back into the hall with the other classes and we drank the soup and ate some scones. This was a great learning experience and I hope we get opportunities like this again.

Tara  Rang 6

Our Autumn Poems 

Autumn

Autumn has taken over the forest,

There is a golden, crunchy carpet on the damp forest floor,

The little russet squirrel perched up on its branch,

Crunching on a small brown hazel nut,

Lots of mushrooms and fungi bursting forth,

Through the carpet of moist decaying leaves,

On the forest floor the anxious hedgehog,

Nervously makes it’s way 

Through the decomposing mountain of mess and fungus,

Enjoying  the misty morning.

By Laoise  Rang 6

Autumn

The golden crisp leaves underneath your feet,

While the fungus lives at the base of the trees.

The colour palette of autumn has arrived,

So has the musky smell.

And the swirling, icy cold sun from northern lands.

The ivy now grasps onto the trees,

Hiding,against the breeze.

At night, owls hoot and crickets creak.

While the crescent moon and twinkling stars

Illuminate the forest floor.

The wind rustles the trees,

While the sun is hazy, as it stumbles and rises

On an autumn morning, in the woods.

By Adam Rang 6

Autumn Poem

Autumn, the time when warm weather turns colder,

Evenings getting longer,

Days getting shorter,

Windy weather rustling the few leaves on the nearly bare trees,

Watching the squirrels gathering nuts

Getting ready for the icy winter

 Listening to the crunch of the leaves,

As you walk along the forest floor

Hear the pitter patter of the squirrel’s feet,

As they scurry up the trees,

About to go into hibernation

By Fiach 6^th

Autumn

Why does autumn leave a trace?

Of red , yellow and brown?

Does autumn leave a blanket of leaves because the earth is cold?

Why does autumn leave vibrant scents and musty smells?

Why do the animals steal her precious fruits?

Is autumn playing a big game of hide and seek, with the animals?

Is autumn the queen of the forest, is that why she wears a fiery gold and red cloak?

Isabelle Rang 6 

Class  Cooking Soup in School

On the 20^th of October 2016 we made soup and scones in school.

First we peeled and chopped the vegetables then we put butter in the pot and melted it. After a while one of the other groups started making scones. To make the scones we put cheese, flour, milk ,sugar, baking powder, egg ,butter and water into a bowl. In my group(Ava, Leah, Alannah-Bel and I. We kept on peeling vegetables while three other groups made the scones. When it was little break we went and had lunch. After break we did work until big break then we went back into the hall with the other classes and we drank the soup and ate some scones. This was a great learning experience and I hope we get opportunities like this again.

Tara 6^th class

Senior Room School Tour Friday 17th June 2016

The 5th & 6th class went on their school tour on Friday 17th June to Eco Adventure Centre Enniskerry. They had a fantastic day.
Here are some accounts of their day.

Our School Tour

We got into school at half past eight on Friday morning. we were in school for about 10 minutes. then we got into pairs and got on the bus. the parents were Catherine, Karen, & Mrs Lawson our teacher and Claudia, classroom assistant. It was a 40 minute journey to Eco Adventure Ireland. When we arrived we met the people in charge. They were Spanish. First we had a 20 minute snack and split ourselves into two groups. in my group we had Catherine and Claudia. First we played a fun game altogether and then grass sledging, night line challenges, low ropes and then we went back up the hill for a fourthy minute lunch break. the fun game was everyone (even the parents & teacher) got in a big circle and got into pairs . One person stood at the back and one at the front. the people in charge gave us four numbers which each had a thing we had to do. if you did the wrong thing you were out. Grass sledging is when you're in a little sledge on tracks which was pushed down a grassy hill. Night line is when everyone was blind folded and was walking through a forest holding on to a rope. Low ropes is when there was two ropes which had two people had to hold hands and walk side ways across them. After lunch we went to do archery, paintball, obstacle course and then chaos. Archery was when we were split in two and we had to see which team got the most points. My team won but then we had a re match and the other team won. Paintball is when we had to shoot a load of glass bottles which had scores. Then we did the obstacle course when we were put in pairs and the first person had to run through the course without being caught by the second person. Chaos is when we were split into teams and one person on each team was blind folded and had to find the tennis ball. My favourite activity was grass sledging. the we said "thank you" and "good bye" to the people in charge. we got on the bus and went to Apple Green Garage to buy sweets. I got a lollipop, Hershey bar and Millions. We got back on the bus and went back to school for our parents to collect us. I had an amazing, brilliant and exciting day, probably my favourite school tour yet!!

By Lily 

Our School Tour 

On Friday the 17th June, 5th and 6th class went to Eco Adventure Ireland in Enniskerry. We set off at 9 o'clock from our school. We got there at 10 o'clock and had a snack we then walked down to the big grassy field and played a game. Our leaders was spanish and he called out numbers and we did actions. I was with Grace and we came 3rd. we then split into 2 groups. My group did grass sledging first, grass sledging was when you got in a little red sledge which had tracks under it. we sped down a hill. it was so fun. we then went back to the hostel for a break. We came back split back into our groups and we swapped. we then went into the woods to do the night line. we all put blindfolds on and took hold of a rope and had to walk down it. it was hard because there was logs and brambles and stones that pulled at your legs and clothes. after we ran over to the archery , we all learned how to point and direct the arrows then we had our own go. I got lots of yellows and reds, we then swapped so I did paintball, paintball was easy to hit and we did a competition and our group halved. Our group won by 35 points, Yes!!!
We then all go get lunch and went back to the hostel. When we came back we did the obstacle course, it was fun. Then we played a game called chaos. It was really cool. I loved our school tour this year.

By Zoe 

My School Tour 

We went to Eco Adventure Centre Enniskerry. When we arrived there we had a snack. After our snack we got our helmets on and did glass sledging. It was a sledge with tracks on it. we had to push each other down a big hill and then we pushed somebody else. 

After that we did the night line challenge. It was where we had to hold on to the shoulders of the person in front of us with the other hand held onto a rope and navigate ourselves, next we did paintball. We had to shoot bottles that were on a plank. it as really cool. 

When we finished that we did archery. it was also very good fun. After archery we did the obstacle course it was quite hard. 

Nicholas won that game and set the record for the fastest run around. My favourite activity as the paintball. I really enjoyed this years tour because I had never shot anything in my life. I had a brilliant time on our tour. 

By Shane 

St. Saviour's N.S Sports Day '16 was held on the 23rd of June and here are some accounts of the fantastic time the pupils had. 

Sports Day 2016

On Thursday 23rd June we had an amazing sports day and bake sale, which I'm surprised we didn't have a stitch form all the treats we had! At around quarter past 12, we started and our parents started to arrive. we were put into mixed teams from all classes. We started off with class races, then we had fun races such as obstacle and fill the bucket. 
Overall, we had tons of fun, a great excitement filled atmosphere and were blessed with a sun shine filled day. 

By Adam 

Sports Day  

I really liked doing the class races, the top 3 got points for their team. we were split up into inter class teams. to recognise  what team we were on we had  two coloured stripes on our cheeks. we also did team relay races, some of them were: sack race, egg & spoon race, & obstacle course. It was great to see everyone encouraging each other on. The atmosphere was great and we were very lucky with the weather as it was so hot. I was on the white team and our team came first, in second place the orange team and in third place the blue team. 

The winners got laurel wreaths made by 3rd & 4th class so it was like the Olympics because back when then whoever won got wreaths also. I really enjoyed this years sport day, it was brilliant.

By Rhiannon

Our Sports Day 

On the 23rd of June we had our Sports Day at school. there was different teams made up of someone from every class. We recognised the teams by coloured facepaint. There was loads of fun races, games like class running races, and team races such as sack race, skipping hoop race, egg and spoon race, obstacle course and fill the bucket. At the end of the races the results came the results came in, the whites came first, then orange then blue. We all really enjoyed sports day because of the fun games, sunshine and encouragement. it was brilliant. 

By Alannah-Bel

Sports Day 

On Thursday 23rd June we had our Sports Day. we did class races first and then we did teams. We did sack races, hoop races, egg and spoon races, obstacle race and fill the bucket. Each team had a colour and the people on that team have to put facepaint of the their colour on their face. It was a really fun, sunny day and everyone had a great time. The funnest bit of it was doing the sack racing. the adults and toddlers even got to race. Mrs. Lawson even joined in the hoop race. 

By Calantha. 

Proclamation Day 15th March 2016

All school children, teachers and parents assembled at the front of the school to partake in this memorable event.

We sang Amhran na bhFiann and Óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile.

Some children told us about the meaning of the songs, the story behind the Irish Flag, excerpts from the new Proclamations  created by each class and what the commemoration of the Proclamation meant for all of us. 

A number of children along with Mrs. Lawson raised our national Flag and we sang Amhran na bhFiann.

It was a very special event to commemorate the 1916 rising.

Our first day back to school September 2015 

Our New Extension

St. Saviour’s pupils go back to a new school!!

Tuesday 1^st of September was the first day back to school from the holidays. It was no ordinary start to a new school year in St. Saviour’s, it was the day we could all see our newly extended building, which we have been waiting for years for.  All the pupils were waiting outside eager to get in to see the new extension.

For the past year, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th classes had been working in a very small squishy prefab. They could hear all the diggers and drills outside which was very distracting. The children also had a restricted playground for ages. They had to move classrooms a lot as the builders had to work in lots of different places, when some of the building was finished 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd were very patient as they had to stay in the old building. The teachers and pupils are for waiting for the sports hall to be floored, but this soon will be done.

However, all the waiting has paid off when their three classrooms each with their own toilets were finished and looking so lovely.                                            By Jazmine

            

Senior Room Poems 

Big Silver Moon

The night is dark and quiet,

Lit by a big silver moon.

Reflecting in the dark pond .

The old lady trudges through the

Frosty field collecting twigs

For her cottage fire.

She shivers in the dark with her big purple cloak.

With only a lantern to light her way.

Owls hoot in the night

Flying over the old lady’s head.

She wanders into the blackened forest.

Searching for her old thatched cottage.

She suddenly stops and stares into the moonlight

Watching foxes hunt for food.

The old lady spots her warm cosy cottage

She shuffles into her house.

Stars glitter in the dark

Holding up the sky

Deer prance lightly over the logs

Calling to their friends,

Far away wolves howl at the big silver moon.

By Lily  

The Moon

The moon  gliding across the sky in her silver vale,

Leaving a silver trail

The moons silver light

Brightening the carpet of the grass like an ocean light

The moon she glides the sky greeting the clouds one by one

As they fly by

The moons vale shine

Over the water

Lighting it up like a star on earth

Soon the night will give birth to the sun and the day will come.

By Ben

Night

The moon sends her beams

 To the ripped lake

Like the silver frosting

On a moonlit cake

She stirs them up

In the heavens above

And sends them down

With a silver dove

The silvery ripples

 On a moonlit stream

Fill those fish’s eyes with a silvery gleam

And the little spider

Spinning her web

Can rest until morning

Once again

By Shane

Cross Country Relay Race September 2015 

Cross Country Relay Race

On the 21^st September 2015, St. Saviour’s N.S. classes from 3^rd to 6^th class were brought to the beautiful Avondale Forest Park to take part in the Cross Country Relay Races. Teams of four (boys and girls in separate races) had to run a very big and wet slippery track. The track was really a field. We left school at around 9:40, but the races didn’t start until 10:30. Some of the other schools there were Ashford N.S, St. Kevin’s Greystones and the Glebe Wicklow. Unfortunately, St. Saviour’s didn’t win any medals even though their teams were superb and the children worked well together, displaying great team spirit. Everyone there could tell they worked hard, as did the other schools.

Everyone headed back to school, at around 12.30, the children and teachers from all schools enjoyed the 2 hour event and went back to school, still chatting about the wonderful day they had had.

By Camille

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Report on Cross Country Race

On Monday 21^st September St. Saviour’s N.S. Rathdrum attended the schools Relay races at Avondale Forest Park. 3^rd to 6^th classes ran in the event. There are four children on a team and they entered seven teams. They left school at 9:45 and travelled by bus to Avondale. 3^rd and 4^th classes ran 250m and 5^th & 6^th class ran 500m each. Parents came to support along with the kids who didn’t race.

The races began at 10:30 with the first race 3^rd class girls followed by 3^rd class boys all the way up to 6^th class girls and boys. For the older classes it involves a lot of hanging around as they wait for their race to start but they all had a great time cheering on the other teams. Some of the schools that were running also were the Glebe N.S , St. Kevin’s, Ashford N.S And lots more.

Unfortunately St. Saviour’s didn’t win any medals as the standard is very high, but all the children who ran should be very proud of themselves as the race was quite tough and they ran really well and besides there is always next year.

By Rhiannon

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Young Scientist's Exhibition 2016

On Friday 8th January, the 3rd-6th classes were delighted to travel to the Young Scientist's Exhibition in the RDS in Dublin. It was an amazing day where the children were awed with presentations and demonstrations. We had an action packed day with a presentation about aeronautical space, a visit with Titan the Robot, a 3D celestial voyage, the world of robots, an insight into the life of a mentalist with David Meade and visiting the wonderful exhibitions from the primary and secondary schools. It was an amazing inspiring day and hopefully we will be back next year exhibiting!