Comhairle na nÓg

The Comhairle na nÓg is like youth mixed with demoracy. It has expanded right across Ireland and has over 32 clubs. Comhairle na nÓg means Young Peoples Council. The first real meeting took place at the Council Chambers in Kilkenny city.There were eighteen people there.Part of the structure of Comhairle na nÓg is to create space for young people and local adult decision-makers to meet, interact and work together on issues that are of interest to their community. the five nominees will be going to Dublin. There will be other trips to adventure parks all of us will get to stay overnight. The whole program is free and we got pizza at the end of each meeting.
By Martin O Connor

Our Science Trip

a dancer from the science show

On Friday 13th of November we went with Monroe school to see a science show. It was on in Waterford town hall. We learned all about bones from the humerus to the skull. We learned about the bones of males and females. We learned that there are 206 bones in a fully grown adult. We even learned about the effects of zero gravity on astronauts’ bones. It was a very good day and I was sad leaving.
by Fionn Fitzpatrick

September News

Hi Kieran here!
We all had a great September here at Newmarket. Kilkenny recently won 4 consecutive All-Ireland titles on the 6/9/09. They were against Tippererary. It was a very good game. The score was Kilkenny 2-22 Tippererary 0-23. The Iverk show was postponed to the Saturday this year. It was really good. There were  lots of stalls. A good few from our school won prizes. I came first in the creative writing and Anne Marie won two prizes,  and our past pupil Conor Aylward came 3rd in the poetry competition. On the 22nd the National Ploughing Championship was held in Athy, County Kildare. It was opened by Ireland’s president Mary McAleese. It will be held in Athy next year in the same farm. The weather was great all through the month of September. We are all enjoying the Indian summer. Our swimming lessons begin tommorow in The Watershed. We are all looking forward to going there.

And that’s our September News.

Christmas in Newmarket

Nativity Play '08

Today we  closed for Christmas holidays .  We performed our Nativity play for our parents last Friday night and everyone enjoyed it.  We also had a mad hair day last week and we raised € 234 for the Society of Missionary Children.

Primary Science Awards

Hello my name is Jenny,

On the 17th of June Mr.Duggan, Darragh, Aoife, Catriona and I went to the Primary Science awards in The Forum Waterford.

We were there to receive our award of science excellence.
When we went in there were refreshments available.

People showed us science experiments.

They were really cool and interesting.

Soon after seeing all of the science experiments we were called to our seats.

They put on a show. A woman named Sue showed us a few science experiments. They were so much fun. after that they called up all the schools and they had pictures taken . Timmy Ryan presented the awards to all the students, He is a presenter on a radio station called W.L.R.

After the awards Sue came back and did some more science experiments and at the very end we all did the Mackerina.

We looked very funny.

We all had a greay day.

Jenny.

An Extraordinary Day. 29/5/08.

It started off at 10:30, when Peter Kearney came to our school. He is an Australian musician. I was asked to bring in his array of intruments. There were glockenspiels, tambourines and so on. He did a workshop on playing instruments and later on one on singing. They were two amusing workshops. I perferred the one with playing instruments. I played a glockenspiel and the tambourine. Next came the concert! About 21 adults came to see it. We sang 9 songs. I played instruments for two of the songs. All the parents enjoyed it. Kevin did a good job playing the role of Jason. Mairéad was the girl. Peter cracked a few jokes. I loved the song “Who’s That” espicially the part when it comes to the teachers. My least favorite song was “This is our School”. I would love to do it again. We also got no homework. It was a day to remember.

Alex Broderick.   (6th class.)

The trip to Monaghan

On the 3rd and 4th of April 4th, 5th and 6th classes went to Monaghan to meet with the children from Belfast in a project called Dissolving Boundaries. Dissolving Boundaries is project where two schools from different parts of the country link through video phone conferences and forums. It was a five hour journey to get to Tanagh, our hostel in Monaghan . We got something to eat and were split into two groups. Over the two days we did wall climbing, archery, an assault course, canoeing and the slippery slope. We all really enjoyed it and I hope we go there again. The wall climbing and archery were in an old church ( nobody used the church). The assault course was brilliant and everybody got wet and dirty. That night we went for a night hike. At half two on the second day we left for home. We got back at 7 o’clock. The trip was brilliant and we all loved it.

Conor A.

World Maths Day

World Maths Day is a great activity, because you get to compete with other children from around the world. It is a really fun way of enjoying maths. And it is educational! At the moment we are practicing for the real event which takes place on March 5th .

Megan Holden