F.A.I Football

Newmarket 2009

Last week our school entered into a football competition. The competition was held in Thomastown. It was a competition for small schools in Killkenny. There were four groups involved in the competition. The teams were five a side, with three subs. The first match we played was against Monroe and we beat them 11-1!!. The last match we played was the final against Dunamaggin who beat us by 2-1 after a very tight game. Most of the games that we went through were very tough. The only match we lost was the final. The whole competition was good fun. We also got free homework and about a half a day off.

St. Brendan’s and the fox

Yesterday there was an unusual visitor to the school. A little fox cub!Her name is Minnie. She is about 3 weeks old and looks like a black kitten. She drinks milk from a baby bottle ( she won’t drink the milk unlesss it is heated ) and will sometimes eat some puppy food. She is not allowed cows milk so she is given SMA baby milk. She stays in a house with 2 terriers and in the wild the dogs would have killed her. My grandmother is rearing her as a pet and hopefully we can keep her if she doesn’t get vicious. She was an orphan and would have died unless she was found ( her mother was killed by hunters ). Minnie will turn orange as she gets older. She has little wisps of orange fur on her face.

By Katelynn Walsh

The SECOND semi-final!!

Today at lunchtime we had our last semi-final of our school league. Josh’s team played against Conor Aylward’s team. Josh was the favourite to win because he beat Conor’s team at the start of the league. Conor’s team had an early lead as I scored the opening goal. By half time the score was 2-2 to 0-2. The second half was more difficult as the teams were more eager to win. After 10 minutes into the second half Jody slid on the wet grass and he slid into the curb. Despite his injury he carried on in the match. Just before the match was over Luke McNamara scored the clinching goal when he pulled first time. The final score was 5-4 to 3-2. Conor Alyward and Darragh Brennan will be fighting for the title on Monday the 23-3-09.

                                      Reported by Kieran Purcell

Semi-final goes to the wire

Today in blazing sun we had an exciting semi-final in the Newmarket school hurling league. Conor D’s team and Darragh’s team were playing for a place in the final. It was a very tight game and any score made a difference. It went down to the very last puck of the ball. Darragh’s team won by two points in the end after a lot of good hurling. The final score was 3-2 to 0-9. Let’s hope tomorrow’s semi-final is just as good.

Reported by Conor A

QUIZ WIZZES

 

 

The team of four ( Aoife N, Anne-Marie B, Darragh B and Conor A ) came first in the credit union quiz for the over 11’s. The quiz took place in Hugginstown on a Monday night, the 23^rd of February. The team received a large plaque, and they also received small plaques to keep. The under 11’s team also came in 3^rd ( the team members were Katelynn W, Grace A, Kieran N and Kieran P).

 

Reporter: “Anne-Marie how did you feel when you won?”

 

Anne-Marie: “I felt happy; I didn’t think we would win.”

 

Reporter: “And Aoife how did you feel when you won?”

 

Aoife “I was surprised, I couldn’t believe it.”

 

Reported by

Katelynn Walsh

10-3-09

Christmas in Newmarket

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.

A past pupil visits our school

Pupils with Nelly Kelly Oct 08

Newmarket N.S. 1926

Castlemorres Co. Kilkenny

Nelly Kelly (nee Hearne) visited our school on the 24th of October. Nelly is 91 years old and is a former student of our school and of the old school in Newmarket. Our school was built in 1925 and all the students from the old school moved to the new school. She clearly remembers moving from the old school into the new school and how excited they all were.  Nelly told us all about her school days in Newmarket in the 1920’s.  There were 120 pupils in the school. The school only consisted of one classroom, which we’re in now,  but the partition divided it in two. Mr and Mrs O’Sullivan were the teachers. At lunch time they were allowed go to the shop in the village, and if you forgot your lunch you could get a slice of bread buttered for a penny. Water had to be carried from the well down the road because there was no tap. If the children were being bold they’d get smacked with the cane. When the inspector came the cane would be hidden. The boys used to play hurling in the field across the road called the Faiche. Once a boy got a belt in the eye and had to be brought to the hospital. That finished hurling for a while. There was a 7th and 8th class because there was no secondary school. The school was very cold in the winter because there was no heating. The original slates are still on the school to this day. The toilets were outside the school. Nelly’s dad Jack Hearne worked on the Castlemorres estate and Nelly helped him sometimes.  She said that she had been in every room of Castlemorres house. The house was knocked in 1979.  Some children came to school on a donkey cart. In the summer Nelly used to walk home in her bare feet. Nelly said that school days were the best days of her life. She loved school and she loved Irish. We all enjoyed listening to Nelly telling us about her school days in the 1920’s. Nelly has a remarkable memory of her school days. She was able to name all the people in the picture of the pupils in the school. She also told us that we are in Paradise now compared to school in her days.

Conor Aylward

6th class

Carrickshock v Shamrocks in Senior Semi-Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All roads lead to Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on Sunday next as our local club team Carickshock take on our neighbous Ballyhale Shamrocks in the senior semi final. Carrickshock will be trying to get to the senior county final for the first time since 1951 while their more experienced neighbours Shamrocks have been in the last three finals.  There are five past pupils of our school on the team for Sunday: Pat, John and Niall Tennyson (who form the half back line) John Dalton, and Michael Rohan. We wish them well.

 

Slán leis an mbunscoil (Farewell to primary school)

Yesterday Wed 25th June we said a fond farewell to our 6th class who are finishing their primary school careers. All six of them have been pupils here with us since they enrolled in Junior infants eight years ago. There was a bit of sadness mixed with excitement among them as they now say slán leis an mbunscoil (farewell to primary school). As they look forward to their new schools we wish them well and thank them for being an excellent class who greatly enhanced our school.
Tom Duggan
Principal