Elf On The Shelf

I’m weak and tall,

Dressed in dark red and glossy white.

Easily seen but sometimes you don’t find me at all,

I get put in places big or small.

 

Last night as the smell of spaghetti loomed around,

I sat on l large  globe tall and round.

It felt smooth with not a groove,

It was my only friend until a moved.

 

My days are flying by,

But Santa still says ‘Hi’ 

Tonight is my last night,

There better be something to my delight.

By Joy Whelan

5th class

 

THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

 

 Many people dashing around

Enjoying the magical day

Rushing to do some last minute shopping

Remembering all the previous years

Yorkshire puddings and a turkey roast shared amongst the family

 

Christmas crackers popping around the table

Hanging baubles glisten on the tree

Ringing bells at Christmas Eve

I can’t wait to see how happy we’ll be

Twinkling lights make spirits bright

Merry people sing Christmas carols

And January is coming near

Sending letters for Santa to read. 

 BY KEELEY ROCHFORD

   5th class

 

Mrs Clause was home on a cold Christmas Night!

Mrs Clause was home on a cold Christmas Night,

She waited for her man to return from his big, long flight.

The elves served her tea and some biscuits too

Near the fire where she sat were some black, charcoal boots.

She slid them on they were a bit tight

Because they belonged to an elf named Truffles MacButterknife!

 

Out she went to the shop

For a turkey to put in the cooking pot

As she walked home she felt very tired

So she sang a song 

To get her mind off her yawning

 

When she got home 

She went straight to bed

And she dreamt about dinner that she would eat the next day!

By Emma McMahon

5th Class!

 

The Gingerbread Man

The ginger bread man raised up in the piping hot oven,

Ready to be eaten to those who love them.

The Christmas aroma filled the air,

While Ms Clause began to prepare,

Chocolate buttons for the eyes,

A jelly tot for the nose,

A line of white icing was purposed,

To make the gingerbread man smile like he can.

Packed away into the sleigh,

To help Santa on his way!!!!

Maria Moloney

 

The children in 5th and 6th class were very busy over the last two weeks making crafts for the Christmas Family Fun Day. They sold most of their products and earned over €150. This money is being used to fund the cinema trip for all children on Tuesday December 19th.

 

 

Excitement is building as we continue our preparations for our performance of the Christmas Nativity. 

The whole school is involved in telling the story of Christmas. We hope you enjoy it and look forward to seeing everyone there Wednesday night at 7pm. 

Well done to all the boys and girls who took part in the recent Lee’s Road finals. We had a great day and once again came home with medals! Congrats to Aoibheann and Sophie!!  A huge thank you to the parents who always help out  and make the day so enjoyable!

 

At this time of year breakouts of head lice can be quite common. It is very important to check hair regularly for head lice and to treat if necessary. We would ask that all long hair be tied neatly back and any break outs of head lice be communicated to the school.

http://www.hse.ie/eng/health/child/Head-Lice/Parents-Leaflet.pdf

Thank you to everyone who dropped bags of unwanted clothes and shoes to the school in the past week . There were over 150 large bags of clothing collected. The clothes will be collected tomorrow morning before school. Money collected goes towards paying for various resources throughout the year – new books, games for the classrooms, buses for Cumann na mBunscol etc.

A huge well done to all the children and families who supported the Shoebox Appeal for Team Hope this year. The shoeboxes were collected today by Helen Canny and will be brought to the warehouse in Ennis to be sorted and shipped.

Thank you to the children in 4th class who helped Helen load the boxes. A total of 73 boxes were collected.

We were delighted to receive the Accelerated Reader award for Top Performing School in the Republic of Ireland from the people at Renaissance Learning. Watch our video which was on display at the recent award ceremony in London.

 

You can also listen to the Podcast on Clare FM when the teacher and pupils were interviewed about the prize.

 

The class worked together to research and design a project on what they felt made Clare a unique county. They suggested and researched areas such as the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher, Biddy Early, traditional Irish music and dance, and of course Clare GAA. (more…)