Thursday 31 May 2012

Green School Energy Poster Competition

Well done to all the children who recently took part in a Green School Energy Poster Competition.  It was a very hard decision for the Green School Committee because all the entries were excellent.  Adam was the winner of the  "Most Artistic" category.  Cáel, Diarmuid C., Eoin and Nikita were chosen for their clever and appropriate poster slogans.  Well done everyone!!! 



Wednesday 30 May 2012

Fun with Magnets

The Junior Room have been learning about magnets in Science. We designed and made a magnetic fishing game.  We explored which materials are attracted to magnets and which materials are not.  We investigated if magnets work through materials such as wood, glass, plastic and paper.  We experimented with the strength of different magnets and found out that bar magnets are the strongest. We finished our work on magnets by mading some fridge magnets. 



Green School Tour to the Arigna Mines

 We went to the Arigna Mines on Tuesday 29th of May. It took us around 40 to 50 minutes to get there.  It was a long trip.  When we got there we watched a video of the men working in the mine.  After the video we got a tour round the mine. We saw water that had tons of iron in it.  We saw lots of tools in the mine.  Our favourite part of the tour was the explosion, the way the light flashed and the scary explosion noises.  We went to the wind farm too. The German windmills and the Spanish windmills are 60 metres high.  We enjoyed our tour to Arigna Mine and the wind farm.


By Diarmuid Dowd






A day ago we went to the Arigna Mines. We had a tour guide in the mine.  It was dark but lights were on.  We saw a video of all the men working.  They had to go through the narrow shafts. The mine was in Iron Mountain.  We saw water with iron in it.  We made all the lights go off and when we did, it made an explosion noise. How we did it was by pushing down a detonator. We had to wear hard hats for falling rocks. After that we went to the gift shop.  Then we went to the wind farm.We saw wind turbines. They were 60m high.  There were 90 of them altogether.  There were German ones and Spanish ones. 


By Darragh Porter Winters






We all went to Arigna Mines yesterday.  We went on the bus.  We got out an hour later.  We had to wear hard hats in case of an accident.  The tour guide used to be a worker in the mines but it was not Arigna Mine. We saw a wall of coal.  A few minutes later we went into the shafts.  We saw some water that was full of iron.  We saw a motor that was for pulling the coal trucks.  We all went up into a small corner. We saw a detonator.  The tour guide said "Do you want to blow something up?". Everyone said yes and everyone got a go.  The lights went out and there was a loud sound.  There were a lot of strange rocks.  Then we went to the wind farm and we saw massive wind turbines.  They were 60m high. There were 90 of them.  There were German ones and Spanish ones. 


By Cáel McDonagh








We got everything packed up, then we went to Arigna in a bus.  First we went to Arigna Mines.  We looked at some mining tools.  Then we watched a film of people mining.  After we met a lady.  She gave us hair nets and hard hats.  We saw a digger.  Then a man brought us around the mine.  First he showed us a hole that a miner had to squeeze through.  Then we saw the air drill.  It was very heavy.  Then the tour guide let us blow up the wall.  When we did it, the lights went off. Then we saw "Santa's House".  We went to the gift shop.  We had lunch.  Then we saw the windmills. The German and Spanish ones were 60m tall.  There were 90 of them.  Then we went home. 


By Aaron Queenan 













Wednesday 23 May 2012

Football

On Monday 28th of May, we played in a blitz in St. Pat's Dromard at 11a.m. There were four schools involved; Culleens, Kilrusheighter, Killavil and ourselves.  The top two teams qualify for the final in Markievicz Park on Saturday 16th June and on the day the top two teams were Kilrusheighter and.......Cloonloo.......FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.  
Kilrusheighter won all three of their matches and Cloonloo won two.  We face each other again on the 16th...........May The Best Team Win!!!



First Holy Communion

Congratulations to the boys in First and Second Class who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 26th May in Cloonloo Church at 11.30a.m.  
Thank you very much to Fr. Caulfield and to all the parents and grandparents who helped out with the party afterwards. 

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Breaking News.....School Tour

On our school tour this year, we are going to Lough Key, Forest Park. The children from First to Sixth will be going to "Zipit".  They will experience the excitement of flying through zip lines and swinging through trees while safely secured with a harness.  The younger children will be going to the Adventure Kingdom, an outdoor play area with many activities to play on. Our school tour is on Tuesday, 26th June. 
For more see www.zipit.ie 

Monday 7 May 2012

Confirmation 2012

Congratulations to the children of Fifth and Sixth Class who made their Confirmation on Saturday 5th May in Gurteen.  A big thank you to the Senior Room teacher Mr. Heffernan for all his hard work. 



Friday 4 May 2012

Traditional Playground Games

Here are the children playing some traditional playground games such as Ring-A-Ring A Roses, Four Corners and Oranges and Lemons.  




And here are some more games - Hoop and Stick and London Bridge.



Tuesday 1 May 2012

Raised Bed Planting

A big thank you to Claire Winters who came to the school on Tuesday 1st of May to help the children plant potatoes, carrots, turnips, lettuce and strawberries in the raised beds.