Christmas Carol Service

Our Christmas Carol service will be on Thursday:

3rd and 4th at 11.20am

5th and 6th at 1.30pm 

Talbot’s Got Writers — the winning story…

Congratulations to Jamie Belmont in 6th class who won the first ever “Talbot’s Got Writers” competition, which took place last summer! Jamie wins himself a €20 voucher — just in time for Christmas!

This is his winning story…

“The Evil Baker 

Once upon a time there was a baker called Alfred. He was an evil baker who poisoned all his cakes.

When he heard the good Queen of Fourfront wanted one of his cakes he was overjoyed – but he wasn’t sure what to use. Therefore he tried dead bird eggs and rotten chicken, but he thought that wouldn’t work.

After thinking about more recipes he picked his best one: dog puke, bird eggs, and snake guts. “That should do it,” Alfred smiled to himself.

The next day the servants came and took the cake and brought it back to the castle.

When the queen saw the cake she loved it – but when she ate it, she died!

Alfred was the only one in Fourfront who was happy.”

Congratulations to Jamie. And to Britney Maughan for her great story that won 2nd place (and a voucher too). Will you win the Christmas “Talbot’s Got Writers?” competition. If you’re not in, you can’t win!!

 

 

Cyber Bullying Talk for Parents

Next Tuesday (11th of December), we will be holding a Cyber Bullying Talk for parents/guardians in the school hall at 9.15am. Bullying via text messages and social networking sites has become an issue for young people lately. This talk will focus on how to stay safe and how to deal with cyber bullying. 

Christmas Bazaar 2012

Our annual Christmas Bazaar will be on Thursday the 6th   of December in the school hall.

Please donate toys, children’s books, games, DVDs, fresh cakes. (No adult books, unsuitable DVDs, clothes or perishable items please). 

Fresh cakes can be donated the day before or on the day itself. Any child who makes a donation will receive raffle tickets to win a prize!

School Hampers full of prizes + many more prizes donated by teachers. Raffle tickets on sale next week – a strip of tickets for €1.

Ms. Shaw’s Class

Here is a great picture of Ms. Shaw’s class in PE! They are doing dance this week!

 

Dragons Den

On the 6th of November, the children who were taking part in the Dragon’s Den project, were taken up to Xilinx in Citywest. There, they met with their mentors and spent an hour practising their presentations.  Each group stood up in front of the Dragons and made a presentation telling them about their product, how it works, where they would advertise it, how much they would sell it for, how much profit they would make and much more. The Dragons asked lots of thought-provoking questions. 

The Dragons said that they were super impressed with all of the presentations and they were especially pleased with the way the children all work together as part of a team!

Overall it was a great day. We would like to thank Rachel in Junior Achievement for organising the event and to all the mentors and Dragons in Xilinx for taking part and giving up their time!

Paired Reading

Paired reading got under way this week in 4th and 6th class. The 4th class children are paired with a reading buddy in 6th class or a parent. So far, it’s going really well!