Friendship Fortnight begins on Monday (17th of September). During these two weeks we all make an EXTRA effort to be a good friend!
Ms. Cunnane is running an online competition starting on Monday. Check back on Monday to enter!
Checkout this friendship video: Click here
All 3rd class parents are invited to a welcome meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9.10am in the school hall.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Well done to all of you who have already written some or one short story. Talbot’s Got Writers! Here’s two I’ve received by email. Both very different, both very good. Enjoy them!
Mary’s Party
By Afolabi Yusuff
Once upon a time there was a girl called Mary. Mary was going to have a party. She invited a skeleton and Jack and Mr Murphy.
Mr Murphy came before everybody. Mr Murphy helped Mary to set up the biscuits, sweets, crisps, party bags, and cake. At last everybody came. The skeleton brought a dj: his name was Partrick. In the party they played musical chairs, and duck-duck-goose, and hide-and-seek.
It was 5:30 when they went out for a walk. The skeleton saw a big castle; and they all went inside. They ran upstairs and they saw crowns for a King and a Queen. Mary wore the Queen’s crown. The skeleton wore the King one. But the King and the Queen were waking up so they ran downstairs to open the door but it couldn’t open! They chopped off Mary’s hair because she had a long hair. They ran upstairs and threw Mary’s hair out like a ladder. At last the time was 9:30 so they had a sleep over and from that day they never go into another person’s house.
THE END
The New Boy in Moyle Park
By Ajibola Yusuff
On September first when school reopened there was a new boy called AJ Rooney. He went to Moyle Park because in his other school he got bullied.
He was nice to everyone in the class. He was happy that wanted to come the next day. AJ Rooney was really good at football and basketball. He also got a reward for the best in the class. He was only 15 years old in 5th year. He had a teacher called Ms Byrne in Moyle Park.
On Sunday he went for a sleepover in his friend’s house for 2 days. On the day before they went to bed Jack sneaked out of the house to the shop for Redbull. He ran back to his room where AJ was asleep. Jack drank it and went to bed. Next he died.
Jack’s mam did not know about that. When she was called in to say what she knew. The mother was angry at AJ and his family. The next thing, the garda was in touch with them. AJ Rooney’s family did not care about the boy called Jack. The case was put to the court in the next few weeks time. The lawyer was fighting for it and then she got 50,000 euro. The lawyer said we are to share it. She agreed it with him. What a life she said with money.
The End.
Now that you’ve read them, what do you think? I love the first one because it’s fun–AND, like other good writers, the writer cleverly teaches us an important lesson too. And I love the second one because it’s full of mystery, and sorrow, and, like many other good stories, it doesn’t have to be a happy-ever-after ending. Poor AJ! Poor Jack!!
Go on, give it a go. Get a pencil and a piece of paper and off you go… enjoy creating a fantastic story and letting others enjoy it too. Talbot’s Got Writers!!
Campa S PhotostoryHave a look at our Campa Samhraidh photostory. Rinne na paisti alan gniomhaiochtai tri mhean an gaeilge, mar shampla, corpoideachais, dramaiocht, ceol damhsa, am lon, uimhreacht, imirt cartai agus bingo! Maith thu a phaisti.
This week 37 students took part in an Irish camp in Talbot. Activities such as Maths, Drama, PE, Cooking, Singing , Dancing, ICT and Poetry were taught through the medium of Irish. Gaeilge Coordinator Ms Walsh organised the project , along with Ms Shaw and Ms Wynne. Bhain na paisti sult agus spraoi as an seachtain
Best of luck to all the children in 6th class! We will miss you all!
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This story is based on ideas from “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory”. In that book anyone who finds a golden ticket in a Wonka chocolate bar can visit the fabulous and mysterious Wonka factory. Charlie is a good boy who gets a ticket. So do four others. On the crazy tour by the mad and seemingly mean Mr Wonka, each child is tempted to do something bad. In the end, only Charlie proves himself to be generous and loving. Only Charlie is invited to take over the factory!
Now, here’s my story…
Seán and the Soccer Factory
Anyone who scores a goal in the summer school league can visit the secret soccer factory in Poland, where they train the world’s top soccer players for free.
In the last minute of the last league game, Seán scores a goal. He gets to go. But when he arrives, with 99 other children, a mean and mad Mr Zelfish Zowhat tells them they have to learn how to cheat, how to lie to the referees, and how to hurt and injure other players.
The 99 other children agree to do it. They are taken away to the plush, fancy hotel where they are told they will be treated like rock stars. Seán, however, thinks this is bad. He politely tells Mr Zowhat he won’t do it. Mr Zowhat shouts at him that Seán is stupid and that he’s missing the chance of a lifetime. Zowhat says Seán will miss out on becoming a professional soccer player, becoming famous, and earning millions! Seán thinks about it.
He almost says “okay” but then he remembers what his mother told him all his life: “Treat other people like you would want to be treated.”
Hearing his mother’s soft, beautiful voice in his head, Seán says, “No, sorry, but no. I’m going home instead of learning how to be mean and nasty.”
Then Mr Zowhat takes off his mask. It is really Giovanni Trappatoni, manager of Ireland, who says, “Seán, I’m looking for new players. I want only good people, honest people, people I can trust, people who will do the right things. Will you play for Ireland?”
Seán thinks about it. He shouts, “yes!” Four years later, Seán scores the winning goal for Ireland in the 2016 European Championships.
You all know how to write great stories. And no doubt you’ll write great ones this summer in “Talbot’s Got Writers!” Here’s just a reminder of one way of doing it…
Remember, to be a good story it doesn’t have to be a ‘happy ever after’ ending. Sometimes sad or horrible endings are fun to read!!