Saturday, 28th January 201210 am – 12 noon Junior, Senior and Boarding Departments All Visitors Welcome! |
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This week in J2 we have been very busy. On Monday we did an assembly on healthy and eating and the food pyramid. We planted bluebells last September and this week we saw a little green shoot coming up from the soil. On Monday every J2 will take turns to have a go at watering them. We have been trying different fruits; watermelon, cherries, papaya and mango. We started our class novel “Pigs Might Fly” by Michael Morpurgo and we drew pictures of the animals on the farm. By Sophia Kenny and Alice Power Smith  by Leslie Hayes, Executive Chef at AvocaCongratulations to the fifth year students who took part in Sandford Park School’s production of “Detective Story” by Sidney Kingsley. The play ran for three nights this week and was enthusiastically received by the many parents, students and friends who supported it. The students involved were Remi Naidoo who played the part of Mary McLeod and Emma White who played Susan Carmichael. Both girls gave powerful performances of their challenging roles. Lana Mullen, Ceara Dorman, Lia Cowan and Hazel Conway also played the various characters who come in to the New York police station where the play is set. Special mention must be made of Annie Conlon who played a petty thief who is in the station for the best part of the evening and who sustained her character and performance throughout and added a special comic twist to the otherwise quite serious content. A wonderful evening’s entertainment with the girls, as usual, doing us proud. On Tuesday, a trial driving simulator came to the College for a trial test for six fourth year students, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. For the trial, each of us got to do our own individual driving simulator test. For this we practiced stopping and starting the car, changing the gears, taking basic turns and using the accelerator, clutch and brake. We sat into a the car seat and we had all the equipment you would have in a real car – the steering wheel, gear stick, pedals, indicator and even a seatbelt. There were three screens around you which showed the road on which you were driving. There was also a camera at the top of the screen to make sure you were checking your mirrors, and a voice coming from the screens telling you what you had to do. It was really good fun and I really enjoyed it. I felt like I had been driving in an actual car and got a good feel of what that was like. It was a great experience for me and I hope I’ll get to do it again. Sadbh Byrne (4R) Photos by Roisin Doody This week in J5 we learned lots of fun things. We completed science experiments, examined ordnance survey maps, researched the Chinese New Year and played hockey matches. In our science experiments we learned about static electricity. We used balloons and rubbed them against different materials to test the reaction. We discovered that if you rub a pen in your hair as a result of static electricity you can pick up small pieces of paper. However it is hard to pick up larger pieces. We also rubbed the balloons against our school jumpers which created a lot of noise and so much static electricity the balloons stuck to the classroom wall. In geography we studied ordnance survey maps. These maps have a special scale 6 inches on the map is a distance of 1 mile on the road. The first Irish ordnance survey map was created by the cartographer Major General Colby. He started surveying the country in 1829 and completed drawing his map in 1842. It took him 13 years to make it. The map was then published in 1842. We often use ordnance survey maps when we are travelling around Ireland.
This week J5 played a few hockey matches against St. Andrews. Our class was divided into four different teams – Red Rockets, Red Rebels, White Tigers and White Warriors. Each team played four matches. J5 won ten games, lost three and drew three. Ava Murphy & Tara Coveney (Jigs Family Group) Congratulations to transition year student Andrea Castillo Ferreiro on winning the TY Photography/Photoshop competition. Andrea’s photo was entered in the Action category. She wins an iPod Touch (thanks to Typetec). The runners-up were Melis Colleran (Night Time category) and Heather Wright (Laughter category).
Congratulations to Swiss Army Makeup Brush on being selected to represent the College at the Dublin finals of the Student Enterprise Awards.  The SAMB team: Bridget Bailey, Marina Marshall, Ceithleann NíChonluain and Hannah Bloom-Teskey
This week Ms. Abrahamse launched “Healthy Eating Week”. We learned about eating a balanced diet made up of cereals and potatoes, fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat, fish, eggs and small amounts of fat and sugars. In family group work we created a food pyramid for the hall. Every family group has drawn pictures for each level of the food pyramid. Open day will be on Saturday, 28th January between 10am-12pm. Eight girls from our class will perform “Tynom Tanom” a Czechoslovakian folk tune on Orff percussion instruments. Some other girls from J6 will be hosting and guiding visitors around the Junior School. We are currently reading our class novel “Kensuke’s Kingdom” by Michael Morpurgo. This book tells the story of a boy named Michael and he ends up marooned on a desert island. We created art work based on scenes from the story and displayed them in our classroom. In swimming class this week, we are training for our gold or silver awards. We will be treading water, swimming while wearing our pyjamas and making a float from a piece of our clothing. These skills are essential for water safety.
2012 3rd Year Mock Exam Timetable 2012 6th Year Mock Exam Timetable Please note that there are changes to the starting and finishing time of exams.
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Chinese New Year is the biggest annual celebration in China. This year it is the year of the dragon. In China they use a different calendar. On the Chinese calendar the year is 4710. It has been 12 years since the last year of the dragon. As part of the celebrations children will often receive little red envelopes with money. Red is a lucky colour for Chinese people.
