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Poetry
and Story
Corner
2010
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Angelina McGrath, Rang 5, on
the Reader's Chair is reading her poem, 'The
Night Before Christmas. (below).
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'Twas the night before Christmas,
I looked down below me,
And what did I see?
A small wooden table with biscuits and tea,
And something I'm not sure there should be.
A Mum and a Dad
In the dining room clad
In their nightclothes, eating and drinking.
When a noise on the roof
that sounds like a hoof
Scares them away... I'm left thinking.
Could it be Santa? Could it be him?
I cannot see..the room is too dim.
He comes down the chimney as Jana walks in
And on her small face there is spread a wide grin.
But she does not know that if you see him at all,
He takes back your presents and makes your face fall.
Wait! she is saved! She's top of the list!
She is the girl that Santa can't miss!
He hands her a parcel, enormous in size,
And flies up the chimney with twinkles in his eyes.
And that was the night brfore Christmas.
by the Christmas Angel, Angelina.
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We’ve
had the snow for a good while now
And
I would just like to say,
That
even though it’s fun and all
You
see it every day.
It
doesn’t get any different
Apart
from a little more
Each
day from morning to night
Now
that doesn’t seem anymore.
But
that is just the bad side
On
the good side there are lots of things more
There
are snowmen and snowangle’s, and everything
And
maybe a snowball war.
But
on the bad side
There
is one main thing
You
can get blocked indoors
And
that means a very dangerous thing
You
can starve for days or more
By James Dunphy
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Ag súgradh sa sneachta le Belinda Ní Nualláin Rang 3
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Snowbound by Orla Nolan Rang 5
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Snowbound
a story by Brian Stafford 2nd class
It
was Christmas Eve in Oslo. Everybody was having a great time
playing snowball fights and making snowmen. In the North Pole
the elves were working hard making PSPs and Nintendos. Santa
was checking his naughty or nice lists twice and his Christmas
lists. Back in Oslo it was 10pm and all the children were
going to bed and the adults were having a pint of beer. But
the children couldn’t sleep so they sneaked downstairs and
went out their doors because they had all secretly entered a
snowboarding competition. The winner would get an Xbox 360
Kinect. Snowboarding was cancelled in Oslo so they played snow
ball fights with torches to see everything. Jimmy made a
sleigh out of snow.
At
the North Pole it was not going so well. Last Christmas Santa
parked his sleigh in the wrong spot and it had fallen into the
water so he called “Sleighs 4 U” and bought a €300 multi-sleigh.
Santa was up in the air. “First stop Greenland” he said
and they flew down at 250 mph. But the speed limit was 200mph
so he got a speeding ticket. “Ok first chimney 1 Esquire
Street” says Santa. And they did the whole of Greenland and
the entire world. When Santa reached Oslo Jimmy and Sam heard
the bells and ran to bed and all the other children did as
well. Santa delivered Sam’s first and then all of Norway.
The next day Jimmy, Sam and all the children woke up and
3.30am and looked at their presents and played with them for
five hours and then went outside to play more snowball fights
and Jimmy made yet another sleigh.
The
End
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Snowbound by Niamh Byrne Rang 5
Monday morning came and the place was covered in snow,
And one of the good things about it was to school we couldn't
go.
We went out in the garden to make a snowman,
And while we were out there we ran and ran.
We had to stay at home all week because the
snow was very bad.
We didn't get to see our friends so we were kind of sad.
It was like being on holiday- we could sit and watch T.V.
Or we could play all day on our X-box or Nintendo Wii.
Then on Sunday evening we got a text to say:
'School will re-open on Monday as we have cleared the snow
away.'
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Snowbound by Kevin Roche Rang 5
One
Saturday morning when we woke we were snowbound . My father
had to get out and get some shovels and we all went out to
help him shovel away the snow from the doors and the paths .
Then we had to bring in the turf and coal and sticks and make sure my granny was nice and warm inside .
When we had all the work done we all had a great snow fight .
It was great .We then went down to my aunt Kathleen and Josie
came out to us and we all had another snow fight
and built a snowman in Kathleen’s garden and then we
went over to aunt Josie’s garden and had another snow fight
and made another snowman. Next we went back up to my house and
we made a big snowman and granny gave us a scarf for him. We
then had our dinners. We then played card games . We had some
laugh after a good while we went to bed .
We
couldn’t get to mass on Sunday as there was to much snow we
couldn’t get our car out off the drive so when we had all
our work done we had another snow fight and had good fun .
On
Monday it snow like hell again and my dad and Mam had to go to
help my uncle and aunt with there water tank up in their
attic. There was water running down through the ceiling. My dad
was up in the attic handing down
buckets of water so Mam and my aunt had to bring out
buckets of water for about half an hour. Then they had to look
for the water thing on the road and my uncle turned off the
water and they had to fix the ballcock. At last everything was ok .We came up and had another snow fight
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Snowbound by Ciara Molloy Rang 5
One Saturday
morning (no school thank god) I got a load of clothes
on. Why, you ask? Well the weatherman, Dallas Raines said that
there would be snow! And lots. He also said that it would be
Perfect (with a capital P) for making snowmen. This year I am
going to make a snow family.
So as I was
saying- One Saturday morning I got a load of clothes on. I was
just about to run out the front door when suddenly… THUMP!!
About a ton of snow fell on me. I’m serious! It was so loud
that it woke everyone up, just because of that snow. Weird!
‘CIARA!!’
yelled mum ‘what in Gods name is going on down there?’ I
answered ‘If I tell you you won’t believe me!’ So mum
said, coming down the stairs, ‘ this better be g-‘ and
stopped. Well I told her she wouldn’t believe me!
O
my god I thought, looking at myself in the big mirror in the
hall. I knew it was bad but not this bad!! I was freezing
because the snow was up to my chin. So I got to drink “ cups
of hot chocolate and I lay on
the couch watching Meet the Robinson’s. My sister
Aoife started complaining about 6 things!
Anyway I should really
be getting onto the real story so that means you have just
wasted your time reading this. Sorry!!
THE REAL STORY
One Saturday
morning (no school thank god) I got a load of clothes
on. Why, you ask? Well the weatherman, Dallas Raines said that
there would be snow! And lots. So I went downstairs
and……… NOOOOOOOO! We were snowed in! I ran upstairs to
mum and dad’s room and told them. They said ‘ OH NO! WHAT
WILL WE DO?’ and mum started crying. At least we had food!
We were Snowbound
for many days. It was scary! At first we had lots of food but
soon that “ lots” became smaller and smaller. After 6 or 7
days we only had half as much. But we had enough to do us for
at least another week. Each day it snowed even more. Soon we
had enough.
We were so hungry
and the electricity was frozen so we couldn’t watch TV or
any thing. Sorry about the tear marks but it makes me cry just
thinking about it!
When the food ran
out and all we had to eat was cereal, the snow began to thaw.
Yay!! We got the shovel and to dump it in the shed. Mum said
it was so the snow would melt in there, for some reason.
Don’t ask me why!
THE
NEXT DAY
The snow melted! For
some reason there was sun. I was so excited and so was Aoife.
I think the snow has
made me go mad because I actually wanted to go
to school!
Well that’s my story
and I hope you like it! J
J
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Theme:(Téama)
Hallowe'en
2010
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Tá púca sa bhaile,
Is maith leis an púca an baile,
Tá an púca ag snámh sa linn snámh,
Is maith leis an púca an scoil.
Tá cara púca ag rith ar an tsráid,
Tá cailleach ag rith ar an tsráid,
Dúirt an púca-AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
le Jessica Ní
Dhuinn, Rang 3.
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On Hallowe'en night
I got such a fright
I was out collecting sweets
Getting lots of nice treats
When I knocked on a door
I nearly fell on the floor,
An old wrinkly lady
Maybe one hundred and eighty,
With a long thin nose,
And a wart I suppose
She had eyes coloured black
And a big fat cat.
In the corner of her room
I saw her magic broom.
I just knew she was a witch.
'Trick or treat', I said to her,
'Trick' was her reply,
'Close your eyes,' I said to her.
And then I said GOODBYE.
by
Belinda Nolan Rang 3 Oct.2010
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Theme:
Autumn
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Autumn
leaves falling down
Under
the trees
The
colours are beautiful
Usually
we jump up and down!
My
favourite is the scarecrow
Nature
is fun!
By
Olivia Furlong, Rang
4, Oct. 2009
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Leaves:
by Sarah Ronan Rang 3 Pyramid Poem
Leaves
Red
Leaves,
Orange and Red leaves,
Brown, Orange and Red leaves,
Green, Brown, Orange and Red Leaves,
Crispy Green, Brown, Orange and Red leaves,
Lots of Crispy Green, Brown, Orange and Red leaves,
In
autumn you can find Crispy Green, Brown, Orange and Red
leaves.
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Kennedy Park In all
its autumn glory
Autumn
acrostic by Ellen Whelan Rang 5
Autumn can be lots of fun
Unless
you only like the sun
Times
of play on bales of hay
Usually
leaves are brown or red
Most
animals start going to bed
No
season is the same as autumn.
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My autumn poem by Denise
Dunphy, Rang 5 |
The world in autumn is a wonderful place,
It adds some colour to the entire space,
When all the leaves turn red and brown
It's like each tree puts on its own special gown.
All the animals are gathering nuts and
seeds
They're making their nests snug from the cold autumn
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