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October 2003

A Little Dog

Today I saw a little dog,

Who was after killing a very big hog.

I jumped up with a fright,

And then the dog was out of sight.

I ran home, I told Dad,

He said "Are you sure you're not gone mad?"

I told my mum, she had just been sacked,

She said "You're definitely gone cracked".

I’ll show them I will,

But first I must pay my computer games bill.

  by Joseph, 4th Class   

Environmental Hat and Poetry Competition Prize Winners.

by  Bernadette, Alix and Aoife.

Ballinameela Community Centre

The Ballinameela community are raising money to build a community centre. It is already under construction beside the school. They are also reseeding the old G.A.A. pitch.

Selling Tickets

Members of the community have gone to places around the country and county selling tickets for quads which will be placed in a raffle. They have gone to such places as the Dungarvan Show, the Clonmel Fleadh Cheoil, the Tallow Horse Fair and the 2003 Ploughing Match, and more. They also have a mini lotto (tickets 2 euro each). The prize will be 300 euro and if not won there will be a further 150 euro added on.

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       My Pony  

Jilly Bean

My pony Jilly is a lovely filly

I ride her every day,

She likes to trot she likes to jump

But sometimes gets her own way.

One day we cantered down the lane

We had a lot of fun

She bucked and kicked and played some tricks

But I managed to hold on.

Ever since then she knows whose boss

And behaves very well.

My Dog

My two dogs are called Freddy and Dandy. Freddy is a golden Labrador and Dandy is a Jack Russell. They are very playful and friendly even though they sometimes bark at strangers. They sleep in the hayshed and always stay around the yard during the day.

by Laurence

Mini-Sevens On the 23rd of September we played the Mini-Sevens' in Abbeyside. In our group we had Abbeyside, Ardmore and Carriglea. Our first match was against Abbeyside and it probably was our hardest match, but we won.

We played Carriglea next, and we had a convincing win over them. In our last match we played Ardmore. It was a tough match but we came out on top, and so we qualified for the semi-finals in Lismore.  The following week we played our semi-final against Ballymacarbry. It was a very close match and it had to go into extra-time. We won by a few points in the end. We went into the final against Tallow. We were in the lead at half time. They tried everything but we won in the end. It was the first time the school won the mini-sevens. Breda Cleary presented the plaque to Tom Curran. by Conor, Evan and James

My New Puppy

My new puppy is 6 months old and his name is Prince. He is a Papillion. He is very small and cute and white in colour. I feed him every morning with special puppy dog food and water and then I let him outside for a run around and a play with our big dog that is an Alsatian and his name is Fardy. Prince sleeps at night in our house in his own basket with a cushion in it. He likes to play with the baby’s toys and tear them up if he can. I play with him everyday. I love playing with him.

By Mary-Kate.   

Hallowe'en

One night i was trick-or-treating ,it was great fun i was tired when i got back.

I like trick-or-treating it is fun this year i am going to be a clown. last year i was a witch,

I was asleep at my nanny's house on a chair i got lots of sweets. The next day i got my

sweets then i ate them.

By Rae-Anne

The Archivist

    An archivist came to our school on the twenty ninth of September.

  Her name was Joanne Rockwell. She brought documents and minute books .Documents and minute books are a type of archives. Records are archives to; the records come in lots of different forms such as Parchment, paper, bound volumes, maps, plans photographs, sound recordings, film and electronic records. The archives are very delicate and not replaceable so the archivist has to look after them very well, so they check the humidity and the temperature. If there is too much moisture or to little moisture it could damage the archives.  Before putting the archives into storage Joanne has to check the archives to make sure it is not infested with bugs that eat the archives, like paper eating bugs and computer viruses, things like that. On the old archives there are sometimes seals on them; seals are pieces of wax hanging of it sometimes they have the family crest on it. This is for people who couldn’t read or right, it was like a signiture so they would know it was there’s. If you want information about something you should go to the Waterford archive servis in Dungarvan or too the Waterford archive servis in Waterford city.

By    Luke, Jack and Michael.           

                Dungarvan Brass Band

On the twenty – sixth of October the Dungarvan Brass Band came to our school. Five of them came in, but there is sixty-five of them in the band altogether. Their names were Tara, William, Neil, John and Sean. They played the James Bond theme, the Yellow Submarine and the can can. There was an open night for the Dungarvan Youth Band. The ages are eight years and upwards. You can play the tuba/base, cornet/trumpet and the euphonium. The Youth band are preparing for a competition in Clonakilty. The Brass Band has played in competition in Belfast, Dublin, Paris and all over the world. Some people were allowed to go up and play some of the instruments. They showed us what each of the instruments sounded like on their own, and told us what they were called. They only had fifty mouthpieces, so not everyone was able to play. Mouthpieces cost fifty euro each. We were able to guess what songs they were playing. And we joined in for the Yellow Submarine, and hummed along for the James Bond theme. A girl in our class has started the Youth Band. And we all had a great day.

By Jenny, Louise and Lisa.

                                 Halloween             

Halloween is on once a year on October thirty first. All children dress up like spooky children. They all go around to houses, getting sweets by saying trick or treat. It is called trick or treating. They play games snap the apple is one, you tie a string on the apple and stick it to the ceiling and put money in the apple, and you tie your hands behind your back. People wait till its dark to go trick or treating. There are bonfires again that usually happens, people get tiers and sticks and they put a fire on, it usually happens on a hill. It can take a long time to eat your goodies.

Dillon, Lorcan and Ryan

My Dog

My dog is called Rocky and he is a fox terrier. We got him last year, when he was 6 weeks old. He is a good watchdog and barks when people come to our house. We also have a cat and Rocky and the cat are best friends. Rocky always bites things and often steals teddies and slippers. Rocky is good FUN. His birthday is on the 12/09/02.          

Micheál