More Carol singing Photos

Carol singing

In December we had lots of fun preparing for our annual carol singing expedition into the Eyre Sq Centre. As part of the preparation we went to visit the 2 local nursing homes and had a lovely day on December 16th singing, chatting and laughing with the residents.

On the 18^th of December 2014, 6th class went to Eyre Square shopping centre Carol singing. We were fundraising for Galway Simon Community. We set out for the city at noon. On the bus we sang songs, told jokes and laughed. All in all we had loads of fun, until we had to go into the shopping centre. It was lashing!

At around 12:45 we reached our destination. We sang for an hour and a half, before we could go shopping. We got loads of sweets and had a massive sugar rush! We sang for another 80 minutes, until we could get our food in burger king. We kept throwing packets of salt at each other and gossiping about our purchases (at least the girls were!) After that it was time to leave. We walked back to the bus and chatted all the way. We were on the bus for at least 30 minutes,by that time we were ready for a last mug of hot chocolate and then a good night’s sleep! 

                                        By Helena and Ava 6^th Class

News report

International: It has been announced that three trials of  an experimental Ebola drug will start next month at treatment centres run by volunteer doctors in west Africa.

National: Sinn Feim TD,  Mary Lou  McDonald asked a question in the Dáil today.When she couldn't get an answer to her question she refused to sit down.She was asked a  number of times to sit down.She was then suspended from the Dáil  chamber .She refused to leave and sat down for four hours.No work could take place there for the rest of the day.

Sports: In the international match Argentina vs Croatia Argentina won 2-1.

Garda Football 7 A-side Shield Winners

Well done to the Boys football team who won the the Garda Shield Football 7 a-side competition in Gort on 17th October 2014.  They played Kilbeacanty N.S. in the final and the final score was 9:5 to 4:2.

EU Coding Week

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