Boston National School
Newsletter
Written by the children
March 2016
Lego Day By Annie Kearns
This year Boston N.S. is trying to receive the Blue Star
Flag. This involves learning about the EU and EU
countries. The junior room learned all about the EU
country Denmark. Lego was made in Denmark. So we
decided to have a
Lego day on the
26th January. We
all got to bring in
our own Lego.
We had lots of
fun working
together to build
different things
such as houses,
cars and people. We then had to look for the different
shapes, patterns and angles in our Lego designs.
Catholic School Week By Annie Kearns
Catholic school week started on the 1st and ended on
the 5th of February. This was a special week for prayer
and thought. We learned and talked all about being
kind and showing love, the importance of forgiveness,
being fair and just, and most importantly we learned
to live as Jesus asked us to.
The RSA By Saoirse Dillon
A lady from the RSA came to our school. She told us
that you need to be taller than 150cm or else you
need to have a booster seat in the car. She asked us if
we knew the safe cross code. We said yes. She told us
that it is important to wear our seatbelts. She said you
could hurt someone else, not just yourself if you
didn’t wear your seatbelt. She told us to always wear
helmets and visi vests when we are walking or cycling.
At the end she gave us key rings and visi bags. It was
so much fun. We really enjoyed it and learned a lot
about road safety.
Lottie Dolls By Saoirse Dillon
We entered a competition called Lottie Dolls. We had
to design a doll and draw it on a piece of paper. The
girl dolls we drew were named Farmer Lottie and the
boy dolls everyone drew were named Dancing Finn. If
you are lucky enough to win they will use your design
to create the Lottie Doll and send you one as well.
This competition was about teaching the students
that boys and girls can do lots of things like cooking,
farming and dancing no matter what gender they are.
An Post Handwriting competition By Saoirse Dillon
We entered the An Post Handwriting competition. It
was about life during the 1916 Easter Rising. We had
to write about children and families at that time.
Junior and Senior Infants had to write fifty words, First
and Second class had to write one hundred words,
Fourth class had to write one hundred and fifty words
and fifth class had to write two hundred and fifty
words. We learned a lot about the 1916 Easter Rising.
We all did our best handwriting and worked really
hard at taking our time so that our writing would be
clear and neat.
Read-A-Thon by Arthur Martins Baiao
The children in Boston N.S. took part in Read-A-Thon.
They read lots of books to raise money for multiple
sclerosis. Some of
the children won
certificates, badges
and watches for all
their hard work. The
children in Boston
N.S. love to read
and really enjoyed
taken part in this
fundraiser.
Play in Gort Community School - ‘West Side Story’
by Gustavo Martins Baiao
This year our school went to a show in Gort. It was
called west side story. The show was really good.
There was two parts to the show. We got to eat in the
middle of the show and after the show ended some
people went home and some went back to school on
the bus. There were a lot of schools in the audience.
The Gort
secondary school
were the ones
that acted out the
play. It was a
modern version
of the story
Romeo and Juliet.
There were some
funny parts to the play and everyone liked it.
The visit to the dentist By Richard Frederico
We went to the dentist on Thursday 25th of February
2016. We learned how to brush our teeth properly.
They told us how
many cubes of
sugar were in
some foods and
they told us what
healthy food we
can eat in the
morning and
during the day. They gave us stickers, toothpaste and
toothbrushes afterwards. It was fun and we learned
loads about healthy eating and how to care for our
teeth.
received a copy of the Proclamation for our school.
Before the Army left we all got to see their army jeep,
it was really cool.
The write a book competition By Richard Frederico
The whole school took part in the write a book
competition. We all made short stories. First we had
to plan our stories, choose our characters and the
setting. We all got a chance to be the Author and the
illustrator of our own
stories. All the stories
were great and
everyone worked
super hard. Hopefully
someone in our
school will win.
Swimming by Daniel Lee
Every Thursday we went swimming in the Lady
Gregory in Gort. We went there by bus. We have now
finished swimming for the year. We started swimming
on the 28th of January. We were all divided into two
groups the beginners and the more able group. The
beginners were learning how to swim and the other
group were practising different strokes such as the
front crawl, backstroke and breast stroke. We all
loved swimming and are looking forward to doing it
again next year.
Enrolment Day By Nathan Cooney
On the 15th of February Boston N.S had an Enrolment
Day. Children who will be starting Boston N.S. in
September 2016 got the chance to visit our school
with their parents. They got to have a look around the
school and meet their teacher for next year. They
were all very excited and they are looking forward to
starting Junior Infants next year.
The Visit from The Irish Army By Nathan Cooney
On the 26th of January two Irish officers came to visit
our school. They told us all about the 1916 Easter
Rising. They told us what the Irish flag meant and the
significance of the Tri-Colour. When they came they
brought an Irish flag with them for our school. We
played Amhrán na bhFiann on the tin whistle. We got
the chance to ask a few questions. We learned a bit
more about the 1916 Easter Rising. They read the Irish
Proclamation and I got to help them read it. We then
SEACHTAN NA GAELGE by Gustavo Martins Baiao
For seachtain na gaeilge our school decided to do a
play called seán agus an gas ponaire (Jack and the
Beanstalk). Daniel was seán, James was the fathach
(the giant), Saoirse was seán’s Mammy, Annie was the
giant’s wife and Nathan was the old man who gave
seán the magic beans. We also had lots of storytellers.
We sang songs, Failte isteach, Fear Aosta and Beidh
Aonadh Amarach. The play was really good and all the
parents came to watch. We all got to dress up and had
lots of fun practising and making art for our play.
1916 Easter Rising Competition by Daniel Lee
The whole school entered a competition on the 1916
Easter Rising. The children made videos and
PowerPoints about life during 1916 Ireland. First and
Second Class worked really hard and were chosen as
winners for their project. In this project Saoirse spoke
about Dressmakers, James talked about Blacksmiths,
Arthur spoke about making butter, Kieran explored
light in the past
and I talked all
about how four
was made. We
won a trophy
and also got
money to buy a
book of our
choice from
the bookshop. We loved doing this project and were
really happy we won.
World Book Day By James Kearns
On Thursday the 3rd of March, we dressed up as are
favourite book characters. We all got a book token to
spend at the book shop. Some people dressed up as
Spiderman,
Power Rangers,
Harry Potter,
princesses and
soccer players. We also got to bring in our favourite
books and show them to the whole school. This day
was lots of fun and everyone loved being able to dress
up.
and things they like to do with their grandparents. We
really love spending time with our grandparents and
enjoyed getting to share these memories with our
friends at school.
Our trip to Ennis by James Kearns
On Tuesday the 16th of February, we went to Ennis to
learn about the ocean. We passed around shells and
bones of marine ocean animals. There were two
lobster claws, one was smaller than the other. It was
called a chopper. The other one was called a crusher.
There was also some shark skin! If you ran your finger
along one side of the skin it would feel smooth. If you
ran your finger the other way, it would feel rough. We
also got to see a shark jaw. It was broken into two
pieces. There
were also crab
shells as well.
We learned
that oysters
don’t want to
make pretty
things like
pearls. They
just want to protect themselves. We cut open and got
to dissect squids which was really cool. We found out
how to tell a male squid from a female squid and we
also learned the different parts of the squid’s body.
We learned that squid’s have no blood in their bodies.
We learned a lot and had great fun on our day out.
Green Schools Inspection by Kieran Lee
On January 19th we had a visit from the Green School
inspection. A woman called Mairead called to our
school to see all the hard work we are doing to
receive our Green Flag. We showed her our Green
Schools noticeboard. We told her our Green School
Motto ‘Boston will help clean up litter and afterwards
the place will glitter’. We also told her all about our
bin inspectors and how we recycle and reuse
materials for art and all the other things we are doing
to help keep our environment clean. She was really
happy with all our hard work and hopefully we will
receive our Green Schools Flag soon.
1916 Commemoration Celebration By Annie Kearns
and Saoirse Dillon
On the 15th of March we had the 1916
commemoration. All the students across Ireland
raised the Irish flag to remember and celebrate the
100 year anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. We
combined it with seachtain na Gaeilge. We invited all
the parents in to celebrate with us. We played the
concertina and the tin whistle. We then got to raise
the Irish Flag that was given to us by the Irish Army. It
was a great evening and we are all really proud to be
Irish.
Grandparents Day by Kieran Lee
Grandparents Day
was on the 3rd of
February. The whole
school wrote poems,
prayers and drew
pictures to show how
much they loved their
grandparents. The
children had time to
talk about their
favourite memories
First Penance by Kieran Lee
First and Second class had their First Penance on
Sunday the 12th of
March. The whole
school read the
story of the Good
Shepherd and
decorated art for
the church for the
special day. First
and Second Class
played the tin whistle, said prayers of the faithful and
made their individual confessions to God.
Doodle 4 Google by the Junior room
All the children got to design their own doodle for the
Google homepage. The lucky winner will have their
doodle feature on the Google Ireland homepage this
Easter Monday. We all had lots of fun taking part in
this competition. Two of our students Cairinn and
Lydia made it to the semi-final stages for their doodle.
All the children worked really hard and were really
excited for Cairinn and Lydia for making the semi-final
of this competition.