The best days of the summer holidays

My favourite day

On the 25 of August me and my family went to Dublin to see Mayo play in Croke Park. It was my first time in Croke Park.

Croke Park is a very big stadium. We left Mayo on Saturday morning at 7.00am. We stopped for some food in a deli on the way then we left to go to Dublin. We were there at a 11.00.

We stayed in the Croke Park Hotel. It is very fancy and I loved it. After a while we went for some food in the hotel. It is so nice!  Then we went back up to our hotel room.

In the morning I got up at 5.00am because I was so excited and I woke everybody up! We went for a walk.

At 1.00pm we were outside Croke Park and we went inside to go to the minor match. I could not wait for the senior match Mayo won the match we are now in the final.

I had a good day. I was so exhausted I fell asleep in the car all the way down. It was a long drive but I enjoyed myself.😄
By Orla
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My favourite day of the holidays!

My favourite day of the holiday was when we moved houses. I was really excited, but we still had a few jobs to do . All my family was excited. Our house is in Gorthbrack. I now have lots of friends around me.

For the first few nights I had to sleep on a mattress because I had no bed because it hadn’t been delivered at the time, but my mattress was comfy. But now I have my bed. It’s white leather and its a double bed, I love it. My bedroom is pink, my curtains are white and I have a walk in wardrobe with all my clothes in it.
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Our house is a two storey house.
Caolan’s, Liam’s, Roisin’s, and my bedroom are all upstairs and mom and dad’s bedroom is downstairs. It’s weird having to go up and down the stairs.
It’ s hard to get used to it.

Our garage is also two storey. Downstairs is for our bikes and petrol go kart and all that stuff and the upstairs is a gym and dad said he would put down a wood floor for my dancing.

I really enjoyed moving house. It took up most of the summer. We had to keep going from the old house to the new house. I felt like a yo yo.

By Ailish

 

My Favourite Day

 

The best day of my Summer holidays was when my mom, my sister and I went to Westport House on the 12th of July. It was scorching hot that day.

 

First of all we had to go to a little office/gift shop to pay for all the things we were going to do. The woman at the desk then stamped our wrists so we could get around the place and not have to pay anything else.

 

After that we went to the zorbing place. We had to walk up a big enough hill. We were a little nervous before we started because we thought something bad might happen. Then we started rolling down a hill! It was so much fun. I felt very dizzy when we came out.

 

Then we went on the zipwire which wasn’t very far. First we had to put on a harness. I as the first person to go on it. I was very nervous because I was never on a zipwire before, my sister was on one before so she wouldn’t be nervous. I got up on a if step. Then I just let go, it was so much fun! Me and my sister, Megan, had to walk up a MASSIVE hill to get up o the top. It was a blazing hot day so at the end my sister was just dragging me. We had to walk up the hill again because we paid for two go’s ! But it was all worth it because we had a lot of fun!

 

We had so much fun that day and there was so many things I didn’t mention. I hope I can go again sometime soon !

 

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By Amy

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My favourite day

The best day of the holiday was when we were up in Dublin .It was great fun. We stayed in the Radisson Blue Hotel.

Later in  the day we went to Dublin zoo with my mom and dad and brothers and sisters too.

After the zoo he got something to eat.

Before night came we went back to the hotel.

In the hotel we had a good look around . It was very fancy. Then we saw a wedding.

I had a great day. I would love to do it again.

By Liam

 

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The best day of my holidays was when I went out on a boat trip. We went in June. Dad, Hayleigh and all of my cousins and I went on the boat trip to Iniskea Island.

 

We got up at 9.00am and got dressed and got ready. We left the house at 10.00am and got there at 10.20am and set off when everyone was here. The boat was bright red and was moored at Blacksod. I was really excited.

It was really shaky on the way out, I didn’t like it. We went fishing for 2 hours I caught 4 mackrel. The boat kept drifting so we headed off to Iniskea.

 

When we got near to the island the man turned off the boat because it was to shallow to go in to the pier. So we went in on a currach. We got off the boat and went to have a barbecue. My auntie brought mini barbecues. She brought lots of food as well. I had a chicken burger and it was lovely.

We explored the island, and there was lots of houses. We went over to the school because the man told us it was haunted,but it wasn’t.

After that we headed home. I had a great day and I hope we go again,I would really recommend it to anyone wishing to try a boat trip.

By Ava

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The Best Day of the Holidays

My favourite day of the holiday was in the middle of July, my aunties Nora and Noreen and my cousin Brendan, went to Ballina for two nights.

 

It was great fun. First we went to the Ballina Show. I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed looking at the sheep, cows and hens. Then went to the dog show. It was really cool.

 

Later we went to Enniscrone. We were driving for 20 mins but when we got there it was class. We were only there for a hour so all I was doing was going down the slide.

 

The next day we went to Wesport House. We paid our fare and then went into the house. It was full of old things.

 

We went to ‘ Pirate Falls’ we went straight on the rides. The first ride we went on was called the ‘Queen’ it would go over and back all the time but it was really fun. Then we went on ‘The Log’ I got soaked but it was worth it.

 

We then went to the zorbing and zipwire. Zorbing came first. We got strapped in and then we went down hill. It was amazing. Zipwire was next, first we went to get ready. There was only two people before us. But when we went on the line it was awesome. We walked up the hill and unstrapped ourselves.

 

We then went to our hotel and we got something to eat, and then went to our hotel room for the night.

 

That was the best day of my summer holidays.

By Niall

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Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG) § Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

Bunaíodh an Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ar an gcéad lá de Mhí Shamhna 1884 i nDurlas Eile, Contae Tiobraid Arann. Theastaigh ón gcumann cluichí Gaelacha a chur chun cinn.

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded on 1 November 1884 in Thurles, Co. Mayo. Its aim was to promote Gaelic games.

 

There is lots more information about the GAA and Croke Park here.

http://www.crokepark.ie/getmedia/eefdc605-63f5-4cc4-a2d4-97df8ba8473a/Final-2.pdf


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The best day of the summer holidays

My favourite day of the summer holidays

 The best day of the summer holidays was the 15th of August.

Me, my Dad, Kaydean and Leanne had a stall in town. We were cooking mackerel and spuds. Everyone had to wear aprons and gloves. Me and Leanne were not doing the mackerel and spuds because we were to young. We were doing the drinks and helping out at the back.

When my mum arrived I came out of the stall. We went for a look around.There were lots of different things to see like animals, chains, bracelets and lots of different things. I got a One Direction bracelet.

Then when I came back from my walk around. I went back to the stall to get some mackerel and spuds. They were delicious!

When my friends arrived we went down to the fun fair   It was fun. First I went on the rave dancer 5 or 6 times. Then I went on the aviator 6 times.

It was a really good day I can’t wait for next year!!!

By Sophie

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My favourite day

The best day of the summer holidays was when me my mom my brother and sister went to the heritage day.

First we went around the town there were people selling mackerel and spud.

When we were walking down the town we saw a juggler. We watched him for a while and he was very funny.

Later on we went down to the docks. All my friends were down there and I went on the aviator four times. It was very very fun.

We really enjoyed it.

By Róisín

 

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My favourite day of the summer holidays

On the 24th of August I went to Dublin with my cousin, my aunty and my uncle . We arrived at half past five. We were up to see the Mayo match.

 

We stayed in a hotel called City West Hotel. Our bedroom number was 3576. It was a very beautiful hotel. We got our breakfast free because we had breakfast vouchers, I think.

The next day we put our Mayo clothes on and ate our breakfast. We got a taxi to Croke Park. The taxi man dropped us off far away from it but we walked. I loved the match.

The next morning we got up and put our clothes away. Then we went home.

It was a great holiday and I would love to do it again.

By Shauna
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Tá na síolta ag fás ~ the seeds for the Twite are growing

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Tá na síolta a chur muid don Gleoiseach Sléibhe ag fás. Tá súil againn go mbeidh na plandaí sách mór san Fhomair chun an Twite a mhealladh chuig ár scoil.

The seeds we planted to encourage the Twite to our school are already growing. We hope the plants will produce seeds in Autumn for the Twite to eat.

The Twite

The Twite in Inver National School


The Twite

On Thursday last week a man called Derek McLoughlin came to our school to talk to us about a bird called “The Twite”. The Twite is a very small bird that nests in heather.

Derek told us about the Twite and about its habitat. It feeds on small seeds from flowers and plants. The Twite is a lot like other birds so you might get easily mixed up.

Derek showed us a clip about the Twite. It showed us that the Twite only lives in the coast of Mayo and Donegal.

At the very end of the day Derek put down some seeds in our garden so the Twite will come to our school some-time later this year.

I was very interested in learning more about the Twite. It was a great day.

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By Amy

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Derek Mc Loughlin

On Thursday last the 13th of June Derek Mc Loughlin came to our school to talk about the Twite bird. A few pupils from Glenamoy National School came as well to watch.

First he showed us a PowerPoint on the Twites. It was really interesting. He showed us the difference between the Linet, the Red Pole and the Twite. It was really good.

After that he brought us outside to plant some seeds for the Twite to come and feed on it. Then we went to look at the different type of flowers.

Then we watched a short clip on the Twites . I really enjoyed the day and learned a lot.

By Eoin

Last Thursday a man called Derek McLoughlin came to our school to talk about a bird called a ‘Twite’.

Glenamoy school came too because they were learning about the Twite too like us.We learned many new things about the Twite. We learned what seeds it eats, where it makes its nests and how many breeding pairs there are in Ireland.

First when he came into the classroom he showed us a slideshow on the whiteboard . He named out many different types of birds like the Red Pole, the Linnet and the Twite. We then had a game of spot the difference between the different birds.

After that we went outside down to the garden where we plant all the seeds. He had these special seeds that he sprinkled on the soil and then covered them over with soil.There the seeds that the Twite will eat. I hope.

We then walked down to the back gate in the field to look for different flowers. I saw different flowers that I’ve never seen before or even heard of. After we saw all the different flowers we walked back into the classroom to go back over all the stuff we had seen.

I really enjoyed learning and listening to Derek today because now I know more stuff about the Twite then I did before. I hope he comes back again next year.
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By Leanne

Last Thursday Derek Mcloughlin the ornithologist came to our school to tell us about the ‘Twite’.

We had a tiny bit known already but he taught us a lot more. First he showed us a slide show. It was really interesting.

Glenamoy school came as well because they are planting seeds to. But they are doing it themselves, Derek did it for us.

He showed us different sorts of birds. They were called the Red Pole and the Finch. The Red Pole is called that because his forehead has a red patch on his head.

He then brought us outside. We all watched him plant the seed for the Twite.

We went around the playing field looking for plants that other birds feed on. We had to go inside at two o’ clock because the younger students had to go home.

We watched a video clip when we went inside. It was really interesting.

I really enjoyed learning about the Twite and I hope I see them in our garden in a few months.
By Niall

On Thursday the 13th of June a man called Derek mcgloughlin came to our school to to talk about the Twite. Gleanmoy national school also came. The twite is a bird.

First we talked about the Twite and some of his cousins like the Red Pole and the Linnet. Then we played a game of spot the difference.
Later then we went outside to sprinkle some seeds on the ground and covered them with soil. The seed we planted were the Twites favourite seed to try and get them to come our school.
Then we went outside the gate and picked some flowers then we went inside to talk about them.
Next we went back inside and watched a short film clip it was really interesting.
I really enjoyed the day and it was really educational.
By Erin

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On Thursday a man called Derek McLoughin came to our school to talk about the twite. Some of the kids in Glenamoy school came to listen to him speak about the twite.

He showed us a few different pictures of twites. Then we went outside and planted some seeds so that the twite would come and visit us. Then we went to look at some plants and flowers outside.

Then we went in side and we watched a little film about the twite. I really enjoyed the day.

By Padraig

The Twite bird

A man called Derek came to our school talking about a Twite. A Twite is a type of bird that is nearly extinct. It lives in Mayo and Donegal and some other parts of the world .They make nests in the heather on mountains so nobody can hurt them. The man put rings on their feet so he will recognise the bird . They have brown legs and you have to hold them a special way. The man that came showed us some of the plants that Twites feed on like Sorrel,Forget me not,meadow buttercups,plantain,bird foot trefoil and much more flowers and plants. The mother and father collect the bird poo and drop it on the ground. The man took us outside and planted seeds in our garden. When they grow the Twites might give us a visit. Siobhán and Liam

Amazing Experiments from Science Ireland

Declan from Science Ireland

On Tuesday Declan From Science Ireland came to our school.He did lots experiments with
us.I liked the rocket experiment because it hit the roof.

Ailish,Patrick,Alison ,Lorcon, Hannah and lots more went up for the experiment.

Grace and Eoin went up for the balloon race. The first balloon to get to the corner of the
room wins.I really enjoyed that too.

There were lots more experiments he did. I liked that all.

I had a great day and I hope he comes again.

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Science Ireland

Last Tuesday a man named Declan came into our school.He is from Science Ireland.He did lots of science with us.The first thing he did was,he had a hairdryer and a ping pong ball. When he put the hairdryer under the ping pong ball the ping pong ball it flyed.

Then he had he had a pill and water.He put water in a container and then he put the pill in, he closed the top and ran away. The top poped off.It was so funny.

He did lots more stuff.It was so cool.I wish he can come again soon.

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By Shauna