6th Class Projects

6th Class Rowan were busy creating projects on Unusual Sea Creatures! They worked very hard, and presented plenty of interesting facts to the class! Well Done Rang a Sé!

 
 
 
 
 

 

      

Mini Toy Show

6th Class and infants came together today to share their favourite toys! Great fun was had by all!

U11 Girls Gaelic Football

  The U11 Girls Gaelic Football Team for the school had a fantastic season.We first played Ballymany and we only just beat them. Luckily that match was a home game. Our second match was against Monasterevin and we beat them. This match was away and we were on a winning streak now. A week later we played Kildare Town. We knew that they would be tough but we gladly beat them,this was also a home game on our school pitch.

  We played Kill, this match was away.We came home after this match victorious and keeping our winnng streak alive which meant that we had not lost a game yet but were still training hard to try and beat Clane the best team in the league. The day finally came and we felt ready to take them on. Once again we came home victorious and beat them by only a goal. This meant we were through to the semi-final. We were all estatic. 

   It was the day before the semi-final. The team was picked, the coaches were ready, we were ready it was time to go into battle. It was the next day, the day of the semi-finals. We were ready to take on Monasterevin for the second time. We were all very nervous thinking about reaching the final. We were all absolutely delighted to beat this amazing team. This meant that we were one step closer to be coming county champions.

    A few days before the final we figured out that we were playing Ballymany. We were so nervous and feeling the pressure and it was still 3 days before the final. It was the day of our final and our captain was chosen. It was Zara Hurley  and Jenna Hegarty as our co-captain. We had amazing supporters and we were super excited to just be crowned county champions yet again .

By Jenna Hegarty and Kaelah Taaffe.  

    

The life of an Irish Dancer by Sinéan Moran 6 Hazel

                                   Irish Dancing

                                                               Introduction

Hi, I’m Sinead Moran. I am 12 years old and I do competitive Irish Dancing. I started when I was six years old. I was in Senior Infants. I just started because my mammy said that there was classes in the local school.

                                                    The First Three Years

For the first three years that I did Irish Dancing, I kind of just hopped around the place and just went for fun and to see my friends. I didn’t take it seriously at all.

                                                             The Fourth Year

In the fourth year that I did Irish Dancing, I started to show interest in doing feises. I asked my mammy if I could do a one. She said that she would talk to my teacher and see what she said. So she did. My teacher said that I could. I did a few but I just needed a bit more work. So my teacher said that if I wanted to see better results that maybe I should start doing more than one class a week. I started to do several classes a week and I saw results. That year I got a new costume. Also that year I did teams at the Leinster Championships. We didn’t place but it was a great experience.

The Fifth Year

In the fifth year of Irish Dancing I achieved a lot. I did a lot of feises and shows that were really fun. That year I got another new costume. It was pink and white. I loved it so much. That year I did Leinster solos for the first time U11. I did well considering it was my first year.

The Sixth Year

In the sixth year of Irish Dancing a lot happened. So first, in January I got a picture with Sean Mortalo [World Champion.] In Febuary I competed in the South Leinster’s. This was a team competition. We did really well. In March my dance school and I went to Vermont for St Patricks Day. My teachers brother owned the Summit Lodge so we stayed there because he was having an Irish festival there.[That’s where we danced.] In April I tore my hamstring. I missed all of the feises from them until now and the All Ireland’s. It was really upsetting but I was still able to do one team dance but I just couldn’t to solos. It was really hard to see and watch but everything happens for a reason so I just kept thinking that and that I’ll be back fiercer than ever for the Leinster’s. I am doing my first feis back in two weeks and I can’t wait. It will be my first solo feis since the 30^th of March. Two weeks later is the Leinster’s. My goal is two just do my best because I still only have about 50 percent of my flexibility back so I just need to keep working and just hope that I will have 100 percent flexibility by then.

The Leinsters

I competed in the leinsters this year in team and solo dancing. In my solo dancing I got 4^th in both solos and 10^th in the prelim championship. I got 3^rd in my 2 hand with Elaine Birchall and then the next day we did it u15 and ended getting 5^th.

The Move

After the Leinsters 2017 I decided that it was time to move on. It was a very emotional decision that took us months to decide. It was really hard to leave all of my friends but I knew that I would make new friends. I moved to Scoil Rince Chill Dara [SRCD] They are a very well known and established school in Kildare who are extremely successful. They have won countless South Leinster, leinsters, All Ireland and World Championship Titles.  They took home over 400 WORLD MEDALS in just 2017. They won 6 world titles this year. My teachers names are Carmel, Alan, Nichola and Nick. The studio is based in Toughers. I would highly recommend going there.

Thank You For Reading And I Hope That You Enjoyed It!

Sinéad          

THE ANGLER FISH

• It is possibly the ugliest creature on Earth.
• There are more than 200 species of angler fish.
• Their lure is a piece of dorsal spine that is only worn by females.
• Males are actually shorter than females.
• The angler fish prefers dark water so prey can see it’s lure when lit up.
• Angler fish have the ability to kill prey of all different sizes.
• Their light-up bacteria is called photoplankton .

By Seán KT,

6th Class Basketball

Scoil Bhríde Basketball

Basketball in Scoil Bhríde is played by many boys and girls in all three 6th classes.

Our Basketball coaches, Mr. Kenny and Mr. Reilly, allow all kids who participate, to get involved with all matches. 

So far this season, we have played against four schools. The girls' team have won three and lost one.

The boys lost three matches, won one and our fourth match is not played yet.

If interested in joining, you can contact Mr. Kenny or Mr. Reilly and ask for info.

By Tadhg Walsh & Rares Dragu 

6th Class Willow 

Camogie Blitz

On Monday the 23rd of October the under 11 girls Camogie had a blitz in Laurence's .There was five teams Kilcullen, St. Laurence's N.S , Kilmead N.S , Nurney  N.S and Athy N.S. All the teams played very well but luckily we won all four matches. We got a really nice trophy we are getting and are presented with medals soon. We have two very good coaches Ms. Burke and Ms. Driscoll.

We trained every Thursday for a couple of weeks. We trained after school outside on the pitch. If it was raining we would train inside in the new hall. We achieved by training hard and listening to our coaches! 

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED !!!!

By Hope Ormond 6th Class Willow

SCOIL BHRÍDE CHRISTMAS FAIR

By Brian & Lara, 6th Class Willow 

This is a blog about the christmas fair our school had a last Sunday the 3rd December. 

For our art in 6th class Christmas Fair Art we made a candle holder out of a log. 

You will need to make it..........

• A Log    
• Dust pan and brush (to clean the mess)
• A Drill  (Caretaker Joe helped us here!) 
• Decorations  (A little Robin, some cones and holly) 
• Paint (1 coat, perhaps 2 if it dries too much) 
• Glitter, silver is best.
• Fake snow is optional. 
• A candle 

Method 

Drill a small hole in the middle of the log (to hold a candle) clean the mess, slot in the candle and make sure it wont wobble (if so glue it in place). You can paint it a bit to give it a snowy affect. Last thing to do now is to DECORATE (this part is optional you dont have to do it but it looks lovely if you do)!

 DONE!

Happy Christmas!

Our finished design

Our display 

 

The Winter League
By Finn & Ben 6th Class Willow 

We started our annual Winter League a number of weeks ago. The teachers involved are Mr Lloyd, Mr O'Connor, Mr O'Connor (Kerry) Mr O Raoghaill, Mr. Eliffe and our caretaker Joe Kennedy. The captains are Finn Cowper Gray, Paddy Taylor, Daniel Barrs, Sam Kelly Darragh Coughlan and Adam England. All the captains are from 6th class. 

This year we named our teams after some inter county teams. We have Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Dublin, Tyrone and Kildare. We play the Winter League each Friday for seven weeks after mid term. There are five rounds before the top four reach semi finals. The final is played in front of the school on the last week before our holidays. 

In the league the rules are one hop, one solo and punched points. It's a minute in the sin bin for back chat or rough play. 

A win is 2 points a draw is 1 point and a loss is 0 points. It is a great opportunity to play competitive games which are also fun with all our classmates. 

                         
                                       
                                               THE TABLE ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER


                         8 POINTS TIR EOIGHAIN - FINN COWPER GRAY

                          7 POINTS CILDARA - PADDY TAYLOR

                           5 POINTS GALLAIMH - SAM KELLY

                            4 POINTS CIARRAÍ- DANIEL BARES

                             0 POINTS MAIGH EO - DARRAGH COUGHLAN

                              0 POINTS ATH CLIATH - ADAM ENGLAND

In November We Remember 

In school this month we remembered those who have passed away. We designed a remembrance garden with flowers and candles. 

We also went to the Church to light candles and say a little prayer for those we remembered. 

The three 6th classes took the three Junior Infant classes to light candles and we said prayers together also. 

6th Class Willow

My day at Croke Park 

by Adam England 
6th Class Willow

I play G.A.A. for the school and for Kilcullen club. The teachers very kindly chose me to play at half time in the Kerry v Mayo semi final this year after we had got to the final of the Cumann na mBunscoil Mini 7's in school. I got two free tickets to bring my dad and sister. I represented Mayo on the day and I got to keep the Mayo kit.

We got there at 10 o'clock as requested. We got to a building beside the stadium and were told our numbers and teams. I was number 7 for Mayo. At about 11 o'clock we walked to the stadium.

  

When we got there they brought us to probably the nicest changing rooms ever. I got into my kit and  we went to the pitch to get photos taken. They brought us inside to have food, we had chicken and chips.

Game time. The match started. I was cheering for Mayo, it was a brilliant match. Half time came very fast we went down and played. Everybody wanted to score so I was the only back marking 4 people. I  am not sure what the score was but I enjoyed it. 

I was very proud to have represented myself, my family, school, club and parish in Croke Park. It is a day i will always remember. Thanks to Mr. Lloyd & Mr. O'Connor who trained our mini 7's team and gave me the opportunity.