BUNSCOIL FUN!

THE WITCHES WALK 2016

We are having our
Witches Walk on the
27th of October
2016. First, we will
come to school in
fantastic costumes
like witches and dead
school girls. We
might do a little
work, then head off
on the Witches
Walk. We leave
school, baskets in
hand, in pairs. Some
parents watch at the
gate. We walk into
town and go on our
mini trick or treat!!

The shop keepers

and some mums and
dads hang around and
drop some sweets
into our baskets. Its
small break by the
time we are finished.
We have our lunch
and of course eat our
sweets! When we are
in the yard it is like a
Halloween show! So
many costumes! Imagine how the Junior
Infants feel!! For the
rest of the day we
watch movies, play
games, sing songs and

of course eat candy!!

Its so sad when the
day is over, but it is
such fun!

By Grace Flood
(Mrs. Leamys Third
Class)

BUNSCOIL FUN!
VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1

28 OCTOBER 2016
IN THIS EDITION..
The Witches Walk
Golf Success Story
Beach Clean Up
Halloween Colouring
Be Safe for Halloween
Cyber Bullying
School Closures

Inside this issue:

SOLTA BEAGA GO BAKING!

We began to read 'The Little

a lovely 'Little Red Hen' display

far we have made brown and

Red Hen' in September and it

on the wall outside our classroom

white soda bread, scones, choco-

quickly became one of our fa-

door. Be sure to stop by and take

late chip cookies and delicious

vourite storybooks. We loved

a look at our artwork! Since

brownies. We love nothing more

reading the story during our

reading the story we have picked

than to share the yummy treats

trips to Youghal Library and just

up the baking bug and every Fri-

we make with

like the Little Red Hen, we too

day we now visit the school

our families

visited our local bakery to buy

kitchen to do a spot of baking.

when we get

some tasty treats. The chocolate

We are after getting very good

home from

cake was our favourite. We have

at sieving, mixing and pouring. So

school.

Charlies Story

Solta Beaga News

Trip to Eurodisney

Junior Infants

Beach Clean Up

Sciath na Scol

Sammy Stamps

A FEW WORDS FROM MR. ONEILL

Dear Parents/Guardians,
As the nights are drawing in and
the weather has a definite Autumn
feel to it, growing colder and the
leaves turning colour and falling to
the ground, we know Halloween can
not be too far away. I urge all the
boys and girls to dress warmly, to
bring in coats and to put them on!
As the temperature is very changeable at this time of year it is easy
for the children to pick up colds
and spread them in the school.
September is always a busy month
in the school and a lot of the
groundwork is established during
that month. We are delighted with
the football campaigns, which were
held up until last week. Though we
did not qualify for any final in the
football both teams did exceptionally well and played with real spirit
and determination. We have the
hurling and camige to look forward
to next year and you never know!
Well done also to everyone involved
with the Cross Country running held
recently in Castlelyons. I would like
to thank all the boys and girls involved in the teams for their good
sportsmanship and always being so
good when they represent the
school. They are a credit to their

parents and teachers. I would also

like to thank our teachers who
coach the children and all the staff
who help with supervision when
class teachers are away at matches.
Sixth class have already had a number of outings and they enjoyed an
early music recital in Saint Marys
Collegiate Church and a tour of
Youghal. Rang a d, Ms. Coynes
class, took part in a workshop in
the library here in Youghal and this
week we were collecting application
cards and giving out membership
cards for your children to join the
Library in Youghal. Membership is
now free so I would encourage all
the boys and girls to use the facilities here in Youghal and to start
and continue a life long love of
books and reading.
There is a new Parents Association
now in the school with all the officers elected on the 28th of September last. I wish them all the best
for the coming year and I thank all
the parents in the school for all the
support that they give to each and
every school event. Thank you to
the parents, who have once again,
started cookery classes in the
school and also a thank you to the

SNAs who are giving after school

classes as well.
There is a homework class after
starting run by Rapid and Cumann
na nDaoine. It is held for two hours
every Monday to Thursday in Nagle
House.
We have our major fundraiser coming up now very soon. The Witches
Walk will take place on Thursday
27th of October. Fingers crossed
that the weather will be good on
the day. The funds raised on the
day will go towards the purchase of
a class set of iPads and a charging
trolley. The Board of Management
will be also contributing towards
this purchase. It is a costly outlay
but as we now have wifi throughout
the school this is the way to go.
The computers in the Computer
Room are becoming obsolete and in
need of replacement but the cost
involved in that is very high and
only a short term fix. We are excited about the purchasing of the
iPads and the children will really
benefit from your generosity. Many
thanks to Mrs. Leamy for organising this annual event, which is a
highlight for a lot of our children
and also a lot of not so young children!

PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS

Bunscoil Mhuire Parents Association have been hard at

work teaching the children in
Fifth class how to cook. The
children will all have the
chance to cook and will make
goodies such as scrambled
eggs on toast, scones, curry
and much more! The Witch-

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es Walk will take place on

Thursday. The children
dress up and walk down town
in their costumes. The children have collected a lot of
money already for the school
from the very kind townspeople who sponsored them.
Many of the businesses in

town are also out with lots

of sweets and candy to give
to the children on their walk!
Thank you to
everyone
who gave
money, time
or sweets!

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CHARLIE OBRIEN GOLF SUCCESS

Twelve months ago I became a member of Youghal Golf Club. We have

two tournaments every week during
the summer; one on Tuesday and one
on Thursday. Liam Burns is in charge
of the Junior Tournaments. On the
3rd of July gone, the Junior Munster Masters came to Youghal Golf
Club. The weather on the day was
very sunny and there was very little
wind. At the end of my fifteen holes
I hit seventy shots and came second.
On the second last week of the summer holidays the final day of the
Irish Junior Masters was in Fernhill
Golf Club which is just outside Carrigaline. My caddy was my dad. The
weather on the day was very bad;

there was a lot of rain and wind.

There was also some thunder towards the end of my round. The participants were from all across Ireland and anyone in the eleven and
under category had to have an adult
caddy. On the way up to the first
tee box I was very nervous but as
soon as I hit my first couple of
shots I calmed down a bit. It also
improved my game to have my dad
going around with me giving me advice and help. We played fifteen
holes again, the same as the Munster
Masters. With the weather I didnt
play as well as the previous tournament and I hit seventy two shots.
When we came in from our round we

got a chance to dry off and get

something to eat in the bar. We had
to wait about thirty minutes for the
results to be announced and it was
then I found out that I came first in
my category. Overall I think the day
was great and it was an exciting experience. Im looking forward to
next year already.

By Charlie
Flavin ( Ms.
Conways
Sixth Class)

THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAFETY

We had a water safety talk in the halla. All

them. When the lifeguards are there they

for her and we might get the Water Safety

of Third classes up to Sixth classes were

put up flags. You can only swim between the

Flag to add to our flag poles! She told us

there. The lady spoke to us about being safe

red and yellow striped flags. NEVER swim

the reason kids get into trouble in water is

in and near the water. She told us never to

where there is a red flag! She told us to

because of lack of education and supervi-

mess with the Life Buoys, they could save

always wear a life jacket on a boat or fish-

sion. We really enjoyed the talk.

someones life! She told us that if there are

ing because if you get into trouble you can

waves and that there is one part with none,

float. She showed us videos of people who

never to swim there as its a current or a rip

were in trouble and how they were rescued.

tide. She told us never to go swimming in

There was also a song. The words to the

the sea or any water without adult supervi-

song were Hold tight, hands up and help

sion. She told us never mess on the pipes

will come to you. She is coming back to

out in Claycastle. Just keep away from

teach us lots more and we must do projects

By Sorcha Kilgannon
( Mrs. Shellys /
Mrs. Hegartys
Fifth Class)

CHECK US OUT AT EURODISNEY! WOO HOO!!

I went to Euro Disney for
three days with Mammy, Kaitlin
and the O Connells. I had great
fun playing air hockey with Izzy
and Cillian. I met a friend called
Joshua. I was so excited! Woo
Hoo!!

By Shayne Landers (Ms.

Llewyllens Third Class)

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My trip to Euro Disney was tons

of fun. I ENJOYED it! I went
on tons of rides with my best
buddy Shayne!

By Izzy OConnell
(Ms. Llewellyn's Third Class)

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STAY SAFE OVER HALLOWEEN!

1. When you are out

Trick or Treating always
bring an adult with you.

2. Make sure your bag has

no holes or you will lose all
of your goodies.

5. Dont go near bonfires.

6. Stay away from fireworks when people set
them off.

3.Always walk on the footpath and never on the

road.

7. If you are wearing a

dark costume make sure
you wear reflective bands
so cars can see you when
they are passing.

4. Bring a torch with you

to see where you are going
in the dark.

8. Make sure you keep

your pets indoors, pets can
get frightened when they

see all the people dressed

up and when they hear lots
of noise.
9. Run away from Monsters!!!
10. The most important
rule of all
at Halloween is to
HAVE
FUN!!!

VERY EXCITING TIMES FOR JUNIOR INFANTS!

We love school. Our teachers
are Ms. OLeary and Ms.
Kearney. We have made lots of
new friends. Our favourite
thing about school is playing, we
have lots of toys in our class.
We have started doing Aistear.
Its so much fun. This week in
Aistear we are learning all

about Autumn and animals that

hibernate. We even went on a
nature walk to the garden and
saw all the lovely autumn leaves.

In class we like when we sing

our songs and when we listen to
stories. In a few weeks we will
all be dressing up and going on a
Witches Walk for Halloween.
We are so excited.

By Ms. Kearneys and Ms.

OLearys Junior Infants
Classes

LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTSTEPS ON OUR BEACHES!

This September Sixth class took part in
the beach clean up in Claycastle. We
prepared to leave for Claycastle. Finally
we got to the beach. We were split into
groups. Each person got a job and those
jobs were for leaders who would guide
the group, the bag holders and the person who ticked off all the things we
found and there were the people that
would try to find the rubbish. We recorded the list of things that we had
found and here is an idea of what we

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found on the beach; tea bags, ear buds,

old toys and cigarette butts. After we
had completed our good deed for the
day we were allowed to take out our
lunch and shortly after that our teachers rewarded us by letting us go out and
play some games such as Bulldog, Manhunt, Catch and some people played in
the sand. After having a great day at
the beach we sadly had to leave and walk
back to school for a short period of
work. It was a great day! Doing the

beach clean was the way we gave back to

our community. We encourage you to
stop and do this two minute beach clean
to give back to your own community and
remember leave nothing but footsteps!

By Jack Kennedy, Sean OBrien & Ben

Keane (Ms. Conways / Ms. Edmonds /
Mrs. Hurneys Sixth Classes)

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CYBER BULLYING IS JUST WRONG

Recently everybody from Third

to Sixth classes had a talk
about cyber bullying with Ger.
It was very interesting. The
two things he told us that we
are never to share with anyone
else ever are our passwords or
our toothbrushes. Ger showed
us how to screenshot on Snapchat. Ger showed us a video
about a boy named Joe. He was
getting cyber bullied by people
and he thought they were his
friends. He made a video about
how he felt and didnt show it

to anyone at all. There was also

another video about a girl
named Becky. Becky posted a
lot of information about herself online. That is never a good
idea.
Here are some very important
rules to stick to when going
online:

1.

Never put personal information online.

2.

Think before you post.

3.

Do not accept friend requests from strangers.

4.

Never share your password with anyone except

your parents.

Stay Safe Online!

By Dylan Lane & Anna Colman
(Mr. Whites Fifth Class)

A CLOSE ONE FOR THE LADIES!

This year for our Sciath na Scol

to help out with the Sciath na

start after Christmas, hopefully

team it was one of the toughest

Scol. We had brilliant turn outs at

we could get to the final like we

years we had. We got to the semi-

each training sessions. Each pupil

did last year.

final but unfortunately we lost to a

made their best effort to go to

very strong Carrigaline Sciath na

each training session. All Sixth

Scol team. All the subs were very

class played an outstanding perfor-

supportive at all matches. Ms. Car-

mance in all matches. Fourth and

roll, Ms. Bennett and Ms. Llewellyn

Fifth were also outstanding in

were so kind to give up their time

their performances. Camogie will

By Eimear
ORegan &
Lorna Cooper
(Mr. Whites
Fifth Class)

A TOUGH GROUP FOR THE LADS!

This year the boys had a really

tough group, probably one of the
toughest in Cork. We won our first
match and then we were unlucky to
lose the rest. We came up short in a
play off against Cobh. They won in
the last minute of the game by a
goal. Everybody had a great game.
We played our hearts out and we did
everybody proud but we were just
unlucky. We trained every Monday

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and the training paid off for the

first match but we needed a bit
more training for the rest. Our captain was Conor OShea. He was a
great captain. Mr. Hickey, Mr. White
and Johnny were training us every
week. Charlie Flavin had a great
game in every game. He was superb.
We rocked as well! Zdenek kept
heading the ball, he is good at it!
The players are all from Fifth and

Sixth classes, too many to mention!

Next year we hope we can double
that and make a semi final if not the
final!

By Daragh
Lyons & Dylan
Lane (Mr.
Whites Fifth
Class)

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A GREAT TWO DAYS OF NEW MUSIC!

On Wednesday the 21st of September the

three Sixth classes; Ms. Edmonds, Ms.
Hurneys and Mr. Conways went uptown to
Saint Marys Collegiate Church to listen to
1700-1800 Baroque music. It wasnt the
modern music we listen to but it didnt
stop us from liking it. We left at 12:50 and
got there at 1 oclock. When I was walking
with Charlie my friends were behind us;
Donacha and Bradley. We were talking
about games and such down the road.
When we arrived, there were two people; a
man and a woman holding the curtains back
for us to go in. Then we sat on benches
and three young girls sat down and
grabbed their instruments. The girls
names were Emer, Manu and Claude. They
each played Baroque on cello, a recorder
and a harpsichord. They played three different styles of Baroque music such as
German, French and Irish. They played

about four to five sets. They were inspired by Turloch OHurlann. After an
hour they had finished playing their music.
We went back to school. We were so tired
after listening to the lovely music. The
next day the teachers said we were going
back as it was our last chance to listen to
them play music. When we got there at
the very start they were talking to us
about all the instruments. Then they
played two sets of music. They played two
sets of Irish. Then we were all split up
into groups and we started off with the
recorder, then the harpsichord then the
cello. Most people liked the recorder.
Then we went back into the main room and
listened to another two sets of Irish music. While we were listening out of nowhere Manu started playing two recorders
at once. It was really cool. Towards the
end Claude played the Mr. Bean song and

everyone had to get up and dance. Then we

went out to the other room and there
were tables full of hot chocolate and
marshmallows everywhere. In the meantime we had our lunch but we were already
full of chocolate. After that we went out
and we had a tour of the town walls. We
went back to the Church and the tour
guides gave us no homework!!!! It was a
great experience and we would love to do
it again!

By Charlie OBrien & Cian ODonoghue

START SAVING WITH SAMMY STAMPS!

On every single Thursday

Mrs. Carroll's class do Sammy Stamps. We collect money from every class and then
they get stamps. Then every
stamp costs one Euro. Then
when the person collects
twenty stamps in their Sam-

my Stamp book they give

them to the Credit Union to
save which is a great way to
save money. You can save for
lots of things. You can save
money for Christmas to get
presents for the family or
even for yourself!

By Eimear Barry Whelan &

Ryan OMahony (Mrs. Carrolls Fourth Class)

JUNIOR INFANTS LEARN ALL ABOUT JOLLY PHONICS

We learn lots of different
sounds in our school. We
have songs and we have actions to help us learn the
new sounds. We learn two
new sounds every week and
we even have sounds to learn
for homework. When we
know our sounds we will be

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able to read some words. We

learned how to stretch some
words so that we can read
them. We are really good at
stretching our words now.
Our teachers told us all that
we are very clever Junior Infants!!!

By Ms. Kearneys and Ms.

OLearys Junior Infants

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HAVING A LAUGH WITH EVAN HENNESSY!

Q: Why dont angry witches ride
their brooms?
A: Theyre afraid of flying off the
handle.
Q: Who did Frankenstein take to
the prom?
A: His ghoul friend!
Q: What do witches put on their
hair?
A: Scare spray!
Q: What do you get when you cross
Bambi with a ghost ?
A: Bamboo!
Q: What kind of mistakes do spooks
make?

A: Boo Boos!

A: To the dead sea!!

Q: What has webbed feet, feathers, fangs and goes quack-quack?

Q: Where do ghosts go to buy their

food?

A: Count Duckula!!

A: To the ghost-ery store!!

Q: What does Tweety Bird say on

Halloween?

Q: Where do ghosts mail their letters?

A: Twick or Tweet!!!

At the ghost office!!

Q: What happened to the guy who

didnt pay his exorcist?

By Evan Hennessy (Mr. Whites

Fifth Class)

A: He was repossessed!!
Q: What does a ghost eat for
lunch?
A: A BOO-logna sandwich!!
Q: Where do mummies go for a
swim?

HALLOWEEN TREATS WITH MS. KIRK!

We made Halloween treats

with Ms. Kirk. They were really nice Halloween cup cakes!

They were ordinary cup cakes

except they had chocolate in
them. We got to put fake eye
balls on them!! We had skittles
to put on them too. We really
had fun in the kitchen cooking.
Ms. Kirk is very nice to us.

Memphis Trevor Bullard &

Shane Landers.

By Aaron Kienge, Kuba Skibo, Jack Ryan, Josh Hickey,

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS IN ROMANIA

Halloween is celebrated in Romania, especially in the region
of Transylvania where there is
castle called Bran Castle. This
is where the idea for Bram
Stokers Dracula is thought to
come from! Over the years,
many tourists travel to Transylvania to celebrate Halloween

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with costume parties, storytelling, and actors playing out

Dracula inspired scenes. While
some Romanians observe Halloween on October 31, St. Andrews Night (November 30) is
when the garlic is brought out
as a form of protection against
ghosts a traditional supersti-

tious act of fun that is still

practiced today. We all know
there are no such thing as
ghosts!!!
Its all a
bit of
fun in
Romania!

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SCHOOL CLOSURES 2016-2017

Halloween Mid-Term Break:

School will close on Friday 28th

October 2016 at 2:45pm and will
re-open on Monday 7th November.
In-service Day:
School will be closed on Friday
11th November.

and will re-open on Monday 27th

February.
St. Patricks Weekend:

School will close on Thursday 16th

March 2017 at 2:45pm and will reopen on Tuesday 21st March 2017.
Easter Holidays:

Christmas Holidays:
School will close on Thursday 22nd
December at 12 Noon and will reopen on Monday 9th January 2017.

School will close on Friday 7th

April 2017 at 12 Noon and will reopen on Monday 24th April 2017.
May Bank Holiday Weekend:

Mid-Term Break:
School will close on Wednesday
22nd February 2017 at 2:45pm

School will close on Friday 28th

April 2017 at 2:45pm and will reopen on Tuesday 2nd May 2017.

June Bank Holiday:

School will close on Friday 2nd
June 2017 at 2:45pm and will reopen on Tuesday 6th June 2017.
Summer Holidays:
School will close on Tuesday 27th
June at 12 Noon.