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1916 Rising Centenary Special Edition

“ Tús Maith”

The school is in 1916 fever. Mr Crean has been gathering old roll books and making plaques. He also provided fifth and sixth with a 1916 booklet, which explains about Laois’s part in the Rising. It was written by Jim and Brendan Fleming. Seán Fleming will be coming to the school on the 15TH March to raise the tricolour as part of our 1916 Centenary Celebrations. This is to commemorate the brave men and women of the Rising.
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class are putting on a play about the Rising. It is called ‘Triumph of all Sorts’ .
It was originally written by Damien White, however both Mr Crean and Miss Hayes have adapted it to suit the four classes .
There is a scene in the play, where Eamon Fleming, PJ Ramsbottom and Lar Brady derail a train at Colt Wood. While at work, the men were approached by a man and they fired at him. These were known as The First Shots of the Rising.
By Matthew Good 5th Class & Jack Callaghan 6th Class
a scene in the play, where Eamon Fleming, PJ Ramsbottom and Lar Brady derail a train at Colt wood. While at work the men were approached by a man and fired at him. These were known as the first shots of the rising.
By Jack Callaghan and Jack Bergin
6th class

Remembering 1916

Inside this Issue
Gymnastics
World Book Day
Active Schools
1916 Celebrations
Preparing for Confirmation
First Penance
Ireland 2016-2116: Our Hopes and Wishes
Important Dates
Competition

Presentation of the Proclamation and Irish Flag from the Defence Forces

Gymnastics
A friendly woman called Sonja from Portlaoise Gymnastics Club came to Tobar an Léinn to teach 1st,2nd,3rd and 4th gymnastics. Every Wednesday for six weeks we went into the Seomra Teacht le Chéile to do gymnastics. We did stretches, races, handstands, cartwheels, tumbles, played games and lots more fun activities. We even learned some names for certain jumps. Sonja brought the springboard. We played a game called “Stick”. She also brought the wedges. We used the wedges to practise our cartwheels and tumbles. On our 6th week we got divided into two groups and did a routine. In our routine we had to show what we had learned in the past few weeks. We had a lot of fun doing gymnastics this year and I really hope that we can do it again!! By Kaja Mc Donald, 4th class

World Book Day
We had a fun day on Thursday 3rd March celebrating World Book Day. Everyone brought in their favourite books to school and lots of pupils dressed up as their favourite character from a book. During the day we had some D.E.A.R. Time. When we heard the hooter we all had to Drop Everything And Read. Everyone also received a World Book Day Token too. It was a great celebration of a pastime to last a lifetime!

Active Flag
This year we are hoping to get an Active Flag.The Active Flag Committee is Ms. Fitzgibbon, Mrs. Campion, Orla Dunne, Aaron Brennan, Anna Keane, Catherine Butler, Lucy Donoghue and Rose Bergin. Our first thing to do was the Operation Transformation walk. When we started we walked one point two kilometres then on our last walk we walked two point four kilometres. Next we started Busy Breaks, which is, when it is raining, sixth class pupils go to all the classrooms and do exercises. Other sixth class pupils do games with the junior classes on the yard. We are now doing Active Fridays — we are doing active things for 5 to 10 minutes before little break. We are already making plans for Active Schools Week which takes place from the 25th to the 29th of April. By Anna Keane, 5th class

Operation Transformation Walks
On the 15th of January Tobar An Léinn school participated in an Active School walk. Pupils, teachers and some parents walked through Tynan’s farm, which is down the lane opposite the school. We walked for ten minutes and then we turned around and walked back to school. We did this walk for six weeks in all kinds of weather. Our aim was to walk a little further each week. The longest distance we did was 2.4km and the shortest distance was 1.2km. On the last week of the walk 5th and 6th class brought a junior or senior with them. The walk was great fun and everyone enjoyed it and it was a great way to get fit. By Caitlyn O’Connor, 6th class

1916 Celebrations
Infants: We are celebrating 1916 in Junior and Senior Infants. We learned that Britain was in charge of Ireland in 1916. Some people were not happy. They started the Easter Rising. We learned about Padraig Pearse reading the Proclamation of Ireland at the GPO. This said that Ireland wanted freedom. We made Irish flags to celebrate 1916. We used green, white and orange crepe paper. We liked learning about 1916.
1st & 2nd: We are making a model of the G.P.O. made out of cereal boxes. It is going to look cool. Some of the girls are going to show off their skills in Irish dancing. We are writing a book all about the 1916 Rising and there is a page in the book about the Proclamation. We are going to show everyone what we have made on the 15th of March in our school. We have been very busy making everything and practising and I think everyone has put in a lot of effort. Well done! By Fionn Hanley, 2nd class
3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th: The 1916 Easter Rising was 100 years ago on April 24th.To commemorate this, 3rd ,4th ,5th and 6th are performing a play about 1916. It’s called “Triumph of All Sorts.” Seven people signed the Proclamation, Thomas Clarke, Sean Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, Padraig Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, James Connolly and Joseph Mary Plunkett. These 7 and many other interesting and funny characters appear in our play. We are looking forward to performing our play and hope you all enjoy it!! By Aoife Delaney, 3rd Class

Preparing for Confirmation

First Penance
On Thursday the 10th of March 2016, my class and I made our First Penance in St. Fintan’s Church Raheen. Over the past number of months we have been preparing in class with our teacher Mrs Moore and at home with our families. We have learned to understand the types of behaviour for which we need to say sorry like when you fall out with a friend. Jesus loves us and will always forgive you. We have learned lots of prayers and teacher gave us all a lovely prayer booklet. We have learned songs and Father Kelly has visited us in our class room to tell us more about First Penance. Through Father Kelly we get forgiveness from Jesus. It was a lovely celebration.
By Jim Holland, 2nd class

On the 22nd of February, the children in 5th and 6th class went on a retreat to Mount St. Anne’s. They left at 10 o’clock and arrived at Mount St. Anne's at half past ten. When the children arrived, they were surrounded by beautiful green gardens and a massive house. They were met by a nice lady called Marie, who led them inside.
The children talked about their Confirmation and how to help the poor, to give, to be kind and much more. Later, they had their lunch and played outside. When they went inside they performed a show for the teachers and had a Mass. After that the children went to a church and did meditation for half an hour. They had a wonderful time and would love to go again.
By Róisín Duignan, 6th class

Below are a sample of the wonderful hopes and wishes that our pupils have for Ireland. These thoughts, along with all the others, shall be put together to create the Tobar an Léinn Proclamation.
I hope for peace in Ireland and for us to be free and to have hope. Maya Donoghue, 1st Class.
I hope for peace in our country, good business, honesty and fairness, good care for the young and sick. Luise Wullich, 2nd Class.
I hope that the people of Ireland will protect this beautiful country, and do our best to stop climate change. Liam Conroy, 3rd Class.
We, the people of Ireland, must provide more jobs and employment so that we can reduce emigration. We must also provide equal healthcare for ever y citizen, regardless of finances and income. Lucy Brennan, 4th Class.
I hope that our Dáil will be impartial and dictate on how we, as a country, can stop homelessness and gangland crimes. Matthew Goode, 5th Class.
We promise to take in as many refugees as we can and welcome anyone from a different country. Ríonna Hennessy, 5th Class
I hope Ireland provides an education for people with special needs. If Ireland succeeds in this, this country will thrive. Ben Murray, 6th Class
Climate change and the environment will be an issue. So as of this moment the government should increase the amount of vegetation planted to balance a factory’s carbon footprint. Kieran Hennessy, 6th Class.

Ireland 2016—2116: Our Hopes and Wishes for the Next 100 Years

Important Dates:
Easter Holidays: Closing Wednesday 16th March at 3pm.
Re-opening Monday April 4th.
Confirmation: Wednesday April 20th at 11 a.m. (SCHOOL OPEN)
May Bank Holiday: Monday May 2nd & Tuesday May 3rd.
First Communion: Sunday May 15th.
June Bank Holiday: Monday June 6th.
Summer Holidays: Closing Friday June 24th at 3pm.

Have a
Shamrock-ing Patrick’s Day
and an
Egg-tastic Easter
from all in
Tobar an Léinn

To enter our Easter Competition simply write the names of three of the leaders of the 1916 Rising on a piece of paper with your name and class and give to your class teacher
by Wednesday 16th March. All correct entries will be placed in a hat for our Easter Draw. Good Luck!

Competition