Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

First Class Room 9: Invitation Celebration!

Room 9 are celebrating! Celebrating the winner of the school invitation competition. The lucky person was in our class. They designed the most beautiful and colourful invitation that Mr. Conboy has sent out to the entire school community inviting them to celebrate the launch of our new school name. Please see the winning entry below! We just love...

First Class Room 9: Clay Flower Pots

Spring has finally sprung! Did you know that the season of spring is now officially March, April and May. In times past we used to go by the ancient Celtic calendar when spring was February, March and April. But now according to Met Eireann spring is officially March, April and May. Spring has seen many of the bulbs we planted in winter spring up! There are beautiful hyacinths, daffodils and tulips in the school flower beds. Many thanks to Ms McCann for oganising the planting for the whole school. In Room 9 we ‘pinched’ clay pots and used pipe cleaners and egg cartons to make a beautiful floral arrangement! We hope you like the end results!   For more photos please click...

First Class Room 9: Centenary Video

2016 marks the centenary of The Easter Rising. This uprising was one of the defining moments of the struggle for Irish independence which began on Easter Monday 1916 with the reading of the proclamation, Poblacht na h-Eireann by Pádraig Pearse at the General Post Office (GPO) on Sackville Street (now known as O’Connell Street). It described a vision for an independent Ireland and its hopes and aspirations for a new autonomous free state. To commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising and to celebrate 100 years since the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, the Government has tasked Óglaigh na hÉireann with delivering a National Flag to every Primary School in the country. Óglaigh na hÉireann gave the children in Citywest & Saggart CNS the task of putting together their very own 2016 Proclamation that would compare the 1916 Proclamation and describe a vision for the next 100 years. To do this we did the following: We learned the Irish National Anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann off by heart! We studied the 1916 Proclamation, which was challenging, but with the help of our teacher we developed a good understanding about what it was the 1916 Proclamation envisaged for the country. We examined pictures of the 1916 Easter Rising and developed a sense of empathy of what it must have been like for the men, women and children of the country at this difficult time. We came up with four key messages that we felt described best our vision for the next 100 years. We put all our work together into this very special video. Proclamation Day is on 15th March 2016,...

First Class Room 9: 1916 Photograph Enquiry

Today Room 9 were investigating photographs from one hundred years ago during history. We looked at pictures of Ireland during the 1916 rising to see what the city was like during this difficult time in our country. We saw the General Post Office (GPO) where the Proclamation was read aloud, Nelson’s Pillar and Sackville Street (now known as O’Connell Street). For more information on the 1916 Easter Rising please click here. We are currently working on our Proclamation for 2016 which we we present to you using video. For photos please click here....

First Class Room 9: Grandparents’ Day

Many thanks to the Grandparents and Great Grandparents who came in to Room 9 today for Grandparents’ Day – Carmel, Brendan, Gerry, Muriel, Paddy, Elizabeth, Angela, Patricia and Damian. For photographs of the special visit please click here. This is our special poem for you! Grandparents Day Grandparents Grandparents It’s your day, Sending lots of hugs your way. It’s fun to read and cook with you, I like everything you do! It’s fun to spend some time with you, thank you, thank you for all you...

First Class Room 9: Maths 4 Fun!

Room 9 had some very special visitors to the classroom today! There were some parents of the boys and girls in first class – Mara, Allison, Adele and Monika. They played some fun maths games with us – Goldilocks Snakes and Ladders, Close the Box, Tell the Time, Score the Goal and Gone Shopping! It was such fun having these visitors to the classroom and we hope to have some more parents come into us over the next few weeks. Thank you! For more photos please click...