Monageer National School 1913-2012. Introduction Our school has 132 pupils. We have 8 staff members...

Monageer National School 1913-2012

IntroductionIntroduction

• Our school has 132 pupils.

• We have 8 staff members in our school

• It has 7 teachers and 1 special needs assistant.

School Day

• School starts at 9:20am.• Our first break is from 11:00-11:15am.• Second break is from 1:00pm-1:30pm.• We go home at 3 o’clock• We go to school for 5hrs 40mins every day.

Junior Infants

Senior Infants

First Class

Second Class

Third Class

Fourth Class

Fifth Class

Sixth ClassSixth Class

School HistorySchool History

Monageer school opens.

1913

Monageer school is an amalgamation of

Tinnacross and Coolgarrow

schools.

The school became a 3 teacher school.

1936

Parish hall used for third

classroom.

Each classroom had 2 classes

1920s

School HistorySchool History

1980sOur first prefabs opened

Prefabs used for fifteen years as classrooms

1958A new school was built it had 3

teachers in it

• In 2007 and 2008 a new extension was built

School HistorySchool History

SubjectsSubjects• Art • Drama• English• Geography• History• Irish• Maths• P.E.(Physical Education)• Oral Language and listening skills• Religion• Science

Green SchoolsGreen Schools

•We have two green flags.

•Our first one is for reusing, reducing and recycling.

•Our second flag is for saving electricity.

•We are working on winning our third one for conserving water.

Green SchoolsGreen Schools

We have a school garden we sow vegetables, flowers and herbs in it .

We recently got a weather station for recording the weather.

We have three bins in each class, they are for compost, recycling and rubbish.

Healthy Lunches

• We bring our lunches to school with us

• We are encouraged to bring a healthy lunch

• We are allowed to have a treat on a Friday

Lunch-Time Games• Soccer in the ballcourt or on the grass• Squares• Capture the Flag• Hurling• Basketball• Duck, Duck, Goose• Chase or Catch• Tip the Can• Stuck in the mud

School sportsSchool sports

• Hurling• Camogie• Football• Girls football• Athletics• Swimming • Tag Rugby

School ToursSchool Tours• Every year each class goes on at least one school tours. Examples include:

• Surfing in Tramore • Arklow Leisure Centre• Dublin Zoo• Leisure Max• Shielbaggin Outdoor Pursuit Centre• Gaiety Theatre• Pirates Cove• Open Farms• Local Archaeology Dig• Oakwood Park in Wales

School ShowsOur school shows are

presented in May or JuneLast year:• Junior Infants did

“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

•Senior Infants did the “Mother Goose”•1st & 2nd class did “Alas in Blunderland”•3rd,4th, 5th & 6th classes did “A Quiet Night In”

Monageer• We are a village located

in the South East of Ireland

• The Irish for Monageer is Móin na gCaor-that means “Bog of the Berries”

• There are 500 people in the village

VillageVillage

• In Monageer we have a church, grotto and shop.

• The church was built in 1870-1871

G.A.A• G.A.A - Gaelic Athletic

Association plays a big role in school and the village

• Hurling, Gaelic Football and Handball are all played

• Our club colours are red and white

G.A.A

• We have a very large G.A.A pitch across from our school.

• Boolavogue and Monageer are part of the same team.

• Our G.A.A club has two pikes as the crest

Village Hall

• The hall we have now was finished in 1949

• The hall is used for many things for example;

• The Youth Club• The Community Market • The Active Retirement • We also had a Drama

Club and school shows.

History of Monageer

• In 1798 there was a rebellion in Ireland • Our area had a big part in this rebellion

Wexford

• Wexford is in the south east of Ireland

• It’s known as the Sunny South East

Wexford• There are four main

towns in the county– Wexford– Enniscorthy– New Ross – Gorey

• Wexford is a Viking town

• It is situated on the estuary of the River Slaney

Geography• The Black Stairs

Mountains are in Wexford

• Mt Leinster is 796m high

• The River Slaney flows through Wexford

• There are three tributaries of the River Slaney

• Vinegar Hill is an extinct volcano in Enniscorthy town

NormansNormans

• The Normans came to Wexford in 1169

• The first Norman landed in Bannow Bay

• Enniscorthy castle is a Norman castle

Tourist Attractions

This is Johnstown Castle This is Curracloe Beach

These are the Saltee islands This is Hook Lighthouse

IrelandIreland

There are 32 counties and 4

provinces in Ireland

6 of these are

belonging to the UK

People in Ireland speak English and Irish

The RepublicThe Republic

• Ireland became a republic in 1922

• Douglas Hyde was the first Irish President

• Michael D Higgins became President Last year

Physical Ireland• The highest mountain in

Ireland is Carrantuohill

• Cork is the biggest county in Ireland

• Louth is the smallest county in Ireland

• Lough Neagh is the biggest lake

• Leinster is the biggest province with 16 counties

• The biggest river is the River Shannon it is 257 kilometres long

IrelandIreland

• Dublin is the capital of Ireland.

• St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland

• St. Patrick’s day is celebrated on the 17th of March worldwide

•The flag is green, white and orange.

Irish Tourist AttractionsThis is Newgrange

This is The Book of Kells

These are Cliffs of Moher The Lakes of Killarney

Irish Tourist AttractionsConnemara

The Blarney Stone

Dublin Castle The Burren

Famous Irish PeopleIrish Americans

• Henry Ford – inventor of the motor car - his father wasborn in Cork

• John F Kennedy – 35th President of the United States- his great grandfather came from New Ross

Scientists

•Robert Boyle – The “Father of Chemistry”

•Francis Beaufort – he invented the Beaufort Wind Scale

• Ernest Walton – won the Nobel Prize – He was the first to split the atom

Irish Writers Irish Writers

• Bram Stoker

• James Joyce

• Oscar Wilde

• George Bernard Shaw

Contemporary Irish WritersContemporary Irish Writers

• Eoin Colfer

• Seamus Heaney

• Roddy Doyle

• John Boyne

Famous Irish ActorsFamous Irish Actors

• Saoirse Ronan

• Colin Farrell

• Brendan Gleeson

• Liam Neeson

Irish Musicians

• JEDWARD

• U2

• The Script

• Sinéad O’Connor

Irish Antartic ExplorersIrish Antartic Explorers

• Tom Crean • Ernest Shackleton

Irish Sports StarsIrish Sports Stars

• Robbie Keane

• Derval O’Rourke

• Ruby Walsh

• Padraig Harrington

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Fifth and Sixth Classes