‘The King Who Loved Money & The Queen Who Loved Honey’: A Story by Beth (1st class)

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Once upon a time there was a King and a Queen. 

The King loved money and the Queen loved honey.

She had ten pots of honey and he had ten pots of money.

 

One day the Queen asked the King to buy

ONE HUNDRED pots of honey.

‘OK, then.’ The King did just that but then

all of his money was gone.

The King was sad, but the Queen was happy.

 

Then the Queen had an idea.

The King opened a shop to sell honey.

So then he had lots of money again.

And they both lived happily, ever after.

Three 1st Class Stories from First Class

A Story by Kyle

Once upon a time there lived two Kyles.

Those two Kyles went to school together.

The two Kyles were at the same table

and at Phonics Blast.

The two Kyles were very funny.

Shannon liked us and Lizzie did as well.

P.S. This is a TRUE story 🙂

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 Lizzie’s Story

Once upon a time, there were three little girls and their Mom.

One day, there was a a storm.

They lived in a cottage in a wood, far off from a farm.

The storm blew.

A tree that the little girls climbed on every day fell down.

Their cottage fell down.

They couldn’t live anywhere.

They went looking for somewhere else to live.

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The Very, Very Messy Ladybird, by Sofia

Once upon a time there lived a very, very messy ladybird.

Her name was Messy Maggy.

Everyone called her that because her house was always messy.

Her house always had cobwebs in corners.

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 and muddy foot prints up the stairs and dust everywhere.

One day all of her friends made a plan.

They all said she needed help to tidy.

So one night all of her friends went to her house

and while Messy Maggy was asleep each one of them had a job.

Magic Matilda hoovered.

Violetta Valentina dusted and beautiful Beth mopped.

‘Team work,’ they all said.

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Using ‘Monday’s Child’ as a writing prompt with First Class.

We used the traditional rhyme

‘Monday’s Child’ as a writing prompt.

Here is what Sofia wrote:

On Monday the children jump to touch the sky.

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On Tuesday they jumped down again.

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On Wednesday, they touch the stars.

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On Thursday they go to the moon.

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On Friday they go to Mars.

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On Saturday they went down to earth.

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On Sunday they go right home to bed.

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Student Survey: What books do YOU enjoy reading?

We asked our students what books and authors they enjoyed reading.

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This is what they said:

2nd class enjoyed: Horrid Henry, Roald Dahl, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rainbow Magic Series, The Tiara Club, The Horrible History Series, Captain Underpants and Horrible Henry books

3rd class enjoyed: Dick King Smith, Enid Blyton, David Williams, Roddy Doyle, JK Rowling, Roald Dahl, Beast Quest, Captain Underpants, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Bed and Breakfast Star, Judy Moody, Goosebumps, The Story of Tracey Beaker and Rainbow Fairy books

4th class enjoyed: Mr Bubblegum, Roald Dahl, Stink Series, Malory Towers, Harry Potter, Horrible Histories, Horrid Henry, Judy Moody, Artemis Fowl, Skulduggery, Young Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Beast Quest, Holes, Lizard of Oz and Lemony Snicket

5th class enjoyed: Tin Tin, Lola Rose, How to Train Your Dragon, Candyfloss, Football Academy, Percy Jackson, Jacqueline Wilson, John Boyne, Anthony Horowitz and Enid Blyton.

6th class enjoyed: The Adventures of Tin Tin, Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter, Alex Rider, Malory Towers, Skulduggery Pleasant, Rick Riordan, Anthony Horowitz, JK Rowling, Lemony Snicket and Derek Landy

As you can see some of the books and authors are very popular throughout the school.

It is good to read every day. Reading for at least twenty minutes at the end of each day is relaxing and fun. But it will also help your spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, writing style and imagination.

Be sure to read every day during the summer holiday

and beat the ‘Summer Slide’.

Children’s Writing: Ryan’s Story: The Wizard that lost his wand.

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The grumpy wizard lost his wand.
He found the wand under the sofa.
He was happy then.

He turned himself into
a great, white bird and flew away.
He felt even happier then.

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Can you guess what kind of bird he turned himself into?

The answer is ……………………………………………………………………………….

(a swan. Ryan used a picture of seagulls just to trick you!)

Children writing poetry: Thoughts for Mothers’ Day: ‘She is the sound of the dishwasher closing.’

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My Mother

She is the sound of the dishwasher closing

She is the colour white,

the same colour as the washing machine!

She would be a comfy armchair

She is ice cream

because she is cool when things go bad.

She is a tiger because she protects me.

She is a golden daffodil, standing tall.

She is birthdays all year round.

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Here are some more poems for Mothers’ Day:

These poems were written using an idea

called ‘The Furniture Game’

from Sandy Brownjohn’s book,

‘Does It Have To Rhyme?’ (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)

@NZWaikato Some answers to Tahana+Will’s questions about Sport in Ireland.

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Tahana and Will from Auroa School in New Zealand

asked us questions about sport here in Ireland.

We hope this post will tell you a little about sport in Ireland.

 

Greystones is a seaside town,

so there are lots of water sports to choose from.

 

Below are a list of sports that are played in Greystones.

We have written them more in alphabetical order

rather than in order of popularity:

 

Athletics, badminton, baseball, cricket,

cycling (and mountain bike riding), 

 

Gaelic Games are very important in Ireland;

They included Gaelic Football,

hurling (played with a wooden stick and small ball),

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Camogie is hurling for girls. 

 

There is also golf, lawn bowling, rugby, soccer,

skateboarding and tennis. 

 

Because Greystones is beside the sea there are lots of

Water Sports: angling, diving, kayaking,

rowing, swimming, sailing and wind-surfing.

 

People also enjoy hill walking,

jogging, running and hiking.

 

We know that Gaelic Games, soccer, rugby, swimming,

tennis and basketball

are very popular among the students in the school. 

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People support Gaelic games including Gaelic Football.

Our local Gaelic Club is called Éire Óg. 

We are also very proud of Wicklow, our county team.

There are fifteen members on a Gaelic Football team

and they are allowed use their hands to strike the ball.

 

Strangely though people who follow soccer support

the English soccer teams more than our Irish ones.

Many children support Manchester United and Liverpool.

Both of those are English teams.

Our local soccer team is called Greystones United.

 

We are celebrating because Ireland

won the Six Nations Rugby Championship this weekend

in the last match of Brian O’Driscoll’s international career.

 

Children’s Work: Stories written by Senior Infants

 

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Lucy wrote;

Once upon a time there was a happy girl called Lucy.

She lived in a house near the forest.

One day a rabbit followed her home.

 

Once upon a time there lived a princess who lived in a castle.

One day she met a witch.

She lived in a cottage.

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Ben said;

Once upon a time there lived a clever squirrel

who lived in a hole in a tree and was always eating nuts.

 

Once upon a time there lived a hedgehog who lived in a hedge.

He was lonely. He always had to eat on his own

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These are Daniel’s stories;

Once upon a time there was a sporty kangaroo

called Kealin who loved boxing.

She lived in the outback in Australia.

She had lots of trophies.

 

Once upon a time there was a white rabbit called Robbie.

He loved to do magic. One day he got a job at the circus.

His first trick was to pull a man out of his hat

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This is what Tom wrote;
Once upon a time there lived a dragon, who lived in a cave.

He was happy. One day he met a brick.

They did some art and they had a fun time.

 

Once upon a time there lived a bee,

who lived in a bee hive. He was working well.

One day he met a fish.

They went to the shop.

They had a great time.

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Sofia wrote;

Once upon a time there lived a girl called Sophia.

She lived on the moon but oh no there was aliens on the moon.

 

Once upon a time there lived a unicorn.

She lived in a crystal cave.

She loved to play in the fields.

One day she met a princess who always wanted a unicorn

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Beth wrote this story;

Once upon a time there lived a witch

who lived in a cave on a mountain where there was a dragon.

She thought that she was able to defeat the dragon, but she was wrong.

The dragon blew out fire.

The witch tried to put spells on the dragon,

but the dragon had blown fire at the want,

so she couldn’t put spells on the dragon.

The dragon blew fire at the witch.

So this story doesn’t have a happy ending!

The End.

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Andrew wrote;

Once upon a time there lived an electric dinosaur.

The electric dinosaur was guarding the gold mine.

 

Once upon a time there lived a polar bear.

The polar bear was captured by an icy jail.

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Kyle said;

Once upon a time there lived…

Wow!

Where was I?

Oh yes.

Sorry about that.

I was just looking at Mr.Happy’s art.

He just drew the beach

and Mr Happy has more art to show.

First we will visit other Mr Men art.

We’ll see Mr.Strong’s, Mr. Nosy’s and Mr. Noisy’s art.

First on the list is … Mr Strong.

He has painted his weights.

Second on the list is Mr.Nosy.

Mr. Nosy has made a wonderful statue.

Next Mr.Noisy has painted Mr.Happy.

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These are Ciara’s stories;

Once upon a time there lived a furry rabbit who lived in a burrow.

She was a Mummy. She had a baby rabbit. The baby rabbit was cute.

 

Once upon a time there lived a black and white badger in a forest.

He was sad because he had no friends.

 

Once upon a time there lived a hedgehog.

He had sisters. He had six sisters.

He got fed up giving the six sisters food.

He was bored of feeding them.

 

Once upon a time there lived a fox.

The Mummy had kids. Then the Daddy came.

Then they met a shy otter on the river bank

Laura wrote;

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Elisa had a project to do for college.

It was about a bee.

It was a very very important bee.

Elizabeth had a story to write and a story to read.

It was called Naughty Children.

When they were finished their homework Emily work up.

She wanted another bottle. Elisa made her bottle.

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Shannon wrote a funny story;

Once upon a time there lived a very silly Granddad.

His house was silly. He sleeps on a rock.

One day this silly man met a girl.

She was such a silly girl, the man loved the girl.

Celebrating Past Pupil Success: A Guest Post from Emily H

We are always very interested to hear about the success of our past pupils. Earlier in the year we told you about a student who is having great success musically. We called that post ‘Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns grow’ . We could call this one ‘Monterey Pines from Tiny Pine Seeds grow’ as it is about the success Emily H had when she grew Monterey Pine Trees from seeds and made a real contribution to our local community. But let Emily tell you about her project in her own words.

Growing Monterey Pine Trees From Seed

INTRODUCTION

My project is to show how I grew Monterey pines from seed.

I did this project because I have always had an interest

in growing things from a very young age.

It was helped along when my Granddad

contacted the former Mayor George Jones

to see if he would be interested in having

some of the trees I had already planted

and succeeded in growing for the Greystones community.

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Mr Jones agreed and now as you can see from press cuttings

there is one of my trees in Burnaby Park

opposite the train station

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and also they took some of my trees

and planted them along Shoreline car park.

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I am very proud of these trees and so I thought that

I could grow some more for my science project for school

METHOD

Gather pine cones and place them in the full sun to dry them out.

Once dried they will open up for easier retrieval of the seeds.

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Place the cones on a paper towel

and roll them gently until the seeds fall out.

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Place the seeds in a container

with room temperature of water.

The ones that sink will be the best growers.

Plant the seed in pots, pointed end down and cover with soil.

Keep watering and when the seeds fall off

they can be transplanted to a larger container.

I will be keeping a diary following the progress of the trees.

Day 1

Date : 12.6.13

I planted the seeds in the compost pointed side down and watered them.

Day 2

Date : 13.6.13

Still no progress will be back in 2 weeks.

Day 11

Date : 25.6.13

We have our first Monterey shoot. The seed is still on the top.

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Day 12 

Date : 26.6.13

We have our second seed shoot. Also seed on top.

First seedling has now lost its seed.

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Day 19

Date: 3.7.13

We now have 13 Monterey pine tree shoots.

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Day 25

Date: 9.7.13

We have 17 Monterey Pine tree shoots.

Day 35

Date: 19.7.13

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The trees are growing fast.

Day 45

Date: 29.7.13

Still progressing well.

Day 55

Date: 8.8.13 

Strong and healthy trees growing fast.

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Day 65

Date: 18.8.13

Progressing well.

Day 75

Date: 28.8.13

Nearing end of project the trees are strong and healthy.

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About Monterey Pines

The Monterey pine, also known as the Radiata pine is a species of pine native to the coast of California. It’s the most widely planted pine in the world, valued for rapid growth and desirable lumber and pulp qualities.

Its native to 3 very limited areas located in Santa Cruz, Monterey peninsula, and San Luis Obispo counties. In Australia, New Zealand and Spain it is the leading introduced tree and in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Kenya and South Africa it is a major plantation species.

Monterey pine has a very small natural range on the central Californian coast, south of San Fransico and on Guadalupe and Cerdros islands off the coast of Baja California in Mexico.

Monterey pine grows best on deep, rich, dry soils or on infertile sandy soil types. It has also shown promise on old red sandstone soil in Munster. It will not do well on wet, shallow ground. It grows vigorously and is known to have a longer growing season than other conifers. In Ireland, Monterey’s commonly suffers from the ”yellows”, a disease sometimes associated with the fungus cyclaneusma minus which results in the yellowing and loss of all the previous years’ needles.

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CONCLUSION

I found this project very satisfying because I enjoy growing and the output of this project will have a long term effect on the environment.

They help the environment by a number of factors:

1. Trees reduce Carbon Dioxide – the same way humans breathe oxygen and exhale Carbon Dioxide, trees breathe in Carbon Dioxide and exhale Oxygen.  This Carbon Dioxide becomes sugars that can be eaten, burnt for fuel or enjoyed in its leafy form.

2. Trees reduce ozone levels – In  large cities a reduction in ozone can mean milder temperatures and more breathable air.

3. Trees reduce erosion by their roots keeping soil from washing away but also they absorb and store water.

4. Trees provide an ecosystem for animals and insects  by providing a home and  food for them.

Every tree is a potential life-saver to certain species

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Sofia

At the beginning of the month, Sofia was writing lovely stories:

A Story by Sofia

Once upon a time, there lived a family of butterflies,

who lived in a forest.

They were happy and were always smiling.

One day this family of butterflies met a fairy.

They went to live in a castle. They had a fun time.

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Now her stories are even lovelier:

Once upon a time there lived a happy princess.

She lived in a big castle.

Every day the happy princess met a fairy.

They went to live in a zoo with the funny monkeys

 

Once upon a time, there lived a funny King.

He lived in a big flower bed.

One day the funny king found a tree.

The funny king pushed the tree and found a door.

He went in and he met a worm. They made friends.

 

Once upon a time there lived a small octopus.

He lived under the sea.

He had a friend, the star fish.

One day the two friends played and played until evening.

 

Once upon a time there lived a red deer.

She lived on a big hill.

One day the red deer met a funny otter.

He lived in a river on the hill.

The red deer met the otter.

They went to dinner.

 

I look forward to reading more of your stories Sofia.

 

.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Kyle

At the beginning of the month

Kyle was writing good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a teddy

who was talking,

who lived in a toy box.

He was hyper and was always helpful.

One day this teddy met a penguin.

They went to the North Pole.

They had a happy time.

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He worked hard all month and now is writing great stories.

Once upon a time there lived Miss Sunshine.

She was stacking boxes on her shelves.

Just then a robber stole all the shelves.

So she called the police

but when the police got there

the police couldn’t see anything.

Then Miss Sunshine saw burglars.

Speaking of that…

some other things were missing.

As well Mr Happy’s pet was gone

and Miss Scary’s bed was gone

and they called the police,

the fire brigade

and the rescue helicopter 

and they did it.

 

Once upon a time Mr Mo went to get a job.

He tried a fireman,

bus driver,

teacher,

police

but they were no use,

so he went back home

and that was Nonsense Land

to ask Mr Silly.  

‘Be a garden,’ said Mr Silly.

So he had flowers on his shoulder

and blue bells on his head

and banana flowers of his nose.

Who ever heard of banana flowers?

They’re in Nonsense Land

and you can eat them.

 

Once upon a time there lived some bread

that was being sliced.

Mr Tickle and Miss Magic they didnn’t need a knife.

Miss Magic wayed her magic wand …

and presto it was sliced

but the magic went right down the stairs

and out the door.

It sliced jam on Mr Small but he didn’t mind

he was red all ready.

Then it spread.

Mr Happy had butter on his head.

Mr Strong had egg on his eggs.

If even dropped a toaster on Mr Jelly’s house

and did you know Mr Tickle

and Little Miss Magic didn’t know

but they didn’t not know that for long

because finally the magic

sliced an egg on Mr Tickle’s arms.

 

Once upon a time there lived Mr Skinny.

One day someone was knocking at his door.

He opened the door…

and there stood two loaves of bread.

They had eyes,

a nose,

and even mouth.

They walked straight in

but Mr Skinny’s wasn’t a house,

he was in a hotel

so if the bread walked in

then it will be a disaster.

Mr Greedy gobbled them up.

Well done Kyle. Keep up the good work. 

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Tom

At the beginning of this month Tom was writing good stories:

‘Once upon a time there lived a nice butterfly,

who lived in a gingerbread house.

He was happy and was always smiling.

One day this happy bee met the butterfly.

They went fishing. They had a funny time.’

 

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This week he is writing great stories:

‘Once upon a time there lived a friendly dragon.

He lived in a dark cave.

When he hiccuped he burnt everything.

One day he met a happy witch,

who gave him a potion to stop hiccups.

 

A big dinosaur eats a baby dinosaur.

The dinosaur had big big teeth.

His grandpa saved him.

 

Once upon a time there was a shy hedgehog 

who lived in a hedge.

He met a black and white badger,

who lived in a forest.

 

Once upon a time there was a bold cat.

He is bold because he sneaks into our garden

to get the bread for the birds.

 

Once upon a time there lived an uncle.

His name was Tom.

He was happy and was always joking.

He had a friend whose name was Tom as well.

They went to the shop together 

to buy chips and lucozade.

 

Well done Tom 😀

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Ben.

At the beginning of February Ben was writing good stories. 

Once upon a time there lived a giant,

who lived in a castle.

He was grumpy and was always busy.

One day this giant met a wizard.

They went fishing. They had a happy time.

By the end of the month he was writing great stories:

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Once upon a time there lived a red deer

who lived in a forest.

He was wild

and was always ripping the leaves off the trees.

One day the deer met a clever fox.

 

Once upon a time there lived a grey mouse

who lived in a hole.

Once upon a time, there lived a red squirrel

who lived in a hole in a tree.

 

Once upon a time there lived

a black and white badger who lived in a forest.

One day this badger met a deer who lived in the forest as well,

but the badger lived in a bush.

 

Once upon a time there lived a brown rat

who lived in a rubbish dump.

One day this rat met a mouse who lived in a hole in a house.

He met a mouse who lived in a hole in a house.

 

Once upon a time there lived a clever fox.

He was so clever that he could jump and and grab a bird from the sky.

Keep up the good work Ben.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Andrew

During the first week in February,

was writing good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a robot,

who lived in a robot house.

He was hungry and thirsty and was always tired.

One day this robot, met another robot.

They went to the robot restaurant.

They had a nice day.

By the end of the month, 

Andrew story writing was even better:

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Once upon a time there lived a bird.

The bird was building a nest.

The bird laid three eggs.

The eggs started to crack.

In the eggs there were three baby birds.

 

Once upon a time, there lived a tiger.

The tiger lived in the ground in a hole.

The tiger met another tiger.

They had a nice day.

 

Once upon a time there lived a lego dragon.

The lego dragon was hungry.

The lego dragon eats fish,

shark,

whales

and icecream.

He eats big burgers,

big hot dogs

and big meat.

He drinks water.

 

Once upon a time there lived Emmet.

Emmet met a lego dinosaur.

Emmet was brave.

He climbed up on the dinosaur’s back.

Well done Andrew. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Shannon

In the first week of February,

Shannon wrote some very good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a fairy,

who lived in a tree.

She was magic and was always happy.

One day the fairy met a little elf.

They went to the forest.

They had a picnic together.

After a month of story writing

her stories were even better:

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Once upon a time there lived an happy octopus

deep in the bottom of the blue

and she had so much fun under the sea

and swam all day in the sea.

She had to swim all day and loved it so much.

 

Once upon a time lived a nice king.

He was so happy

for his queen

she was a happy queen

of all the earth

 

Once upon a time there lived a bunny.

He met another rabbit.

He asked would you go on a date with me.

So they went on a date with each other

and they lived happily ever 

 

Once upon a time there lived a tiger.

He was not a nice tiger.

He never tried to be nice to anybody,

but one day he became a nice tiger.

Well done Shannon. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing from Senior Infants: Well Done Lauren

Lauren wrote a good story in the first week of February:

Once upon a time, there lived a happy dog,

who lived in a kennel, with his Mammy.

He was happy and was always playing.

He had a friend who was a laughing cat.

They went to a party together. They had fun.

She practised her story writing all month 

and her story writing got better and better:

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Once upon a time there was a magic swan.

She was called Elizabeth.

She lived in a big pond,

with her Mummy and her Daddy

and her baby sister Emily

and her big sister Eliza.

One day Elizabeth and her Mum

and Emily and Elisa went to Zoom.

(Zoom is a play centre).

 

Elizabeth met her friend Ben

the red squirrel in Zoom.

Then Ben said ask your Mum

can we have a play date

Elizabeth’s Mum said ‘Yes’.

‘Yippee,’ said Ben.

Emily started to cry.

They went home to feed Emily her bottle.

It was nap time for Emily.

When Emilly had her nap,

Eliza and Elizabeth did their homework.

Elisa had a project to do for college.

Well done Lauren. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Beth

At the beginning of this month

Beth was writing good stories:

Once upon a time there lived a nice king and queen.

They were called Anna and Jack.

They lived in the forest where the grass was long.

There were butterflies.

There lived an elf, who lived in a castle.

He was crazy and was always rushing and forgetting things.

By the end of the month her story writing was even better:

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Once upon a time there lived a clever fox,

who lived in a den in the snow.

The mother fox had a baby girl.

It was gorgeous.

The Mom married a Dad Fox.

They went out for dinner.

 

Once upon a time there lived a red deer,

who lived on a hillside.

He met a reindeer.

He was delivering the presents with Santa.

One girl got a gingerbread house with a teddy inside.

She was amazed.

Her Mom and her Dad they thought it was very good.

She played and played with it.

 

Once upon a time there lived a quiet King.

He married the selfish queen.

They had a big party.

Everyone went to the party.

There was

a bossy giant,

a busy goblin,

a funny unicorn,

a bouncy alien,

a cool spaceman,

a sleeping starfish

and a friendly octopus.

There was lovely food.

Then they went home

and went to bed.

Story Writing in Senior Infants – Well Done Lucy

At the beginning of February,

Lucy was writing good stories like this one:

Once upon a time there lived a bumble bee.

She lived in a big hive. Her name was Lucy.

She was always busy making honey.

One day she met a butterfly.

The butterfly lived in a garden.

They both lived happy ever after.

By the end of February

her stories were even better:

Monster #1
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Once upon a time there lived a happy whale.

Her name was Lucy.

She lived in the sea.

One day she met a giddy octopus.

The name of the octopus was Daniel.

They both played all day.

 

Once upon a time there was a lonely bear.

He lived in a cave behind a waterfall.

One day he met a girl bear, while he was fishing.

They swam in the river together.

The bear was really happy.

 

Once upon a time there was a bubblegum princess.

She lived in Candy Land.

One day she went to a Marshmallow mall

and met a marshmallow friend.

They went shopping.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Daniel

At the beginning of February

Daniel was doing well writing stories:

Once upon a time there lived a crocodile,

who lived in the Amazon river.

He was very nasty

and was always snapping at all the fish.

One day this crocodile met a friendly pelican.

They went to eat fish and had a very nice time.

By the end of the month,

Daniel was writing even better stories:

Love Potion Number 9 & 3/4
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Once upon a time there was a witch.

The witch met a dragon.

He had the hiccups.

The witch made a potion

to make the hiccups go away.

 

Once upon a time there was a kind princess.

She met a magical unicorn.

They loved playing Monopoly

and Snakes and Ladders.

 

Once upon a time there was an Easter Bunny.

She gives all the chocolate eggs

in the whole wide world.

 

Once upon a time there was a hedgehog.

He was very shy.

He never ever spoke to anybody.

Once upon a time there was a young wizard.

He loved to build stuff.

One day he made a Lego car.

He used his want to make it real.

 

One day my tooth fell out.

That night I put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy.

When I woke up there was money. I was so happy.

Well done Daniel. Keep up the good work.

Children’s Work: Even More Stories from Senior Infants

A True Story by Beth

Trampoline-Jump-Ed
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Once upon a time there lived a trampoline, who lived in the garden. He blew down in the storm. He hurt his bars. We are getting new bars on the weekend. We are getting someone to help my Dad pick it up and we will be getting new bars.

A Story by Daniel

Heart Like a Lion
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Once upon a time there lived a lazy lion called Larry. He lived in Dublin Zoo. One day this lion met a tired tiger named Tim. The zoo keeper made them exercise together.

Once upon a time there was a greedy goblin who lived in a mushroom house. All the children were very sad, because he stole all their sweets.

Stories by Lucy


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Once upon a time, there lived a happy penguin. He met a nice starfish. They lived in the ocean. They had a great time in the sea.

Once upon a time there lived a pretty princess who lived in a pink castle. She had a magical unicorn as a pet. They could fly through the sky for fun.

A Story by Andrew

Three Wise Men
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Once upon a time there lived a bird. The bird was building a nest. The bird laid three eggs. The eggs started to crack. In the eggs there was three baby birds.

More Stories from Tom

God's Opinion That The World Should Go On
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Once upon a time there lived a baby, who lived in a rock. He was happy and was always crying. He went to school and he was screaming. Teacher was mean in the story.

Once upon a time, there lived Mr.Happy in a cottage. He was happy. He met Mr.Strong. They went for a coffee. They had a happy time.

Stories by Ben

Pixie Snip
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Once upon a time there lived an elf. He lived in Greystones. He was lonely.

Once upon a time, there lived an elf, who lived in a teapot. He was funny.

Once upon a time there lived a witch who lived in a cottage. She was grumpy.

Once upon a time there lived a goblin who gobbled every one up. He was shy.

 

Kyle wrote so much, it would have made this post very long, so I put

Kyle’s stories on another post, which you can find here.

Children’s Work: More stories from Senior Infants

Wizard, Elf Queen, Burglar Nov12
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Ben’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a wizard who lived in a cottage.

He was happy and was always smiling.

He went flying.

One day this wizard met a giant.

They went fishing.

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Tom’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a boy who lived in a swamp.

He was sad and were always sleeping.

One day this ant came.

They went on holidays.

Once upon a time there lived a boy who lived in a boat.

He was happy.

One day the boy went for a walk.

He met a fly.

They went to the pub.

They had a happy time.

The Little Things in Life
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Ciara’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a tooth fairy

who lived outside and met a butterfly.

They went to the shop and then she said a magic word.

Once upon a time there lived a shop.

He was happy and always fun. He was a sweet shop.

Rainbow Monkeys
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Daniel’s Story

Once upon a time there lived two monkeys called Mario and Luigi.

They were always naughty and throwing bananas and coconuts

at the other animals.

Disney - Magic
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Shannon’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a princess.

She lived in a magic castle.

At night the castle began to lift off the ground by magic powers.

The castle flew through the clouds to a faraway land and had so much fun in the castle.

Toucan
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Lucy’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a parrot who lived in a rainforest.

She met a toucan. He also lived in the rainforest.

Once upon a time there lived a snail. He met a worm.

They lived in the trees. They both loved eating leaves.

Once upon a time there lived a spider.

She met a lady bird. They both loved eating grass.

They lived underground.

Golden Dragon
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Andrew’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a dragon

with 100 heads and 300 wings and 500 legs.

The dragon had powers.

Tornado power and lava power and ice power.

Once upon a time there lived a snake fish.

The snake fish had wings and legs and electric wings.

He had powers too.


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Kyle’s Story

Once upon a time there lived Mr Cheerful.

He went fishing. He decided he was a bit lonely,

so he called his friend Mr. Small,

but he was out,

so he called Mr.Happy but he was sick,

so he called Mr. Tickle and he was able to come.

Once upon a time there lived Mr. Fussy.

He made a Gingerbread Man.

When Mr. Fussy put him in the oven,

he jumped out and went outside

and he met Mr. Happy

and he sang

‘Ha ha you can’t catch me’.

Mr. Happy chased him.

Mr Bump was getting a pail of water.

Then the Gingerbread man was bumped.

Mr. Bump had squashed him,

but he was still alive.

He had a nap then.

Some one picked him up.

It was Mr Rush.

He ate him all up.

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Beth’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a pencil

who stole Ms. B’s crayons.

The pencil got put in the bin,

because he wouldn’t get sharpened.

The crayons got put in the bin.

They wouldn’t do what they were told.

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Sofia’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a happy princess she lived in a big castle.

Everyday the happy princess met a fairy. They went to live in a zoo

with the funny monkeys.

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Lauren’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a snow leopard, who lived in the snow. 

His name is Quiemo.

One day Quiemo went to the shops with his Mummy.

They got ham, apples and pears.

They paid for it. It was 10 euro.

He went to the swimming pool with with his Daddy.

He did lots of things in the pool.

He did a flip in the pool and a back flip.

Then he was sopping wet when he got out.

Then he had dinner.

He went to bed after.

‘Wake up Quiemo,’ said his Mum.

He woke up.

Quiemo got dressed.

He went down stairs.

Then he went to school.

He learned lots of things in school.

It was big break.

He played with Sam and Jack.

They were playing pirates.

The bell rang.

They lined up.

They went inside.

Quiemo finished his homework.

It was tidy up time.

Senior Infants hope you enjoyed their stories.

You can read earlier stories from Senior Infants here.

Children’s Work: Stories by Senior Infants

A Story by Tom

Once upon a time there lived a nice butterfly,

who lived in a gingerbread house.

He was happy and was always smiling.

One day this happy bee met the butterfly.

They went fishing. They had a funny time.

Miniature Gingerbread Houses
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A Story by Ben

Once upon a time there lived a giant,

who lived in a castle.

He was grumpy and was always busy.

One day this giant met a wizard.

They went fishing. They had a happy time.

The Machines Attack!
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A Story by Sofia

Once upon a time, there lived a family of butterflies,

who lived in a forest.

They were happy and were always smiling.

One day this family of butterflies met a fairy.

They went to live in a castle. They had a fun time.

A glimpse of orange
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A Story by Andrew

Once upon a time, there lived a robot,

who lived in a robot house.

He was hungry and thirsty and was always tired.

One day this robot, met another robot.

They went to the robot restaurant.

They had a nice day.

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A Story by Daniel

Once upon a time there lived a crocodile,

who lived in the Amazon river.

He was very nasty

and was always snapping at all the fish.

One day this crocodile met a friendly pelican.

They went to eat fish and had a very nice time.

On the log
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A Story by Ciara

Once upon a time, there lived  a witch,

who lived in a cave.

She was happy and was always joking.

One day this witch met a rainbow.

They went dancing.

They had a funny time.

umbrella... shadow... rainbow... field of wheat...
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A Story by Kyle

Once upon a time, there lived a teddy

who was talking,

who lived in a toy box.

He was hyper and was always helpful.

One day this teddy met a penguin.

They went to the North Pole.

They had a happy time.

The Journey of Harry the Teddy Bear
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A Story by Shannon

Once upon a time, there lived a fairy,

who lived in a tree.

She was magic and was always happy.

One day the fairy met a little elf.

They went to the forest.

They had a picnic together.

i call this elf ralphie
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A Story by Lauren

Once upon a time, there lived a happy dog,

who lived in a kennel, with his Mammy.

He was happy and was always playing.

He had a friend who was a laughing cat.

They went to a party together. They had fun.

Cat VS. Dog
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A Story by Beth

Once upon a time there lived a nice king and queen.

They were called Anna and Jack.

They lived in the forest where the grass was long.

There were butterflies.

There lived an elf, who lived in a castle.

He was crazy and was always rushing and forgetting things.

Disney - Magic Kingdom (Explored)
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A Story by Lucy

Once upon a time there lived a bumble bee.

She lived in a big hive. Her name was Lucy.

She was always busy making honey.

One day she met a butterfly.

The butterfly lived in a garden.

They both lived happy ever after.

Flowers in Fog
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 You can read more stories from Senior Infants here.

Green Schools: Biodiversity: Wild Irish Land Mammals

Irish Mammals

The Red deer is the largest Irish land mammal.

Red Deer
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Fallow deer were introduced by the Normans.

Fallow Deer
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Japanese Sika deer were introduced to

Powercourt Estate, in County Wicklow, in the 19th century.

Sika Stag - Arne
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The Irish for Pine marten is ‘Cait Crann’.

This means ‘Tree Cat’.

 

Marten
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This is an Otter

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The American mink was introduced to Ireland in the 1940s.

It was to be farmed for its fur.

Escapees from the early 1960s onwards

resulted in wild mink.

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A Badger is a nocturnal animal.

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This is an Irish stoat.

'Sybil'
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A Red Fox is a carnivore.

Red Fox
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A Rabbit is a herbivore.

Rabbit on its haunches
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Can you see how an Irish hare is different

from a rabbit?

 

Hare
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The Pygmy shrew and the Pipistrelle bat

are the smallest Irish mammals.

Pygmy Shrew
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Did you know that Hedgehogs are excellent climbers?

Hedgehog!
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Here is the Grey squirrel. Approximately five pairs were brought to Ireland in 1911. They were given as a wedding present. They escaped and went to live in the wild.

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Here is a Red squirrel. 

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The Bank vole came to Ireland from Germany,

in soil from earth moving equipment that was

used to build a dam at Ardnacrusha in 1925.

Bank vole
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There are many kinds of bats in Ireland.

This is the smallest: the Pipistrelle.

Pipsqueak
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Other wild Irish mammals include, the House Mouse, the Wood Mouse, the Brown Rat and the Feral Goat. You can find out more about them on this link to Wicklow Mountains National Park.ie

6. Write A Book – How To Come Up With A Name for Your Publishing Company

When we do ‘Write A Book’,

part of the fun is to 

make our books look like real books.

 

One of the things we do is

to come up with the name

of a publishing company.

 

Some children get ideas for what

to call their publishing company

from what their own book is about.

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One child wrote about the dreams

of visiting foreign countries a girl had

when she fell off her skateboard

and bumped her head,

she called her publishing company

‘Foreigner Press’

Her other ideas were;

‘Sweet Dreams Publishing Company,

‘Big Bump Books’

or ‘Kickflick Press’  (a ‘kickflick’ is a skateboarding trick) .

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Some children like to call their company

after their own name

a favourite pet

food

sports team

or the place they come from.

Ladybird Books. Pirates. The Vikings.
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We can also get ideas by looking

at the books in the classroom library. 

They are published by companies like

‘Ladybird Books’

‘Firefly’

‘Puffin’

‘Red Fox’

‘Little Tiger Press’.

‘Sleeping Bear Press’

Young Puffin PS263
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So publishing companies can be called

after living creatures; animals and insects

and some have an adjective describing the noun

in their titles too.

 

So if you are stuck, an easy way to come up

with the name of your publishing company

is to answer these two questions:

1. What is your favourite animal?

2. What is your favourite colour?

So you could end up with

‘Green Giraffe Books’

‘Orange Cat Press’

‘Blue Bird Publishing Company’.

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Then you design your logo.

Keep your drawing very simple.

In real books the logo is very often

on the back page,

the spine of the book

and the title page.

 

If naming your company in this way

doesn’t work out for you,

the class could try this;

make a list of nouns

and then a list of adjectives.

Cut the list up.

Put the nouns in one box

and the adjectives in another

and then pull out an adjective

followed by a noun.

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In this way we came up with

the following very random names:

‘Unusual Shoe Company’

‘Unhappy Mint Publishing Company’

‘Jealous Acorn Press’

‘Unfriendly Rabbit Company’

‘Giddy Buttercup Books.’

Drawing logos for these was fun.

Have you ever seen an unhappy mint

or an unfriendly rabbit?

CubeDude Bugs Bunny
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