Here are some Christmas songs that I like.
The Christmas Holidays begin tomorrow at 12:00 after school. Now go off and enjoy yourself at Christmas and the New Year.
Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and The Snow is Falling The Scribbler, the new school newspaper, is out! You can get your copy today for only €1. Try and get your copy today or tomorrow or they'll be out of stock!
The newspaper consists of articles from the newspaper team and also articles from people who have sent them in. They have both been working diligently to bring you the first issue of The Scribbler. The Scribbler has poems, talk on issues of the school, bullying and more. Conor McCarthy, Editor of the new school newspaper. The school calendar is now out for just €10. All classes from Junior Infants to sixth are shown in the calendar with their teacher. Below the classes there is an accurate calendar for important events such as St. Patrick's Day and whether the school is closed for a few days. All money spent goes to the school's budget.
The Late Late Toy Show is an iconic Irish national institution, and watched by 1.2 million people (1,200,000), nearly half of the families in Ireland. If you've missed the Toy Show, you can watch it on the RTE Player here. The Industrial Revolution was from 1760-1830. It started in Britain when James Watt built his own steam engine. Due to the increased efficiency of this version compared to a previous model in terms of fuel, it was able to be used in a factory to mass produce items. Using this, the Industrial Revolution begun.
One of the major changes early on was the change from wood to coal, which powered the steam engines. This was because coal required less effort to get in large quantities than wood and was also more abundant than wood. Coal had been used in smelting for a few decades beforehand, but it had never seen so much use. Coal was important for iron puddling, a dangerous job that involved the creation of iron on a greater scale. Iron puddlers lived to be about 40 years old and mainly used imported iron and steel from Switzerland and Russia. Coal was mined for well over a century, but once water was found the mine was abandoned. However, the steam engine allows for water to be pumped out of the mines, meaning more coal could be retrieved. Small children were often used to bring the coal up to the surface and they ran most of the machines. Later on, new abilities allowed humanity to create glass and paper in large numbers and also invented gas lighting. Railroads were made for wagons to move along and then replaced by steam trains which were arguably the first modern vehicle and traveled at roughly 50 miles per hour, insanely fast at the time, though average nowadays. Housing conditions in the era were poor. 8-10 unrelated people could be living in a cramped shack with a dirt floor and no furniture. Beside each shack there was another shack attached to it. Water supplies were contaminated quickly and diseases such as Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Cholera spread throughout the poor populace in a matter of weeks. Over two thirds of the workers during the Industrial Revolution were children who were paid 10%-20% of a regular adult wage to avoid be considered slaves by the law. Children were said to be as good as adults at working machines as nobody had experience with them. They were used to pull coal out of mines and sweep chimneys with a lit fire at the bottom to hurry them up. The average age of a children born in the time was 31. Laws were passed in 1842 and 1844 decreasing child cruelty by allowing a child to work in a mine only if they were over nine years old, children couldn't work at night and they could only work for up to 12 hours of the day. Later on, women and children were illegal to be found in a coal mine in Britain, though child labour was still used in other countries until the 20th century. The Senior School is being spruced up by Mr. Davoren's class and Amanda, a helper. The children draw and colour the pictures while Amanda brings them to life by painting them on the walls. I, have in fact, accidentally seen these paintings, (sometimes our class goes up the stairs by accident) and they look absolutely fascinating. I can't wait until it's finished!
By Conor McCarthy, Editor of your upcoming school newspaper. |