Post on 26-Mar-2015
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
Monageer National School 1913-2012
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Fifth and Sixth Classes