Our recent trip to UCC

We class recently had a visit to UCC and had a guided tour of the campus. One of our highlights was going to the Crawford Observatory and the Honan Chapel. Everyone got to wear gowns and graduate! We enjoyed lunch and ice-cream in the Presidents Garden too! 

Famine ships

 Some of the wonderful work our class created from recycled materials, our work was based on the famine ships from the novel 'Wildflower Girl'.

                   

                   

Winners!!

We are delighted to announce our fantastic news! We came 4th in our category in the Cork Schools Heritage History Competition, we will receive our award on Tues 18th March in the Silversprings Convention Centre at 6:45.

Book week

We were very lucky to have Celia Carlile come to visit our class for Book week. Celia is a very talented illustrator and we found her visit fascinating and inspiring. Thank You Celia... Find out more about Celia and her wonderful work @ http://celiacarlile.com/books.html 

Lá Fhéile Bríde

Making St. Brigid's Crosses

Our Project polished and complete!

We had a viewing day in our classroom last Friday for all our school and locality to come and see our work. We were able to share our knowledge of the West Cork Railway with everyone and show them how much history there really is in our locality.

 

Final Touches!

 

 Parents and Locals Viewing

 

Our final 3D model of the Waterfall Railway Station

Our 3D model of O' Shea's

All the classes viewing our project

Visitiors come to share their Experiences of The West Cork Railway

A grandparent comes to tell us of his experiences on the West Cork Railway

Local historian tells us how they used to put their ears onto the tracks to listen if the train was coming.................

If they felt and heard the vibrations they would run as fast as they could!