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May 2016 Newsletter was brought to you by Mr Clune’s Class
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ates for your Diary
School closes 12noon on Friday 3rd June and
re-opens on Wednesday 8th June.
Fundraising Hurling / Camogie Match—Friday
17th June. Throw in 6:30pm
Senior Infants School Tour—June 15th
Sixth Class School Tour June 10th
Second Class School Tour—June 9th
6th Class Graduation Mass Tuesday 21st June
First Class School Tour—June 24th
School closes for Summer holidays 12noon
Wednesday 29th June
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irthdays for May
Tadhg Hanrahan, Conor
Brennan, Leah Walsh-Titley, Conor Clune, Marcas
Fitzpatrick, Ronan McMahon, Karl Rittweger, Donnacha Begley, Lee McDonagh, Rachel Coneely,
Alan Glowski, Aoife McHugh, James Brooks, Áine
Downey, Jeremiah O'Connor, Sive Timmons, Tommy Brooks, Aisling Hammond, Andrew O'Neill,
Oonagh Dempsey, Tara Stritch, Darren Frain, Rachel Daffy, Evan Maxted, Niamh Morris, Patrick
Mulvey, Neil O'Dwyer, Sarah Rochford, Rachel
Rusk
Many Happy Returns to you all!
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tandardised Tests
Testing took place during the month of May.
First to sixth class took part in the testing. The
tests included Drumcondra Spelling, Micra-T and
Sigma-T.
We worked individually within a time limit. There
was great effort put in.
Well done to everyone who took part.
By Sarah, Niamh and Anna
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unior infants school tour May 2016
On the 19th May, the Junior Infants went on
their school tour. They went to Moher hill farm.
They saw lots of animals such as rabbits, alpacas,
racoons, emus, llamas and lots more. They got to
hold Hot Chocolate the guinea pig. They also got
to feed a baby goat. They then went to the playground and had ice creams as a treat. They were
lucky the rain stayed away. They all had a great
day.
By Adam, Cillian, Aoife and Amy
ongratulations
Well done to our pupils from 6th class who
had their Confirmation Ceremony on Saturday
14th May. Everyone had a great day!
Lianda McGuire won a silver medal for swimming in Community Games.
Ruairí McGowan won the national Coderdojo
in U11.
Keelin Clune and Aisling Hammond had a ballet show in Glor called the Wizard of Oz.
Darragh McMahon`s auntie had a baby boy.
Thomas O`Dea was dancing in Glor. The U8
boys had a blitz on Saturday in Clooney Quin.
Doireann Egan won a trophy for fiddle in Tulla
on Saturday.
The u12 girls won the football league and
came 2nd in the Community Games.
By Roisin, Lucy and Fionán
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oard of Management
The report from the Board of Management
will be issued on our website after the next BoM
meeting which is held on Wednesday 8th June:
www.quindanganns.com
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chool Camogie Team
The school camogie team have played two challenge matches against the Gaelscoil and Kilmurry.
On the 8th June we have a home match playing a blitz
against Kilkishen, Corofin and Kilmaley at 11am. The
top three teams go through to the semi finals.
Ellie Mc Namara and Niamh McGee represented our
school at Cumann Na Mbannscoil trials.
By Sarah Manley Anna Doyle and Molly Sheedy
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oys hurling division 2
We are in the semi-final. We beat Feakle and
drew against Tulla. The biggest threat in the competition is Tulla. The team is going well but there is still
work to do. We will most likely be playing Ballyea but
the draw hasn’t been done yet. We hope we will get
to play in Cusack Park in the final!
By Adam McMahon and Fionán O’ Sullivan
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hocolate cake pops
Ingredients
100g of plain flower
20g of cocoa powder
140g of caster sugar
40g of margarine (softened)
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
120ml of milk
1 egg
¼ tsp of vanilla extract
For butter cream
125g of margarine
1tsp of vanilla extract
300g of icing sugar
2tsp of milk
For the chocolate
200g of dark chocolate
200g of white chocolate
Method
Step 1.
Preheat the oven to 170c, Gas mark 3
Step 2.
Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases
Step 3.
To make the sponge add the flour, cocoa powder, sugar,
baking powder, salt and butter mix until you get a sandy consistency
Step 4.
Spoon the mixture into paper cases and bake in the oven
for 20-25 minutes, until the sponge bounces back when touched
Step 5.
Cool on a wire rack, leave in fridge overnight to stale
Step 6.
To make the frosting, put the butter in a large bowl and
cream using a hand held electric whisk, add the icing sugar a bit of
time mixing in between. Add the milk and vanilla extract then whisk
until light and fluffy.
Step 7.
Remove the cakes from the fridge and crumble into a
large bowl until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then mix in some of
the frosting until the mixture can be formed into small balls.
Step 8.
Make balls of the mixture by rolling between your hands
and place on a baking tray. Place these in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Next melt the dark chocolate in separate bowls.
Step 9.
Dip a lollipop into your choice of melted chocolate then
place into the cake balls. Once you have put sticks in every ball, dip
each into the chocolate to entirely cover the ball. Then decorate.
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By Molly, Amy ,Hannah, Ellie
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May 2016 Newsletter was brought to you by Mr Clune’s Class
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ovie Review
Captain America: Civil War
Starring:
Chris Evans, Robert Downey JR, Sebastian Stan
Scarrlet Johanson, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd
Tom Holland, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, STAN LEE
Review:
The long-awaited Marvel blockbuster hit Irish Cinemas on April 29th.This movie took off where
Avengers: Age Of Ultron left off.
uin Tidy Towns
On Friday 13th May, 5th class went to the
Community Hall to collect supplies to tidy
the village. We split up into five different
groups each tidying a different area. One group
went to Malachys. Another went to The Pairc.
One group went to Cluain Gearrain, Quin gardens, and the last group went around Abbey
Stores. We picked up a lot of litter and helped
the tidy town people a lot.
By Cormac, Ephriam and Ronan
When the government introduce a registration act,
called the Sokovia Accords, it forces the Avengers
to split sides. The registration act forced all superhumans to act under the supervision of the United
Nations, which some heroes don’t like. One side,
the Anti-Registration, led by Captain America/Steve
Rogers features The Winter Solider, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man, Hawkeye and Agent 13. The
other side, the Pro-Registration side, led by IronMan/Tony Stark features The Vision, War Machine, Black Panther and Spider-Man. Black Widow
is torn between sides but eventually joins Captain
America.
J okes and riddles
It was a really good movie and we all enjoyed it!!!
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Our Rating: 10/10
Age Rating: PG-12
By: Killian, Dáire
Cormac and Darragh
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nder 14 Hurling Competitions
The Clooney-Quin boys team are playing in the under
14s A Hurling Final on Friday the 3rd of June. They will be
playing Sixmilebridge in Cusack Park at 7:30pm. We wish
them luck! The Players From Our School Include:
Eoin Guilfoyle, John Conneally, Dylan Cunningham, Danny
Murphy, Callum Hassett and Daniel Palache.
They beat Doora Barefield in the Semi-Final 1:15 to 0:12
We hope they win!
A boy fell of a 100 foot ladder but didn’t get hurt how?
He fell off the first step!
What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
Smiles (because there is a mile between each ‘S’)
How many seconds in a year?
Twelve: January the second, February the
second until December the second!
A horse was attached to a 20 foot iron
chain and an apple was thirty feet away he
ate the apple how?
The end of the chain wasn’t attached to
anything!
I have it I don’t share it. If I share it I don’t
have it what is it?
A secret!
How do you catch a squirrel?
Climb up a tree and act like a nut!
Can a kangaroo jump higher than a
house?
Yes a house can’t jump!
Mother:
Patrick:
Mother:
Patrick:
Patrick how was your day at school?
It was great we made explosives
today!
So what are you going to do at
school tomorrow?
What school?
By Noah, Aidan and Eoin
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ports News
Clare v Waterford Final Replay
In the first match Morris Shanahan scored a point
in the last minute of the game to level the game.
McGrath was the one who brought the match to
extra time with a point from the side line. There
were no goals in the game. The final score was 22
points each. The referee was from Offaly and wasn’t very good. Waterford and Clare had to replay
the match the following Sunday. Waterford started well scoring a goal in the first minute. Clare
replied with two points. Shortly after Pat O Connor hit the ball across his goal and it ended with a
goal. Clare were three points down at half time.
In the second half Clare came out strong. Pat
O’Connor scored a point from the half way line.
At one stage Waterford were six points up. Tony
Kelly scored a goal to bring Clare back into the
game. In added time Clare were one point down.
Tony Kelly won a free inside Clare’s 65 metre line
he scored. Clare won the puck out it was passed
to Tony Kelly, he hit the ball over the bar Clare
won!! Tony Kelly was man of the match. Cian
Cillian and Tony Kelly were presented with the
cup.
By Lorcan, Oisin and Niall
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eminder:
Fundraising Hurling / Camogie
Match
Friday 17th June 2016—throw in 6:30pm
If anyone from the parish would like to advertise in our
Programme, please contact Kathy in the school office
on 065 6825785 or email [email protected].
olf Lessons
The golf was ten euro. The golf is running for
six weeks. The coach’s name is Matthew
McCarthy. In the golf we use two golf clubs called the
wedge and the putter. We do it in the astro turf.
When he says four we have to sit down and if you are
the last person to sit down you have a punishment.
We have golf every Monday. It is good for people
who don’t like GAA. The golf is very enjoyable.
By Oisin, Evan, Aidan and Roisin
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reen Schools
We have started the ‘Golden Boot’ Award for the
last two weeks. Mr Murphy’s and Mr Downes’
classes have won already. They get to have the
‘Golden Boot’ in their room for a week and also
their teacher gives them an award, such as, extra
PE or Art.
We joined in National Walk to School Week in
May. We tallied the classes and over 60% walked
daily. Well done! Next month we have Bike
Week, 11th to 19th June. There will be a National
COW (Cycle On Wednesday) on June 15th. Last
year 5,000 children cycled to school on that day.
We had our own COW day this week in Scoil na
Mainistreach to get us all back on our bikes for
summer. There was a prize for the best decorated bike. It was very difficult to choose a winner!
Congratulations to Ben O’Halloran and Sarah
Brassil for the best decorated bike.
(check quindanganns.com for pictures)