Our School Tour 4/12/2002
On the fourth of December our class went
to the Coca Cola factory .We left our school at 10.45. We arrived at
the Coca Cola factory at 11.05. When we got off the bus we were welcomed
in. The man who brought us on the tour was named Tom. When we went in
to the factory everyone said there was a weird smell. The man said that
was the smell of plastic burning. Then Tom brought us around the place.
Then he asked us questions. If you get picked and answer the question
right you get a can of Coke. We went into the hall and looked at a picture
of a Polar Bear. If you stare at it long enough it's eyes will shake.
And then we went back to the sitting room. A lady called Maureen told
us the story about Coca Cola. She said that Coke was sold in 200 different
countries and 90 different languages. She then told us the rest of the
story. Someone knocked on the back window. It was no one else but SANTA
CLAUS. When he came in everyone cheered. If you shook his hand you would
get a can of Coke. I shook his hand but Maureen did not see me. At 1.40.We
got back at 2.35 and that was our day at the Coca Cola factory.
By Robert Doyle 5th Class
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt in main in Germany. She was the daughter
of Otto and Edith Frank and had one older sister called Margot frank.
Otto frank was not happy with Hitler so they moved to Holland.
Otto set up a factory that produced jams. The family lived in safety
in Holland until invaded by Germany. From this time on there lives became
restricted as a result of the anti-Jewish decree, for example [ They
were not allowed to own their own bikes or go out after six]
Otto brought them to a secret annex in the office. When they moved into
the annex it was very dirty so they cleaned it up. They put blinds on
the windows so people would not see them. They put posters on the walls.
And made beds. Every morning one of the workers brought them breakfast.
During the day they had to be very quiet so that no one would inform
the Germans of their hiding place but after six o/clock they could talk
and play and listen to the radio until they went to bed.
During the time that they spent in hiding (20 months) Anne wrote several
diaries which she named Kitty telling about her time spent in the annexe
with her family. They received visits from four of the people who worked
for her father and had remained their friends. These people risked their
lives by helping to hid them from the Germans and get them whatever
food they could.
One morning the Germans broke into the factory and arrested them in
the Annexe no one ever found out who told the Germans and it remains
a secret to this day. After they were captured they were separated and
sent to different concentration camps. Her mother and father were sent
to Auschwitz and she and her sister were sent to Belsen. After nine
months Anne became ill and died she was only fifteen.
Months later the Allies freed the remaining camps and once her father
recovered his health he went in search of his family. Months later he
found out that his whole family had died and he decided to return and
visit the Annexe in Holland. When he got there he fond the diaries beside
her bed. They made a book out of it and they still sell it all over
the world.
By Seán Sullivan 5th Class
A Viking Timeline
787-Three Viking boats land
on the coast of Dorset.A Saxon tax collector tells them to go to the
Saxon king. The Vikings kill him.
793-Dragons are seen to the north of England. Bad signs. The Vikings
attack Lindisfarne Priory. Monks are taken as slaves or killed them.
The Vikings go home for the winter.
851-Vikings stay in England for the winter.
865-Vikings say they want Danegeld or "Give us lots of cash or
we'll kill you".
870-Vikings discover Iceland
871-Alfred becomes king of Wessex. He beats the Vikings at Eddington.
He controls the South and he lets the Vikings control the North of England.
878-Alfred defeats the Viking king, Guthrun, and they make peace.
886-The Treaty of Chippenham slices England into two. The Danes rule
in the North and the English rule in the South.
899-Alfred dies.
By
Darragh Monnin 5th Class
FOUR FRIENDS AND A FOREST
One day four friends called Cian, Blaine, Keith and Darragh went on
a walk into the forest.
On the way down Cian's dog ran after them so they brought him with them.
When they were in the forest they all heard leafs crunching behind them
,they turned around but there was nothing there so they kept on walking.
But then they heard the dog cry and run off , they tried to call him
but he wouldn't come back so they decided to go. On the way back they
heard bangs and when they looked up there was something jumping from
tree to tree it was very big .Then it jumped down at them and attacked
them they ran as fast as they could but it was caching up fast. There
was a cave a bit further on when they got to the cave they hid behind
some rocks ,it came in after them and looked around then it ran out.
When it was gone they came out from the cave and ran home they were
almost out of the forest when suddenly the monster jumped out of a bush
and just missed Darragh with his big hands and claws they kept on running
until they got all got home they told there moms and dads and then they
called the IRA and since then no one saw it again.
By Cian Faulkner.
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Hi! I'm Eimear and I'm going to tell you
the story of "A friend in need is a friend indeed". Well,
here it goes. Sam Comini is an 11-year-old boy with a love of squishing
spiders. Well, there he was squishing spiders when he saw a spider drinking
beer. So he followed it, and it led him to a web and Sam got eaten.
When he woke he found himself in a school yard and an awful school yard
at that, with chalk and blackboards everywhere. It really was dreadful.
He went inside and it was called Lilly's School of Hate. He decided
to look for a teacher to ask him/her where the phone was and if he could
use it. So he went scouting around looking for a teacher. He saw a classroom
and he looked in the window. He was shocked to see a little boy screaming
and a teacher yelling at him. So Sam ran, as you would too. He saw a
big plaque on a door saying "Principal Lilly Marcamige". He
went in and said "Excuse me, Miss" and Lilly screamed and
shouted and said "You know the rules in my school, NO MANNERS".
He once again ran. This time he found himself in the boy's toilets.
He met a boy called Carlos. Carlo said to him "Are you from here?"
Sam said "No". Sam then said, "Why are you whispering?"
He said, "Because there are video cameras that hear you and see
you. They are down the toilet basin". At that moment a boy came
out from the toilet next to them screaming. Carlos told Sam how to get
out of the school. He told him to hug one of the male teachers. Both
of them went into a class and went up to the teacher and hugged him
and held hands and went back to where they came from. They have been
good friends since. One day when they were playing they talked about
the day in Lilly's school and Carlos said to Sam "Is that a frog
drinking minestrone soup? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
By Eimear O'Sullivan
SCHOOL
School's a drool,
Especially for you,
When you're sitting
Down, that's when
They call for you,
Pay attention they
Say your talking
To your friend
Aren't you?
Ding a ling a ling,
Your smashing part
Of the day, you
Shout out lunch
Time, 10:30 your
First brake, not
That long before
You're in for more
Work,
HIP, HIP hurray
Not that long
Away before
Another brake of
The day 12:15
You're tired now
But that's still
Not enough
Work, work, work
That's not fair,
2:30 you go home
And that's the end of a school day
By Nicole Walsh
