Redwood N.S. - Senior room blog

Grandparents Day

2/6/2020

On the 30th of January, Redwood N.S had Grandparents Day. First we did a prayer service. We had written a prayer about our Grandparents.Then we said a poem about the olden days and it was called Life B.C (Before computers).Then we asked the Grandparents some questions about when they were young. We got a lot of good answers.Then we played some games and had tea and biscuits. It was great fun. We had a lot of nice Grandparents.
By Paddy Hogan

Grandparents Day

2/6/2020

Last week we had grandparents day. It was great fun. All the grandparents were there. We had prayer service, questions,
music and games. It was a blast! Lots of people were at it. We had a poem. The poem was called life B.C. Before Computers. It was a great poem.We had some tea and biscuits.
By James Duggan.

Grandparents Day

2/6/2020

On the 30th of Jan we had Grandparents Day. It was really fun! We said prayers to our grandparents. We said a poem called Life B.C (before computers) Then we asked the Grandparents some questions about when they were my age. After that we ate biscuits, tea and CAKE! Some Grandparents went home for dinner.The Grandparents who stayed at school played snakes and ladders.We took a lot of pictures. Everyone's Grandparents came to school that day. It was really fun. Everyone enjoyed it.

By Isa Duffy.
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Bonner Maher and Brian Hogan visit Redwood N.S

2/5/2020

On 31/1/2020 Brian and Bonner came to Redwood N.S with the Liam McCarthy and the James Nowlan cups, they were big. When they came we sang ‘Being from Tipperary’, played our Tin whistles and read player profiles about people who played county for Tipp around the parish. Then we went outside to take pictures. It was good that they came, we had fun.

By Ben Hough 6th class

The Liam Mc Carthy and James Nowlan cups come to Redwood N.S.

2/5/2020

On Friday the 31st of January, Bonner and Brian came to our school to show us the Liam Mc Carthy cup and the James Nowlan cup that the Tipperary Senior and u21 team won in the All-Ireland Hurling Final back in August.

Firstly, we all got ready and everyone waited impatiently for them to arrive. When they arrived we all started to sing ‘Being from Tipperary’ by the Two Johnnies. We then played Slievenamon on our Tinwhistle.

A few minutes later, we asked Bonner and Brian questions that we had prepared. Some of the questions we asked were, what was their diet? What type of hurl do they have? What size hurl do they have? And I asked, who was their favourite Hurling Manager since they started to play with Tipperary? Bonner said Declan Ryan and Liam Sheedy and Brian said Mike Ryan.

After we had all asked our questions. We went outside to get photos with our parents with the Liam Mc Carthy and the James Nowlan cup and with Bonner and Brian. After everyone had got their photo, Bonner and Brian had to go onto another school.

I really enjoyed the visit from Bonner and Brian. I most enjoyed asking them questions. I hope Tipperary win the All-Ireland Final this year. 😀

By: Leanne Sullivan 6th class.

The Liam McCarthy Cup

2/5/2020

The Liam McCarthy Cup
On the 31st of January Brian Hogan and Bonner Maher came to our school to show us the Liam McCarthy cup and the James Nowlan cup.
When Bonner and Brian came into the room we sang 'Being from Tipperary' and then we played Slievenamon on tin whistle. Then we asked them some questions.
After the questions we got pictures of the whole school with Bonner and Brian. I got a picture with my cousins. Did you know that Bonner Maher is my cousin?
It was a great experience to see and hold the Liam McCarthy cup. Hopefully we will have the Liam McCarthy cup again next year. It was a great day.

By Jason Houlihan 6th class.

The Liam McCarthy Cup Visit

2/5/2020

On Friday 31st of January, Bonner Maher and Brian Hogan visited Redwood N.S. with the Liam McCarthy Cup.
When they arrived we sang “Being From Tipperary” by the Two Johnnies, after we played “Sleivenamon” on the tin whistle. Earlier that week we had prepared player profiles on all the Lorrha hurlers who had made the Senior Tipperary Hurling, so we read them out.
Then we asked them questions about when they train, how old were they when they started hurling, about their life growing up and about their hurling career.
Finally we went outside and took pictures with Bonner, Brian and the Liam McCarthy Cup.
It was a great day and I hope they visit again next year with the cup. By Sophie Houlihan 6th class

Lismore Science

1/20/2020

On Friday the 17th of January Rosanne from Lismore Science came over to give us a talk about the digestive system and chemistry. She first did the digestive system. First she put rice crispies in a bowl and we mashed them up with a spoon. After that she put in water which acted like saliva. Once it is all crunched up the food goes down the esophagus and into your stomach and stomach acid digests it. After digesting for 4 hrs it moves on and goes past your liver which produces bile. Bile takes the gastric acid out. It then goes into your small intestine which takes the minerals and vitamins in, then goes into your large intestine where it is waste. We then moved onto chemistry. We were learning about acids and bases. We used cabbage juice as an indicator. If a liquid turns red or pink when you put in the cabbage juice it is an acid. If it turns blue or green it is a base. She then showed us a Ph scale from 0 to 14. If it is a 7 it is neutral like water which is not an acid or a base. She put out liquids and we had to test them with the red cabbage juice. After that we made a chemical reaction by putting in vinegar and bread soda. We then did the same thing but this time we caught the gas. We put a glove over a cup and poured in the same thing and the glove blew up. It was a very interesting day and I enjoyed it. By Aaron 5th class.

Science on Friday

1/20/2020

On Friday the 17th Rosanne from Lismore Science came to teach us some science. First we did digestion, we started crushing rice crispies, it was quite hard because they were dry so Rosanne gave us some saliva which made it easier. Then she told us the food goes down the esophagus and then into the stomach (aka plastic bag) where we added gastric acid. We squished it around in the plastic bag to mimic the stomach churning. After that we put it back in the bowl and added bile which is made in the liver and it kills the acid from the stomach we also added pancreatic juices from the pancreas, then it went through the small intestine and then through the large intestine where we put it in a leg from tights.
We then had to squeeze out the juices and what was left was waste or the scientific name feces.💩
After lunch we did chemistry, we made a PH scale by adding red cabbage juice to different liquids to see whether they were acids or bases. We also added baking soda to vinegar and there was a chemical reaction. It all started to bubble and expand .
Then we put a rubber glove with baking soda in the fingers over a cup with vinegar in it. When we poured the baking soda in the glove inflated, we proved we made gas.🤩😍😛
By Moya Duffy 5th class

Lismore Science

1/20/2020

On Friday the 17th Lismore Sience came to the school to teach us about digestion and chemistry. First we did digestion, we started off with rice crispies, we crushed the rice crispies up like teeth and we added saliva and we mixed, after a while the food went down the esophagus and into the stomach and we added gastric acid and it turned orange. It looked disgusting, after a while of mixing we added bile and pancreatic juice and mixed. After that we put it into a tight and we had to squeeze it, Rosanne cut a hole in the tight and we squeezed it out and we were left with faeces.
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After lunch we did chemistry. We made a PH scale 1-14, the acid is
1-6 and a base is 8-14. Rosanne gave us lots of liquid to try, we added cabbage juice to them and they turned different colours. Acid is reddish colour and a base is greenish colour.
After we had learned that, we put baking soda into vinegar and it fizzed up, next we put baking soda into a glove and put it onto a cup of vinegar and the glove inflated. After that we had to say goodbye to Rosanne and Stevie. I loved doing science.

By Darragh Joyce