​On a warm autumnal evening last Friday the students of Redwood NS senior class room went on a history tour down the Golden Mile to find out the history of different schools of Redwood throughout the years.

First we went to the Redwood Catholic Church. The church was built by Cornelius O’Brien in 1850. It was built from limestone and now holds a Mass Rock.

After that the National School was built in 1939. Redwood school educated 5 priests which are: Frs. Guinan, Deeley, Bugler, Kirwan and Houlihan.

Next we thought that the house of the Bailiff was there. We were looking for the initials of John Daly who was a blacksmith in the area.

The family of the Glennons played a part in the War of Independence. Jimmy Glennon was interred on Spike Island and his brother John played a major part in the Modreeny ambush.

Then we moved on to Deerpark  which was used for hunting.

Next we found Kilmurry, the second building of Redwood NS which was built 1926, now lived in by the Deeley family.

We kept on walking and we found Redwood House. The house closed in 1920. There were 15 rooms and 2 stories. The school mistress occupied 2 rooms in the house. Three were for the steward of Mr Trench and 1 was a classroom for the pupils. The remaining 9 were locked up.              
           
The first Redwood Castle was built by the Normans a long time ago and then it was burnt down in Cromwell times. It was rebuilt in 1979.

The journey was long but I really enjoyed it.

By Ava Houlihan✌
5th Class
​Redwood NS

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The red panda is a relative of the giant panda. The red panda is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, northern Myanmar. The Latin for red panda is Ailurus Fulgens. Ailurus means cat and Fulgens means fire coloured or shining.
The red panda weighs 4.5 kilograms to 9 kilograms. They have large round heads and short snouts with large pointed ears. Their coats are reddish brown although their faces are mostly white with reddish tear tracks running down the side of their face. Red pandas also have retractable claws. They have long bushy tails for balance.
Red pandas share the giant panda’s high altitude forest habitat.  They spend most of their lives in trees even sleeping aloft. Red panda’s territory is roughly one square mile.
Red pandas eat bamboo shoots and leaf tips. They can be herbivore or omnivore. They forage for rats, grasses and fruits. Sometimes they will eat eggs, insects, birds and small mammals but mostly bamboo.
Red pandas are solitary except for breeding season, which is from January to April.  New-born red pandas are born with thick buff grey fur. They are born with their eyes and ears closed, they open after 2 to 3 weeks. The babies remain hidden for 7 to 10 days. They eat solid at 4 months old. When in distress they use a high pitched whistle. They have grown up at 18 to 20 months when driven away.      
Fun facts:  The first red panda fossil was found in the United Kingdom. Red pandas are endangered. It is estimated at fewer than 10,000 are alive.
By Kate Houlihan 14/2/19
                                                                                                                                      
   

​The Skeletal System
 
Bones protect, give structure and movement and produce blood cells in the bone morrow.
 
 There are two categories of bones. Axial bones keep you upright. Appendicular bones give you movement.
 
The bone in the skull is called the cranium. It is for protecting the brain and also is a large bone forming the structure of the face.
 
The ribcage is used to protect the lungs, liver and heart. The ribs are in pairs, they are connected to the vertebrae and the ribcage although the ones at the bottom float, they are only connected to the vertebrae. Arms and legs are very similar in structure, they both have three bones. The three bones in the arm are called ulna, radius and humerus and in legs femur, fibula and tibia. The femur is the largest bone in your body.
 
Joints keep your bones together, joints are very small. Ball and socket has full circulation in your arms and legs. Hinge joints can move in two ways up and down example: elbow and knee.

​ You can keep your body strong by drinking milk eating healthy and staying fit.                                             
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The skeleton is made up of bones, which we use for protection, structure, movement and they produce blood cells in bone marrow.
 
Bones can be split up into two categories; Axial bones – bones that keep you upright such as the spinal column and hips – and Appendicular bones - -bones that help with movement such as the arms and legs. When a baby is born they have 270 bones but that number decreases to 206 when the adult reaches the age of 21.
 
Your cranium, otherwise known as the skull, is one large bone that protects the brain and helps form the facial structure.
 
The ribcage protects the lungs, heart and liver and can be seen in pairs of twelve on each side. Some ribs are fixed – fixed ribs are connected to the sternum and the vertebrae – while floating ribs are connected to the vertebrae only. The spine contains thirty-three vertebrates which run from the base of the cranium to the top of the pelvis. The spine holds the body upright and protects the spinal cord which carries nerves from the brain to other parts of the body.
 
Arms and legs have a similar structure to them. In the arm, the bone at the top is named the humorous, and the bones further down are named the ulna and radius. In the leg the thigh bone (longest bone in the body) is called the femur, and the two further down the leg are called the tibia and fibula.
 
The pelvis, also known as the hips, connect the torso to the lower body together. In your body, there are joints, the two main types of joints are the ball and socket joints, and hinge joints which are in the shoulder and pelvis, and hinge joints in your knee, elbow, wrists, ankles and knuckles.
 
To keep your bones healthy and strong, you must eat calcium rich foods, and get enough vitamin D which you receive from the sunshine.
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Niamh Patterson, 6th class, 29.1.19.  

The origin of Halloween and traditions go back to ancient Celtic festival Samhain- Gaelic for summers end.
November 1st  was once called All Hallows Day so October 31st was called All Hallows Eve which over time shortened to Halloween.

During Samhain superstitious country folks would disguise themselves with animal skins and masks made from sailcloth or linen. In costume they would go out side and make noise in effort to ward of evil spirits 

Before the modern pumpkin lantren, turnips were used. In ancient Ireland, revelers would hollow out large turnips, potatoes and beetroot and carve them into demons faces to frighten away spirits