2021-22

Our Junior and Senior infants were busy writing about what their futures hold in store…

When I Grow Up…..

Cycling

I first got into cycling at the age of 8 but did my first race when I was 9 and I have done many since.

I cycle with Fermoy cycling club.

My first proper season of cycling was when I was u11 but I had to race most races u12.

The first u12 road race I did was in Mayo called Ras- Maeigho which was a 3 stage race where I finished 4^th and got the blue jersey which meant best u11 rider.

My favourite race ever was a cyclo-cross race which is off road cycling on grass and different terrains. The race was up in Armagh and the course was extremely mucky which I like.

I have done a few races over in England and a lot in the north and south of Ireland.

My dream when I grow up is to become a professional cyclist and ride the Le Tour De France.

On the road I normally train with my dad and for cross I train on my own or with my brother.

By Shane 6^th Class

Life in Lockdown

Everyone’s lockdown experience is different some people found it nice to have time off work and school for a while and some found it boring and they had nothing to do. I found it nice at first especially in the first lockdown when I could see people outside because it was mostly sunny but during the second and third it got a lot more boring because there wasn’t as much to do. I find it really annoying having to wear a mask in shops and when I’m in town but I’ll put up with it to protect others and help stop Covid-19. The sanitising is also really annoying but after this I will probably wash my hands and sanitise a lot more often. It can also be really annoying not being able to see loved ones and friends or give anyone a hug. During the first lockdown I started baking I made, cakes, buns, cookies and brownies. I also read a lot of books when I was bored. Over Christmas we made the dinner and played a board game. Even though lockdown isn’t that bad at times it would be nice for this to end and be able to see everyone again and get back playing sport and going up to Cork.

By Emma Louise

My lockdown.

I do my homework in the morning or afternoon and then I watch tv or do something else. Then when its dark outside my dad and I go for a run and when we come home we have our dinner. I don’t really like doing the homework in the morning. I like going for a run at night because there isn’t a lot of people running or walking and you can’t see how long the road is and we run 4km.

Aideen

Cycling Lessons

Report by Liam

The first day of cycling lessons we met our two teachers, Ruth and Michelle. We learnt what the parts of the bike are and all about the M check. We learnt how to put our helmet on the right way. We then went out to the yard, we got into pairs and picked a bike that we would use for the next six weeks. We then started to do a few drills like stopping when on a minor road going into a major road. Then after an hour outside we came in to talk about what we had done. We did two hours the first day.

The second day of the six week course was only an hour. We went straight outside, we had a race, Ruth’s Group against Michelle’s Group. Who could put their helmet on the fastest. After the race we got into our pairs again, picked the bike that we had last week and did an M check. We did signalling on major and minor roads. We then went in and looked at what clothes you should wear in different weather conditions.

The third day was an hour long again. We looked at signs that you come across when cycling on the road. Then we went outside to do an M check, put on our helmets and did drills with stop signs.

On day four we looked at lorry’s blind spots when on the road. We did a few more stopping at stop signs and signalling out in the yard.

On the second last day we did a course that Ruth and Michelle had set up, it included everything we had done from the first day of the course.

On our final day of cycling we went out to Cluain Na Rí and practised stopping when there was a stop sign. Everything came together when we went out to Cluain Na Rí.

I really enjoyed the cycling lessons over the last six weeks. I learnt about lorry’s blind spots and lots of other things from our lessons.

Posted   24/05/2017

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Hurling Blitz

Report by Jack

On Wednesday 17^th of May 5^th and 6^th class went to Churchtown to play a hurling blitz against Churchtown N.S. and Araglen N.S.

Our first match was against Churchtown N.S. and we lost that match. Straight after we played Araglen N.S. and it was neck-and-neck until Araglen scored two points. We lost by two points.

After that we packed up and watched a bit of the Araglen N.S. and Churchtown N.S. match. Churchtown N.S. were winning by a lot before we headed back school. We arrived home at 2 O’clock.

Posted   24/05/2017