Our Own Book Reviews and Poems (2004-05)

I stood on the cliff and watched a single rock.

Upon it stood a lone gannet .

I watched it for a moment

Then as swift a lightning he darted

Up as far as the eye could see

Then with a slight movement he plunged into the depths of the ocean.

The fish desperately trying to lodge this great predator

But futile was their effort

He scooped up a mouth full of fish.

The oil slick to help his body move gracefully through the water.

He returns to his nest to his mate with a meal for his chicks .

He called towards me .

As though he was trying to speak to me in some mystical language

he turned

Another male had approached his nest

He out spread his dazzling wing and chases of is rival.

It becomes dark

He fades into the night

And I still stand there ………………………..watching.

Postcard Greetings - written by Second and Third Classes

Dear Mark

I am having a great time on my summer holidays. I went to Cork. I saw a Castle and I went on a boat ride. I hope I see you soon. From Luke.

Dear Jake
I am in England now. I saw Big Ben. I was in the London Eye. It is very rainy in England. I was in Lego land. I hope you are Happy. From Cíaran

Book Review

Name: Oisín in Tír na nOg

Story: Niamh came to Ireland. Oisín went back with Niamh to Tír na nOg Oisín came to Ireland to visit the Fianna. The girth broke and Oisín fell off the horse and became an old man.

Comment: I liked the book because of the horse.
Name: The three Billy Goats Gruff.

Story: Once upon a time there were three goats. There was fresh grass across the bridge. A troll lived under the bridge.

Comment: I did not like the book. It was too short.

Weaving

On the 5th and 6th of October 2004. We had a weaving specialist in our school. The name of the specialist was Ms Ger O'Sullivan from Ennis in Co. Clare. She brought wool, Spinning wheels, Carders and drop Spindles. She also brought charts about the history of weaving. She will be coming again to our school. Her future plans are to do some tie dying. The days she was here were not all about weaving we also did some carding and spinning. For the weaving we used boxes, timber and books as looms. We had very creative patterning and colours. We had some feathers and straws. The days she came were fun and I got experiences from them.

Ger O' Sullivans Visit

Gers visit was really fun. We did loads of things like weaving, cording and drop Spindling. Ger is a cultural heritage specialist. The wool we used was really smelly because it was straight from the sheep. She also brought in four big cards about different wool and sheep. We also made samplers out of weaving wool together and we made different patterns and shapes. We can't wait for Ger to come again it was a great experience and fun. We found a song that relates to all of this it's called The Spinning Wheel. We used stuff like feathers, wool and made hangings and creative patterns. I went on the Spinning Wheel it was really good the wool was really oily. I never knew that you could make a ball of wool from a spindle. I was really glad that she came. She came all the way from Ennis in Co. Clare. I had lots of fun and I think a lot of people did.

8th October 2004

We had a person called Ger O'Sullivan in our school the other day. She is a weaving Specialist. This week we did stuff with sheeps wool. She showed us how to use a spinning wheel, drop spindles, and carders. We had great fun in fact I think the whole class did. She still has to come three more days. We made a song for her when she comes back. It is callled The Spinning Wheel. I never thought sheeps wool could be used for spinning.

Final Draft Weaving

Ms. O' Sullivan is visiting us for 5 days but she has already came for 2 days, she is a Cultural Heritage Specialist. She does weaving and has lots of gadgets. She has this song called The Spinning Wheel It is very good. When she visited us for the first time I was weaving carding and doing drop spindling. It is not that easy the string kept breaking. On the second day she came it was pretty much the same but we made these cool samplers they are very nice and I have feathers in my one they are cool as well. When I was cording wool I got scraped it was very tough when there was very little on the carder.

My own personal experience. I never new you could make jumpers and T-Shirts. I thought you would need big machines and science.

Weaving

When Ms. Ger O'Sullivan came I did not know what we would be doing. Ger told us about weaving and the history of weaving . I loved the wheel and the drop Spindles. Carding was cool because you put the wool on to one carder and then went over and back. Ger brought sheeps wool it was very smelly.. Some of it was soft and some was hard then Ms. Ger O'Sullivan emptied out a big bag of wool. It was big. The best part was the wheel because it went so fast.

The day before yesterday this lady called Ms. Ger O'Sullivan came to our school She came to help us with our weaving. She thought me how to weave and I was able to spin the wheel and she thought me how to card and I never never knew how to weave. I never knew that I could make a braclet out of Wool.

Weaving

Ms. Ger O' Sullivan came to our school on Tuesday and Wednesday. She showed us the Spinning Wheel. The sheeps wool was very smelly . She did carding with the sheeps wool. Then she put the wool on the Spinning Wheel and made it into loom. We had great fun using the spinning wheel. Then she showed us how to weave. We made lovely patterns. We also did the drop spindles with the wool. We hung our designs on the board. We are looking forward to Ger coming again.

My Experience

The Carding The smelly sheeps wool The weaving The Drop Spindles

Ms. Ger O'Sullivan from Ennis is A Heritage Specialist. On Tuesday 6th October we first started to do the Drop Spindles. I thought it was fun. Ger told me how to do it. I think that Ger could do the best. Then we did the Spinning Wheel. I saw how Ger did it. I went and did the Drop Spindles.

I now know how to weave because Ms. O'Sullivan showed me how to weave. She showed us how to work the spinning Wheel. The wool came from the Sheep and it was smeelly. The Drop Spindle's were cool I had a go of them. The carding is to make the wool nice and clean and soft. Ger brought pictures of the old people doing the drop spindle of the balken. The old man was doing the weaving with the spinning wheel. Ms. O'Sullivan came from Ennis in Co. Clare. We used feathers for the weaving and patterns five. I didn't know that you would have to card the wool. I never used the spinning wheel before, or card before or drop spindle before.

Experience

It was cool. I hope she comes again I hope we make more cool things. I loved it . It was great. I hope we do better things the next time.

Ms. O'Sullivan was very kind to us. We learned how to weave. She told us the history of weaving, Drop spindles and carding. Weaving is when you spin the wool. First you have to sheer the sheep then you must card the wool and then you can start weaving the wool into balls. Carding is like two brosh roding together to brosh the wool and make it smooth. You can use a drop spindle or a wheel, before the wheel was invented the weavers had to use a drop spindle it got very tiring . We did all this plus our own patterns. I learnt a lot and did a lot in only two days. She was very creative and artistic. I really enjoyed it and there are another three days to go. I expect that they will be as good as these two. The thing that I was so excited about was you could make such a detailed ball of wool out of a sheep fleece. I learned a lot and will know even more it is cool.

Hi. My name is XXXX and I am going to tell you about Weaving. We had a lady called Ms. O'Sullivan. She was a weaving Specialist. She thought us how to weave. At first I was not very good but U started to get good then and then U had a Go on the spinning wheel and when my turn was up my hands were very smelly. Ger had feathers and we made creative things like patterns hanging things out of wool straws. I am never going to forget it. I can't wait for Ger to come back. I don not care if my hands are smelly next time.

On Tuesday Ms. O'Sullivan from Ennis in Co. Clare came to our school. She came to show us how to weave. She is good at weaving. She brought a lot of stuff, she had two spinning wheels, we started off with Drop Spindles. She had a load of wool, it smells. A few days back Ms. DiFusco showed us a bit of weaving she is good at it. I made a book mark. Ms. O'Sullivan showed us the same thing expect with wool. Ms DiFusco used paper. Then we all had a go on the spinning wheel it was fun. Then we made bracelets I made one. Then she went into the other classroom to show them how to weave. They made the same things.

Ger. O'Sullivan came to our school on the 5th and 6th October and we did a lot of weaving. The whole room was messy. The best bit of weaving was carding the wool, there was a lot of different kind of wool. My favorite wool was the Jack Owensworth Wool. The Jack Owensworth wool was brown, black and white. I has two goes on the spinning wheel it is really good because you can make bracelets and brades. The drop spindles were a small bit hard for me I cut myself with the carder and it hurt a little bit . I made two bracelets one was purple and red and the other one was pink and black and white. The wool was really smelly and soft. I will remember her by looking at the things that I made. The best thing that I made was my necklace.

Ms. Ger O'Sullivan came to our school on the 5th and 6th of October. She brought lots of smelly sheeps wool. She brought drop spindles carders and two spinning wheels. She had loads of charts about the history of wool. On one of the charts there was a song. The next morning she brought in a lot of looms for weaving. The looms were boxes , timber and books. They were very creative. The next time she comes we are doing tie dying.

It was good fun. We had nice designs. She brought feathers and straws.

Ger O' Sullivan came to our school ( Scoile na Croise Naofa) on the 5th and 6th October. She is a Cultural Heritage Specialist. The first day she came we had a go on the spinning wheel and the Drop Spindles. First we got the sheeps wool, then we carded it then we put it on the spinning wheel and made bracelets. The second time she came we had a go at weaving wool. We made a mini costumes. I had a brilliant time! Next time she comes, she said we are going to do tie-dying.

On the 5th and 6th October a weaving specialist came to our school. Her name was Ms. Ger O'Sullivan. She brought in some charts to show us how people made wool before the spinning wheel was invented. They used a thing called a drop Spindles. The wool was smelly and oily. There were two spinning wheels. I got a go on one.

Cultural Heritage Specialist

Ms. Ger O'Sullivan came to our school. She is a specialist in weaving. She is from Clare. When she was at our school she had a bag of sheeps wool and a spinning wheel. The spinning was cool. The sheeps wool was smelly. Ger had a lot of wool. She had a Drop spindle. I did weaving. She had two spinning wheels. We have a spinning song. She showed us patterns. I know how to weave. Weaving is cool.

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Bart

The Authors name was Alan Morrison, their was no dedication. The book was non fiction. The book was in the past, and past in soccer match. The book was called match it was class. It was about real soccer players.

The Bermuda Triangle.

David Maule was the author of this book. There was no dedication. It was a book about the Bermuda Triangle. It described strange things that happened around the Bermuda Triangle. Planes, boats and helicopters disappeared without a trace, for no reason.

Six army planes were flying to America and they got lost. The captain said on the radio that they were getting low on fuel, then he said “We’re going down” They disappeared and the rescue helicopter that went out to look for them disappeared too. None of them have ever been found.

It was a very interesting book. But not all of it was believable. It might happen to somebody, You could not guess what was going to happen.. It was unpredictable. It surprised me a good bit.

Rover saves Christmas

Roddy Doyle and Brian Ajhar were the authors. This story is fiction. It takes place in the present in the country. It was funny.

Knights and Castles

The author of my book is David Maula. No there arte no dedications in this book. The book that I read is an information book. A dedication could be to a relation or to someone who has died.. The book takes place in the past in Ireland. I liked the way the castles were built and the Jousting. The book was good, it was very exciting and was very believable.

Animal Facts.

Written by Guy Campbell and Mark Devins. Illustrated by Paul Morenie Simon Ecob. There was no dedication. It was an non fiction book. It takes place in the past. It was set up on a ship. There was no one in and I could not tell. It was exciting. It was believable It could not happen to me. I did not know what was going to happen next. It was predictable It did surprise me.

The cat who got carried away

Written by Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Katherine Mc Ewen. There was no dedication. It is dedicate. It is a fiction book. It is in the past and in the city. The Gaskitts are in the story. People took pets and brought them to a pet shop to be sold and it was exciting.

Trials of Death

The author of the book was Darren Shan. Illustrated by Tim Byrne. It was fiction. The setting was on Vampire mountain. The characters were Darren Shan and some vampires. The story plot was Darren Shan had to pass five fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire dan-or face the stakes in the Hall of Death. It was exciting. I could guess what was going to happen It didn’t surprise me.

Spies and Spying

The author was Mike potter. No their wasn’t a dedication. This book is a information book. It told me about spies and spying, and that pencils could be a dagger. It takes place in the past but some of them are still here today. James Bond is in the book and Kim Philby was a spy. He worked for the British spy service and helped them to catch Russian spies. It was exciting because seeing a pencil dagger. It was believable . It surprised me because I did not know what was going to happen.

1. Author and Illustrator: Schofield and Sims Ltd. Non fiction.

2. Dedication No.

3. Type of Book: Non fiction An information book.

4. It takes place in the past.

5. People that invented the first type of transport.

6. It showed the old transport. It was very exciting. It was believable. It wasn’t predictable.

Samba

The name of the author and illustrator is Caroline Ailblaw. There was no dedication. This book could have been dedicated to Martin Luther King. This book is non fiction. This book took place in the past. Martin Luther King is in the book. It was boring to read. It was non predictable. It did not surprise me. Yes it was unpredictable.

Knights and Castle

The authors name is David Maule. The illustrators name is Colourscan. There was no dedication. The book is non-fiction book. The story took place in the past. A knight, Baron, Army, Kings and Lords were the characters in the story. A was against King Henry and the Baron happened in the story.

Lord of the Rings

The author J.R.R. Tolkein. There was no dedication.. It is a fiction book about creatures and elves and things. It takes place in the past in the country. The main characters are Freado, Sam Merry, Pippin, Acgorn, Leagalas, Girrli, Gandulf, I like leagalas because he is an elf and he uses a bow. They destroyed the ring. It was exciting and was very believable. It wouldn’t happen to me. I couldn’t guess what was going to happen.. It surprised me sometimes.

Lord of the Rings

Author: J.R.R. Tolkein There was no dedication. It is a fiction book about creatures and elves and things. It takes place in the past. In the country. The main characters are Feado, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Argorn, Leagalas, Girrli, Gandulf, I like Leagalas because he is an elf and he uses a bow. They destroyed the ring. It was exciting and was very believable. It wouldn’t happen to me. I couldn’t guess what was going to happen. It surprised me sometimes.

The Spiderwich Chronicles. Lucinda’s Secret.

The author was Tony Diterlizzi.. and Holly Black. Illustration by Ton Diterlizzi and Holly Black. Yes there was a dedication. I think it could be to Holly Blacks grandmother and a friend of Tony Diterlizzi. It was a fiction book about three children who figure out their aunts secret. This story takes place in the present and it is set in the city. The characters in the story are Mallory, Jared Simon, Helen, Lucy and Lucinda Grace. Three children figure out their aunts secret, An exciting but unbelievable. You couldn’t guess what was going to happen. It was predictable. It did surprise me and wasn’t unpredictable.

Mike Potter is the author of this book. There is no dedication. This is an non fiction book. This book takes place in the country. Christopher Maynard is in the Book. I did not really like anyone in the book. Nobody reminds me of any one else that I know. Christopher felt a bit sick at the start because of little bugs inside of him. This book is exciting. It was a believable story. Yes it could happen to me. No I could not guess what was going to happen. Yes it did surprise me.

The auathor and the illustrator is Dee Shulman. No there was not a dedication. It could be Sir Boris. This book was a fiction. I think it was about the past Yes lots of people are in the book and there is one person who reminds me of Rachels mouse Magenta. This story was boring and unbelievable yes you could guess what was going to happen. It did not surprise me.

Science facts for kids.

The authors are Guy Campbell and Mark Devins and the illustrators are Paul Moran and Simon Toob. There were no dedications. The book was a non fiction book. The facts in the book are about past, present and future, The book was exciting unbelievable and it surprised me with all the facts.

Respect

The author was Bernard Ashley. The illustrator was Kim harley. It was a story about a boy who tries to earn Respect. It takes pace in the past and is set in the city. There are people called Matt, Daddy Mammy, Stuart, Sister, Sammy, Chas Phil Mrs Byrne Uncle Viper and Mr Science. I liked Viper. No she didn’t remind me of anyone. A boy tried to earn respect. It was kind of exciting. It was an unbelievable story. Yes it probably could happen to me. No you couldn’t guess what was going to happen. It didn’t really surprise me.

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