Cake Sale in Stradbally

We had a cake sale in the school on the day of the Halloween holidays, in Mrs. Crowley's old room. There was lots of food in it. It was on Friday 28th of October 2011. We raised money for the school. Sixth class were in charge of counting the money. Mums, dads, neighbours and friends came to buy cakes. We had great fun. There were cakes, buns, chocolate brownies and apple tarts. There were also biscuits, pretzels, scones and all sorts of things. Some of our past pupils came along as well. All the food tasted really good. In the end we raised €341 for the school. Sixth class did a really good job selling the food. The Parents Association did a really good job as well. Some of the parents baked lovely things for us.

Written by 6th class with Zoe and Emily.

My School in Stradbally

This is a story about my school, Our Lady of Mercy N.S in Stradbally. There are loads of jobs after being done to the school since I started there. The two classrooms have been painted, new floors, new sinks and new lights everywhere. We have new toilets and a new office, a lovely new floor in the hallway and display boards to display our work.

Our school is really safe. The doors close at nine-thirty and after that no one can get in unless they use the buzzer. We can see on a monitor who is at the door. In the playground there is a softplay area. You can run around and if you fall you won't get cut. On the tarmac we have pictures of snakes and a compass.

Bus parking under construction, October 2011.

My school is a two teacher school. Mrs. Crowley teaches Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st and 2nd. Mr de Burca (that's my teacher) teaches 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6thclass. We do loads of fun things. We have our own vegetable patch where we plant our own vegetables. Last year the big girls did cooking with Mrs. O'Mahony. Hopefully we will be doing it this year. 5^th and 6^th class do French with Mrs. Crowley after school for six weeks. We also do football, drama, tin whistle, computers and buddy reading. At the moment, the builders are doing a bus bay. This will make it safer for everybody.

Written by BK.

Do You Like Flapjacks?

Last Monday we did some baking with Mrs. O'Mahony. We were baking Oaty Flapjacks. We did one batch with chocolate and one with nothing on it. This is our second lesson and we are hoping to have five lessons alogether. We need aprons or an old t-shirt in case it gets messy. We used Flahavan's Jumbo Oats and Progress Oatlets. When they came out of the oven after 30 minutes some of us tasted them for our lunch, and others brought them home. One person decided not to eat the chocolate ones because she is off chocolate for Lent. We learned that sugar was made in Ireland but it is not made in Ireland any more. It is made in Germany. Germany bought the "Siúcra" label, and they now sell it.

Weighing Ingredients for Flapjacks

Mrs. O'Mahony showed us how to use the oven. We learned about safety. You should never put your hand on the top plates.  We say thank you to Mrs. O'Mahony for teaching us. The teacher took some photos of us baking.
Here is a link to a previous story about cooking last month.

Stradbally Pupils Learning To Cook 2011

We Made Rock Buns This Month 

When we came back from Halloween we started cooking classes with Mr. de Burca. We were cooking sausages and potatoes. All of the pupils in the senior classes helped to do something. Mostly 5th and 6th classed helped cook because it was very hot. It was so much fun. After we were finished we dished it out on plates for everyone in the class. We have started cooking classes with Mrs. O'Mahony. We made Rock Buns. We went in two different times in groups of nines.

Recipe For Vegetable Soup

Recipe for vegetable soup:
3 Carrots
1 Parsnip
¼ of Turnip
½ onion
3 Potatoes
Chicken Stock Cube
1 Litre of water
Salt and pepper
Takes about 25 minutes to cook.

Posted by K.F, senior classes