Caring in the Community - Wrapping Time

Check us out! We are wrapping the boxes here which we will fill with presents for the Dublin Simon Community. We visited the offices of PWC to wrap the presents. Each person from the centre will get their own box - we their name on each box.

By Jordan D., Jordan G., Luke, Alex and Leon

Caring in the Community - Present Time

This week we are going to the offices of PWC to put together the gifts we have collected so far and wrap them with the people from PWC.
This year we are doing a project with PWC and Localise with Derek. We started it about 4 weeks ago and about 2 weeks ago we decided we were going to help the Dublin Simon Community. Two people out of the Dublin Simon Community came in and talked to us about what they do up there.
So to help them we decided to collect the gifts they wished for. We all designed our own Christhmas cards and posters which we will put on the sboxes which we will fill with lots of presents of their choice and give it to the people who live in the Dublin Simon Community.
The 3rd and the 4th of December we will sell the cards in the PWC building to all the people who work there . This was a big success last year and this year we hope it will be even bigger and better this year and when we are over there we sing lots of Christmas Carols to create a Christams atmosphere.

By Luke Bewley and Eric Hyland

The Awful Egyptians

We studied the Egyptians last week. We learnt about mummies and tombs and ancient beliefs and gods.
Mummies
When an Egyptian King, Queen or Noble died the Egyptians would preserve their bodies by wrapping their bodies in bandages. Their bodies would be dried out in chemical natron to prevent it from rotting away. This would take about 70 days to complete .
Tombs
When an Egyptian King, Queen or Noble die they would be put in a tomb, a tomb is like a coffin. The biggest tomb is a pyramid, a pyramid would be filled with all thier jewellery and all of their possessions. The pyramids had many secret passage ways and traps so when people tried to rob the pyramid they would get lost .
Ancient Beliefs
Ancient Egyptians believed that there was an afterlife. People who died were sent to the afterlife, first your heart had to be weighed and if your heart was lighter than the feather of truth you would be sent there. If your heart was heavier than the feather of truth you be sent to hell. The Kings, Queens and Nobles would go straight to the afterlife and their hearts would not have to be weighed..
Egyptian Gods
The people of Egypt believe in eight different gods and their names are Ra, Sobek, Isis, Seth, Osiris, Amon, Horus and Anubis . Anubis has the head of the jackal and Ra has the head of a falcon and sun disk .

By Eric Hyland

The Romans

We studied the Roman Empire recently and discovered many interesting things, cool things and gross things.

Julius Caesar

The first thing we learned about was Julius Caesar. We learned that Julius Caesar designed most of the great things in Rome such as the sewage system, he was one of the first to use housing estates and tall buildings. He was famous for wearing red boots. Unfortunately he was killed in the Senate because the power was going to his head. He wanted to become the most powerful emperor. He was killed by a man called Brutus.

Food

The next thing we learned was that Romans ate really weird food such as snails soaked in milk, boar's heads and brains soaked in sauce. Their main food was pottage, a bit like stew.

The Army

The next thing was the army. The Roman army was one of the tougest armys in the world. You would have to serve 25 years until they become a citizen of Rome.

Facts

Here are so more facts. In Rome children in Rome had no power. Their parents could get them executed for disobedience. After meals they would go to the vomititarium, probably becuase they ate gross food sometimes. They made one of the the first swimming pools. They called it the Romans baths.

By Jordan Doody

(The next Bono - you heard it here first!!)

Winter

The Famine

Today there are about 5 million people living on the island of Ireland. Around the time of Daniel O’Connell, the population was about eight million. Most of the people were very poor. They lived in tiny cabins on small patches of land and had to pay rent to the landlords who owned the land.

The blight
In September 1845 a strange new disease attacked the potato crop in Ireland.

The Famine

In September 1845 a strannge new dieseas called the Blight stroke Irelands potato crop.

It was a disaster many people died and lost lots over its chaos. Ireland was also affected but as usual they pulled through it many people had to work in workhouses.

The reason it affected them was because potatoes were all they had to eat and it was easy to grow.

Ireland has had their own bit of horrible history and here is some;

OWEN TRAINER; STEALING ONIONS; FLOGGED.

By Luke Bewley

Caring in the Community

This year we are working with Localise, PWC and the Dublin Simon Community. Last year we worked with Localise and PWC to raise money for Temple Street Hospital. Click here to read about last year. This year we are helping the homeless. There is a place in Sean McDermot Street called the Dublin Simon Community Shelter. It is for people who are homeless and people that may have had some problems in their life. The people that live in Dublin Simon get their own room.
Last week the manager of Dublin Simon came in and start telling us about Dublin Simon. He brought a lady that lived in Dublin Simon and she told us all about her life, how it can be hard and difficult sometimes. That is why we want to help Dublin Simon so the people will know someone cares about them.
We are giving them a box with lots of presents in it. We made a load of Christmas cards too.We hope they like the presents that are in each box. We hope to give every person in the shelter their own box of presents this Christmas.
By Josh Breslin

A Dark Night

It was a dark night. I was walking by the old house on the Third Avenue of Seville Place. Suddenly Vlad the Vampire appeared in the window.
It was a dark night but I didn't care. I ran up the stairs to see if he was still there. He was lying in the middle of the floor. I tried to take a picture but he disappeared into the air. A fire started in the house! I ran down the stairs but Vlad the Vampire locked the door. I had to jump out the window and into a lode of thorns! OOW!!
I called the fire brigade. They went and put it out.The house was black from the smoke. I went back in and went up stairs to see if he was still there. He wwas there. He was dead but his picture was still on the wall, the fire did not touch it.

By Karl McCarthicus

The Big Match

It's Manchester United versus Arsenal, the cup final!
Straight to it - Manchester United are messing around - oh no! Neville loses the ball! Arshavin gets it. Vidic is desperate - he lunges. Crack!!! Vidic fouls Arshavin. Silence. The ref slowly moves his lips to his whistle - oh no! It's a penalty to Arsenal and a red for Vidic!!. Ferguson fumes! But Van der Saar comes to the rescue! and saves it.
Then Giggs runs the pitch, shoots and hits the top bar, it was so close! Next Rooney gets the ball outside the box, 20 yards out and gets lifted. It's a free kick. The final whistle is next. It is up to Scholes. He shoots. "Go on" scream the crowd together. He scores!
It's a miracle, MAN UNITED WIN THE FA CUP !!!

By Jake 'The Ledge'cake' Kelly

A Visitor

One day a tourist from Ireland went to visit a country called Romania, in the year 1722. His name was a Moses Murphy. During his holiday Moses decided to visit a gallery. He was at an art gallery looking at the work of Popescu when he felt sleepy.
Suddenly he woke up. He was in a castle! He was in shock! People were surrounding him. People with big long faces, big long nails and eyes. They were closing him into the corner.
But suddenly...... 'Stop' says a deep voice. 'I'm so sorry for my butlers troubling you'. Moses says sleepliy " What am I doing here?". But the man in the big black cloak did'nt respond.
Moses asked again. The man said "You had a bad fall in the gallery this morrning'. So the man asked Moses to eat with him. Moses thought sure why not. Moses asked the old man his name. The man said "Count Dracula''!
Moses said 'how can it be so?? Oh no!!'. Dracula pounced on Moses and drew the blood from his neck! The last thing moses said was 'how can it be!!'.
So still to this day Moses walkes around as a VAMPIRE in the castle in Romania. Be careful if you ever go there!

By Jake 'The Ledge'cake' Kelly